Marriage License & Return: John L. LeMaster to Dortha L. Delauter, 1920

Source: Jay County, Indiana, Original Marriage License, "John L. LeMaster to Dortha L. Delauter, 1920"; County Marriage Returns Collection; Jay County Historical Society, Portland, Indiana.

Marriage License

State of Indiana, Jay County, SS:

To All Who Shall See These Presents, Greeting:

Know Ye, That any person empowered by Law to solemnize Marriages is hereby authorized to join together as Husband and Wife

Mr. John L. LeMaster

and

Miss Dortha L. Delauter

and for so doing this shall be his sufficient authority.

In Testimony Whereof, I, Hanson F. Mills Clerk of the Jay Circuity Court, hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at Portland, this 2nd day of July 1920.

Hanson F. Mills Clerk

Jay Circuit Court

State of Indiana, Jay County, SS:

This Certifies, that I joined in Marriage as Husband and Wife, John L. LeMaster and Miss Dortha L. Delauter on the second day of July 1920

Jesse H. Nall Minister

Source: Jay County, Indiana, Original Marriage Return, "John L. LeMaster to Dortha L. Delauter, 1920"; County Marriage Returns Collection; Jay County Historical Society; Portland, Indiana.

Indiana State Board of Health

Return of a Marriage to County Clerk

1. Full Name of GROOM John L. LeMaster

2, Place of Residence Jay Co. Ind.

3. Occupation Rubber Worker

4. Age Next Birthday 19 years Color White Race Caucasian

5. Place of Birth Jay Co. Ind Nationality American

6. Father's Name Luman c. LeMaster

7. Mother's Maiden Name Barbara Weherly

8. Number of Groom's Marriage first

9. Full Name of BRIDE Miss Dortha L. Delauter

10. Place of Residence Jay Co. Ind. Occupation Phone operator

11. Age Next Birthday 18 years.  Color White Race Caucasian

12. Place of Birth Jay Co. Ind. Nationality American

13. Father's Name W.O. Delauter

14. Mother's Maiden Name Pearl M. Erhart

15. Number of Bride's Marriage first

16. Married at Portland, in the County of Jay and State of Indiana, the 2nd day of July 1920.

17. Witnesses to Marriage W.O. Delauter

Luman C. LeMaster

Marriage solemnized by J.H. Nall, Clergyman

Dated at Portland, Ind this 2nd day of July 1920.

This record of the marriage of John Leland LeMaster (1902-1980) and Dortha LeEtta Delauter (1902-1976) was located at the Jay County Historical Society in Portland, Indiana.

John was my paternal great-uncle.  Later in life he was a teacher and principal, but at the time of his marriage he was a rubber worker and his bride was a telephone operator.

Dortha's parents were W. Otto Delauter and Pearl Earhart.  John's parents were Luman Cooper LeMaster and Barbara Isabelle Wehrly.

Until I found this record I didn't realize they were married in Portland.  I do not know of any significance of the clergyman who performed the ceremony.

On This Day : December 26

1677 - Hannah SEWALL born.  Hannah was the daughter of John SEWALL and Hannah FESSENDEN.

1727 - Dorothy FREEMAN married Isaac WILLIAMS in Preston, Connecticut.  Dorothy was the daughter of John FREEMAN and Abigail WITTER.

1734 - John PHILBRICK married Judith SANBORN in Hampton, Province of New Hampshire.  John was the son of Thomas PHILBRICK and Abigail ________.  Judith was the daughter of Enoch SANBORN and Elizabeth DENETT.  They were my 6x-great grandparents.

1753 - Christoffel GROENENDYKE born in Kingston, Middlesex County, New Jersey.  Christoffel was the son of Johannes GROENENDYKE and Sarah Ann LAKE.

1753 - Joseph CHEW died.  Joseph was the son of Nathaniel CHEW and Mary CLARK.

1766 - Johann Karl Ludwig KAHRE born in Kummerdingsen, Westphalia.  Johann was the son of Johann Jurgen KAHRE and Anna Catherine Elisabeth OBERMEIER.

1792 - Hannah BEALS married Isaac WILLIAMS.  Hannah was the daughter of Thomas BEALS and Sarah ANTRIM.

1793 - William JACKSON born.  William was the son of John JACKSON and Phebe BEALS.

1796 - Molly PATRICK died. Molly was the daughter of John PATRICK and Janett McPHEETERS.

1806 - Jerusha WEST married Isaac ADAMA in Jefferson County, Tennessee.  Jerusha was the daughter of Thomas WEST and Rachel OLIPHANT.

1813 - Jane MAXSON born in Ohio.  Jane was the daughter of Jesse MAXSON and Sarah SUTTON.

1822 - Philander WARDLOW married Margaret HOSS in Brown County, Ohio.  Philander was the son of William WARDLOW and Isabel NESBIT.

1839 - Sarah SHELDON died in Brown County, Ohio. Sarah was the daughter of William JACOBS and Sibell LITTELL.

1846 - Rogers DAVIS died.  Rogers was the son of John DAVIS and Bethia ROGERS.

1850 - Susannah BEALS married Thomas CLEVENGER. Susannah was the daughter of Daniel BEALS and Susannah JACKSON.

1852 - William Jefferson SWAFFORD born in Tennessee. William was the son of Richard SWAFFORD and Malinda C. SWAFFORD.

1856 - Nancy PETRY died.  Nancy was the daughter of Stephen PETRY.

1859 - Martha J. METZNER born in Jay County, Indiana.  Martha was the daughter of John METZNER and Catherine YOUNG.

1867 - Jacob LeMASTERS married Sarah Ann HALFHILL in Jay County, Indiana.  Jacob was the son of Luman Walker LeMASTERS and Nancy YOUNG.

1867 - Nancy ERVIN married Walter CARR in White County, Indiana.  Nancy was the daughter of Moses ERVIN and Martha SMITH.

1894 - Jessie Lillian LOOFBOUROW married John Crandall CHATFIELD in Valley County, Nebraska.  Jessie was the daughter of William Wade LOOFBOUROW and Martha Julesa LeMASTERS.

1901 - Lyman PIERCE married Lavina SUNDERLAND in Delaware County, Indiana.  Lyman was the son of Edmund G. PIERCE and Catherine GROENENDYKE.

1901 - James Burrell LEE married Eliza Jane TAYLOR in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.  James was the son of Benjamin Franklin LEE and Mary Isabella THURMAN.

1911 - Catherine E. WEHRLY died in Portland, Jay County, Indiana.  Catherine was the daughter of Luman Walker LeMASTERS and Nancy YOUNG.

1916 - Joseph Evans HEATON died in Eagle Township, Brown County, Ohio.  Joseph was the son of Joseph HEATON and Mary Ann EVANS.

1947 - Ida Isabelle  COFFELT died in Everest, Kansas.  Ida was the daughter of Daniel COFFELT and Rebecca A. SWAFFORD.

1954 - Grace Violet DAVIS died in Richmond, Missouri.  Grace was the daughter of James Calvin SWAFFORD and Louisa Catherine LEE.

1961 - Alice May SAXTON died in Denver, Denver County, Colorado.  Alice was the daughter of George Washington PLANK and Inez May BABCOCK.

1970 - Orilla Catherine ANDREWS died in Grant County, Indian.  Catherine was the daughter of William P. WEHRLY and Olive Jane SMITH.

Hearty Greetings For Christmas

Dear Aunt and Uncle -


I will be glad when I see you Xmas.  I said this morn that I would ride my bicycle in front of the ford Sun. when I go to Ruthies.  That is about all I talk about.  I have a cold I cough a good bit, on the account Revival meeting I wont go to Ruths while you are there for I will take more cold going to church every night.  But you come here and stay several days (That farm traded for a property in town)


From Mildred Miller


Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Stuber
Spencerville Ohio
R.R. # 5


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This postcard, postmarked December 1921 from New Corydon, Indiana, was sent to my paternal great-aunt and uncle, Clarence and Vera (Haley) Stuber, by their niece, Mildred Miller, daughter of Vera's sister, Mary.


The Ruth mentioned in the card was my grandmother, Ruth Haley.