Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1909 — Illinois Counple Refused a Marriage License In Rensselaer. [ARTICLE]

Illinois Counple Refused a Marriage License In Rensselaer.

John Burdette, aged 21, and Tressie Hutson, aged 16, were refused a marriage license this Wednesday morning by County Clerk Warner, owing to the fact that the would-be bride was not of legal age and was not accompanleff byTier pafents. Tfie young couple had come here from their home in McLean county, 111., and were greatly disappointed when informed that they could not be issued a license.