Marriage bond: Charles M. Vertrees to Cordelia Bruner, 1909

Article / SUMMER Issue 1999
Submitted by: Theodora DeFord
Ancestral Trails Member # 1865
Internet Email: BLTDEFORD@aol.com

Theodora writes her membership number 1865 is easy to remember, " because it's Peter Bruner's death date, my GGGGrandfather". She also submitted the following items:

 
Male

1.Name of groom Charles M. Vertrees (M is for Monroe td)

2. Residence of Groom Grayson County, Ky.

3. Age of groom 23

4. Number of marriage of groom first

5. Occupation carpenter

6. Birthplace of groom Grayson County Ky.

7.Name and birthplace of groom's father James Vertrees Hardin Co. Ky.

8. Name and birthplace of groom's mother Margaret Cook " " "

Female

9.Name of bride Cordelia Bruner

10. Residence of bride Grayson Co. Ky.

11. Age of bride 18

12. Number of Marriage of bride first

13. Birthplace of bride Grayson Co. Ky.

14. Name and birthplace of bride's father H.A. Bruner Grayson Co. Ky.

note td H.A. is Hannibal Armstrong Bruner on the tombstone is Ham

15. Name and place of bride's mother Nancy E. Middleton Grayson Co. Ky.

Note of Nancy tombstone says Bettie

To be married at Leitchfield on the 13th day of November 1909.

I CERTIFY THAT the above is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief

Witness my hand, this 13 day of November 1909

Charles M. Vertrees

Attest: Wm. Cave, Clerk

Marriage Certificate

This is to certify, that on the 13th day of Nov. 1909 the RITES OF MARRIAGE were legally solemnized by me Cordelia Bruner and Charles M. Vertrees at Leitchfield in the country of Grayson in the presence of H. A. Bruner, Jas.Vertrees 

signed, Benj. Connaway

A Copy of Attest: Wm. Cave, Clerk

by Ed. T. Proctor, D.C.

Recorded in Marriage Record Book No. 12, page 193.