From: KyArchives Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 9:56 PM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Phillips.Gertie-Sherrill.John.1899.Meade.MARRIAGE Gertie PHILLIPS - John SHERRILL February 5, 1899 Meade County KyArchives Marriage Breckinridge News, Cloverport, Ky., Wednesday, February 8, 1899 Page 1 NO DUTCH NEED APPLY -- GERTIE PHILLIPS JILTED HER GERMAN SWEETHEART -- AND ELOPED TO MARRY A MEADE COUNTY BOY -- John SHERRILL and Gertie PHILLIPS, who reside at Ekron, 4 miles from Brandenburg, eloped to Jeffersonville, Indiana (Clark County) on Sunday afternoon, February 5, 1899, and was married by Justice Nixon. They left home for the alleged purpose of going to church. The bride stated that she was plighted to marry a man whose home is near New Albany, Indiana (Floyd County), but being a German, she concluded he was not the husband for her. Submitted by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/