Digital copy made from Original Document in the Clerk of Courts, Cabell County, WV Courthouse and was donated to
‘The Lawrence Register’
Transcribed by Martha J. Martin, but the writing is sometimes hard to determine, please double check original document below:
To the Clerk of the County of Cable [sic] Court in the State of Virginia
I hereby Certify that the following is a correct statement of a marriage Solemnized by me in the county aforesaid:
Date of Marriage: 29 March 1855
Place of Marriage: Alexander Peyton’s
Full names of Party’s Married: William S. Higgins and Elizabeth Peyton
Age of husband: 20 years
Age of wife: 20 years and 11 months
Condition of husband: Single
Condition of wife: Single
Place of husband’s birth: Larance [sic] County Ohio
Place of wife’s birth: Cable [sic] County VA
Names of husband’s parents: John Higgins Sarah Higgins
Names of wife’s parents: Charles Peyton and Judia Peyton
Occupation of husband: teeming or ox driving, jest [?] as you are [?] pleased [?] to call [?]
Given under my hand as a Minister of the Gospel Legally Authorized to Solemnize Marriage, this 31st day of March A.D. 1855
Benjamin L. Perry
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