Mariposa County Marriage Cert Transcribed 9/13/2001 by Steve Miller Apr 2, 1857 Book B page 23 J. F. Gesenmir* to Caroline Phillips State of California County of Mariposa I do hereby certify that on the 2nd day of April A.D. 1857 at the Coulter House in the town of Coulterville J. F. Gesenmir age 26 years of Mariposa County and City and Caroline Phillips aged 18 years of the same place were of their mutual consent lawfully joined together in Holy Matrimony which was solemnized by me in the presence of John P. Clark, L. W. Porter and John Thompson and others attesting witness and I further certify that xxxxxxx previous to the solemnization of the said marriage that the said parties were of sufficient age to contract the same and that after due enquiry by me made there appeared no lawful impediment to such marriage. Given under my hand, this 2nd day of April A.D. 1854 Geo Counts Justice of the Peace Filed Friday April 8, 1854 at 11 oclock AM and recorded at the request of T. Clark, Esq. R. S. Miller R. M. Cg *I have tried to decipher this last name from 2 different sources and arrived at 2 different spellings Gesenmir....Gepenmen and could prob. come up with more. The handwriting in both sources are just no up to the standards of Underwood or Royal typewriters. Steve xxxxxxx again, just couldn't figure it out. Steve