Marriage license of George Lee and Rosetta Cone, located at DeKalb County Court House in Sycamore. Like most licenses this is a pre-printed form with blanks filled in, written in longhand. It reads:
"THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, to any person legally authorized to SOLEMNIZE MARRIAGES: Greeting: STATE OF ILLINOIS, County of DeKalb, ss.
You are hereby authorized To join in the Holy Bonds of Marriage between Mr. George W. Lee and Miss Rosetta Cone of DeKalb County, and this shall be your good and sufficient warrant; and you are required to return this License to me within thirty days from the celebration of such Marriage with a certificate of the same endorsed thereon and signed by you.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and the Seal of said County, this 19th day of December A.D. 1855
[s] Wm H Beavers Clerk Co. Court
by Roswell Dow Deputy
I hereby certify that on this first day of January 1856 I joined in Matrimony Mr. George W Lee with Miss Rosetta agreeably to the authority given in the above license.
[s] Benjamin Clon(?)
Minister of the Gospel"
The minister failed to write Rosetta's surname on the certificate. On the back of the certificate, where the Clerk writes the date the certificate is filed there is a note that says "File and Render Feby 26 1856 [s] Wm H Beavers" On the other side of the fold, someone had written a list of some sort, including "1 oz Corosive Sublimate(?), 3 inches Lunasastre(?) 1 half pint _____ for pot____." Who wrote the list and for what purposes it was used is a mystery...one wonders if this is the reason why the Clerk didn't file the certificate until well beyond the 30 day deadline.
"THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, to any person legally authorized to SOLEMNIZE MARRIAGES: Greeting: STATE OF ILLINOIS, County of DeKalb, ss.
You are hereby authorized To join in the Holy Bonds of Marriage between Mr. George W. Lee and Miss Rosetta Cone of DeKalb County, and this shall be your good and sufficient warrant; and you are required to return this License to me within thirty days from the celebration of such Marriage with a certificate of the same endorsed thereon and signed by you.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and the Seal of said County, this 19th day of December A.D. 1855
[s] Wm H Beavers Clerk Co. Court
by Roswell Dow Deputy
I hereby certify that on this first day of January 1856 I joined in Matrimony Mr. George W Lee with Miss Rosetta agreeably to the authority given in the above license.
[s] Benjamin Clon(?)
Minister of the Gospel"
The minister failed to write Rosetta's surname on the certificate. On the back of the certificate, where the Clerk writes the date the certificate is filed there is a note that says "File and Render Feby 26 1856 [s] Wm H Beavers" On the other side of the fold, someone had written a list of some sort, including "1 oz Corosive Sublimate(?), 3 inches Lunasastre(?) 1 half pint _____ for pot____." Who wrote the list and for what purposes it was used is a mystery...one wonders if this is the reason why the Clerk didn't file the certificate until well beyond the 30 day deadline.
Marriage license of George Lee and Rosetta Cone, located at DeKalb County Court House in Sycamore. Like most licenses this is a pre-printed form with blanks filled in, written in longhand. It reads:
"THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, to any person legally authorized to SOLEMNIZE MARRIAGES: Greeting: STATE OF ILLINOIS, County of DeKalb, ss.
You are hereby authorized To join in the Holy Bonds of Marriage between Mr. George W. Lee and Miss Rosetta Cone of DeKalb County, and this shall be your good and sufficient warrant; and you are required to return this License to me within thirty days from the celebration of such Marriage with a certificate of the same endorsed thereon and signed by you.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and the Seal of said County, this 19th day of December A.D. 1855
[s] Wm H Beavers Clerk Co. Court
by Roswell Dow Deputy
I hereby certify that on this first day of January 1856 I joined in Matrimony Mr. George W Lee with Miss Rosetta agreeably to the authority given in the above license.
[s] Benjamin Clon(?)
Minister of the Gospel"
The minister failed to write Rosetta's surname on the certificate. On the back of the certificate, where the Clerk writes the date the certificate is filed there is a note that says "File and Render Feby 26 1856 [s] Wm H Beavers" On the other side of the fold, someone had written a list of some sort, including "1 oz Corosive Sublimate(?), 3 inches Lunasastre(?) 1 half pint _____ for pot____." Who wrote the list and for what purposes it was used is a mystery...one wonders if this is the reason why the Clerk didn't file the certificate until well beyond the 30 day deadline.
"THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, to any person legally authorized to SOLEMNIZE MARRIAGES: Greeting: STATE OF ILLINOIS, County of DeKalb, ss.
You are hereby authorized To join in the Holy Bonds of Marriage between Mr. George W. Lee and Miss Rosetta Cone of DeKalb County, and this shall be your good and sufficient warrant; and you are required to return this License to me within thirty days from the celebration of such Marriage with a certificate of the same endorsed thereon and signed by you.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and the Seal of said County, this 19th day of December A.D. 1855
[s] Wm H Beavers Clerk Co. Court
by Roswell Dow Deputy
I hereby certify that on this first day of January 1856 I joined in Matrimony Mr. George W Lee with Miss Rosetta agreeably to the authority given in the above license.
[s] Benjamin Clon(?)
Minister of the Gospel"
The minister failed to write Rosetta's surname on the certificate. On the back of the certificate, where the Clerk writes the date the certificate is filed there is a note that says "File and Render Feby 26 1856 [s] Wm H Beavers" On the other side of the fold, someone had written a list of some sort, including "1 oz Corosive Sublimate(?), 3 inches Lunasastre(?) 1 half pint _____ for pot____." Who wrote the list and for what purposes it was used is a mystery...one wonders if this is the reason why the Clerk didn't file the certificate until well beyond the 30 day deadline.
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