Treasure Chest Thursday~Marriage of John Dry and Serena Hatley

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State of North Carolina]
Stanly County} This certifies that the rites of matrimony were Solemnized by me between John Dry son of Charles Dry and Leah [Tucker] Dry and Serena Hatley Daughter of Hasten Hatley and Marey [Hartsell] Hatley on the 22 day of March A. D. 1868 at the residence of John Brooks in Stanly County District No. 7.
                                                                                    John Dry
John Brooks                                                                Serena Hatley

 

John Dry and Serena Hatley married on 22 March 1868 at the residence of John Brooks. Rena and John were married 42 years at the time of his death in January 1910. They had 11 children 8 of whom survived. 

 

John Dry and Rena Hatley had the following children:

 

i. Sarah Joanna Dry was born 29 July in Stanly County, North Carolina; married James Holmes Sanders; died 11 July 1954, Anson County, North Carolina.
ii. L. Betty Dry was born about 1874 in Stanly County, North Carolina.
iii. William Alexander Dry, born 26 Apr 1875, Stanly County, North Carolina; married Dora Tarlton, 27 Jan 1902, Anson County, North Carolina; married Hattie Jarrell, bet 1930 and 1940; died 27 Nov 1965, Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina.
iv. Rebecca Dry was born about 1877 in Stanly County, North Carolina.
v. Pearl Cornelia Dry was born in Oct 1884 in Stanly County, North Carolina; married James Calvin Deese; died 19 Nov. 1957, Albemarle, Stanly County,  North Carolina..
vi. Emma Elizabeth Dry, born 20 Apr 1886, Stanly County, North Carolina; married James Coyt Tarlton; died 8 Jul 1969, Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina.
vii. Bessie Dry, born 15 Jul 1888, Stanly County, North Carolina; married Hugh M. Smith; died 26 Jan 1974, Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina.
viii. George Dry was born in Mar 1891.
ix. James Columbus Dry was born in 8 Sep 1892.
 
John Dry is my 2nd Cousin 4 times removed.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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1. "North Carolina, Marriages Record, 1741-2011," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 January 2017), John Dry - Rena Hatley, Marriage Date: 22 Mar 1868.
2. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 6 June 2015); Memorial page for John Dry; (8 October 1838–25 January 1910); Find a Grave memorial # 33309061, Citing Tarlton cemetery; Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.