Marriage | 9 February 1884 New Windsor, Carroll, Maryland, USA
Source: Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899 Text: Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899 Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899 Name: CHARLES WILLIAM BROWN Spouse: MARY E. UTZ Marriage Date: 9 Feb 1884 County: Carroll State: MD
Source: Utz Family Records Text: The American Sentinel Westminster, Maryland Friday Afternoon August 18, 1905 Frontpage MARRIED BY ELDER FRANKLIN Three Hundred and Eighty-Six White and Colored Couples were Married by Him. Following is a list of persons married by Elder Wm. H. Franklin, of Sam's Creek, this county, who died week before last. The list was taken from his register.
1884, Feb. 20, Charles W. Brown and Mary E. Utz
Directory of Ministers and the Maryland Churches They Served 1634-1990, Volime I: A-K, by Edna Agatha Kanely Page 235 "Franklin, William H. (3 Feb 1830-31 July 1905) (Brethren)(German Baptist or Dunkards) Sams Creek, after 1869 no date; Pipe Creek, no date."
They were married at Sam's Creek Church parsonage, with Elder Franklin officiating, and Casper Baker and Mary L. Brown as witnesses.
Sam's Creek COB, MD, located four miles se, of New Windsor in Carroll Co. Brethren began settling on Sam's Creek about 1740. Elder Martin Urner, Sr. and Martin Urner, Jr. ministered to the Brethren on Sam's Creek after 1751. Meetings were held in homes and the Brown meetinghouse after 1900, then in the Friendship schoolhouse after 1836. The present meetinghouse was built in 1860. Members began asking to separate from the Pipe Creek congregation in 1850, but the Sam's Creek congregation was not independently organized until 1885, with seventy members. A meetinghouse was also built by Sam's Creek and Pipe Creek in 1907. The Sam's Creek congregation had fifty-four members in 1980.
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