For Buenos AYRES & Sarah OSBORN
Kirtland, Geauga Co., OH
29 August 1833
This license was obtained from research by M. K. Zimmer, Jr. Marriage Licenses 1829-1833 Probably - Chardon, OH July 1992 Marriage Notes: Sarah OSBORN was born 2 Sept. 1816, according family records. When she wanted to get married, she was still age 16; a few days short of her 17th birthday. Sarah OSBORN was daughter of Ransom OSBORN & Sarah HURD. I have not figured out where the parents were living at this time ... possibly in Hicksville, Williams Co., OH?? I'll have to check my records and get back on this point. At some point, both Ransom & Sarah OSBORN as well as Buenos & Sarah AYRES lived at the same time in Hicksville, OH. It seems by this application for marriage license that the legal age to marry in OH for ladies in 1833 was age 18 and for men age 21. Sarah had to have special permission granted by her parents to be married. Also according to family records, Buenos AYRES was born 17 Jan 1810, so he would have been age 23 years & 7 months when the marriage license was applied for by L. F. WAIT. Marriage License Transcript: THE STAE OF OHIO, ) GEAUGA COUNTY, SS. ) PERSONALLY APPEARED L. F. Wait and made application for a MARRIAGE LICENSE, for Buneos [sic] Ayres and Sarah Osborn of the town- ship of Kirtland in said county; and made solemn oath that the said Buneos Ayres is of the age of twenty-one years, & that the writing by him produced as the consent of the Parents of the Said Sarah Osborn was by them signed in his presence, [crossed out were the words... "and the said __ is__ the age of eighteen years;"] that they are both single, and not nearer of kin than first cousins; that he knows of no legal impediment against their being joined in marriage. L. F. Wait Sworn and subscribed, this 29 day of August 1833 BEFORE ME, Ralph Cowles[?] Dep. CLERK Go here to view a copy of the Marriage Certificate.