Bible, marriage of M.V. Morrow + I. Lawrence
Morrow Bible and marriage of Montraville Morrow and Ida Lawrence


The following names and dates are copied from the center section of a Bible, photocopies of which were given to me in 1974 by Mrs. Erma Maude Parrish, then of Detroit, Michigan, who said the original belonged to her father, Montraville Morrow, late of Piggott, Clay County, Arkansas.
Following the Bible entries is a record of the marriage of Montraville Morrow and Ida Lawrence, received on the same occasion. The marriage record is a separate document, not part of the Bible.
Bible
BIRTHS

J.A. Morrow was born Dec. 26, 1848
Martha Belle Morrow born July 6, 1865
May Morrow born Jan 18, 1886
Claire Morrow born Jan 1, 1889
Walter Lafayett Morrow born Dec 10, 1892
James Clyde Morrow born June 20, 1895
Eunice Morrow born April 8, 1897
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Montraville Morrow born Nov 23, 1871
Robert H. Morrow born March 25, 1875
Effie Morrow born Nov 20, 1876
Herber H. Morrow born Sept 3, 1883



DEATHS
Mary C. Morrow died April 5, 1884
May Morrow died June 3, 1905 1906 [corrected in ink]
Effie Morrow died Jan 31, 1886
James A. Morrow died Nov 29, 1917
Martha Belle Morrow died May 29, 1925
Herbert Morrow died Dec 5, 1945
M.V. Morrow died Oct 25, 1946
Walter L. Morrow died Sept 3, 1952
Clara A. Morrow Nutt died Feb 9, 1955
James C. Morrow died March 12, 1967






MARRIAGE LICENSE
State of Arkansas

County of Clay
To any Person Authorized by Law to Solemnize Marriage, Greeting: You are hereby commanded to solemnize the rite and publish the bans of Matrimony between Mr. M.V. Morrow of Crockett, in the County of Clay and State of Arkansas, aged 30 years, and Miss Ida Lawrence of Crockett, in the County of Clay and State of Arkansas, aged 28 years, according to law and do you officially sign and return this License, to the parties herein named.
Witness my hand and official seal this
11th day of Oct 1902
Joe M. Copeland, County Clerk




CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE
State of Arkansas
County of ____________
I, A.B. Glass, do hereby certify that on the 12th day of October 1902 I did duly and according to law as commanded in the the foregoing License solemnize the rite and publish the bans of Matrimony between the parties therein named.
Witness my hand this
12th day of October 1902
A.B. Glass, Justice of the Peace




NOTE: This License with the Certificate duly executed and officially signed, must be returned to the office whence it is issued within sixty days from the date of License, under penalty of forfeiture of the License.



CERTIFICATE OF RECORD
State of Arkansas
County of Clay, I D.J. Joe M. Copeland County Clerk of the County Court of said County, certify that the above License for and Certificate of the Marriage of Mr. M.V. Morrow and Miss Ida Lawrence was filed in my office on the 5th day of November 1902 and the same is duly recorded on page 561 of Book 3 of Marriage Records.
[seal here]
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this
fifth day of November 1902
Joe M. Copeland, Clerk









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