My grandparents eloped when my grandmother was 15 and my grandfather was 19.
 They were married by a Justice of Peace in a neighboring county and their
marriage certificate states they are both 21 yrs. old.

Sharon

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Charlie&Sue Wilson
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> My husband's grandfather tells us that he was over 21 when married, but
> grandma wasn't.  They were directed to a Justice of the Peace who wrote
> the number 21 on a piece of paper, and told her to stand on the paper.
> Then he told her to say that she was over 21.  When she did, he married
> them.
>
> Sue
>
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:28:52 -0400 Sondra Reger <[log in to unmask]>
> writes:
> > I'm sure some of you may also have had this happen. My mother was
> > listed as
> > 21 on her marriage license, when she was really almost 19. When I
> > asked her
> > about it, she said they lied so they could get married.
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