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COUPLE, 82 AND 62, MURRY*1IFormer St, Louis Old Folks’ Home Inmate Wed at Olney, III. lt; -iSt. Louis, Feb. 9.—Joel B. Morris, t^2 years old, formerly an inmate ofihe Xonseotarian Old Folks home.£2426 Franklin avenue, and Mrs. i|l':ieda Peterson, 62, of Xenia, 111., I were the principals in a rousing cha- irivari there, following their marri- 1rat Olney, 111., according to dispatches from Xenia last night. tIt was the couple's third attemptto he married. They obtained a li-Louised Major 1M) Rassicur to perforinthe ceremony. The latter, however, twho met Morris when he ivas pro-hate iudee in St. Louis, told the oou- ipic that he no longer was on the zbench.*The couple then went Xenia, but ffound thev could' not be wedded ithere on a license issued in St. i (Tjuis. The ceremony consequently fx as deferred until yesterday, whenJudge John L. Boyles tied the knotat Olney. after an Illinois license had .tbeen issued to them. 1Morris is ? veteran of the Civil iwar and draws a pension. He formerly was a St. Louis contractor. Ithis second matrimonial ventureend his bride’s third. The couplemet by correspondence. Tlwey willmake their home in Xenia.I
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Sedalia Weekly Democrat
Sedalia, Missouri, US
Fri, Feb 12, 1915
Page 4
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