29 Apr 1882 Abner Arnold, 24, living in Paris, born in Aurora, bachelor, painter, son of Robert and Margaret Arnold, married Jessie Finlayson, 25, living in Paris, born in Paris, spinster, daughter of Hugh Finlayson and Janet Finlayson. Witnesses Elizabeth Little and Hannah Little, both of Princeton, 24 April 1882 at Princeton. Married by James Little by License.
Princeton in Oxford County was only one stop west on the railway from Paris in Brant County where both Abner and Jessie lived. They probably "ran away" to get married.