History and Genealogy of Polk County, Iowa
Marriage Notices of Polk County Iowa Andrew - Town Miss Bessie Town, married W.E. Andrews in Des Moines, Iowa on Tuesday. The groom is formerly the local editor of the Argus here and is a native of Washington Co., Vermont. (Rock Island Daily Argus, Friday 9 February 1877) Fisher ~ Frost William B. Fisher, Jr., Des Moines, Iowa, and Sylvia Frost, town of Hixton. [Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark County, Wis.) 27 Sept. 1945; transcribed by Marla Zwakman] Pultz - Carter Miss Alma Carter - daughter of a traveling salesman from Des Moines, Iowa - married Frank F. Pultz, also a traveling salesman (from Chicago, Illinois) at the Harper House in Rock Island, Ills. on Friday (Rock Island Daily Argus, Saturday 3 February 1877. More data on this story in the February 3rd, 1877 issue of the Rock Island Union). (Rock Island Daily Argus, Friday 9 February 1877) Marriage of James Rogers to Ida Nelson Cupid Consumates A Bargain A dispatch from Pomona, Kan. says children and grandchildren of JAMES ROGERS have been amazed by the information that he married on Sunday last, Miss IDA NELSON, at the home of the bride's parents, near Prescott Ariz. The groom is 77 years old, and the bride will be 15 next May. Mr. Rogers has been married twice, his second wife dying three years ago. He has six children, many grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. He is still well-preserved, genial and levelheaded, and has a fortune of about $100,000 invested in farm lands and bank stocks in Iowa, lots in Des Moines, Ia., and about $100,000 in property at Los Angeles. He has been an active business man and was a member of the Iowa legislature for several years. He came to visit his children In Los Angeles County last summer. The first signs that the marriage was soon to take place was last week, when all of Roger's Los Angeles property was transferred to Ida Nelson. Mrs. Rogers left school only a few weeks ago. She is a gritty girl of brunette type. [The Hamilton Appeal, Marion County AL, Published January 31, 1896] Transcribed and submitted by Veneta McKinney Sample-Parker Wedding L. L. Sample and Miss Mayme V. Parker were married at 9 o'clock Jan. 21, at the residence of Mrs. M. R. Peters, 1046 Sixth avenue, the Rev. Frank C. McKoan officiating. Miss Parker is the daughter of John F. M. Parker, niece of Samuel Parker of Glendale, Cal., and James M. Wherry of Putnam. Lived in that community until 1898, since then at Galesburg, Ill., and the past five years in Des Moines, Ia. Mr. Sample is a native of Iowa, formerly living at Woodbine and Council Bluffs, but at the present is connected with the firm of Wilcox-Howell-Hopkins Co. of Des Moines, Ia., the largest fire insurance agency west of Chicago. (Henry Republican, Henry Illinois, January 18 1915) Submitted by Nancy Piper Back to the Index Page Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.