Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1916 — Two Marriages Occur tA Court House This Morning. [ARTICLE]

Two Marriages Occur tA Court House This Morning.

One young couple and one old couple were married at the court house this Monday morning. At 10 o’clock occurred the marriage of Elhausen Potts, age 72 years, of Rensselaer, and Elizabeth R. Thompson, age 73, of Rensselaer. It was the second marriage for the groom and the third for the bride. The marriages of both had been dissolved by death. They were married by Rev. Fleming. The second couple, Jefferson E. Cooper and Bessie Pearl Obenchain, both of Wheatfield, were married at about 11:30 by Rev. Cumick. It was the first marriage for each, will reside on a farm near Wheatfield.