This marriage license/certificate was on the top half of thepage where my
great-grandmother’s marriage license/certificate was located onthe bottom.
Transcribed from the photocopy... every attempt has beenmade to make a true
transcription... misspellings are maintained... attemptswere made to decipher various
particulars of cursive handwriting as accuratelyas possible. In particular, David’s middle
initial and the spelling ofEsthre/Ester’s name was carefully transcribed as close as
possible.
Respectfully submitted
Bruce Pawlak
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and emailed to you.
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David N. Newton
to
Esthre E. Gilmore
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this 25 day of July 1896 theclerk of the Crawford Circuit Court
issued a Marriage License of which thefollowing is a true record, to wit:
State of Indiana, Crawford County, ss:
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS GREETING:
Know Ye, That any person empowered by law to solemnizemarriages, is hereby authorized to
join together as
HUSBAND AND WIFE
David N. Newton and Esthre E. Gilmore and for so doingthis shall be his sufficient
authority.
In Testimony Whereof, I, Richard F. Clark, Clerk of theCrawford Circuit Court, hereunto
subscribe my name and affix the seal of saidCourt, at English this 25 day of July 1896.
/Richard F. Clark, Clerk/ (Signature)
STATE OF INDIANA, TO-WIT: CRAWFORD COUNTY, SS:
This Certifies, That I joined in marriage, as HUSBAND ANDWIFE, David W. Newton and Ester
E. Gilmore, on the 25 day of July 1896.
/Allen B. Tucker J.P./(Signature)
CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE
STATE OF INDIANA, TO-WIT: CRAWFORD COUNTY, SS:
This Certifies, That I joined in marriage as HUSBAND ANDWIFE, David W. Newton and Ester E.
Gilmore, on the 25 day of July 1896.
/Allen B. Tucker J.P./(Signature)