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| i Celebrated Golden Wedding j^The following account of a golden \ wedding anniversary was contributed to Thlt;* Herald for last week, but reached us through the mail too late j to appear last week : jMr. and Mrs. Morris Sollars were ]lt; married fifty years ago March 28. ;Morris Sollars and Hannah Gebhart1 were married at the home of the' groom's parents, about one and one- i half miles west of where Cayuga ! now stands, by William Naylor.' Sunday, March 28, 1915, was their'golden wedding anniversary and it was j; celebrated by about sixty-five rela- j • tives and friends of the aged eoupla j' | who gathered in about the noon hour ;: | with well-filled baskets and spread ‘; ; a bountiful dinner in honor of the oc- j ! casion. In the afternoon more friends j came in, making the total attendance ; during the day, seventy-one. \One remarkable fact is that Mr. and ; Mrs. Sollars have lived their entire;, married life in this community, hav-!1 ing lived on Jones Lindsey's farm ; I thirty years. They moved from ! i there to a small place they had j bought, about one-half mile south of | there, where they lived until five years ago, when they sold out and moved to Eugene. Mr. and Mrs. Sollars were the parents of fourteen | children, six girls and eight boys, j eleven of whom grew to manhood and I womanhood. The others died in in-j fancy. Two passed away after mar-| riage. These were Mrs Emma Kest-I er of Danville and Bert of Clinton, j The nine living children are: Mrs,Mary Ellis of Perrsyville; Edward of - Cayuga.; James of Areola, 111.; Olive.I and Richard of Jacksonville, Ind. ;Mrs.; Lulu Muss on of Estherville, Iowa; Mrs. Hattie Trosper of Clinton; Kind-erman of Eugene; and Mrs, Malissa j Criss of Cayuga, all of whom were present except Mrs. Musson. I| There are thirty living grandchildren land six great-grandchildren. Mr. j and Mrs. Sollars received many beau-jtiful and useful presenst, among them ! being two five-dollar gold pieces and i some silver money. j
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Cayuga Herald
Cayuga, Indiana, US
Fri, Apr 16, 1915
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