Another mystery. This one, the hunt for a marriage record that is just around 110 years aged, should not be so elusive.
Where did Royal Platt and Grace Smith get married?
A note on the back of a postcard written to my grandfather from my great grandmother holds a clue. Grace Smith Platt was born in 1881 and reports to have been married at age 20.
An obituary for my great grandfather, Royal Platt, in 1940 holds another. In fact, the alleged marriage date July 24, 1902 is the date if the obit is to be believed.
Either way, it's likely 1901 or 1902 when my great grandparents got married, but where?
Crawford County, Pennsylvania, where Grace lived, where Royal went to college, and where one cousin's research had the event occurring, has no record. Somerset County, where Royal lived, has none either. Adjacent counties, including counties in adjacent states, have produced nothing either.
This was a scattered family for the times. Royal's father was a minister in Kansas. One brother was in Tacoma, one in California, and two others in Nevada. His mother would spend some time in California too. Could clues be in these places?
Whatever the case, no source I've found has anything to yield, yet.
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