"The world was sad; the garden was a wild;
And man, the hermit, sighed--till woman smiled."
TO ANY ONE LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO SOLEMNIZE MARRIAGES:
     This is to authorize you to solemnize the RITE OF MATRIMONY between
          Samuel M. Higgins          and          Ollie Alsup
of your County, agreeably to an Act of the General Assembly in such cases
made and provided: Provided, that there is no lawful cause to obstruct the
Marriage for which this License is desired; otherwise these shall be null
and void, and shall not be accounted any license or authority for you or
either of you for the purposes aforesaid, more than if the same had never
been prayed or granted.          Given under my hand at the Clerk's Office in
said County this 24 day of August, 1898.
          Tom Ferguson, Clerk
By___________
STATE OF TENNESSEE, DYER COUNTY

Know all Men by these Presents:
That we, Samuel Higgins and Jno. P. Pelham
of County of Dyer and State of Tennessee, are held and firmly bound unto the
State of Tennessee, in the sum of Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollars, to which
payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors
and administrators, and each and every one of us, jointly and severally, by
these presents.
          Witness our hands and seals this 24 day of August, 1898
(Seal)
Jno P. Pelham (Seal)
The Condition of the above Obligation is such, That whereas, the above
bounden Samuel Higgins has this day prayed and obtained a License to marry
Ollie Alsup, Now if there is no lawful cause to obstruct said marriage and
for which license is desired, then this obligation to be void; otherwise, to
remain in full force and virtue in law.
          Attest:          Tom Ferguson, Clerk
By____________________, D. C.
          STATE OF TENNESSEE, DYER COUNTY.
CERTIFICATE.
I solemnized the RITE OF MATRIMONY between the within named
parties on the 24 day of August, 1898.          W. A. Fowlkes, J. P.

By_____________________, D.C.          J.R. Menzies, Clerk

Note: Ollie Alsup was the daughter of Jesse T. Alsup and Sarah (Sally) A. Loines.