STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,                                      Office of Register of Deeds
            Halifax County.                                                         Dec 16, 1913 

To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination, or any Justice of the Peace of said County:           

            D. R. Spain having applied to me for a LICENSE for the marriage of D. R. Spain, of Rosemary, NC, aged 39 years, color white, the son of J. L. and N. V. Spain, the father now dead, the mother dead, resident of     --    and Dewey Suis, of Rosemary, NC, aged 21 years color white, daughter of Wm W. and Edith C. Suis,  the father living, the mother dead, resident       --      . 

                *And the written consent of William W. Suis, the father of the said Dewey Suis, to the proposed marriage having been filed with me

                                                                                       J. Hunter Norman, Register of Deeds

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
            Halifax County.

            I, J. E. Spencer, a Minister of Missionary Baptist Church, united in matrimony D. R. Spain and Dewey Suis,  the parties licensed above, on the 16^th day of December 1913, at Rosemary, N.C. (Home of bride), in Roanoke Rabids [sic], in said County, according to law.

                                                                                                J. E. Spencer

WITNESSES PRESENT AT MARRIAGE:
Ruth Spencer of Rosemary, NC
Tonie Tingen of            “              
Tom Elliott of                “              

(Part of the William Odell Spain Private Collection held by Janet Orndorff who kindly submitted this marriage license)

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