Her Name Is Mrs. Day

The marriage license which Jonathan McGee, the 110 year old colored citizen, of Ypsilanti, wanted last Saturday, was issued today. Our readers will remember that Mr. McGee did not know the name of his intended bride, and so couldn't get the license. The bride's name turned out to be Mrs. Amelia Day, who was born in Oswego, N. Y. , 50 years ago and who has been once married. McGee is described as born in Alabama, 110 years ago, a boiler maker by trade, who has been three times previously married. Jerome Schermerhorn made the affidavit which secured the license. It will be seen that McGee was 60 years old when his bride was born. It will be remembered that he claimed to have been a servant of Washington. Among the noted men he claims to have seen was Joseph Bonaparte, the brother of the great Napoleon, at the time he visited Mexico.

County Clerk Schuh parallels this instance of a groom not knowing his bride by one which he says occurred last winter. A well dressed couple presented themselves before him and applied for a license. The groom was traveling man. When it came to giving the name of the bride, the groom turned and asked her. He apologized to the clerk on the ground that he had never met the bride until 20 minutes previous to the application for a license. They inquired the way to a justice, on the ground that they didn't have a ring to be married with and the justice's return of the marriage was made on the same day. Both the contracting parties were strangers.