The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-08-15
WHO MARRIED THEMV
Or Did They Decide Alter Taking Out
A License, not TO Weds
A Large Number Of Marriage Licenses
Issued During the Year For Which
No Returns Were Made,
90 Provided ny Law,

There is law In Ohio which pro
yldea that every minister or inatiob Of
tho peace who R0lemnlzea q marriage
must make a return OF II 10 the pro
bate Judge,
Under tho law this return must bC
made within ninety days from the
time the marriage IN performed, A
failure 70 make the proper return layf
the minister or justice liable 10 u due
OF $50 which SUN OF money goes 10 the
county fund.
ltiaa very proper law M In case OF
trouble, the record In the probate Onlce
ia about the only way Ia which II can
be proven that a marriage actually took
place,
On the margin OF the marriage
license book 10 q place whore tho pro-
bate Judge enters up tho returns made
by minister or Justice who performs
the marriage,
A call ~ Probate Judge Fawoett'a
Ollica showed that from May 10, 1883 TO
May 10, 1851 there were thirty'lye
licenses issued for which no returns
were made, This number does not In
clude tho licenses marked mot issued"
OT"TeyOked,'
In all OF these cases the parties either
decided after taking out the license that
they would not he married, or olac the
minister or Justice who married them,
failed 10 make the proper return AND
thus laid himself llabl0 10 n llne Of $50.
Only a few OF the cases are fr0m Can
ton while q large majority OF them
come from Maaalll0n, Alliance 10 not
without u case OF this kind while Ma
yarre comes In for her share,
In case any of tFeae piItles were
married, " tho proper return Ia not
made, it might make them serious
trouble in alter years II they desired 10
prove the marriage took place.
Below IN q llst OF the marriage llcen.
sea Issued between May 10, 1883 and
May ~, 1850, for which no returns have
been iuudo. The date on which the
license WIS lsBued Ia also given.
CANTON,
May II, Jacob Yongunton aud Mag.
dalena stibDT July 2S, Jacob l. StuJln,
Nina Johnson; Aug, rs, David li0sen'
thai, Leah sllytrmgn; Oct, H., william
Thompson, Adclino krlt2gT Nov 2s,
John A, S1uCfau,2, lda WeuD, Jan rs,
AdOlph KlnglcE Lizzie HUnlug; May
!, George EadlemNn, Cecilia Nerm0llu,
MAgslLLON,
May 10. Frank Mehrlng, Frances
Schroeder; MAY II, John l., Eogt Mary
A, Pan; MHy ~, Louis M0gHf, Sophia
Partner, May as, Andrew W, Smith,
Mary lluia; lniy2, WilllNm Crone, Car
Olinu sghlcduqcle; July "a, Joseph
schmidt Annu y. Huber; Aug II Jos
Myers, sophia Nogt; Aug e. CHARLES
Schuster Anna Oger, Sept. 20, Her,
mNu OescnwiUG, vpiumbuu ithnc;
oct. =, Gertrude BadeE Mary O'er,
Oct, lb Joseph OhlmNnn, Mary SwllJrr
Hn0 John GHug, BorbnrH BrcniugCr,
Oct lG, Joseph OsOr, Lizzie llolleuder,
oct. %, Joseph Warth, Mary n, Knapp.
Dec. ~, Edward Genet, Alberiiao
Grosswilrr; Dec. 90 Albert Gintcr
Amelia Ess; Dec 81, Valentine Moss
llauGer Mary BtooS; Feb. 20, Albert
stephan, Cathariue Seifort; April e.,
Peter Bauer, Maggie AunchbacK; April
%, jones Quinlan, Theresa llollander;
May 3, Charles HUH, Frances Scheid.
nagle.
OTHER PLACES,
Navarro, February o. Alban +. Lush
Catharine A. Sh tier April ~, VIII
liam Stamm, Lizzie Roy.
Alliance, February 20, William Q.
Richardg Minnie Il, Begtly, October
10, Daniel Goode, Katie B. Owen.
Perry township, September 29, John
Kicker, Tile Kohl North Lawrence,
February 9, William Moore, Jennie Lis
Ier