1880 --- STATE OF KANSAS - COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY .

Office Of Probate Judge Of Said County.

Be It Remembered, That on the 9 day of June, A.D., 1880, there was issued from the office of said Probate Judge, a Marriage License, of which the following is a true copy:.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, STATE OF KANSAS, June 9, A.D., 1880.

To Any Person authorized By Law To Perform The Marriage Ceremony, Greeting:.

You are hereby authorized to join in Marriage, LeRoy D Mills of Independence, aged 19 years and Mary Ann Bretches of same place, aged 18 years and of this License you will make due return to my office within thirty days. -- Signed: E. Herring..

And which said Marriage License was afterwards, to wit: on the 15 day of June, A.D., 1880, returned to the Probate Judge, with the following Certificate endorsed thereon, to wit:.

STATE OF KANSAS - COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY, ss.

I, George Burton, do hereby certify, that in accordance with the authorization of the within License, I did, on the 9 day of June, A.D., 1880, in Independence in said county, join and unite in Marriage the within named LeRoy D. Mills and Mary Ann Bretches..

Witness my hand and seal the day and year above written. Signed: Geo. Burton, Preacher Of The Gospel -- Attest: E. Herring. ----- Source: Book: C - Page 163 --- MONTGOMERY COURT HOUSE RECORDS, Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas.


1898 --- KANSAS DEATHS AND BURIAL INDEX 1885-1930.

Name: Mollie Mills - {Mollie Britches}.
Gender: Female.
Race: White.
Birth Date: About 1861.
Death Date: June 18, 1898.
Death Age: 37.
Death Place: Independence.
Marital Status: Widowed.
Occupation: Cook.
Residence City Or Town: Independence.
Residence State: Kansas.
Father's Surname: Britches.
FHL Film Number: 14004667
Source: Ancestery.com.
Researcher: Richard Parker.


1898 --- OBITUARY:

Mrs. Mary A. Mills, formerly Miss Bretches, died suddenly on Saturday at her rooms over F. F. Yoefs store, of congestive chill, aged 39 years, Nine years ago her husband, Dodge Mills, was accidentally shot and died, and since then she was bravely struggled to rear her three little children. For five years, she had been cook for Mrs. Hoober, at the Caldwell House, and had made many friends. Funeral at the Christian Church, sermon by Rev. Estey, in absence of her pastor.

SOUTH KANSAS TRIBUNE, June 22, 1898, page: 2, Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas, information provided by Phyllis (Bretches) Buchanan, Wichita, Kansas.