The following were taken from the Hickman Courier weekly newspaper of Fulton County, Kentucky from the year 1910. Obtained from microfilm at the McCracken County Public Library in Kentucky. Abstracted by Andrew Stahr April 25, 2005

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Hickman Courier - January 6, 1910 -  Thursday
Miss Leslie Rogers married Paul Blakemore on Sunday December 26th in Hickman.

R. L. Gray married Hattie Jones on Saturday in Union City.  Mrs. Gray is a cousin of Mrs. Gray who died a few weeks ago in this city.  While some may be inclined to the idea that Mr. Gray’s marriage is a little premature, it can be explained by reason of the fact that he promised his former wife, at her own request, and during her last hours, that he would marry again at once for the benefit of their children. He has kept that promise.

W. C. Bowden married Pauline Caldwell in Nashville.  She is the daughter of Mrs. Alice Caldwell of Nashville, he is the son of E. H. Bowen.

Robert Alexander married Lucy Murchison, she is the 2nd daughter of Mrs. Fannie Murchison and niece of W. B. McGehee.  They were married December 29th in Cayce.

Leona Roper married Will Jefferies on Sunday before Christmas.  She is the daughter of Robert Roper of Cayce.

J. A. Numer of Fulton married Maggie Lee Adams of Waverly on Tuesday afternoon.

Miss Hester Brittain married Lee B. Rucker, two people of Fulton at the home of Tom Fields, on December 30th.

May Holmes married Herman Choate on Sunday.

Miss Louise Carpenter married Mr. C. B. Whiteside on Monday at the home of the bride.  The bride is the daughter of Mr./Mrs. W. A. Carpenter.

Walter K. Bowling married Maude Moses on December 30th, 1909.  The bride is the sister of Mrs. Lon Ray.

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January 13, 1910   Thursday
Maggie Rogers married Chas. Beasley on Sunday.

Miss Willie Hamil married Wm. Nimmo on Tuesday.

Mr. J. C. Sexton married Myrtle Miller at Mexico, Mo., on December 27th.

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January 27, 1910   Thursday
Fred Williams married Ollie King Saturday in Obion county.

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February 3, 1910   Thursday
Ivy Hammell married Miss Nora Travestead on Wednesday.

Wm. J. Hannon married Miss Wilessie C. Winter last Thursday.

Watson Owenby married Mande Young at Fulton Thursday afternoon.

Davis Spillers married Alta Anglin on January 25th.

A. W. Fowler married Nina McClennan in Cayce on February 1st.

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February 10, 1910   Thursday
Joe Terrett, son of G. B. Terrett, and Miss Blanche Evans, daughter of G. B. Evans were married on Sunday.

W. J. James married Susan Barton on Sunday.

Wm. Porter married Mattie Cobb on Sunday.

Anette King married J. L. Robinson on Saturday night.

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February 17, 1910   Thursday
Jerry L. Threlkeld married Julia Slicer one day last week. 

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February 24, 1910   Thursday
Gip McDade married Osie Bruce on Sunday in Fulton.

J. S. Williams married Miss Etta Higgins in Fulton on Wednesday morning.  She is the daughter of Mr/Mrs. Will Higgins.

Fred M. Case married Mary Clark on Tuesday in Paducah.

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March 3, 1910   Thursday
Miss Marvel Phelps married Lee Nose on Wednesday night at the home of the bride’s grandfather – Col. I. G. Felt.

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March 10, 1910   Thursday
J. R. Metheny married Lillian Wassaw on March 1st at the courthouse.
 

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March 24, 1910   Thursday
Nina Ballow married Persie Moore on Sunday in Fulton.  The bride is the daughter of N. H. Ballow and is one of the well known “Ballow Twins”.  He is the son of Thos. Moore of Hickman county.

Luther Woods, 22, of Missouri, and Miss Zula Tucker, 21, of this county were married at the court house on March 12th.

Mr/Mrs. L. P. Ellison announces the engagement of their daughter Annie Stephens Ellison to Mr. Lewis H. Kilpatrick of Memphis, Tenn.  The wedding is to be in April.

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March 31, 1910   Thursday
Claude Maddox married Myrtle King on Sunday in this city.

Miss Troy Vivrett married Miles Lee, Jr. On Monday.

John Futch married Macie Kelly Sunday in this city.

Miss Nora Hart married Paul Reynolds on Easter Sunday in this city.  She is the daughter of Mr/Mrs. Henry Hart.  The groom is a young man of sterling worth.  When he was 7 years old, he was taken from the Baptist Orphans Home in Louisville, by Miss Nannie Meacham, and was reared in the family.

J. H. Schaffer married Jane Fisher on Sunday in Fulton.

Walter Eastwood married Essie Jones on Saturday in Fulton.

Amos Ricks and Barbara Upshaw will be married at the colored M. E. Church on Wednesday April 3rd.

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April 7, 1910   Thursday
Mose Barkett married Miss Nasra Barkett on Wednesday in Gibson, Mo.

R. E. Scifres, 24 and Cora Mills, of Hickman county, obtained a license to marry April 4th.

A. B. Pounds, 31, and Clara George, 27, were married on April 6th.

Annie Stephens will wed Lewis Hinkle Kilpatrick on April 20, 1910 in Hickman.

Annie Lee Pascall married Gordon Baird on Sunday in Dyersburg.

Prof. Fowler married Miss Jessie Lois Glover near Woodland Mills last Sunday.  She is the daughter of Mr/Mrs. J. L. Glover.

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April 14, 1910   Thursday
Martha Bess Hall married Sidney C. Probert on April 3rd in Louisville.

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April 21, 1910   Thursday
Annie Stephens Ellison married Lewis Hinkle Kilpatrick last night at 9 o’clock in Hickman.  She is the daughter of Mr./Mrs. L. P. Ellison. [Detail]

H. T. Haynes married Nellie Owens on Saturday in Tiptonville.

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April 28, 1910   Thursday
Chlodys Hodges is to marry Paul Pierce Pickering on May 4th 1910 at the Episcopal church in Fulton.

Clarence Elliot of Fulton married Ethel Bradley from Mounds City, Ills., on Sunday.

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May 12, 1910   Thursday
Mary William Wood married W. S. Sanders on Friday.

Miss Lucy Smith married Wm. Tucker on Sunday in Hickman.

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May 19, 1910   Thursday
Pattie Sigman, daughter of Z. P. Sigman and Clyde Burnett were married Tuesday at the home of the bride.

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May 26, 1910   Thursday
Joe Noonon married Mrs. Rosa Hickson on May 18th.  The bride is 50 and the groom is 74.

Miss Verna Brown and Porter Ray were married on Sunday in Tennessee.  The bride is the daughter of C. M. Brown.

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June 2, 1910   Thursday
A. W. McNeil and Miss Vida Thomas of Ft. Worth, Texas will be married June 9th at Ft. Worth.

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June 14, 1910   Tuesday
Genevive Campbell, of Clinton and Abraham B. Allen, of Union City, were married on Thursday at the home of the bride.

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June 17, 1910   Friday
Ernest Creason married Angie Ballow in Union City yesterday.

Leonard Jackson married Miss Lee McDowell on Monday in Hickman.

Walter Brown married Nadie Smith on Monday in Hickman.

Gene Dalton married Ethel Brownlee on Monday in Hickman.

Mr. Israel Clark celebrated his 80th birthday last Friday.

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July 12, 1910   Tuesday
Boyd Ross married Miss Birdie Davis in Mound City, Ills., on June 30th.  Mrs. Ross is the daughter of Sol Davis of Mounds, Ills. The groom is the son of Mrs. Nannie Ross.

Nettie Alena Beckman married Jos. W. Wolters on Wednesday June 29th in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  She is the daughter of Mr./Mrs. ThH. C. Beckman of Cape Girardeau.

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July 15, 1910   Friday
Miss Loto Cavitt married John Meacham last night at the home of the bride.  She is the daughter of Mrs. S. M. Catitt.  The groom is the son of Mr./Mrs. D. O. Meacham of Scooba, Miss.

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August 4, 1910   Thursday
J. M. Marchel, 20, married Bulah McGehee, age 18.

Will Eberhardt, 24, married Bessie Johnson, 20.

Millard E. Shaw, 22, married Mary E. Burrus, 21.

J. M. Marshall married Bulah McGehee on Sunday, July 24th.  She is the daughter of W. A. McGehee.  Mr. Marshalls home is Florence, Ala.

Mr./Mrs. Otto Hertweck celebrated their Golden Anniversary in California.  They were married July 24, 1860 in Louisville, Kentucky. [Detail]

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August 18, 1901   Thursday
J. R. Armstrong, 31, married Mrs. Ida Nelson, 38, both reside in the lower bottom and is the 2nd marriage for both.

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August 25, 1910   Thursday
George A. Weatherly married Audrey Wiggins on Sunday.  He is the son of Jno. R. Weatherly.  She is the daughter of Mae Wiggins.

Essie Eaker married Fred Ward on August 14th in Grays, Arkansas.  She is the daughter of Mr./Mrs. E. E. Eaker.

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July 28, 1910   Thursday    [This edition of the Hickman Courier is out of order on the microfilm reel.  I keep it in the same order as on the Reel for research purposes]

Paul Berry married Alma Bugg on Friday in South Fulton.

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September 1, 1910   Thursday
Lucy E. Rice married Jas. W. Mayes on Tuesday at the home of the bride.  She is the daughter of Mr./Mrs. T. M. Rice.  He is the son of Mrs. Jno. Mayes.

J. T. Townsend, 25 married Miss Allie Higgins, 19, yesterday at the courthouse.  She is the daughter of W. M. Higgins, the groom is the son of Jas. Townsend.

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September 8, 1910   Thursday
Emiel Hunziker married Victoria Haynes on Sunday in Union City.  The groom is the son of Mr./Mrs. A. J. Hunziker.

Mary Meadows eloped Sunday with Aubrey Seay on the Tennessee side of Fulton.

Mary Carr married T. D. Johnson on Sunday.  She is the daughter of W. T. Carr.

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September 15 1910   Thursday
L. B. Wilkens married Jennie Adkins in Fulton.

A. F. VanPool married Miss Owen Holden in Fulton.

T. H. Pewitt married Della Cooper in Fulton.

Wm. Hawkins married Lummie Calhoun in Fulton.

Beulah Twigg married Jno. Thompson at the courthouse on Sunday.  She is 16 and the groom is 21.

Mary Jessie Reeves married Flavius J. Sanders last night.

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September 22, 1910   Thursday
J. L. Dowdy, 24, married Miss Mattie Polk, 22, at the home of the bride on Troy Rd. on Sunday.

G. G. Hughes, 41, married Miss Nellie Turner, 17, on Sunday.

Wm. J. Vinson married Miss Ellen Matheny on Friday.

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September 29, 1910   Thursday
L. H. Anderson married Ruth Burton yesterday.
 
W. M. Cook married Eula Oldham in Fulton on Sunday.

Sam Jones married Annie Watson in Fulton on Friday.

Monroe Ballow and Miss Cheatham are to be married today.

Miss Mary Graham married Lucian Wilkens in Fulton on Sunday.

Cuicia Muzzle married Delene Orr on Sunday at the home of the bride’s father, A. C. Orr.

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October 13, 1910   Thursday
Dee Riggs, a painter, age 24, and Miss Ester Parker, age 15, were married on Monday.

John Ballow, 23, and Miss Nellie Rice, 19, were married in East Hickman.  She is the daughter of N. L. Rice. [There was a correction in the paper about the location of this marriage.  East Hickman is the correct location].

Cammie Linton married Burton Newton on Sunday in Fulton.

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October 20, 1910   Thursday
Jno. E. Samuel, 24, and Mamie True, 25, were married on Sunday.

Chas. B. Via married Beatrice Bostic on Monday in Clinton.

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October 27, 1910   Thursday
Glenn Erroll McGehee married Vivian Milner last night in Cayce.  She is the daughter of Mr./Mrs. Y. A. Milner.  He is the son of Mr./Mrs.  W. B. McGehee.

Jno. Crafton, 59, married Mrs. Maggie Hall, 31, of Missouri at the courthouse.

C. A. Williams married Miss Willie Moss on Sunday in Fulton.

Clarence Ridgeway married Ora Taylor on Sunday in Fulton.

Victor Binkley married Grace Cook on Sunday in Fulton.

Homer Croft married Cammie Yates on Sunday in Fulton.

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November 3, 1910   Thursday
Last Wednesday, October 26, 1910 at the home of the bride, Miss Vivian Milner married G. Errol McGehee.  She is the eldest daughter of Y. A. Milner and the groom is the eldest son of W. B. McGehee.

Chas. Robert Craven, 30 married Mrs. Althie Lewis, both of Missouri.  The were married at the courthouse.

Ed Brasell married Miss Nellie Jones on October 26th.

Frank von Borries’ brother will get married in Louisville.

B. A. Brady married Nannie Rogers on Saturday.

It has jut leaked out that Miss Jessie Henry and John Isome Jonakin were married in Nashville on August 16, 1910.  According to an informant, they went to the Union City fair and a friend went to Nashville and procured the license.

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November 10, 1910   Thursday
Dr. J. D. Carlton married Miss Curry Gouch in Nashville, on Sunday, October 23, 1910.

Mr/Mrs. C. P. Shumate, had a 10th anniversary; a tin wedding.

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November 17, 1910   Thursday
Jim Stone and Miss Maude Paschall were participating parties in a home wedding Monday night at the home of the bride in West Fulton.

Dr. Simmons married Ella Burton on Sunday at the home of the bride.

Miss Eunice Meacham will marry Felix DeMoville on November 30th.

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November 24, 1910   Thursday
Bertha Victoria Nelson married Harvey Wiseman on November 20th in Union City.  She is the youngest daughter of J. H. Nelson and wife.  The groom is the youngest son of J. P. Wiseman and wife.

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December 1, 1910   Thursday
Mrs. Mary Bransford, of Union City married Andrew Wear of Murray on Sunday in Union City.

John Bostle married Mrs. Lillie Cook on Thursday.

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December 8, 1910   Thursday
Leah Caldwell married Claude Hall in St. Louis on Sunday.

Oscar Phillips married Miss Vista Cook in Union City on November 30th.

Berah Bowden married James Hampton on Sunday in Hickman.  She is the daughter of E. H. Bowden.

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December 15, 1910   Thursday
Enoch Staggs, 39 married Miss Mattie Coleman, 19, on Sunday.

E. P. Irvine married Miss Myrtle Chambers on Sunday.

Pearle Harte married Simon Young on Friday [Detail]

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December 22, 1910   Thursday
Miss Marie Lucile Smith married C. D. White on Monday.  She is the daughter of Mr./Mrs. C. A. Smith.

Miss Blanche Marie Motsinger married William Irving Foulks on Monday.

Ava Roney married John Roney last Sunday.  She is the daughter of F. M. Roney and he is the son of Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Roney and a brother of Jas. W. Roney.

Georgia Paschall married J. E. Waldrop on Friday in Fulton.