HERNDON marriage, Chariton Co MO 1877
While searching for another Chariton County MO marriage on Ancestry.com's Missouri Marriages 1805-2002, I noted the following, recorded just beneath it:
Filed in Chariton Co MO, Jan 28, 1878 by G. P. Beswick, Minister of the Gospel:
"This is to certify that on the 16th day of Oct. A. D. 1877 in Chariton County Mo. I solemnized the rites of matrimony between Samuel & Eliza HERNDON (colored) in their house in presence of their family. Their childrens' names and ages are as follows: Andrew HERNDON, born July 13th, 1845; Nancy HERNDON, born June 10th, 1849; Louis HERNDON, born Sept 15th, 1851; Martha HERNDON, born July 10th, 1856; Willis HERNDON, born July 6th, 1859; Francis Ann HERNDON, born July 8th, 1861; Robert Lee HERNDON, born Sept 1st, 1865; Willie HERNDON, born Sept. 2nd, 1867; Jacob Herndon, born April 22nd, 1872; Mat Tippet HERNDON, born Aug. 27th, 1872 (sic)."
I hope this information will be of help to other researchers.