Marriage certificate, 1867.

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Marriage certificate, 1867.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58564959

This collection contains the marriage certificate of Otis Briggs and Jennie Allen of Nevada, Iowa, dated 3 November 1867. The wedding was officiated by Samuel Jones, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Nevada, and Samuel and Ann Bates served as witnesses.

.1 linear ft. (1 folder)

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7766243

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Briggs family.

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Briggs, Jennie Allen

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Briggs, Otis.

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Otis Briggs (d. 1903) moved to Des Moines, Iowa, from Ohio in 1848. He operated a jewelry business and later a general merchandise business. He moved to Nevada, Iowa, in 1857. He continued his general merchandise business until the early 1870s when he and O. B. Dutton established the Farmers Bank, the first bank in Story County. Otis Briggs married Eliza Allen of Des Moines in 1854. They had four children. Following Eliza's sudden death in 1867, her half-sister Jennie came to Nevada to care for ...