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idDSFIFT* -THREE YEARSt upa Joyerect the F 1 umenls en the IndisMr. e alt•cisesandihe Grand Record of a Pioneer|“kk?ht5fiCouple.lor real * teachers a al Fert W in coursepropriatererection rarys-tationFifty-three yesrs ago yesterday,Mr. Sylvester P. Morgan and Miss Sarah B. Morgan were married by 1 u^got or Bishop Ames. The event was oelc-1 hall, ier i brated yesterday by a family reunion siting | an0 grand luncheon at the homestead 1 on Riverside, at which, beside*, the aged and honorable couple, were visit-1 present seven children, twenty-seventits to ihink? here. :£ thej visit Riley pneugrand children and eleven gret grand children, making a to 1 of forty-seven descendent* of the host and hostess.The aged groom was born ia Mo-ncngahela county, West Virginia on the 27th day of June, 1812, and the aged bride was born in Clark county, Ind., June 4, 1818, and they were married March 9, 1834. To them were bora eleven children, four of whom are dead. Those living are: Mrs. Ann Runyan, Mrs. Charles t’alro, 1 Wilber Mrs. Eph Kelgwin, Mrsis fine week, enteenn Unl-et, hasick isCor* Barker, lira. Chris. Badger, Mrs. Robert Berry and Miss Lizzie Morgan. Mrs. Morgan in her youthful days understood the mysteries of spinning and weaving and was then, as now, an adept In the household thirty-1 arts. It was by her faithful cc-op-?eb. 11,1 eratiou that Mr, Morgan succeeded in/o little amassin (luite a eempetency, They le Man are social and libertl'peo-4, two pie, regular old style Virginia hos-ive her. pitality which made that common-Feb. 19 ir, Mrs. han H.ery one ustrlcu* devoted ve her hnstiani yearsIduy-ie roads ey wereput in at like to 4 fodderspellingcnt fromwealth so famous throughout the world for good will and good cheer, being the rule of the household, it was a joyous occasion and an interesting scene to see this aged co pie surrounded ny nearly half a hundred decendants partaking of their hospitality. Mrs. Morgan is the daughter of the late Ebenezer Morgan, who was one of the pioneer settlers piClark county, when the great Btateof Indiana was a howling wilderness and under the military control of General George Regers Clark.The celebration was a happy event, appreciated not only by_ theagid coup’e, but all present, and highly enjoyed. tThey sepaiated just as the shadows oi night began to darken mother earth, wishing that the aged,couple would livs to celebrate many more marriages, a host of frieads colled during the day to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Morgan.tom hanloFaiquiited.ted. Otfcate to thehis appi probably mg of thi of the nn $3,590 foi preserva 11 e-grout taxation ciitions, money c year froi for the i; at the 81 Sheriffs oners toprisons l lion, J (hore is raidnigl day *x huotmgopen. W one to i stand ini to the e: Acts i and per tions re horses; to issue referrin Fort W at a lov to Gree the Go’ ei al cotthe claiby tfi istucky; of antn in the J quiribi taming •very I designcheck itees ottax cltiof the the bi heuscs - In a*pnapd not rel Housh Teach 1 bills ir tbwsePubhas tv sumeippssib mg thlt;Fro i nonpa for mo dulge kicklc
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Jeffersonville National Democrat
Jeffersonville, Indiana, US
Fri, Mar 11, 1887
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