Transcription of Religious Societies, Part 2, Pages 51-75

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1. State of Ohio } Clerk Office
2. Wayne County SS } Elyria Dec 13 1836
3. { Seal } }
4. } License is hereby gran
5. ted to the Rev Richard Waite Minister
6. of the Gospel of the Baptist Denomina
7. tion to solemnize marriages in this
8. State as long as he shall continue such
9. regular minister In pursuance
10. of the Statute in such case made
11. and provided and of an order of court
12. of common Pleas of said county
13. At Nov Term whereof AD 1836
14. In testimony whereof I, E H Leo
15. Leonard Clerk of said hereto set my
16. hand and seal of said court
17. E H Leonard Clk
18. State of Ohio Tuscarawas County
19. Court of Common Pleas October
20. Twelve AD 1833 The Rev D Alexander
21. Biddle makes application for a license to
22. solemnize marriages And the court be
23. ing Satisfied that he is a regular ordain
24. ed preacher of the gospel among the United
25. Brethren in Christ It is therefor ordered
26. that a license issue to the said Al
27. exander Biddle to solemnize mar
28. riages within the State of Ohio so long
29. as he remains in good standing in
30. said society In testimony whereof
31. I hereunto set my hand and affix
32. the seal of said court at New
33. Philad this 26 Oct 1833
34. James W English Clk

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1. State of Ohio }
2. Lorain CoY SS } Clerk Office
3. Elyria Jany. 25 1837
4. License is hereby granted to the
5. Rev Ebenezer Payne a regularly or
6. dained Minister of the gospel of the
7. denomination usually called Protes
8. tant Methodist to Solemnize Mar
9. riages in this State so long as he
10. shall continue such regular Minister
11. in pursuance of an order of the
12. Court of Common Pleas of said
13. County at the November Term
14. thereof AD 1836 and of the Statute
15. in such cases made and provided
16. In testimony whereof I, E H Leonard
17. Clerk of said Court hereto subscribe
18. my name and affix the seal of said
19. Court the day & year aforesaid
20. E H Leonard Clk
21. Recorded 25th
22. May 1838 JSloane

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1. State of Ohio }
2. Tuscarawas County SS } October Term AD 1836
3. on motion and it
4. appearing to the satisfaction of the
5. Courts that Wesley C Clark is a
6. regular ordained Minister of the
7. Gospel in the Methodist Episcopal
8. Church. It is ordered that a license
9. be granted to him authorizing him
10. to solemnize marriages within
11. the State of Ohio so long as he
12. shall continue such regular
13. Minister. These are therefore
14. to authorize and empower
15. you the said Westley C Clark
16. to Solemnize Marriages in said
17. State agreeably to the Statute in
18. such case made and provided
19. so long as you shall remain
20. such regular Minister in such
21. Church
22. In Testimony whereof I hereunto
23. set my name and affix
24. the seal of said Court at
25. New Philadelphia this seventh
26. day of November Anno Domini
27. one thousand eight hundred
28. and thirty six
29. James W English
30. Recorded June Clerk
31. 14th 1838
32. Saml L Lorah

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1. The State of Ohio Stark County SS }
2. I John Myers
3. Clerk of the court of common Pleas within and
4. for said County of Stark do hereby certify
5. that at the November Term of said Court begun
6. and held at the court house in Canton on the
7. third day of November eighteen hundred &
8. thirty four the Court having been satisfied
9. that George Slusser is a regular ordained
10. Minister of the Reformed Church it was then
11. and there ordered by the said Court that the
12. said George Slusser should receive a
13. license authorizing him to solemnize
14. marriages within the State of Ohio so long as
15. continue such regular Minister which he
16. is hereby granted to him accordingly
17. In Testimony whereoff I hereto subscribe
18. my name and affix the seal of said court
19. of Common Pleas at Canton the third day of
20. November AD 1834. Jno Myers ClK
21. Recorded June 22nd 1838
22. Saml. L Lorah Clk ___
25. State of Ohio }
26. Trumbull County SS }
27. In Court of Common Pleas
28. April Term AD 1835
29. In pursuance of the order of said Court
30. permission is hereby given to John Struble a
31. regular minister of the Gospel called "The
32. United Brethren of Christ to solemnize
33. Marriages within the State of Ohio so long
34. as he remains such minister and resides
35. within said State
36. In Testimony whereoff I
37. have here unto set my hand and the Seal
38. of said Court at Warren this 20th day of
39. August in the year of our Lord one thousand
40. eight hundred & thirty five ~
41. Geo. Parsons Clerk
42. By Geo. Parsons Jr. deputy

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1. The State of Ohio. Fairfield County SS
2. To all whom this presents shall
3. come greeting
4. Know ye that at a court of Common
5. Pleas began and held at Lancaster in the
6. County aforesaid on the 16th day of March
7. AD 1836. It being made to appear to the
8. satisfaction of the court that Absalom
9. B. Shaeffer was a regularly ordained
10. Minister of the Gospel in the Evangelical
11. Association. It was therefore ordered
12. that License to Solemnize Marriages
13. within the State of Ohio, be granted to
14. the said Absalom B Shaeffer so long
15. as he shall continue in regular standing
16. as a Minister in said Church.
17. These are therefore to license
18. and permit the said Absalom B. Shaeffer
19. to Solemnize Marriages by virtue of
20. the persuances aforesaid.
21. Given under my
22. hand and official Seal at Lancaster
23. aforesaid thjis 216th day of March AD
24. 1836 & of the of Ohio the 35th
25. M.Z. Kreider Clerk
26. Recorded June 27th
27. AD 1838
28. S. L. Lorah Clk Pro Tem
29. The State of Ohio Stark County SS
30. To the Reverend
31. Michael McAleen of Canton in said County
32. Greeting ~ By virtue of an order of the
33. Court of Common Pleas within & for the said
34. County of Stark made on the 9th day of Decr.
35. AD. 1837 you are hereby licensed to solemnn
36. ize marriages within the State of Ohio so long
37. as you continue a regular minister of the
38. Roman Catholic Church. In Testimony where off
39. I hereunto Subscribe my name & affix the seal
40. of said Court at Canton in said County
41. of Stark the 11th day of December AD 1837
42. Thos Goodman Dpy Clk

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