This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Powell & Martin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Vm.2ADI/139 Message Board Post: I have a Certificate of Marriage for the State of Kansas dated 26 Aug 1902 and signed by J. T. Patterson, Officiating. Was J. T. Patterson a Justice of Peace or Minister? The marriage took place in Kansas and probably Belleville, Republic County where my grandfather grew up. My grandmother was from nearby in Hubbell, NB. Hope there is a Historian who has this info. Thanks in advance for this assistance. I am always gratefull. Dennis Mesecher