Amanuensis Monday - Marriage Record for Amos Wesley Shinn (1817-1906) and Rebecca J. Groves (1829-1907)

Dear FOLKS,

This week I am transcribing the Marriage Record of Amos Wesley Shinn (1817-1906) and Rebecca J. Groves (1829-1907) for my Amanuensis Monday project. This Shinn couple were my mother's great-grandparents. Their marriage took place on 29 May 1847, in Jackson Township, Morgan County, Ohio.

The relationship line up goes like this:

(1) Darlene Marie Johnson (1946-   )
(2) William Richard Johnson (1930-2010), who married Marilyn Eileen Brown (1928-2006)
(3) Eugene John Brown (1898-1987), who married Inez Viola Shinn (1899-1968)
(4) David Wesley Shinn (1852-1928), who married Sara Jane Parr (1865-1955)
(5) Amos Wesley Shinn (1817-1906), who married Rebecca J. Groves (1829-1907)

Looking at a current map, the location of their marriage is today in Noble County, Ohio. But in 1847, this area was part of Morgan, County, Ohio. Four years later, in 1851, Noble County was created from portions of Morgan, Guernsey, Monroe and Washington counties.

This is a page in the Marriage Record Register of Morgan County, Ohio from microfilm roll containing volume A-C, 1819-1860. We are looking at the fifth/last entry on this page. This was likely hand written by a clerk of the court. My comments are surrounded in square-brackets [ ].

IMAGE: Page from Morgan County,
Ohio Marriage Records Register,
Amos Shinn and Rebecca J. Groves,
29 May 1847. Family History Library

Snippet of fifth entry on page 268 of
highlighting Amos Shinn and Rebecca J. Groves.

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268 [from the top left-hand corner]

Shinn to Groves

The State of Ohio }
Morgan County    }

I do hereby certify that on the 29th day of May A.D. 1847. A. Shinn and Rebecca J. Groves were by me legally united in the bands of matrimony. Given under my hand this 22nd day of May 1847.

Geo. Baker
J.P.

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Source:

Source:

1. Ohio Probate Court (Morgan County courthouse, McConnelsville, Ohio), "Marriage Records," Volume A-C, 1819-1860, page 268, FHL film # 910657, Family History Library, Salt Lat City, Utah; visited October 2010.

I was visiting Salt Lake City and was spending several days in a row looking through book and microfilm at the Family History Library in 2010. A researcher's nirvana.

The excitement I had in finding this was that it provided another bit of evidence proving that the bride's surname was Groves, with an "O". In the book, popular to Shinn-family researchers, "The History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America " by Josiah Hazen Shinn, published in 1903. On page 318 of this book the author tells that "Amos, second child of Samuel Shinn: born in Hampshire County, Virginia, 9/18/1817, removed to Guernsey, then to Noble County, Ohio, in early manhood, m. there, 4/29/1847, Rebecca Graves, children all born near Ridge, Noble County, Ohio."

This book states, incorrectly, the spelling of the bride's last name and the month when the wedding took place. The record's handwriting is very clear and easy to read. Stating the bride's name as Graves and the month when they married as April are both in error. Just trying to state the correction here for future researchers that may stop by. Many have these two facts wrong because of quoting this popular book. I, for one, was one of those.

Amanuensis Monday is a weekly blog theme that was started by John Newmark, the author of TransylvanianDutch blog. John defines Amanuensis as "A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another." I also appreciate the good work and format examples of San Diego genealogist Randy Seaver of the blog Genea-musings. Thanks, guys.

I am reminded that transcribing helps me to learn what a document contains. I have learned over time that I have a tendency to "skim" over an item; a bad trait for a researcher who needs to learn even the smallest details documented records contain. Transcribing helps me to slow down; to capture all aspects of the paper in hand. It also gives me a better opportunity to share the document with you.

Thank you for stopping by today and letting me share this with you. Hoipe yours is a good week,

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