I thought I would share this.... Max Evans wrote: > I do not know the age limits for marriage in Arkansas but all during my > growing up years, many couples from my hometown of Thayer were married in > Salem, Ark. the next county seat in Fulton, County. The reason was that > there was no waiting period in Arkansas from the time of license until the > marriage ceremony. Many Howell countians also took advantage of the rules by > going south into Salem and Mt. Home to get married. The rules changed in > Arkansas and then it was no longer a popular thing to do, must have been > around the late forties or early fifties. Many couples in the Ozarks then > went to Hernando, Mississippi for quickie marriages, which did not have the > waiting or blood test rules up into the 1970s. Now, it is on to Las Vegas. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "The Marx Family" <rmarx2@wi.rr.com> > To: <MO-OREGON-HISTORY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 10:10 PM > Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Query from another list - needs help Hello Can any one give me a idea of the early 1900 age for marriage in Fulton County...?? Men? Women?? I have found a lot of my gene pool coming out of Howell County, Missouri and getting married. So many... that I am wondering what was going on in the Viola, Arkansas area and the Howell, county Missouri area... from about 1860 to around the 1930's Puzzled ********************************************************** Catherine, thank you very much for following up on my question. T. F. Langley Arkansas *TLangAdams@aol.com*