Marriage license/certificate: Charles J. Roland & Sarah King, DC, Washington, 6 Aug 1889

Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by N. Taber.

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Source: Certified copy in personal possession of N. Taber, obtained 18 Jan 2008, from
Marriage Bureau
Superior Court of the District of Columbia
500 Indiana Ave NW, Room 4485
Washington, DC 20001-2131

[_Underscores_ indicate blanks in preprinted form, filled in by hand.]

To any Minister of the Gospel authorized to Celebrate Marriages in the District of Columbia, Greeting:
    You are hereby LICENSED to solemnize the RITES OF MARRIAGE between
_Charles J Roland_, of _Emigsville, Penna_
AND
 _Sarah E. King_, of _Washington DC_
if you find no lawful impediment thereto; and having so done, you are commanded to appear in the Clerk's Office of the Supreme Court of said District and certify the same.
    Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this _6_ day of _Aug_, 18_89_. [This was a Tuesday.]
        _R. J. Meigs_, Clerk.
        By _L. F. Williams_, Asst. Clerk. [Not sure of the initials]

_C. C. Meador_, Minister of _the Fifth Baptist_ Church in _Washington City_, hereby certify that, by authority of a License of the same tenor as the foregoing, I solemnized the marriage of the parties aforesaid on the _6th_ day of _Aug_, 18_89_, at _5th Bapt. Ch._, in the District of Columbia.
    [Signed] _C. C. Meador_

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Updated 5 Oct 2008