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ICOUPLE, 82 AKR 62, MARRYfIFormer St, Louis Old Folks’ Home Inmate Wed at Olney, III. jcanSt. Louis, Feb. 9— Joel B. Morris,tf-2 voars old, formerly an inmate ofthe Nonseotarian Old Folks home,2426 Franklin avenue, and Mrs.rI’zicda Peterson, (12, of Xeiya, 111.,Iwere the principals in a rousing char1]rivari there, following their marri-rpe at Olney, 111., according to dis-patches from Xenia last nightIt was the couple's third attemptwto be married. They obtained a li-dLouis Saturday r.nd askelt;i Major l^eo Eassieur to performtee ceremony. The latter, however,who met Morris when he was pro-iiLouis14c that he no longer was on theUcflbench.The couple then went Xenia, butfound thev could not be weddedthere on a license issued in St. j oLc.uis. The ceremony consequently^ as deferred until yesterday, whenBovles tied the knotat Olney, afte*- nn Illinois license hadt1been issued to them.Morris is ? veteran of the Civil Jtiwar and draws a pension. He formerly was a St. Louis contractor. ItL his second matrimonial ventureend his bride’s third. The couplemet by correspondence. Tlicy will\make their honie in Xenia.rinrn nirio nc mill TV
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Sedalia Weekly Democrat
Sedalia, Missouri, US
Fri, Feb 12, 1915
Page 4
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