The State of Ohio, Lorain County SS. } Elijah Dewitt having made application for a Marriage License for himself and Anna E. Rich of said County, being duly sworn, on his oath says that he is of the age of twenty-one years, that he has no wife living; that she is of the age of eighteen years, that she has no husband living; and that the parties are not nearer of kin than first cousins, as he verily believes. Subscribed and Sworn to the 25 day of Sept 1853 [E Dewitt] Before me } P. Bliss [unreadable]