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Marriages and a Golden Wedding Across Keota and Nearby
The society column details multiple weddings at homes near Wellman Keota and Crawfordsville. Eve Frances Solomon Weekly wed Fred Fischer with Rev Kemp officiating. Eva Carris wed Chas Greenwood with Rev Robertson. Miss Lurana Yard married John Cornelius Visser in Crawfordsville with family and friends attending. Mr and Mrs Bryson celebrated fifty years of marriage with family gifts and a turkey dinner. The Rankin Thompson wedding at Rankin home featured a large reception and gifts. William J Wilson, a Denver stockman, was shot and killed by Buttermilk Hensley, who then died by suicide. Wilson’s wife Mary Briggs is tied to local figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. T. Carris
Keota
Mr. Carris
Eva
Chas. O. Greenwood
J. F. Robertson
A. L. Graham
Greenwood Farm
R. F. Campbell
Des Moines
Mollie Cherry
Gil Vincent
Chas. Corette
Ralph Vincent
Kansas
Dite McMasters
Ella Rowne
J. A. McCoy
Bessie McCoy
Claude McCoy
J. M. Bratten
Crawfordsville
Lurana Yard
John Cornelius Visser
M. I. Yard
Alice Yard
W. R. Yard
Big Rock, IN
Herman Twinam
Arthur Yard
Pearl Ullrich
Chas. Rogers
Visser
Pella Brush Co
Pella
Towa
Iowa
F. K. Rownd
Kansas City
J. K. Bryson
Winnie Dwight Rankin
Ralph Waldo Thompson
A. J. Rankin
East Second Street
Kathryn Berdo
Thompson
Bert Dixon
Hirdge Rankin
Mayme Rankin
Elias Handy
Methodist Church
Miss Rankin
Mr. Thompson
M. W. Bailey
Washington Club
Mrs. Thompson
Albia
B. F. Martin
Chicago
Ira Rathmel
Dublin
Jesse Marr
Fred Spalding
Lee Thompson
Alpha Thompson
Bentley Thompson
David Thompson
Ainsworth
R. HA. Pemble
Grant
Idaho
Iowa City
Boyd Berdo
Ames
Flins Handy
West Second Street
Fred Waltz
Oakland Township
Louisa County
Margaret George
Gladwin
Handy
Thomas George
Denver
Colo
William J. Wilson
Hensley
Henssey
Wilson
Lewiston
Wilsons
Washington Pople
Mary Briggs
Presbyterian Church
Frank Briggs