Wedding Wednesday (July 17, 2013)

1851 marriage certificate for Mason Freeman and Martha A. Shearman

My 2x great grandparents, Mason Freeman and Martha Amanda Shearman, were married on July 27, 1851 in  Smithfield, Rhode Island by Warren Lincoln, Minister of the Gospel, as shown on the above certificate of holy matrimony.

Mason was born on June 14, 1820 in Massachusetts and died in Lonsdale, Rhode Island on April 10, 1898.

Mason Freeman (1820 - 1898)

Martha was born on July 10, 1830 and died on August 28, 1870.

Martha Amanda Sherman (1830 - 1870)

Mason and Martha had at least five children:  Ellen Frances Freeman (1852 - 1947); Edward Mason Freeman (1854 -    ); Sarah Etta Freeman (1858 - 1945), my great grandmother; Caleb Everett Freeman (1862 -    ); and Otis Mason Freeman (1868 - 1949).

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Scanned images of the original certificate and photographs in the collection of the author.

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Copyright 2013, John D. Tew

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