date of license: Aug. 11, 1906
groom: Clark H. Merchant
age 29, white
residence: Mears
birthplace: Michigan
occupation: farming
father's name: Josiah Merchant
mother's name: Maria Haviland
previously married: no
bride: Reka Van Olst
age 25, white
residence: Golden Twp., Mich.
birthplace: Michigan
occupation: at home
father's name: Dick Van Olst
mother's name: Lizzie Lepdeus
previously married: no
date of marriage: Aug. 11, 1906
place of marriage: Hart Mich
James Draper, minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church
witnesses: M. Emma Draper, New York
M.L. Draper, Hart