Below is a transcription of the application for marriage license of Elizabeth Ann Smith (ne้ Doyle) to Miles G. Beard. Reproduction of actual document follows transcription.
Application for Marriage License --- Female
Application is Hereby Made for a License for the Marriage of
Elizabeth Ann Smith to Miles G. Beard.
Upon the Following Statements of Facts Relative to Said Parties
| 1. The full Christian and surname of the woman is Elizabeth Ann Smith |
| 2. Color: White |
| 3. Where born: Ada, Minnesota |
| 4. When born: Jan. 12, 1921 |
| 5. Present residence: R.R. 3, Niles, Michigan |
| 6. Present occupation: Clerk, A & P. |
| 7. Has the female contracting party been an inmate of any county asylum or home for indigent persons within the last five yars? No |
| 8. Is this your first marriage? No |
| 9. If not, how often have you been married? once |
| 10. Has such prior marriage, or marriages, been dissolved? Yes |
| 11. If so, How and when and where? Divorce -- Mar. 1947, South Bend, Ind |
| 12. Is the female contracting party afflicted with epilepsy, tuberculosis, veneral, or any other contagious or transmissible disease? No |
| 13. Is she an imbecile, feeble-minded, idiotic or insane, or is she under guardianship as a person of unsound mind? No |
| 14. Full Christian and surname of father: Elmer Doyle |
| 15. Color: White |
| 16. Birthplace: Danville, Ill. |
| 17. Occupation: Retired Farmer |
| 18. Residence: R.R. 3, Niles, Michigan |
| 19. Full Christian and maiden name of mother: Mary Payne |
| 20. Color: White |
| 21. Occupation: Housewife |
| 22. Birthplace: Potomac, Ill. |
| 23. Residence: R.R. 3, Niles, Mich. |
| Name in full of applicant: Elizabeth Ann Smith (signed) |
| State of Indiana, St. Joseph County, ss: |
| The undersigned Elizabeth Ann Smith deposes and says that she has personal knowledge of the facts above stated and that they and each of them are true. |
| (signed) Elizabeth Ann Smith |
| Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 15 day of November, 1949. |
| Dwight L. Matthews Clerk, St. Joseph Circuit Court |