Hurley Family Tree

Married 23 Dec 1866 in Wayne County, Illinois, by Anderson Meyers, a minister of the gospel, as certified from the county court's record in 1867.

Certificate of record of marriage (pension file, page 8)
"I, Oliver Holmes, Clerk of the County Court of said County, hereby certify that Mr. William Jump was married to M[rs.] Martha Hurley in said County, on the 23rd day of December A.D. 1866 by Anderson Meyers a Minister of the Gospel duly authorized to solemnize marriages by the Statute of the State of Illinois, as appears by his return and certificate of marriage attached to the license granted therefor by the Clerk of this Court, and now on file in my office. In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and attached the seal of said County Court, at my office in Fairfield this 22nd day of May A.D. 1867. Oliver Holmes, Clerk of the County."

Other evidence

• Guardian's application, 22 May 1867: Martha A. Jump states that she "again married being now the wife of William Jump on the Twenty-third day of December in the year 1866"
• Pension Office brief on the minor's claim: "Remarriage of mother, 23d Decr. 1866 - certified copy of public record - widow's pension paid up to Decr. 23d 1866"
• 1870 census: Martha Jump, 39, in William Jump's household with their son Arthur, 2

Not in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900. Find a Grave memorial 66536412 gives the same date and minister.