Aaron Smelser & Emma Elmore marriage license & land record

The Texas County, Missouri, marriage license below includes the following information:

• Aaron Smelser, of Hattie, Texas County, was over 21
• Emma Elmore of Clear Springs, Texas County, was under 18
• Jesse A. Elmore, her father, gave his written consent
• The license was issued on 3 Oct 1893 in Houston, Texas County, Missouri

The attached certificate states that W. O. [I think] Robertson, Minister of the Gospel, married the couple on 8 Oct 1893, at Hattie, Texas County, Missouri.

In 1897, Aaron obtained a homestead patent for 160 acres of land in Texas County.  The record is available at the Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records