SAM STARKEY MARRIAGE BOOK
These are the marriage records of Samuel Starkey, grandfather of Bonnie Starkey Collins, a Wetzel County minister who is sometimes referred to as "Marryin’ Sam". The book is in very delicate condition, faded and crumbling at the touch. The cover reads Studio Notebook, and has brown, green and tan earth tones as background for a lady dressed in white grecian garb. Sam displayed a graceful, flowing handwriting in old English script; each entry is carefully signed and complete text is used repeatedly, although I left out many of the "certitifies" and "uniteds" in the interest of space. By way of example, however, the first record is complete.
Book is submitted by Judy Kimble Barrow:
12/9/1875 " I certify that on the ninth day of December, 1875, I united in marriage Julian Martin Miller & Malinda Higgins."
12/23/1875 Jasper Shreves & Sarilda Price
12/30/1875 William B. Main & Mary E. Duncan
1876:
1/6 Abraham Ice & Mary Edgell
10/19 Jasper Price & Rachael Johnson
1877:
4/? Carrie G. Barker & Mary Johnson
4/11 Emanuel Starkey & Martha A. Duncan
8/9 John Talkington & Laverna Nay
1878:
10/21 Harry (Harvey?) Starkey & Julianna Rogers
11/7 Michael J. Bosh? & Rebecca J. Starkey
1879:
1/10 Nicholson Barker & Plessie A. Talkington
3/27 Perry G. Martin & Mary Ann Higgins
8/28 Dennie Wright & Flora Parker
10/30 James Edgell & Mary Huldah Stevens
1880:
2/5 Jefferson Harris & ? Starkey
3.28 Joshua Higgins & Nancy Rowe
8/26 Jasper N. Cochran & Mary C. Whitfield
1881:
1/30 Scott Stout & Rachel Price
1882:
3/1 Henry Quinn & Mary Miller
1883:
3/29 G.W. Morgan & Charlotta Starkey
1885:
2/22 George W. Hayhurst & Clarinda Starkey
3/12 John Manion & Angeline V. Starkey
3/19 William Jackson Cain & Malinda Williams
10/8 Levi R. Kelly & Martha V. Edgell
10/14 Ervin D. Gifford & Belinda Starkey
11/19 Alpheus Wyatt & Fanny Morgan
11/22 L.T. Morris & D. ?
12/4 John Cain & Luanna? Shreves
1886:
1/17 Benjamin Cleveland & Minnie Glaspell
1/14 Truman Davison & Rebecca A. Starkey
1/24 Amaziah Martin & Nancy Looman
2/9 John Stevens & Catherine J. Barker
3/21 George Albright & Mary Barker
4/18 Silas Edgell & Jenia Cowell?
5/2 Henry Swiger & Mary A. Lemasters
5/6 William H. Flowers & Lemasters? Main
5/16 Henry Flowers & Malinda Talkington
8/15 Michael J. Traitor & Malinda Carroll
9/12 David S. Morris & Serepthia Cain
1887:
1/9 Jonas Miller & Minerva Ice
2/22 Thomas W. Gorby & Maziah Wyatt
4/3 A.H. Lowe & Emma Edgell
4/13 David Miller & Mary V. Swiger
4/13 William Ice & Nancy A. Headlee
10/? Jessie M. Starkey & Alice Musgrave
10/2 E.L. Piggot & Emily C. Cole
10/22 Martin Anderson & Lydia E. McIntire
1888:
2/25 David Barker & Catherine Ice
3/1 Floyd Young & Malissa E. Roberts
4/29 William Stevens & Allie J. Stout
4/29 Francis M Swiger & H. Harbert?
5/17 Isaac Lemasters & Mahala Lyons
6/14 Thomas Barker & Sarah Whitehair
10/3 George Hannan & Maggie Sturgeon
10/7 Alpheus Nay & Florence Norris
11/18 Bachel? Campbell & Mary Ann Copenhaver
1889:
1/15 Samuel B. Cain & Rebecca A. Barker
1/27 Daniel Anderson & Emma J. Arnett
2/24 Jefferson E. Wyatt & Alice Snodgrass
4/4 Isaac Starkey & Alcinda Campbell
5/5 J. B. (R?) Stout & Alma Glaspell
6/9 J.J. Morgan & Leona A. McIntire
6/9 Franklin Henderson & Lena L. Cain
6/30 T.M. Ferrell & Minerva A. Carroll
7/14 Patrick Ice & Emma N. Hays
9/5 William Starkey & Alice Hillberry
9/25 Falwell Martin & Savinia Young
10/8 Henry Price & Sarah Swiger
10/13 Charles Stillwagner & Cora B. Talkington
11/5 Jessie Flowers & Huldah J. Price
11/11 John B. Travis & Mary W. Starkey
11/21 Daniel Edgell & Margaret J. Keen
11/29 Caleb Ashcraft & Anna A. Barker
12/22 J. F. Ensminger & Vizena Sherman
12/25 Dossy Lemasters & Sarah Lyons
1890:
1/25 Sylvester S. Starkey & Allie J. Edgell
3/6 Lee Bates & Lavina Young
6/26 John R. Davis & Elizabeth Jane Franks
7/29 C.H. Cain & Rosa L. Myers
11/12 Harrison Cunningham & Amanda J. Wyatt
11/15 William Price & Alena A. Barker
11/19 James Barker & Nancy Ann Edgell
11/20 Dossy Lemasters & Rebecca Ann Norris
1891:
4/4 James Stout & Elizabeth Hays
4/23 Eugene W. Snodgrass & Martha Robinson
8/8 James Ellis Quinn & Mary E. Cain
8/22 George Cleland & Armenia McIntire
9/13 John N. McIntire & Jeannie N. Looman
12/30 Thomas Cleland & Martha R. Starkey
1892:
1/14 G.W. Slider & Katie A. Jackson
1/31 Ellis Bailey? & Annie E. King
2/9 Henry Higgins & Jemima C. Fisher
3/21 Frederick Price & Laura Bates
4/13 W.H. Hayhurst & Vernia Price
5/5 James M. Hayhurst & Rosella Flowers
5/16 T.B. George & M.E. Edgell
5/28 U.G. Adams & E.T. Dunca
8/19 D.L. Starkey & Susannah Cain (Coen?)
9/4 Floyd F. Cain & Agnes Carson
10/10 Winfield Taylor Lipscomb & Martha Winans
11/24 Henry W. Heldreth & Mary B. Hogan
11/29 James E. Higgins & Annie Duncan
1893:
5/2 Elmer Ashcraft & Minnie L. Ashcraft
7/2 Dessie Anderson & Maude M. Satterfield
9/9 Abraham Ice & J.M. Miller
9/10 James Morgan & Mary Ice
10/21 A.J. Norris & Melinda J. Morgan
10/26 A.B. Ice & Emma Shaffer
11/25 James Kimball & Mary Curtis
12/9 O.W. Baker & Allie J. Moore
1894:
4/8 Steven Stout & Mary J. Carson
4/12 William Bates & Rosie Wyatt
7/21 James Hannan & Laura Curtis
11/1 William T. Ice & Lydia B. Robinson
11/24 James H. Adams & Jennie B. Wildman
12/11 David Stout & Mary E. Johnson
1895:
1/1 G.W. Dye & Rhoda B. Swiger
2/19 George W. Brummage & Louisa Jane Higgins
3/30 James W. Ice & Eliza A. Robinson
3/31 Nelson Morgan & Nancy Ann Barker
7/4 Presley Lowe & Lelah Young
8/25 Lindsey Morris & Roberta J. Coen
1896:
9/2 John Moore & Rachel Bragg
9/6 Daniel Hayhurst & Martha Higgins
9/10 Joseph T. Satterfield & Martha E. Starkey
9/14 James E. Morris & Dehlia Workman
9/25 N. L. Hayhurst & Millie Higgins
10/17 Nathan Higgins & Rebecca Barker
11/8 John H. Strait & Tabitha A. Shreves
11/8 W.T. Johnson & Rachel J. Albright
11/9 W.D. Barker & Mary Talkington
12/13 M.F. Swisher & Laura B. Lemasters
12/27 Marshall Moon? & Maisie Emma Starkey
1897:
3/14 Michael Manion & Ida Myrtle Belch
5/2 Levi Shuman & Sarah Smith
5/16 James Barker & Loretta McMillan
5/19 Wilbert Carmichael & Virginia Bucher
5/23 John S. Starkey & Ida Snodgrass
8/9 Arthur C. Edgell & Bertha E. Bates
10/17 Alfred Boise & Gracie Midland
1898:
1/15 D. E.??? & J.B. Ice
1/16 Jessie Arnold & Mariah Loudenslager
1/19 Cecil Edgell & Sadie Curtis
6/17 George F. Cumberledge & Laura Buchanon
7/25 A.J. Heineman & Laura A. Ensminger
12/18 William Harbert & Laura ???
12/24 Mil Bissett & Florence Ash (at home of Joseph Curtis)
1899:
3/5 B.F. Freeland & Martha Bates
4/22 Eugene L. Haught & Cora E. Baker
6/18 Harry B. Ice & Lucretia Talkington
7/7 Wesley Cross & Zania Baarker
7/15 William S. Bates & Myrtle Begars
8/17 James Price & Gordia Miller
9/22 Frank L. Moore & Cara (Cora?) B. Nay
10/1 Harry H. Johnson & Ella Showalter
10/14 Santford E. Cain & Margaret A. Zubel
10/18 George Shreves & Cora C. Peeples
11/7 Sylvester M. Calvert & Mary M. Belch
11/25 Jacob Bates & Rosa E. Miller
1900:
2/9 G.W. Carroll and Verna Barker
2/14 Rufus C. Walker & Fannie Woodburn
3/10 S.D. Edgell & Minnie Ice
3/11 C.H. Higgins & Nina Hayhurst
4/15 Ralph R. Allison & S. Norris
4/28 ? J. Powell & Martina Edgell
7/1 James Haught & Cora Flowers
7/3 Samuel P. Starkey & Louisa Higgins
7/4 Omer Ice & Mary J. Prunty
10/1 ? Starkey & Mary A. ?
11/5 George W. Clark & Mariah Ice
11/29 Early B. Hays & Virginia A. Jones
12/1 W.J. Barker & Myrtle Wadkins
12/25 John A. Wade & ? Scott
12/27 Benjamin R. Martin & Mary B. Stark
1901:
2/1 Andrew J. Price & Annie F. Fisher
2/2 Brady E. Wells & Lucy V. Norris
2/17 J.O. Starkey & Octavia Albright
2/17 Chancey (Charles? Perry & Lizzie Hays
3/30 J.D. Barker & Olive Merrifield
3/31 Ernie McDougal & Bessie Batson
4/9 James H. Barker & Linda Belle Harvey
4/11 S.W. Starkey & Mary Jane Kerns
4/18 S.T. Musgrave & Rosetta Frances
4/25 William B. Price & Frances A. Keener
5/1 Daniel ? & Belle Hayhurst
5/11 Ulysses L. Wells & Margaret E. Wycoff
5/14 Lee Hayhurst & Ella Lowe
5/22 H.J. Crayton & Julia B. Booher
7/7 Samuel Frasure & Ellie Mahone
8/26 Harrison Cross & Elsie Haught
12/1 Joseph ? & Permillia ?
1902:
2/2 Willie B. Starkey & Lenora L. Ashcraft
4/15 J.V. Price & Linda Barker
4/20 Enoch H. Higgins & Huldah Hayhurst
?/7 ? Shrieves & Salina Barker
11/15 William G. Carson & Sarah A. Myers
?/22 Friend Welling & Frances Hays
11/24 W.H. Beaver & Jemima Haught
12/1 Henry E. Martin & Martha J. Gump
1903:
3/6 Oscar wise & Eldora Edgell
3/6 Jacob F Matthews & Martha A. Sturgis
3/15 Henry Hayhurst & Minnie Lowe
3/22 Reuben Hatfield & Minnie Price
3/26 William E. Hawkings & Nancy Longwell
5/31 H.E. Edgell & Martha Glover
8/23 William H. Leasure & Otha Duncan
10/9 Oliver Jobes & J. L. Price (at the home of Susan Fisher)
10/10 George Toothman & Martha White
11/23 George W. Ensminger & Mary Alice Glover
12/6 Lee Wycoff & Ella Richmond
12/27 B.W. Higgins & S.A. Lowe
1904:
2/26 J. W. Miller & Bertha Traitor
3/6 W.J. Keene & Jane Carroll
3/14 V.C. Starkey & Stella Morgan
3/29 Charles Lipscomb & Gertie Flowers
5/21 John W. Amos & Etta Campbell
6/22 C.J. Ice & Vanzie Campbell
7/8 W.J. Berney & Blanche Moore
7/16 Carrie Adams & Rose Slider
7/19 J. Smalley & A. Cain
9/9 N. Emmett Moore & Bertis Sturgeon
10/16 Edward Gill & Hattie Wycoff
10/29 Bruise B. Talkington & Bertha Edgell
12/5 John Snodgrass & Mary Wright
12/16 T.T. Walters & Mary Sturgeon
1905:
1/17 Ira Hudson & Rhoda Price
2/19 William J. Carson & Mary Long
2/20 G.A. Shupp & Liza Lemasters
3/1 F.L. Lowe & M.T. Higgins
5/21 Samuel Batson & Lulu Beckett
6/29 Sanford Lee Baird & Lucy L. Miller
7/4 Wiley Powell & Frances Hennen
10/29 Perry F. Williams & Myrtle T. Bean
10/31 C.J. Wood & Jean E. Snyder
12/17 Earl Hess & Hannah Rogers
12/31 Thomas W. Shaver & Jennie Hays
1906:
1/10 Lindsey Powell & Cassie Wycoff
2/17 Thomas Gump & Mary Ann Smith
4/13 William E. Talkington & Mary A. Flowers
4/19 P.F. Talkington & E. B. Miller
4/29 Lester Carrol & Orva Powell
5/30 L.B. Simpson & Willa Davis
9/1 J.W. Powell & Georgia Norris
10/14 Willie Talkington & Fanny Adams
10/28 Henry Talkington & Rebecca Bolger
11/4 W.H. Mayfield & Ellen Parrish
12/3 Howard Shaffer & Ida Satterfield
12/7 T.L. Shreves & Laura Stern
12/15 J.E. Beckett & Dorcas Mayfield
12/31 S.W. Jones & E.M. Wycoff
1907:
3/30 C.L. Wycoff & A.G. Raven
4/22 G.O. Shaver & Lola Miller
7/20 W.A. Owens & Frances Danst
7/31 William N. Satterfield & Della Showalter
9/29 Howaard Shaffer & Della Williams
1908:
1/21 Alva E. Talkington & Dessie Barker
5/24 Ellis Talkington & Martha Cain
7/19 Abraham Ice & Irene Ash
8/17 Samuel Carroll & Delphia Ice
12/5 Samuel Smith & Martha Burdine
1909:
3/26 William Smyth & Lydia Norris
6/29 Nicholas A. Ensminger & Martha Mick
7/26 Charles G. Price & Jennie Briggs
9/4 Matthew Little & Jane Ice
9/25 Henry Barker & Bertha Deats
10/7 Benton Quinn & Ona Adams
12/6 Lester Miller & Bertha Ice
12/14 Walter Barker & Sarah Haught
12/14 Curtis Barker & Daisy Stout
1910:
2/20 Raymond Russell Copenhaver & Fannie S. Talkington
2/26 W.A.Phillips & Bertha Albright