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T'tt-• • a iTTHomestead Changes Hands,- KmjrAi Whitman hasimreh«wed~thebeautiful country home of 158 acres, known as the late Francis Whitman4* • «farm, located one mile south and westpt * The Ifcnd has been inplt;meesion ox the Whitmans for 102 ear*, (the firs*t owner belliwho1 with 'hi beth, and. six children, came from Pennsylvania in a covered wagon and jmrehased the land from the government in 1827. They (built- $ log cabinCelebrate Golden Wedding.An event o^ unusual interest wasthe celebration of the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mr*. John E. Deibel * which too^ plw® Sunday^monu ,ingf • Fcthroary 10, at 8 o’clock at Sv S. Peter and Paul's church. Mr.„ and Mrs. Deibel, attended by their son, Gutie Deibel, his wife, ^nd* six children approached, the* altar at which they were -pronounced husband and wife Juisit fifty yeans ago. Rev. V. A. Eliza^ M eehler- offickited, using the beautiful[tHbattendants were Geo. Deibel, brother of the groom. *na Lucinda Whitman, sister of the bride. The wedding dinner wasb served at thaand impressive golden wedding service. Relatives and friends of the couple completely filled the. large assembly room o£ the churchy A reception and air?11 v ,1‘ **fffiit brick buildixig in 1834, and Which, nsi4 at .the Deibel hme, Portage-^t.,followed the ceremony at the church. Covers were placed for thirty guests. The decorations were whlite and gold,was the first brick house built in Chippewa-twp. The following Whitmans have owned the property, Geo. Whitman, liis pon, Andrew ^Whitman, his son, Francis Whitman, who lived all his life on the old homestead, which covered a span of eighty years. - Mr, Whitman died April 23, 1928, and his «on, Fred A. Whitman, who, with his family, will move to his recently purchased property in (the near future.housekeeping bn a farm ne«r Eapton and thirty-four years of their married life was spent on the farm. Sixteen yeitrs ago they retired from the farm, purchased a beautiful home on Portage-st., and moved to Doylestown, and their only son. Gustie Deibel, with his wife and six children, noxtf* occupy the farm. Four people who attended the golden wedding ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Myers, of Barberton, Geo. JoibgIr-.cif: Clinton, and Charles Whiu man, Doylestown, we*e present at the wedding fifty ye«ans'ago.-the color scheme prevailing throughout the table dceorations. A large white wedding cake, decorated in go|d, cornered the table.On Feb. 10,1879, John E. Deibel andNora Whitman, both of Doylestoiwn, were married at S. S. Peter and Paul’s church, Rev. Charles Selzer officiating.
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Orrville Courier Crescent
Orrville, Ohio, US
Fri, Feb 22, 1929
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