Dwenger, C.PP.S., Father Joseph, Wapakoneta, Ohio, to Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1864 September 9

Mr. James McFarland, brother of the bishop, married yesterday to a widow named Whetstone. Now Dwenger finds that he was previously married to a cousin of the lady. They were married in good faith, and there is prospect of conversion for the lady and two of her children and Dwenger asks for the proper dispensation. She has three children from her previous husband and has nine by his three former wives. :: II-5-b A.L.S. 3pp.