From "Marriage Index:  New Jersey, 1680-1900" (FTM CD #240) by Broderbund
Software in 1998:

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Kishpaugh, Simeon     Nixen, Ellen     Apr 15, 1869     Sussex

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From "The Myers Family History" by Timothy Francis Myers (0.307) in 2005:

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  Simeon and Mary Ellen Kishpaugh lived at 38 Water Street, Newton, New Jersey
and were married by Justice of the Peace, Nathan Roe.  It looks like Andrew
was born about 3 years before they were married.  The date given for their
marriage is April 15, 1869 and Andrew was born January 4, 1866 according
to several census records and John was born December 30, 1869.  thhis [sic]
was actually a fairly typical practice in those days.  Either the official
marriage took place after the fact or it was not published until sometime
after it had occurred.
  Simeon and Mary Ellen were fairly well to do, their house was a large brick
house with a wrought iron fence around the yard.  Son, George Kishpaugh took
care of both of his parents during their final illnesses and was supposed
to be left their home.  The care they each required during their illnesses
used most of their fortune and since there was no will, the house had to be
sold to finish paying the debts.  Simeon died of cancer of the throat and
Mary Ellen died of TB.  We really have very little in the way of stories
passed down about either of them.  We do know that George Kishpaugh did
not marry until the year after his mother died.  Since he [sic] father
was already ill, he cared for his mother duing her final year(s) of life.
Older brother Andrew was still living but died himself as a relatively young
man a few years later.  He may also have been ill.  In any case, George spent
severl [sic] years of his adult life caring for them.  As stated above,
the illnesses used most of the family fortune.  Their daughter Lena died
of Hasty Consumption (TB) when she was about eighteen years old.

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My note - With regard to the conflict stated in the first paragraph above,
I think the reason for the lag between the actual marriage and filing of
the paperwork (as well as for births, deaths, deeds, etc) was the difficulty
of traveling (in that time period) to the location where the paperwork was
filed with the State. Sometimes the filing happened long after the event
actually took place. - MEL