Mary Jane House

Mrge reg. 010125-76 Ancaster Twp., Wentworth Co.
Morris Hendershot, 23, bachelor, blacksmith, Methodist. Born Troy, Township of Beverly, residing Jerseyville. Parents Peter J. Hendershot and Jane Eliza Hendershot.
Mary Jane House, 19, spinster, Methodist. Born Ancaster, residing Jerseyville. Parents Vernal House and Mary House.
Witnesses Sidney Misener and Adelaide Mulholland, residences not shown.
On Dec. 27th, 1875, at Jerseyville, by Rev. R. Bell.

Best information, Sidney Misener, who was resident in Beverly Township at the time of the above marriage and was almost certainly the so named witness, was Morris' uncle. Sidney Misener was only two years older than Morris. Adelaide Mulholland was the daughter of Hugh Mulholland and Lucinda Misener, Morris' aunt. In other words, Adelaide was Morris' first cousin. At the time, both Sidney and Adelaide lived in the Troy area of Beverly.