Below are St. Joseph County marriages recorded by ministers or by a Justice of the peace. Records that are numbered were transcribed from the returns sent to the state by the county. Records without a number were transcribed directly from the records of the Justice or the minister.
JOP = Justice of the Peace and MOG = Minister of the Gospel.
The "*" symbol indicates an illegible letter in the record.
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No | Month | Day | Year | Place of Marriage | Full name (and color) of Bridegroom and Bride | Residence of each at time of marriage | Age of each in years | Birth-place of each | Occupation of Bridegroom | Name & official station of person by whom married | Witnesses names | Witnesses Residences |
1 | April | 2 | 1867 | Sturgis | George Sturgis | Sturgis | 40 | W Denst, Minister of the Gospel | William Arnes | Fawn River | ||
Mary Jane Ulm | Fawn River | 21 | James Johnson | Fawn River | ||||||||
2 | April | 7 | 1867 | Fawn River | Abner Thurber | Constantine | 34 | W Denst, Minister of the Gospel | Isaac D Toll | Fawn River | ||
Maranda Graves | Fawn River | 22 | Kate Finn | Fawn River | ||||||||
3 | April | 9 | 1867 | White Pigeon | H S Lernbach | Constantine | 22 | Peter Bergstresser, Minister of the Gospel | Adam Gentzler | Constantine | ||
Sarah A Gentzler | White Pigeon | 24 | Jacob Gentzler | Constantine | ||||||||
4 | April | 14 | 1867 | Leonidas | James C Arnold | Leonidas | 22 | Hervey N Addison, JOP | George A Arnold | Leonidas | ||
Robena S Robinson | Leonidas | 18 | George H H*rent | Leonidas | ||||||||
5 | April | 3 | 1867 | Three Rivers | Clement Homer | Park | 22 | William Hutchinson, JOP | William F Arnold | Three Rivers | ||
Elmira Dents | Park | 18 | O F Bean | Three Rivers | ||||||||
6 | April | 4 | 1867 | Three Rivers | Horace B Smith | Flowerfield | 19 | William Hutchinson, JOP | Ebenezer Rich | Flowerfield | ||
Caroline A Andrews | Flowerfield | 16 | Elizabeth Romig | Flowerfield | ||||||||
7 | April | 16 | 1867 | Three Rivers | Daniel Duke | St Joseph County | 26 | Peter Bergstresser, MOG | Elias Schall | Park | ||
Mary Brigaman | St Joseph County | 17 | Mrs Elias Schall | Park | ||||||||
8 | April | 4 | 1867 | Three Rivers | Anson H Wood | Lockport | 30 | L H Troubridge, Minister of the Gospel | James H Wood | Three Rivers | ||
Mary M Bannan | Three Rivers | 23 | Mrs L H Troubridge | Three Rivers | ||||||||
9 | April | 10 | 1867 | Lockport | George W Pettitt | St Joseph County | 26 | L H Troubridge, MOG | Warren D Pettitt | St Joseph County | ||
Catharine M Hunter | St Joseph County | 18 | Sarah M Wood | St Joseph County | ||||||||
10 | April | 14 | 1867 | Three Rivers | Richard Carn | Lockport | 23 | L H Troubridge, MOG | Mrs E B Day | Three Rivers | ||
Hannah M Warner | Lockport | 18 | Mary E Porter | Three Rivers | ||||||||
11 | May | 2 | 1867 | Lockport | Albert W J Hardy | Augusta | 25 | L H Troubridge, MOG | Andrew Caul | Cass County | ||
Annie C Caul | Lockport | 21 | Emma Perrin | Park | ||||||||
12 | May | 7 | 1867 | Three Rivers | Soloman Eberhart | Kalamazoo | 25 | L H Troubridge, MOG | Mrs L H Troubridge | Three Rivers | ||
Lydia R Fox | Kalamazoo | 20 | Mary E Porter | Three Rivers | ||||||||
13 | May | 7 | 1867 | Three Rivers | John Reese | Three Rivers | 24 | L H Troubridge, MOG | Oscar G Fishe? | Three Rivers | ||
Tomilda R Laws | Tiffin, Ohio | 19 | Charles Kaiser | Three Rivers | ||||||||
14 | May | 23 | 1867 | Centreville | Marden Sabin | Cleveland, Ohio | 27 | A F Ashton, MOG | Mrs P Smith | Centreville | ||
Mary M Smith | Centreville | 21 | William Allison | Centreville | ||||||||
15 | May | 23 | 1867 | Centreville | Alfred Akey | Mendon | 27 | A F Ashton, MOG | Robert Akey | Mendon | ||
Genie J Allison | Centreville | 20 | William Allison | Centreville | ||||||||
16 | May | 20 | 1867 | Sherman | Helmut Lampe | Sherman | Missing from record | John L Hahn, MOG | Harry Lohrman | Sherman | ||
Wilhelmina Lohrman | Sherman | Missing from record | Charles Froh | Burr Oak | ||||||||
17 | May | 24 | 1867 | Three Rivers | John Bole | Fabius | 23 | S Chadwick, JOP | W Ferris | Jackson | ||
Ann Renklin | Lockport | 20 | J B Peters | Lockport | ||||||||
18 | June | 5 | 1867 | Leonidas | Anson J Pulver | Leonidas | 37 | Samuel J Beam, MOG | William Haines | Leonidas | ||
Isabella Haines | Wakeshma | 19 | S Fredenburg | Wakeshma | ||||||||
19 | April | 4 | 1867 | Burr Oak | William M Weyant | Colon | 22 | Samuel Needham, JOP | William Wells | Colon | ||
Lydia N Wells | Colon | 18 | Susan Wells | Colon | ||||||||
20 | April | 11 | 1867 | Burr Oak | Allan B Clark | Bluffton, Indiana | 33 | Samuel Needham, JOP | J Clinton Bishop | Burr Oak | ||
Lucy B R** | Burr Oak | 39 | Delia Bishop | Burr Oak | ||||||||
21 | July | 4 | 1867 | Flowerfield | George Lambert | Marcellus | 23 | William H Gledhill, JOP | Charles Williams Jnr. | Flowerfield | ||
Anna Coderman | Marcellus | 18 | Olive Williams | Flowerfield | ||||||||
22 | July | 4 | 1867 | Colon | William H Hafer | Kalamazoo | 24 | Lenisburg, PA | William Pack, MOG | Oliver Taylor | Colon | |
Madora E Taylor | Colon | 18 | Madison | Synthia Taylor | Colon | |||||||
23 | July | 4 | 1867 | Three Rivers | Harry Peterolf | Canada | 24 | Peter Bergstresser, Minister of the gospel | William Charles | Three Rivers | ||
Ella A Steininger | Fabius | 24 | Harry Bittenbender | Constantine | ||||||||
24 | May | 25 | 1867 | Leonidas | Harrington Elwell | Leonidas | 20 | N Tompkins, Justice of the peace | W W Dunkin | Leonidas | ||
Alice Lawrence | Leonidas | 31 | N F Watkins | Leonidas | ||||||||
25 | July | 4 | 1867 | Colon | Samuel Kohli | Burr Oak | 26 | Rome, Ohio | William Pack, Minister of the gospel | C W Lampman | Colon | |
Mariah Swaine | Noble, Branch County | 18 | Berkshire County, PA | Andrew Hafer | Colon | |||||||
26 | July | 3 | 1867 | Centreville | Samuel White | Fabius | 24 | A F Ashton, Minister of the gospel | William McDowell | Leonidas | ||
Alletha Lake | Three Rivers | 20 | Frannie Gooders | Centreville | ||||||||
27 | April | 5 | 1867 | Mottville | John Hayden | Constantine | 32 | W C Moffett, Minister of the gospel | Charlotte Buffington | Mottville | ||
Mabel King | Constantine | 29 | Peter Buffington | Mottville | ||||||||
28 | May | 19 | 1867 | Mottville | Philip Lang | Florence | 27 | W C Moffett, MOG | Thos Waso Jnr. | Mottville | ||
Rhoda Haven | Florence | 21 | Peter Buffington | Mottville | ||||||||
29 | May | 13 | 1867 | Leonidas | Masen W Spencer | Colon | 44 | Lewis A Leland, JOP | David Maynard | Leonidas | ||
Mary J Keith | Colon | 40 | Catharine Maynard | Leonidas | ||||||||
30 | July | 15 | 1867 | Parkville | Albert C Shelden | St Joseph County | Missing from record | Tho** Donney, JOP | George Dunham | Parkville | ||
Emma A Plum | St Joseph County | Missing from record | Phileman Kacler? | Parkville | ||||||||
31 | July | 21 | 1867 | Sturgis | Ebenezer Lockwood | Sturgis | 22 | J G Want, Justice of the Peace | Hirman Jacobs | Sturgis | ||
Polly McDowell | Burr Oak | 25 | John B Jacobs | Sturgis | ||||||||
32 | June | 6 | 1867 | Three Rivers | John M Carlan | White Pigeon | 24 | S Chadwick, Justice of the Peace | William Sautor | White Pigeon | ||
Susan E Crummel | White Pigeon | 17 | Catharine Sautor | White Pigeon | ||||||||
33 | July | 4 | 1867 | Lockport | John T Alcott | Kalamazoo | 25 | S Chadwick, Justice of the Peace | Florence J Chadwick | Three Rivers | ||
Sarah Bartlett | ?, Mich | 21 | Marcella E Chadwick | Three Rivers | ||||||||
34 | July | 4 | 1867 | Three Rivers | William S Stong | Flowerfield | 35 | S Chadwick, Justice of the Peace | Lucina Warren | Three Rivers | ||
Alice M Beers | Flowerfield | 20 | Maria Chadwick | Three Rivers | ||||||||
35 | April | 18 | 1867 | White Pigeon | James Tilfer | White Pigeon | 23 | Chas M Temple, Minister of the Gospel | James Prouty | White Pigeon | ||
Clara E Trebis | Van Buren, Indiana | 20 | Emma A Prouty | White Pigeon | ||||||||
36 | May | 1 | 1867 | White Pigeon | Jesse B Noyes | Chicago, Illinois | 20 | Chas M Temple, Minister of the Gospel | Samuel Reynolds | White Pigeon | ||
Carrie A V Murry | Homer, New York | 26 | Elizabeth Murry | White Pigeon | ||||||||
37 | June | 23 | 1867 | Florence | Thomas Westen | Florence | 30 | Chas M Temple, Minister of the Gospel | Benjamin Wade | Florence | ||
Sarah Scribner | Florence | 31 | A**** Westen | Florence | ||||||||
38 | August | 18 | 1867 | Mendon | Spencer Deremas | Schoolcraft | 26 | William Harrington, Justice of the Peace | Jacob Mapes | Mendon | ||
Mary Yeomans | Schoolcraft | 16 | Catharine Mapes | Mendon | ||||||||
39 | July | 21 | 1867 | Fawn River | George W Camp | Gilead | 21 | Lambert Johnson, Justice of the Peace | Thos N Bulk | Fawn River | ||
Francis M Briant | Ontario, Indiana | 22 | Kate Finn | Fawn River | ||||||||
40 | August | 7 | 1867 | Three Rivers | William R Martin | Jonesville | 23 | Jonesville | Painter | William F Arnold, Justice of the Peace | O F Bean | Three Rivers |
Nettie Bryan | Coldwater | 19 | Marengo | O B Riley | Lockport | |||||||
41 | July | 28 | 1867 | Colon | Benjamin F Vaughan | Colon | 23 | Warren Coughton, Justice of the Peace | Samuel Gorton | Colon | ||
Mary I Scholfield | Colon | 20 | Mrs Samuel Gorton | Colon | ||||||||
42 | September | 1 | 1867 | Colon | William Noble | St Joseph County | Missing on record | Henry Baxter, Minister of the Gospel | C D Hoffman | Colon | ||
Elizabeth Fisk | St Joseph County | Missing on record | *** Beebe | Colon | ||||||||
43 | July | 4 | 1867 | Three Rivers | Charles Loops | Three Rivers | 24 | Elgin, CW | Blacksmith | L H Troubridge, MOG | Charles R T**shel | Three Rivers |
Annette Sanders | Three Rivers | 19 | Muncy, PA | Sarah C Day | Three Rivers | |||||||
44 | July | 8 | 1867 | Three Rivers | George Lambert | Marcellub | 23 | Orange County, NY | Farmer | L H Troubridge, MOG | Mrs L H Troubridge | Three Rivers |
Annie M Cartherman | Marcellub | 18 | Matoon, PA | Carrie Dyer | Three Rivers | |||||||
45 | September | 5 | 1867 | Three Rivers | John D Brown | Portage | 38 | London, VA | Farmer | L H Troubridge, MOG | Sarah C Day | Three Rivers |
Margaret J Philips | Portage | 34 | Troy, Ohio | Mrs L H Troubridge | Three Rivers |
No | Month | Day | Year | Place of Marriage | Full name (and color) of Bridegroom and Bride | Residence of each at time of marriage | Age of each in years | Birth-place of each | Occupation of Bridegroom | Name & official station of person by whom married | Witnesses names | Witnesses Residences | |
61 | June | 18 | 1867 | White Pigeon | Henry Dunwell | White Pigeon | 50 | Henry Wiegand, MOG | Charles Dunwell | White Pigeon | |||
Jane Hess | White Pigeon | 30 | S H Dunwell | White Pigeon | |||||||||
62 | August | 11 | 1867 | White Pigeon | John Federolf | Park | 22 | Henry Wiegand, MOG | Mary Wiegand | White Pigeon | |||
Beckie Kern | Park | 23 | Henrietta Wiegand | White Pigeon | |||||||||
63 | September | 1 | 1867 | Three Rivers | John A Timm | Three Rivers | 31 | Henry Wiegand, MOG | George Neidhard | Three Rivers | |||
Frederika J Slurf | Three Rivers | 32 | Fred D Fimm | Three Rivers | |||||||||
64 | September | 5 | 1867 | White Pigeon | John K Wagoner | St Joseph County | 24 | Henry Wiegand, MOG | Mary Wiegand | White Pigeon | |||
Caroline Hartman | St Joseph County | 23 | White Pigeon | ||||||||||
65 | September | 19 | 1867 | White Pigeon | George De Hass | Elkhart County, Indiana | 21 | Henry Wiegand, MOG | Mary Wiegand | White Pigeon | |||
Rachel Narber | Elkhart County, Indiana | 19 | White Pigeon | ||||||||||
66 | September | 26 | 1867 | White Pigeon | Jacob Nusbaum | Elkhart County, Indiana | 21 | Henry Wiegand, MOG | Henry Rissay | Elkhart County, Indiana | |||
C Miller | La Grange County, Indiana | 22 | J G Weaver | Elkhart County, Indiana | |||||||||
67 | October | 1 | 1867 | White Pigeon | Frederick Shurtz | St Joseph County | 35 | Henry Wiegand, MOG | Bernial Shaffer | St Joseph County | |||
Sarah Reigle | St Joseph County | 25 | Clarissa Shaffer | St Joseph County | |||||||||
68 | July | 21 | 1867 | Sturgis | Samuel F Moore | Lafayette, Indiana | 22 | Nathan B Knapps, MOG | George W Moore | South Bend, Indiana | |||
Mary E Moore | Ypsilanti | 21 | Mrs C E Moore | Lafayette, Indiana | |||||||||
69 | July | 30 | 1867 | Sturgis | Dennis Kane | Sturgis | 21 | Nathan B Knapps, MOG | H P Wheeler | Sturgis | |||
Ellen Finnis | Centreville | 17 | Mrs N B Knapps | Sturgis | |||||||||
70 | August | 14 | 1867 | Sturgis | Fred Betcher | Sturgis | 23 | Nathan B Knapps, MOG | Chas Roloff | Sturgis | |||
Mary Krall | Centreville | 19 | Mary Roloff | Sturgis | |||||||||
71 | September | 22 | 1867 | Sturgis | William Betcher | Sturgis | 22 | Prussia | Laborer | Nathan B Knapps, MOG | Charles Roloff | Sturgis | |
Henrietta Lamka | Sturgis | 24 | Charles Betcher | Sturgis | |||||||||
72 | April | 8 | 1867 | Constantine | A L Mason | Mendon | 25 | J W Beardslee, MOG | Chas Chittenden | Constantine | |||
Angeline Moler | Sturgis | 22 | William Eaten | Constantine | |||||||||
73 | July | 25 | 1867 | Constantine | Dan M Harvey | Constantine | 25 | J W Beardslee, MOG | Philo Harvey | Constantine | |||
Mary Harvey | Constantine | 19 | Mark Harvey | Constantine | |||||||||
74 | April | 23 | 1867 | Sturgis | Winfield Scott Howell | Sturgis | 21 | W Denst, MOG | Missing from record | Missing from record | |||
Lucinda Smith | Sturgis | 27 | Missing from record | Missing from record | |||||||||
75 | April | 29 | 1867 | Sturgis | Harrison Hutchinson | La Grange County, Indiana | 27 | W Denst, MOG | Charles Vile | Sturgis | |||
Lidie Smith | Coldwater | 21 | Setie E Denst | Sturgis | |||||||||
76 | May | 11 | 1867 | Sturgis | Albert W Rising | Reading, Hillsdale County | 23 | William Denst, MOG | H B Denst | Sturgis | |||
Ellen L Wright | Branch County | 24 | Satie E Denst | Sturgis | |||||||||
77 | May | 20 | 1867 | Sturgis | Marcellus Washburn | Nottowa, St Joseph County | 21 | William Denst, MOG | John J Kirk | Sturgis | |||
Mary A Woodworth | Nottowa, St Joseph County | 21 | Emma Morse | Sturgis | |||||||||
78 | June | 6 | 1867 | Sturgis | Francis M Skirouis | Fawn River | 24 | William Denst, MOG | Isaac D Toll | Fawn River | |||
Fannie Botsford | Fawn River | 15 | Loretta Gardener | Sturgis | |||||||||
79 | June | 12 | 1867 | Sturgis | Geo J Strohfoad | Sturgis | 24 | William Denst, MOG | Christ Summers | Sturgis | |||
Augusta Summers | Sturgis | 18 | Lena Summers | Sturgis | |||||||||
80 | July | 3 | 1867 | Sturgis | William A Marvin | Burr Oak | 24 | William Denst, MOG | Marshall Bugs | Burr Oak | |||
Emma E Silverthorn | Burr Oak | 21 | Margaret Silverthorn | Burr Oak | |||||||||
81 | August | 1 | 1867 | Sturgis | Edward Brayton | LaGrange, Ind | 21 | William Denst, MOG | Theo C Grundy | Sturgis | |||
Maggie Gerst | LaGrange, Ind | 18 | Emma Morse | Sturgis | |||||||||
82 | August | 3 | 1867 | Sturgis | Silas Bolater | Sturgis | 23 | William Denst, MOG | William Ricterman | Sturgis | |||
Jane A Nash | Sturgis | 18 | Melinda Cooley | Sturgis | |||||||||
83 | August | 11 | 1867 | Sturgis | William Scott | Nottowa | 28 | William Denst, MOG | Lofus Goodwich | Sturgis | |||
Susan S Hopkins | Jamesville | 20 | Ira W Budleton | Sturgis | |||||||||
84 | August | 27 | 1867 | Sturgis | John H Whitmer | Burr Oak | 24 | William Denst, MOG | Geo N Thompson | Sherman | |||
Nealy Thompson | Sherman | 17 | Julia S Waters | Sherman | |||||||||
85 | September | 24 | 1867 | Sherman | Geo N Thompson | Sherman | 26 | Nottowa | Photographer | William Denst, MOG | J N Brooks | York, Ind | |
Julia S Waters | Sherman | 21 | Mottville | Maggie Brooks | York, Ind | ||||||||
86 | September | 29 | 1867 | Burr Oak | Jacob N Crafford | Burr Oak | 19 | Warren, Ohio | William Denst, MOG | John Van Allan | Burr Oak | ||
Ella Kate Clicte | Burr Oak | 19 | Ravena, Ohio | Julia E Lewis | Burr Oak | ||||||||
87 | October | 2 | 1867 | Sturgis | Ruel B Pierce | Decutar | 27 | Pittsfield | Farmer | William Denst, MOG | J W Jones | Sturgis | |
Fanney Pierce | Decutar | 23 | LaGrange, Ind | E M Morse | Sturgis | ||||||||
88 | October | 6 | 1867 | Centreville | Albert A Jones | Lockport | 21 | Pine Plains, NY | Farmer | William Pack, MOG | Geo D Engle | Burr Oak | |
Harriet A Morrison | Nottowa | 23 | State of New York | John R Vincent | Nottowa | ||||||||
89 | July | 6 | 1867 | Lockport | Warren M Danniels | Sherman | 24 | Harnessmaker | J A Nichols, MOG | M J Nichols | Lockport | ||
Mary Jane Bradley | Florence | 24 | R S Nichols | Lockport | |||||||||
90 | August | 25 | 1867 | Flowerfield | Lewis Neaman | Fabius | 24 | Germany | Farmer | J A Nichols, MOG | Geo Bent | Flowerfield | |
Harriet Sprinkmein | Flowerfield | 19 | Germany | Fred Bent | Flowerfield |
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