State of Illinois, Kane County. } ss. { The People of the State of Illinois to any person authorized to celebrate Marriages, Greeting: You are hereby authorized to join in Marriage, Mr. Abraham Howe and Mrs. Jane B. Walker and you are required to return this Licence to me, within thirty days after celebrating such Marriage ceremony, with a certificate thereof. ...
This may certify that the above-named persons were married by the undersigned, a clergyman of St. Charles in said County, this 26th day of May A.D. 1849. [undecipherable] G. S. F. Savage.