Wedding Wednesday: Nina Leech and Clifford Clark

On 1 September 1917, my first cousin twice removed Nina Lorraine (or Lorene) Leech and Clifford Irwin Clark obtained a marriage license.

Nashville Tennessean and Nashville American, 4 September 1917, page 5

Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZWW-N2M), Clifford Irwin Clark and Nina Lorene Leech, 1 Sep 1917; citing Davidson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,073,884.

Nina and Clifford were married that evening at the home of Rev. William C. Alexander, 1800 8th Ave. S, Nashville, Tennessee.

Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZWW-NKB), Clifford I. Clark and Nina L. Leech, 01 Sep 1917; citing Davidson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 14966, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,073,884.

Nashville Tennessean and Nashville American, 7 September 1917, page 5

Rev. Alexander was the pastor at Glen Leven Presbyterian Church in Nashville.

Nashville City Directory, 1917. Nashville, TN: Marshall-Bruce-Polk Co. Page 40. Available from Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Nina was the daughter of Patrick Henry Leech and my great-grandmother's sister Laura Belle Tarkington.