creator:

Briggs, Otis and Jennie Allen

title:

Marriage Certificate

dates:

1867

extent:

0.01 linear ft.  (1 oversize folder)

collection number:

 MS 670

repository:

Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Otis Briggs and Jennie Allen Marriage Certificate, MS 670, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Historical note

Otis Briggs moved to Des Moines, Iowa, from Ohio in 1848.  He operated a jewelry business and later a general merchandise business.  He moved to Nevada, Iowa, in 1857.  He continued his general merchandise business until the early 1870s when he and O. B. Dutton established the Farmers Bank, the first bank in Story County. 

Otis Briggs married Eliza Allen of Des Moines in 1854.  They had four children.  Following Eliza's sudden death in 1867, her half-sister Jennie came to Nevada to care for the children.  Otis and Jennie were married on 3 November 1867; they had three children, Otis, Jr., Lida (Mrs. Jay G. Dutton), and Clarence. 

Collection description

This collection contains the marriage certificate of Otis Briggs and Jennie Allen of Nevada, Iowa, dated 3 November 1867.  The wedding was officiated by Samuel Jones, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Nevada, and Samuel and Ann Bates served as witnesses.