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[YiTHREE IN SAME/D-FAMILY MARRIED50 YRS. OR MORE!Mr. and Mrs. John Wal-id | ler Observe 50th Wed-of I ding Anniversaryral • _“I MR. AND MRS. L. K..sl()*HALL HIT 55 MARKief(he Wallers, One of Firsthe j IFamilies in This Coun-veselieIK,io-try, Celebrate1The observance of the 50th wed-asysding anniversary' last Sunday of Mr.and Mrs. John Waller, who reside healtween here and Murphysboro, makesthe third married couple, all rela-oftives, to reach the 50th year of wed-(led life in that family.| Mrs. L. K. Hall is a cousin of Mrs.n( Waller. The Halls have gone five11 ivears beyond the 50-vear mark, laster ‘' February celebrating 55 years of mar-j tied life. Mrs. Hall’s brother. Dr. W.rv IS. Hinchcliff, of Murphysboro and!111. he !Mrs. Hinchcliff have also been mar-VI‘P-ried more than 50 years, their last wedding anniversary being the 54th. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have lived on the! same farm, about \V- miles west of r-j Carbondale, all their married life, I with the exception of a time they, ■ lived in Carbondale. Thev have six de *living children: Mrs. Hattie Rigdon., Mrs. I). C. Ledford and E. H. Hall of»TCarbondale; Mrs. Eva Darby, Herrin;la-I Miss Marie Hall. Herrin, and Mrs. I *n ,Dert Moberly, Clinton. 111. 1erThe celebration of toe 50th weddinghe,ir 1 anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Johu j(.. Waller was quietly observed at their al beautiful country home four miles aj, southwest of here, Sunday. A dinner was spread and all the Waller cliil-1n-1... dren and a number of grandchildren1 took part in the celebration.n- ■! Roth Mr. and Mrs. Waller are in ((f good health and have lived on the farm where thev now reside for theIt * vU half century. Almost adjoining farms or at least in the same vicinity, area-in « found four of tlieir children, who have ,| homes and families of their own. They are: Frank Waller, He Wittea- ’lt; Waller, Mrs. Hert Neal and Mrs. Mar-it^ tin Paul. William Waller lives about three miles north of the others, nearrI the old Henry station. y' il( Mrs. Waller is the daughter of the ^ late Joe Thorp, one of the early pio-ii-u-irneers of this county and John Waller, the son of the late William Waller, v.ho for years made his home souttillaflt;atyewest of Murphysboro. To this day the old Waller place is a landmark. Scores of relatives and descendantstineisvare all over the county. The elderEMr. Waller came to this county from Union county. h;It was 50 years ago July 8 that Mr.I and Mrs. Waller were married in Car- *c; bondale. oi
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Carbondale Free Press
Carbondale, Illinois, US
Thu, Jul 12, 1928
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