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810 Central Ave., Sedro-Woolley, Washington, 98284
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First marriage licenses, Skagit county

This list is excerpted from a 1943 Mount Vernon Daily Herald article, in which the Ann Washington chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) transcribed the list of the first marriages of the new Skagit county from 1884 to 1886.

Nathan Smart	Ella L. Davis	Feb. 1884
Andrew Johnson	Mary Olson	April 12, 1884
William M. Thompson	Mary L. Gates	April 18, 1884
Samuel J. Record	Emma Smith	May 24, 1884
Andrew Jackson Jackman	Mary Anna [Harry]	June 10, 1884
A.L. Thompson	Laura B. Mason	June 16, 1884
Owen Brann	Elma Beckman	July 1, 1884
Thomas Liggett [Leggett?]	Louisa Polson	July 5, 1884
Rowland E. Davis	Amelia Haroldson	July 31, 1884
Peter S. Ferbrache	Mary Qualls	Aug. 7, 1884
H. Henly Westphal	Caroline Wilhelmine Dames	Aug. 14, 1884
Lars Danielson	Carrie Larson	Aug. 23, 1884]
John Hamilton	Alice Walker	Sept. 12, 1884
Frederick Jones	Ida L. S. Tingley	Sept. 17, 1884
Edward J. Stewart	Emily J. Hagedorn	Oct. 21, 1884
Thomas Johnson	Anna Peterson	Pct/ 22. 1994
Henry C. [Leggett]	Charlotte Richards	Nov. 4, 1884
Holver Huseby	Anna Helseth	Nov. 10, 1884
Thoms Sharpe	Mary J. Carr	Nov. 12, 1884
John C. Beck	Annie Abott [Abbott?]	Nov. 26, 1884
William A. Dawson	Jennie Walker	Dec. 1, 1884
Gilbert Laberge	Mary Ella Deers	Dec. 1, 1884
Timothy D. Butters	Maria L. Baker	Dec. 16, 1884
W.J. Gorton	Georgianna Rowley	Jan. 26, 1885
Clayton J. Eddy	Rachel Sharfenberg	Feb. 10, 1885
Fred Rose	Mary Sartwell	Feb. 10, 1885
Peter Egtvet	Anna Shandstrom	March 7, 1885
G.W.L. Allen	L.S. Jones	March 26, 1885
S.J. Almquist	Ametta Johnson	April 1, 1885
George Moran	Maggie Knox	April 6, 1885
Adolph Behrens	Hannah Benson	April 9, 1885
Andrew Cuthbert	Jane Wilson	April 18, 1885
Henry C. Leggett	Mary Wulff	May 11, 1885
N.B. Richards	Eva Baker	June 6, 1885
Matthias Anetensen	Johanna Hagen [Haggen?]	June 26, 1885
B.C. Ranous	Eliza L. Walker	July 24, 1885
Charles E. Larson	Ella R. Overnell	Aug. 25, 1885
Newton Marcus	R.A. Snooks	Aug. 29, 1885
Joseph John Hadder	Elizabeth A. Sharp [Sharpe?]	Setp. 5, 1885
Valentine Adam	Margaret Brune	Sept. 10, 1885
Nils Bouseth [Borseth?]	Lina Forke	Oct. 15, 1885
James T. Dunlap	Frances H. Chilberg	Nov. 5, 1885
Michael Day	Josephine [Cockreham]	Nov. 12, 1885
John A. Isaacson	Elizabeth M. Kimble	Nov. 28, 1885
E.P. Barrett	Kate Qualls	Dec. 8. 1995
Thomas S. Conney [Conmey?]	Meta Behrens	Dec. 18, 1885
Frederick Eyre	Honnorah Callahan	Dec. 22, 1885
W.A. Parker	Arabel Foster Van Valkenberg	Jan. 11, 1886
Edwin Wells	[Minnie Seigfried]	Jan. 27, 1886
John E. Marsh	Gusta Hensley	Feb. 12, 1886
John A. Brue	Annie M. Knutzen	Feb. 15, 1886
William Sharpe	Ida L. Weaverling	March 18, 1886
Sinclair Murchy	Annie Beattie	March 18, 1886
James N. Brown	Roxie A. Wiles	March 27, 1886
H.W. Graham	Sarah Tinkham	April 6, 1886
Charles A. Nelson	Emma C. Swenson	May 18, 1886
Peter Leque	Bertha Iverson	June 17, 1886
Frank Gallacher [Gallagher?]	Jennie S. Wells	June 22, 1886
Percival A. Purdy	Oliver W. Smith	June 20, 1886
R. [unreadable]	Anna Knight	June 1886
William Knox	Maria Gates	June 20, 1886
James Smith	Esther Sweet	July 12, 1886
Frederick O. Malsch	Mattie Jones	July 20, 1886
Edward Summers	Alice Garnett	July 20, 1886
James Cochrane	Mary Jane Cary	July 24, 1886
J.E. Bland	Maggie Ewing	Sept. 20, 1886
Hugh or Huey N. Bacon	Frances Norris	Oct. 5, 1886
George T. Wenn	Olive J. Loller	Oct. 5, 1886
Frederick C. Molsbarger	Carrie Vanawken	Oct. 28, 1886
Thomas Costello	Carroe V. Walker	Oct. 29, 1886
Benjamin Bradshaw	Carrie a. Fountain	Nov. 1, 1886
Eli Rhodes	Lucy Eckenberger	Nov. 27, 1886
John E. Davis	Leila Turner	Dec. ?, 1886

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