The Independent of Oskaloosa, Kansas, announces the marriages of Tillie Moore to Paul E. Havens esquire and that of Marietta Havens to Judge J. Gill Spivey on the third page of the newspapers dated December 19, 1860 and January 4, 1861.

The Grasshopper Falls Gazette January 5, 1861 includes the announcement on page 3 of the marriage of Marietta Havens to Judge J Gill Spivey. This newspaper was pulled from an envelope containing requisition papers for ammunition signed by Paul E. Havens, the ordinance officer of the Kansas State Militia, on October 22, 1864 for the Company “A” Iron Clads. The contents of the envelope are in in Paul Havens' business correspondence housed at RH MS 1582 box 1 folders 47-49.

Two more issues of The Independent are included, September 10, 1864 and March 18, 1865. It is not clear whether these papers were kept for personal, business or political purposes, though both contain reports on the Civil War.