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A Justice Marries a Justice.Crabb's Mills.The son marries nls father and obtains a: step-mother, this being:the second step-mother; ot the squire- She now bears the same name j of his own mother, Mary Edward?. jOn tha day of February, 1S92, a carriage occupied by an elderly couple, drov© up in. Irontof tb ore* id cnee or Justice Levi Edwards, • They aiiprhted and came in. Tbe squlro was j surprised to see hf3 father waiting upon a lady ' as though ho w« huttweotyyearsorage; but | « greater surprise awsti tod him when his father j drew from his pocket -a marriage license tr.ro the Clerk of the District Court and handed it to him. The license was read, the return oer- ■ ttficatc made out* • the ceremony pronounced ! and Mrs. Mari’ Ktakford. Of Brandon twp..! became the wire of Mr. In* Edwards, Sr„ of j Farmers’ Creek twp. Both were bom in Ohio I but came to Iowa in an early day. Both have ! children that aro crown up. 31 r. Edwards is I 65 years or ago and has been married twice be-! fore, losing his last wife some eighteen months i ago. He is a Justice or the Peace In his town-! ship. The bride is H years of asrc and has ; lived a widow for twelve years on hor farm : near Canton. She is well respected by all who: know her. After the ceremony tho groom pre-. sonted the squire with a bill of greeo back currency five hundred rimes the value of the fee ' charged. The surprise returned to the hnppv couple the next evening when a large crowd p-atbercd at their home. We leave our best wishes with them. 3Iay they ever be happy. ,SAStMT. .
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Jackson Sentinel
Maquoketa, Iowa, US
Thu, Mar 03, 1892
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