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ATE O’CONNORST. LOUISANIhomas Connor's Niece and;Wealthy ManufacturerAre Quietly Married in Tiffin, Ohio.NDS LONG COURTSHIPmance Began Two Years; Ago, When Her Cousin Introduced Them in |Newly Finished Hotel. jA nmar.re her tin in the Connor hotel,reeled uv the late Thomas Connor, hadts climax in Tiffin. Ohio, Saturday nfter-oon when Mi?** Kate O'Connor, neico ofhomas Connor, one of t lie beneficiaries f his million-dollar estate, was married o Mr. lt;■'. NV. Cluidscj. .« wealthyeatlier etilp manufacturer of Si. Louis. A lrile on n business trip to Joplin two ears ago Alisa O'Connor was introduced o her future fiance by her cousin, Jerry ) Connor of Joplin. A mutual attachment non sprang up, ilie couple meeting frequently in Joplin and in Tiffin, her homo, nd the birthplace of Thomas Connor, here Tie was buried three years ago.A11 noil m oment a Surprise.Nqtv? of the marriage reached Joplin esterda. While it had been known mong a few intimate friends and rela* ives that Alias O'Connor and Mr. Chad-e\ were engaged, the announcementame as a surprise. Miss O'Connor had een making her home in Tiffin and Jop-n for the last fifteen years, staying at he Connor hotel while here. She left his city for Tiffin May 19. Miss O'Con-or is 34 years old, while her husband is *o years her senior.Following the ceremony they left for Detroit, and will return to Tiffin July 1. ix days later Mr. and Airs. Chadsey will ave • for a three months’ trip abroad, 'heir itinerary includes a visit to Ire-nd. England, France and Panama, ftei September 1 they will be at home S'. Louis. where Air. Chadsey is present of a largo weather-strip factory, t was while supervising the installation f the system in the Connor hotel that e met his future bride.It was T who introduced Kate to Mr. hadsey about two years ago, J. O'Con-or said at the Connor hotel last night. It was a case of mutual attachment, heir regard for each other soon devel-ped into something stronger, hut their arriage Saturday was a surprise. Ac-ording to letters which have readied oplin, :t was h quiet affair, only a few rsons being present. None of her relaxes from this vicinity attended the cere-ony.. Mr. Chadsey is a prominent St. outsail, and is himself wealthy. They rill make their future home in St. ouis.”A I n ion of Money.Mr. Chadsey is reputed to he wealthy, liss O'Connor's share of her uncle's slate is believed to he $200,000. She is ne of six heirs.Thomas Connor’s widow has been conned in an asylum in St. Louis for the st twenty years. She bad been ad-dged insane, and under terms of the ill, pending her recovery; was not to ave shared In the estate. On the rounds that she is entitled to one-half f tlie fortune, in spite of her illness, ttorneys for Mrs. Connor have taken n appeal to the supreme court from the as per county circuit court, which ren-ered an adverse decision several weeks go. The case is now pending. .Bequests f $100,000 for charitable purposes each Tiffin and Joplin were also made in codicil.Several voars ago the then Miss ()*( oner completed her musical education in I urope. She has a remarkable soprano ice and lias received flattering offers om eastern and foreign impresarios. Sheas participated in private musicales i nth in this city and in New York.Mrs. Chadsey is widely known in Jop-n. where she has spent much of nerii:Ii c : ( ! ct * ,itit.I -C(1si:rliaattdvt«raaJdbcotirn
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Joplin Daily Globe
Joplin, Missouri, US
Wed, Jun 22, 1910
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