On This Day: August 9

1838: Howell Brewer Martindale and Mary Elizabeth Eaton, my paternal 2nd great-grandparents, were married at Bismarck, St. Francois, Missouri. I present here a copy of their marriage record:

Source: "Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002," database and online images,
 Ancestry.com　(www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 Aug 2011),
entry for Martindale and Eaton, 8 August 1838; citing Marriage Book A: 162.

Nine children were born to this union: William, Lucinda, Ambrose (my great-grandfather), Permelia, Sarah, Howell, Missouri, James, Randolph.

© 2011 Denise Spurlock