"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
          Robert Lee Hubbard          and          Caroline Anderson Stevens
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 3 day of January, 1900.
          Tom Ferguson, Clerk
By___________
STATE OF TENNESSEE, DYER COUNTY

Know all Men by these Presents:
That we, Robert Lee Hubbard and W. E. Hubbard 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 3 day of January, 1900.
(Seal)
W. E. Hubbard (Seal)
The Condition of the above Obligation is such, That whereas, the above
bounden Robart Lee Hubbard has this day prayed and obtained a License to
marry Caroline Anderson Stevens, 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 3 day of January, 1900          Rev. W. W. Adams