Eady Marriages in Carroll County, Georgia

I had an idea- I typed in 'May 26, 1873 Carroll, Georgia' into Google's search engine. This is the date and location of Hiram H. Eady's marriage to Sarah Kinney.

I was surprised to find some newspaper articles from The Carroll County Times from that year! (http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/carroll/newspapers/187218731043gnw.txt)

Here are the extracts:

"Hymeneal: Married on the 24th inst.,(July 24, 1873) by J. M. Hamrick, N. P., at
the residence of Mrs. Eady, Mr. M. T. Hulsy to Miss Martha Eady, all of Carroll."
(My note: My family tree does show that Hiram had a sister named Martha)

"Hymeneal:  Married on the 2nd inst (Jan. 2, 1873) at the residence of M. R.
Aderhold by J. M. Hamrick, NP , Mr. T. J. Pearson and Mrs. Mary J. Bean.
On the same date at the residence of the brides father by the same, Mr. George
T. Williams and Miss Margaret A. Ayres.(Jan. 2, 1873)
Also, on the 29th (Jan. 29, 1873) at the residence of Mrs. M. E. ONeal by J. M.
Hamrick, NP, Mr. J. M. Eady and Miss V. J. Smith."
(My note: J. M. Eady is Joseph M. Could he be a brother to Hiram? Joseph's grave)

I find it interesting that Hiram and Sarah's marriage isn't mentioned in the newspaper. According to the marriage license:

"Carroll County, Georgia: To any minister of the Gospel Judge or Justice of the Peace: You are hereby authorized and permitted to join in matrimony, H. H. Eady and S. E. Kinney provided there be no lawful cause to obstruct the (?) according to the Constitution and Laws of this state and for so doing this shall be your sufficient license.

Given under my hand and seal this 24th day of May, 1873, D. B. Juhan, Ordinary (my note: I have found this name in other legal publications).

I hereby certify that H. H. Eady and S. E. Kinney were married on this 26th day of May 1873 by me. J. M. Mence (my note: again, not 100% sure about name)."

I was also curious as to what 'hymeneal' means- it's not a term we use anymore! According to the online dictionary it means, "of or concerning marriage."

I found a couple references to the Kinney family as well.

"APRIL 12, 1872...We have in pursuance of a recent act of the Legislature,
elected the following named persons and "County Board of Education" for Carroll
county:  Prof. A. C. Reese, Prof. F. H. M. Henderson, Judge W. B. Bracewell for
two years, and Prof. John M. Richardson and James P. Griffin for four years.
    .....In taking leave of his honor Judge Wright, we desire to express our
high appreciation of the able manner in which he has discharged his official
duties during the present term, and to the Solicitor General Cox, we tender our
thanks....
    ...We recommend that these presentments be published in the Carroll County
Times.   
Benjamin M. Long, Foreman, James a Jones, John D. Prewitt, Samuel M. Craven,
And. J. Adderhold, William W. Roop, Archibald F. White
Wm. P. Merrell, Jabez Miles.  Jno M. Thurmond, Ephram M. Noles, Jesse Kinney,
George W. Camp, James W. Crson, Thomas H. West, William Amis, Geo. A. McDaniel,
Robt. T. McCurdy, David J. Moore. Wm. O. Robinson"

When I was searching census records for Sarah Kinney I did find the family of Jesse Kinney and, for a time, wondered if he was her father.

Also,

"Married - On Thursday the 11th inst (Dec. 11, 1873) at the residence of Wm.
Brys, W. F. Grant to Miss M. D. Prince, by A. Sharp, J. P.,
On the same day (Dec. 11, 1873) at the residence of the Bride's father, J. W.
Stovall to Miss M. E. _________-.
By the Rev. Jas Bryce on Sunday 8th of July,1873,  at the residence of the
brides mother, Mr. James Crews to Miss Martha Buice.
Also by the same, on Thursday, (Dec. 4, 1873) at the residence of the brides
father, Mr. John B. McWhorter to Miss Mary E. McWhorter. (Note by
transcriber:  John Bunyon McWhorter, born Jul. 1851, died 1900 in Alabama.  Son
of Moses Allen McWhorter and Sarah Kinney. )"

The Sarah Kinney mentioned in this article could not be the same Sarah that married Hiram, as the transcriber of the article says that this Sarah was the mother of John B. McWhorter who was born in 1851. Our Sarah was born in 1856. Still- there might be a connection there!