This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
The Will of Jacob Todd and the Three Odd Daughters
In 1867 the Ohio town of about a half million dollar estate left to three unmarryable daughters Mary Sarah and Jane with a twist two executors must find single men willing to wed them for one year on a farm while performing chores including fence rails painting and grafting. After months of searching across several states a baggage man a stuttering suitor and a red headed farmer’s son were finally found and the triple marriages completed just before the two year deadline.
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Charles B. Lewis
Oho
Jacob Todd
Mary
Sarah
Jane
Sarsh
Ohio
Mr. Todd
Waldo
America
Mr. Waldo
Miss Mary
Michigan
Heuackr
Burcswan
Nam
Bird
Sara
Sach
Tennessee
Akron
J-J
George Washington
Cincinnati Institute
Acre
New Hampshire
Union
Delaware
Plymouth
Grafton County
Dalton
Connecticut
Norton
Vermont
Salem
Trasburg
Centralia