Treasure Chest Thursday~Marriage License Carl Wilburn Atkinson and Martha Ellen Deese

Martha Ellen Deese is the daughter of Zachariah Deese and Clara W. Gathings. She was the youngest of five children with two brothers and two sisters. 

Martha lost her Mother in Jul 1909 and in the 1920 Census her Father, two brothers and herself were found in the household of her sister Lillie and husband Daniel Wright. 

On 24 December 1924 Martha Deese and Carl Wilburn Atkinson were married at the residence of John Brooks, Wadesboro, North Carolina.
 








  
State of North Carolina}
Anson County}
I, 1 E. J. Hutchinson…… a 2 Baptist Minister… united in matrimony 3. Carl Wilburn Atkinson .. and 4 Martha Deese… the parties licensed above, on the 24^th..…day of December, 1925.., at 5. Residence of…John Brooks…., in 6….Wadesboro…..Township, in said County, according to law.  
 
*WITNESSES PRESENT AT MARRIAGE
 
Mrs. Chas Brooks..of ..Wadesboro, N. C. ..: Rev. E. J. Hutchinson…….
Miss Sallie Haney..Wadesboro, N.C.
Miss Nannie Brooks..Wadesboro..N.C. Officiating Officer
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1. Name of Person officiating 2. If Minister of what denomination? If Justice of Peace, so state.
3. Name of man married 4. Name of Woman married. 5. Place of marriage. 6. Township *at least 3 persons present at marriage must sign as witnesses.
 
Martha Deese Atkinson is my 1st Cousin twice removed. 
 
 





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[1] "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXTT-JQQ : accessed 29 August 2015), Carl Wilburn Atkinson and Martha Deese, 24 Dec 1924; citing Anson, North Carolina, United States, county courthouses, North Carolina; FHL microfilm 296,690