Benjamin H. Virt to Cora Ann Crone, Marriage License

Benjamin H. Virt

TO ss:

Cora Anna Crone

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this 20" day of April, 1912, the following Marriage License was issued, to wit:

STATE OF INDIANA, MORGAN COUNTY, ss:

TO ANY PERSON EMPOWERED BY LAW TO SOLEMNIZE MARRIAGES, GREETING:

You are hereby authorized to join together as Husband and Wife, Benjamin H. Virt and Cora Ann Crone, and of this, together with your Certificate of Marriage, make due return, within three months, according to the laws of the State of Indiana.

WITNESS, The Clerk of the Morgan Circuit Court, and the Seal thereof, affixed at Martinsville, Indiana, this 20th day of April, A.D. 1912

[Signature] Wm. H. Payne

Clerk of the Morgan Circuit Court

And on the 20" day of April A.D. 1912 the following Certificate was returned and filed in the Clerk's Office of said Court, to wit:

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE

THIS CERTIFIES, That Benjamin H. Virt of Martinsville and Cora Ann Crone of Martinsville were by me united in Holy Matrimony in Martinsville on the 20" day of April, A.D. 1912.

[Signature] Joe W. Williams

APPLICATION FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE -- MALE

Application is hereby made for a license for the marriage of

Benjamin H. Virt

TO

Cora Ann Crone

Upon the following statement of fact relative to said parties:

1. The full christian and surname of the man is: Benjamin H. Virt

2. Color: White

3. Where born: Paragon, Ind

4. When born: Nov 11 - 1889

5. Present residence: Paragon, Ind

6. Present occupation: farming

7. If no occupation, what means has the male contracting party to support a family? [blank]

8. Is the male contracting party of nearer blood kin to the female contracting party than second cousin? No.

9. Full christian and surname of the father: James Virt

10. His color: white

11. His birthplace: Johnson Co. Ind.

12. His occupation: farming

13. His residence: Paragon

14. Full christian and maiden name of mother: Nancy E. Burkhart

15. Her color: white

16. Her occupation: Housekeeping

17. Her birthplace: Morgan Co. Ind.

18. Her residence: Paragon

19. Has the male contracting party been an inmate of any county asylum or home for indigent persons within the last five years? No.

20. If so, is he now able to support a family and likely to so continue? [blank]

21. Is this his first marriage? Yes

22. If not, how often has he been married? ----

23. Has such prior marriage, or marriages, been dissolved? ----

24. If so, how? ----

25. When? ----

26. Is the male contracting party afflicted with epilepsy, tuberculosis, venereal, or any other contagious or transmissible disease? No.

27. Is he an imbecile, feeble minded, idiotic, or insane, or is he under guardianship as a person of unsound mind? No.

Signature of applicant: Ben Virt

STATE OF INDIANA, MORGAN COUNTY, ss:

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 20" day of April, 1912.

Wm. H. Payne

Clerk, Morgan Circuit Court

STATE OF INDIANA, MORGAN COUNTY, ss:

James Virt deposes and says that he has personal knowledge of the facts above stated and that they and each of them are true.

his

James X Virt

mark

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 20th day of April 1912.

Wm. H. Payne

Clerk, Morgan Circuit Court

APPLICATION FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE -- FEMALE

Application is hereby made for a license for the marriage of

Cora Ann Crone

TO

Benjamin H. Virt

Upon the following statement of fact relative to said parties:

1. The full christian and surname of the woman is: Cora Ann Crone

2. Color: White

3. Where born: Martinsville, Ind.

4. When born: Sept. 23, 1893

5. Present residence: Martinsville, Ind

6. Present occupation: Housekeeping

7. Full christian and surname of the father: Henry L. Crone

8. His color: white

9. His birthplace: Morgan Co. Ind.

10. His occupation: farming

11. His residence: Martinsville

12. Full christian and maiden name of mother: Hattie J. Shuler

13. Her color: white

14. Her occupation: Deceased

15. Her birthplace: Morgan Co., Ind.

16. Her residence: -----

17. Has the female contracting party been an inmate of any county asylum or home for indigent persons within the last five years? No.

18. Is this her first marriage? Yes

19. If not, how often has she been married? ----

20. Has such prior marriage, or marriages, been dissolved? ----

21. If so, how? ----

22. When? ----

23. Is the female contracting party afflicted with epilepsy, tuberculosis, venereal, or any other contagious or transmissible disease? No.

24. Is she an imbecile, feeble minded, idiotic, or insane, or is he under guardianship as a person of unsound mind? No.

Signature of applicant: Cora A. Crone

STATE OF INDIANA, MORGAN COUNTY, ss:

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 20" day of April, 1912.

Wm. H. Payne

Clerk, Morgan Circuit Court

STATE OF INDIANA, MORGAN COUNTY, ss:

James Virt deposes and says that he has personal knowledge of the facts above stated and that they and each of them are true.

his

James X Virt

mark

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 20th day of April 1912.

Wm. H. Payne

Clerk, Morgan Circuit Court

Source: Morgan County (Indiana) Marriages, p. 556