Note: From their marriage license we learn that Mr. John W. C. Heslop of Mason County is 24 years old, and Miss Aurilla Jarrott of Mason County, is 21 years old. He was born in Ohio; she was born in Kanawha, Virginia. Her place of residence is Mason County, West Virginia.
On the Minister's Return or Endorsement: I, M.W. Rider, a Minister of the Methodist E. Church do certify that on the 28th day of February 1877 at the home of the bride in Mason City, W.Va., I United in Marriage the above named.... M.W. Rider
Note: In the 1930 census taken in Point Pleasant, Aurilla Heslop, 75, is now head of the household. Her home is valued at $10,100. At home with her are three children, Robert J., 45, Nan E., 35 and William, 30--all single. She has a servant named Bessie Marshall, 22.
Note: Aurilla "was a great, wonderful woman and a wonderful mother, always kinda heavy (more like Sadie). She moved to Point Pleasant when she married, but felt very homesick about leaving Mason. She made a bargain that she would stay for one year. By the time the year was up she didn't want to go back to Mason."