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e i CASS COUNTY IN THE PAST.r i^ | History of EarJy Times and the First ’ I Settlers*. | Ev QoOD J2RAT. ‘ ,f OTHER MARRIAGES.-ihe double . marriage inenrianod ; above, took place, as staled, while this county was under the jurisdiction of Carroll county, but ready to take upon herself Lhe coveted position of independent local government. Those to1 which the reader's attention is now di- i reeled were the first fruits of the new **h«mc government.’! The first license issued in the county, by John B. Dnret, ! • the first Clerk, was to Alexander VVK-1 son, eldest son of General Walter Wib sois, now deceased, and brother of William Wilson Esq., of this city, and Miss Matilda Thorpe, daughter of Moses Thorpe, member of ihe first Board of County Commissioners. The record of this event appears in the following words: rI\o. l. Be ii known that, on the:! 2$th day of May, A. I). 1S29, a marriage license was issue c]. to Alexander Wit son and Matilda Thorpe—both of Cass county, and both of lawful age—which marriage is thus certified:“By vinue of .the license issued from ! the Clerk :f the Circuit Court or Cass county, I do hereby certify that Alexander Wilson and Matilda Thorpe were joined together as husband and wife, on j • the 2Slh day of May, A. D. .1729, by , me- HikAM Todd,
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Logansport Star
Logansport, Indiana, US
Thu, Jan 28, 1875
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