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William Isaac "Ike" Britton was born 28 May 1872 in Golden, White River Township, Barry County, Missouri to Louis Cass Britton and Hannah Catherine Odell. He married Elizabeth Aletha "Lizzie" Lightle, daughter of Henry Lightle and Nancy Lucinda Brewer, 7 Mar 1893 in Berryville, Carroll County, Arkansas. Both Ike and Lizzie were of Baxter, Stone County, Missouri (just across the state line). Lizzie endured smallpox and also had severe lung problems. She died at the age of only 58 in Kim, Las Animas County, Colorado 13 Jul 1932. Ike never remarried, and died 1 Sep 1953 in Kim. Both were buried in the Kim Cemetery.
Bond 6 Mar 1893 - Carroll County, Arkansas
W I Britton and G W Bonham for $100
(George Washington Bonham had married Lizzie's sister, Merrietta, the year before.)
License 6 Mar 1893 - Carroll County, Arkansas
W I Britton (21) and Lizzie A Lightel (19), both of Baxter, Stone County, Missouri
Certificate of Marriage 7 Mar 1893 - Carroll County, Arkansas
L A Brigman M G (minister of the Gospel)
Certificate of Record filed 28 Apr 1893 - Carroll County, Arkansas
Marriage Book D, page 423
The first would be the original. The second is a copy typed up in Berryville over a hundred years later, 17 Mar 2004, and was probably requested by a relative.
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