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W« took the names and ages of those who were present at the nuptial ceremony fifty years ago, and it completely astonished us at the aggregate of their nnmber of years, to-wit:warns. tsars.James V. Bargees..........70Theresa Burgess............68Lewis Burk *...........72Jeptha Turner...............69Mrs. Turner................60Nancy Suiser...............74Larkin Gaar...............71dlt;acarcrfcvlt;liiEfetbdiCwttit01nali1lt;f1Total Tears—484.The presence of these parties, again, aftjr a lapse of so many years, is truly remarkable, and its like has never occurred in the past, t nor will it probably occur again in u the future; when we add the fact *that the first white child (Jeptha t Turner) that was born in W ayne jCounty, and wsa present fifty years ago at Ur. Burgess’s wedding, was ; also one of the guests last Tuesday, it makes this gathering still more remarkable. The truth is, there isnot a spot of ground in “OldWayne’* more interesting than can be found on this farm of our old friend, for, within a stone's throw of his dwelling, the first cabin in the county was reared, (and that, too, by the aid of Indians), and the first spot of ground within its borders was cleared by the whiteI11ti}Ii
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Richmond Palladium
Richmond, Indiana, US
Sat, Mar 25, 1871
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