APPEARING IN THE VA. PILOT
JAN. 3. 1888
THE FOLLOWING MARRIAGE LICENSES HAVE BEN ISSUED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF HUSTINGS (PORTSMOUTH)
DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 1887.
JOHN WORSER & GISELL DREWRY, OSWALD W. DUNTON & IDA ELIZABETH HARTLOVE
GEORGE W. FLEMMING & EMILY F. CHERRY. (SEE BELOW)
THE FOLLOWING WERE ISSUED FROM THE COUNTY (NORFOLK)
CHARLES ALEXANDER STEWART TO MARY J. TABB
JEREMIAH W. BUNTING TO JOSEPHINE T. HOFFLER
JOHN THOMAS ANSELL TO LULA W. OLD
M.L. GRIMES TO MATTIE TRESSA MOORE
R.S. POINER TO MARGARET L. CREEKMUR
EARNEST M. POINER TO ELIZAETH WARDEN.
CARDS ARE OUT FOR THE MARRIAGE OF MISS MARY RYDER TO MR. FRED NOLAN ON WED. NEXT AT ST. PAUL'S CATHOLIC CHURCH.
A MARRIAGE LICENSE WAS ISSUED YESTERDAY TO MR. GEORGE W.FLEMMING TO WED MISS EMLY CHERRY. THE CEREMONY WILL BEPERFORMED THIS AFTERNOON AT THE BRIDE'S RESIDENCE IN SOUTH PORTSMOUTH
JAN. 12 1888
AT THE RESIDENCE OF SAMUEL HIGGINS ESQ. DORCHESTER COUNTY, MD. J.R. WRIGHT OF NORFOLK, VA. TO ADA LILLIAN DAU. OF JOSEPH A. HICKS OF DORCHESTER COUNTY. MD. NO CARDS.
AT THE RESIDENCE OF J. SPENCER WRIGHT ESQ. CENTREVILLE, QUEEN ANNE COUNTY, MD. BY THE REV. JAMES A. MITCHELL E.H. ODEND'HAL OF NORFOLK TO MISS M.E. GORDON OF RICHMOND NO. CARDS.
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MR. JOHN C. SMITH & MISS NANNIE KILBY DAU. OF DR. JOHN T. KILBY WERE MARRIED YESTERDAY EVENING AT 5PM.
AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE BRIDE'S FATHER. NO ONE HAD ANY IDEA OF THE APPAROACHING MARRIAGE UNTIL JUST BEFORE THE CEREMONY WAS PERFORMED REV. SAMUEL SAUNDERS OFFICIATED IN MAKING THE HAPPY COUPLE ONE?
Feb 1, 1888
THE FOLLOWING LICENSES WERE ISSUED IN JAN. 1888
JOHN THOMAS JAMES TO NETTIE FISHER. W.C. CONSTABLE TO ROBINA E. POWELL
ROBERT ELLIOTT DEJARNETTE TO LUCRETIA REID ARMSTRONG ALBERT SIDNEY DOZIER TO MARIA LOUISE COLLINS.
WILLIAM HENRY CUMMINS TO MOLLIE DAVIS WATERFIELD JOHN P.L. HOPKINS AND EYELYN M. ROBERTS
WILLIAM L. PERKINS TO AGNESS H. BOYT ROBERT LEE UPSHURE TO JULIA ESTELL ANDREWS
W. SHERRICK TO RACHAEL SHERRICK JOHN B. GRIMES TO CORNELIA TALBERT SWEENEY
PENNEL COOPER TO ROSA B. DAY EDWARD LEE OLD TO MINNIE IRWIN MYERS
OWEN M. BELOTE TO MAUDE DEL FOREST EDWARDS.
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KINCHIN WILLIAMS TO EDITH WILSON LOT DAVIS TO LIZZIE TWINE
J. E. WALKER TO F. HAMMOND, BRITTON SOMMERVILLE TO MADELINE HASKINS
WILLIAM SMALL TO ELLEN BURK JAMES F. WELLS TO FANNIE REED
RICHARD SOMMERVILLE TO MARY LEWIS SAMUEL ANDREWSON SIMONTON TO MARY TYLER
JOHN NIMMO TO THERESA FLORENCE GIBSON HENRY GRANDY TO ANNIE LEACH
LEWIS EDMUNDS TO JULIA GOODWIN JOHN BRIT AND MARY JANE REED
JOSEPH BROWN TO ADA PORTER JOSEPH MOSS TO LIZZIE MELVIN
LEWIS W. SMITH TO ANNIEROBSEV GEORGE PATTERSON TO ANNIE GUY
SAMUEL SELDEN TO CORNELIA UPSHUR JOHN H. HARRIS TO SARAH THOMPSON
JAMES TALLEY TO MARTHA MARTIN SEYMOUR M. LANE TO MARTHA J. BONNEY.
Mr. HARRY C. DOSON, A WELL KNOWN & POPULAR YOUNG CITIZEN OF NORFOLK & SON OF MR. R.S. DODSON,WAS UNITED IN THE HOLY BONDS OF MATRIMONY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO MISS ANNIE M. BROWN, ONE OF HAMPTONS MOST CHARMING YOUNG LADIES & DAU. OF HON. J.W. BROWN, MAYOR OF THAT PLACE.
THE NUPTIAL KNOT WAS TIED IN THE BAPTIST CHURCH BY REV. E. P. WILSON OF THE HAMPTON M.E. CHURCH IN THE PRESENCE OF A LARGE & BRILLIANT GATHERING COMPOSED OF THE ELITE OF HAMPTON, & MANY FROM NORFOLK, FRIENDS OF THE BRIDE & GROOM. (if this is your ancestor, email me for rest of story)
THE FREEMASON STREET BAPTIST CHURCH WAS THE SCENE OF A LARGE GATHERING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THE OCCASION BEING THE MARRIAGE OF MR. OWEN BELOTE TO MISS F. EDWARDS, DAU. OF THE LATE MR. JOHN A. EDWARDS. THE CEREMONY WAS PERFORMED BY REV. DR. J. L. BURROWS, PASTOR OF THE CHURCH, THE BRIDE BEING ATTIRED IN ANOLINE GREEN TRAVELING COSTUME, & THE GROOM IN BLACK. THE COUPLE WERE UNATTENED ,S AVE BY THE FOLLOWING GENTLEMEN, WHO ACTED USHERS: WILLIAM NEWSTEAD, THOMAS BLICK, S.H. ELLISON,GEORGE BAIN, ALL OF NORFOLK. MR & MRS. BELOTE LEFT ON THE BAY LINE STEAMER FOR BALTIMORE LAST NIGHT FROM WHENCE THEY WILL VISIT OTHER NORTHERN CITIES.
THE FOLLOWING MARRIAGE LIC. WERE ISSUED IN THE COURT OF HASTINGS (PORTSMOUTH)
JOHN LEVIN WATSON TO MERTIE DEVERE ROCHE MICHAEL FRANCIS DOLAND TO MARY CATHERINE RYDER
JOHN CHARLES SCHREIER TO ELLEN T. GRANEY JOSEPH J. HUDGINS TO ELIZABETH FRANCIS ROWE
JOSEPH WILSON ABBOTT TO HATTIE NOEL KNIGHT CHARLES THOMAS WYATT TO MARY V. CREEKMORE
JOHN LEE TO ANNIE PORTLOCK WILLIAM HENRY FLEMMING TO JOSPEHINE MATHIAS.
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GEORGE BARNES TO CLARA WILSON
JAMES SAMUEL SCOTT TO ANNIE ELIZA FORK
RICHARD HOLLAND TO KATE DEANS.
THE FOLLOWING MARRIAGE LIC. WERE ISSUED BY THE COUNTY:
JAMES LINDSAY JONES TO LEVINIA WARDEN JAMES J. LINNAHAN TO LENA WHITEHURST
JEREMIAH WILKINS TO GEORGIANNA ETHERIDGE FRANK A. ADDINGTON TO MARY E. JOHNSON
EDWARD T. GRESHAM TO BETTIE A. FULFORD WILSON L. FULFORD TO ANNIE W. BAARWELL,
WILLIAM L. HODGES TO FRANCES A. UPTON WILIAM E. RICE TO ALICE J. ALLISON
NAOPOLEON BONAPARTE ETHEREDGE TO MAGGIE E. HODGES HENRY F. BROWN TO SARAH COX
TIMOTHY KEETER TO MARY E. PRIVOTT WILLIAM B. FENTRESS TO ELIZA V. CARTER
MILES W. SYKES TO ELIZABETH WHITEHURST ROBERT L. SHERMAN TO FANNIE THORP
MICHAEL SHAUGHNESSEY TO LILLIAN EVERETT, WILLIAM RIGGS TO FANNIE L. SMITH
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EDWARD SMTIH TO GRACE WARREN BARTLETT CUFFEE TO MARY WILSON
ROBERT SNEAD TO EMMA D.BRAY MILLS BUSKER TO PENNY WILLIAMS
WILLIAM MILLS ROOKS TO MARTHA ANN SAWYER NOAH SUTTON TO MENERVA WILSON
TED HARRISON TO MARY ANN WILSON CHARLES BAINES TO GEORGIANNA RAWLES
JOHN MANTLY TO MARTHA WILSON JOHN H. OWENS TO JSOEPHINE SMITH
VIRGINIUS RIDDICK TO MELINDA INDEN JAMES YOUNG CUFFEE TO MARY E. FAULK
JOSHUA JONES TO ELIZABETH MEADS.
MARCH 22, 1888
AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE BRIDE'S MOTHER , 238 CHURCH ST. BERNARD MILLER TO ELLA WEIL BY THE REV. B. EBERSON, TUES. AFTERNOON 4. PM.
APRIL 3, 1888
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT 5PM, MR. WILLIAM BEALE, OF THE FIRM OF BEALE & LONG, & MISS BELLE, THE ELDEST DAU. OOF MR. SAMUEL Y. BROWN WERE UNITED IN MARRIAGE AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE BRIDE'S FATHER, ON DINWIDDIE ST. THE CEREMONY WAS PERFORMED BY REV. FATHER BRADY & AFTER A HEARTY RECEPTION THEY WERE DRIVIN TO THE BAY LINE WHARF WHERE THEY TOOK THE STEAMER FOR A NORTHERN TOUR.
AT. 4:30PM YESTERDAY AFTERNOON MR. F.F. MCWILKIE, A YOUNG LAWYER OF THIS CITY, WAS MARRIED TO MIS SNELLIE VAN LEER, OF PA, WHO WAS VISITNG FRIENDS IN BERKLEY. THE CEREMONY WAS PERFORMED BY THE REV. MR. GATEWOOD OF NORFOLK AT. ST. PAUL'S P.E CHURCH IN BERKLEY. AFTER RECEIVING THE CONGRATULATIONS OF THEIR FRIENDS, THEY CAME OVER TO THIS CITY & TOOK THE BAY LINE STEAMER FOR A TRIP NORTH.
MAY 3. 1888
THE RESIDENCE OF DR. RICHARD P. WALTON, ON CLAY AVE, BRAMBLETON, WAS TEH SCENE OF A SMALL GATHERINE AT 6AM YESTERDAY MORNING , THE OCCASION BEING THE MARRIAGE OF MISS LOULIE E. WALTON TO MR. HENRY T. BELL OF LEWISBURG WEST VA. REV. ROBERT A. WALTON, OF OWINSVILLE KY, BROTHER OF TEH BRIDE PERFORMED TEH CEREMONY, BEING ASSISTED BY REV. E. MCCLEUR, PASTOR OF THE PARK AVE. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. AFTER THE CEREMONY MR. & MRS. BELL LEFT AT ONCE FOR THE HOME OF THE GROOM AT LEWISBURG WHICH WILL BE THERI FUTURE RESIDENCE.
AUG. 16. 1888
THE RESIDENCE OF MR. WILLIAM R. HUDGINS WAS THE SCENE OF A HAPPY GATHERING YESTERDAY MORNING, THE OCCASION BEING THE MARRIAGE OF HIS DAU, MISS MAMIE TO MR. MALVIN H. FOSTER. REV. W.V. TUDOR TIED THE NUPTIAL KNOT. AFTER WHICH MR. & MRS. FOSTER, AFTER RECEIVING THE CONGRATULATIONS OF THEIR MANY FRIENDS LEFT FOR A NORTHERN TOUR VIA THE NYP AN N. RAILROAD. THE PRESENTS WERE VERY NUMEROUS AND BEAUTIFUL & MANY OF THEM EXCEEDINGLY COSTLY.
AUG 30 1888
QUITE A LARGE NUMBER OF FRIENDS ASSEMBLED AT THE RESIDENCE OF HENRY T. BARNES, NEAR VA BCH, ON THE EVENING OF TEH 21ST TO WITNESS THE MARRIAGE OF HIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG DAU., MISS AMANDA TO MR. WILLIAM CAROLL OF LIFE SAVING STATION NO. 3 AND A WORTHY YOUNG MAN. THE CEREMONY WAS PERFORMED BY REV. F.C. CLARKE, AFTER WHICH THE LARGE CROWD PARTOOK OF A SUMPTOUOUS SUPPER PROVIDED BY THE HOSPITABLE HOST.
SEPT. 28 1888
MISS LILLIE B. LEIGH, DAU OF MR. JAMES Y LEIGH AND MR. GEOFFREY MORGAN WERE QUIETLY MARRIED AT THE RESIDENCE OF REV. DR. MCCLEUR IN BRAMBLETON, THURS. EVENING AT 7PM IN THE PRESENCE OF A FEW FRIENDS. THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MARRIAGE WAS NOT MADE PUBLIC UNTIL LAST EVENING,& WAS A CONSIDERABLE SURPRISE.
MR. & MRS. MORGAN REC'D THE CONGRATULATIONS OF MANY FRIENDS LAST NIGHT, WHO EXTENDED THEIR BEST WISHES.
SEPT. 30 1888
AT THE RESIDENCE AT THE BRIDE'S PARENTS, 621 19TH ST. WASHINGTON D.C THURSDAY SEPT. 20TH AT 6:30PM. DR. JOHN DR. JOHN F. REED TO MISS MAMIE PEMBLETON CRENSHAW BY REV. DR. SHIVAS.
OCT. 6. 1888
SUNDAY SEPT 30TH 1888 JOSEPH J. FITZPATRICK TO SARAH JOHNSTON BY THE REV. DOHERTY, AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE BRIDE'S PARENTS, IN BRAMBLETON WARD, NORFOLK. PORTSMOUTH PAPERS AND WASHINGTON DC. PAPERS PLEASE COPY.
