↑ Pike County Marriage Book B (1890 - 1900) Page 388, 1898.
Marriage License issued February 19, 1898, to Rufus F. Connell and Mattie Hardman.
Certificate: "Georgia, Pike County: I certify that Rufus F. Connell and Mrs, Mattie Hardman were joined in matrimony by me this 20th day of February Eighteen Hundred and Ninety Eight. J.H. Cline, Minister Gospel"