The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-23
singular Matrimonial Connections.

Singular Matrimonial Connections.
The Marietta (Ohio) Register publishes
the l~Ollowine items about odd maFriegos IN
Washington county, ohio, @nd Bays he
could make the list fuller
December y, 1885, in Iudlow township,
James Nj. AGroves, J. p, married ON the
same evening, at the same phce, George
Pugh and Mary Watson; also Isaac Pugh
and Martha A WatsOu These were father
and son married to mother and daughter.
Two Green street girls, Misses Il,
who IRE sisters, have between them five
living husbands. The oldest was divorced
from her FIRST husband ON account of his
wilful absence; her second husband was
divorced from her by reason Of her absence,
and she is married to her third husband
The second girl was. married, aud divorced
and is married again. None Of the parties
now live in this county.
John BrOagh, Esq, who was sheriff OF
this county, sixty years ago, came nom
England about the beginning Of this CEN
tufy, when he was past middle nge. In
1909 he buried a wife, was soon married TO
Miss Jane - and in 1911 the late John
Brough-late distinguished Governor Of
Ohio-was born to them in the jail build
ing, October 20, 1921. Mrs. Brough died
in Eve months and one day, March u,
1922, Esq Brough, who was then about 20
years Of age, married Mrs. Bridget Cross;
in Just four weeks, April 49,, she died
Esquire BrOugh himself died October 16,
1922. So it appeiTs that he buried two
wives and was buried himself, all in less
than a year.
There are several cases in this county
wherein men have been married four times;
one three times, whose third wife is the
niece Of his second One Of our highly
respectable citizens married his sons Wild
ow, there being children by both mar
riages. And in another case, many years
age, n young man and n young lady were
engaged to be married; her parents OBJ
jocted, but they had q son born to them
out of wedlock; both subsequently mar
riod lhe twice. and buried other partners
their son has now become q man Gnd was
married, with a family Of children; his pa
rents were then married at his house, the
grandchildren seeing their grandparents
married They are both now in their
graves.
Many years z Pardon Cook, father Of
tho late Mrs. Rhoda Hildreth; OF this city,
and his brother, Joseph Cook, father Of the
Rev. Pardon Cook, Of Marietta. married
sisters. In course Of time Pardon Cook
died, also Joseph Cooks wife. Then
Joseph Cook and Pardon Cooks widow in
termarricd. So. in the last marriage mo
children) the husband bore that relation to
two sisters, while the wife vas the wife of
two brothers. Consequently the late Mrs.
Hildreth and Rev. Pardon Cook were not
only double cousins, but also stood in the
relation of step-brother and step-sister.
Two brothers and two sisters Of one fam
lily in Marietta, years ago, were intermor-
ried with two sisters and two brothers Of
another family-nOt oil OF once, but ct diff
ferent dates These were Otis Reclnrd
and Nancy Jennings; JOS. Leonard Reck-
ard and Delhi Jennings; Jonathan jon
nings and Susan Reckard; Jumia Jennings
and Eliza A. Reckard. OF these eight, six
IRE now living-all in the ucichborhood Of
three score years and ten, most over,
some a little under Jonathan Jennings
died ten years ago. His widow Susan
Reckard) is now the fourth wife OF Rev. j.
9. Mccoy. Otis Reckard died about three
years ago.
Col. VIM y Mason, our county treasur-
er, and his wife are both Masons, but of
different families, claiming no relationship.
His father was William Mason, her father
was William Mason, her grandfather was
William Mason, and his grandfather was
William Mason, and they have u son Viii
liam. So the young scion Of four genera
tons now known counts himself a william,
his father a William, his two grundfathcrs
both Williams, and two great Rrandfathers
Williams, and all AIasons.
We here mention n case out Of this
county, yet involving a young lady OF
Marietta. Miss Emily Palmer, who was
raised by Rev. Luther G. Bingham, went
to Lawrence county to teach, and there
married Dr. Mcdowell, who had separated
from his wife in Pennsylvania, leaving a
daughter in her charge. In the course Of
years Mrs. Emily Mcdowell died. The
daughter by the first marriage raj now
grown up and married. Through her in
tervention her father and mother were
then remarked, after Il separation Of over
twenty years, the husband Of the daughter,
who was a minister, performing the mar
riage ceremony.
Il may be remarked thnt fifty years ago,
when the population Of this country was
not over one quarter Of what it now is,
three men advertised their wives as having
left their bed and board, &c, where one
man does so at this day; a fact that we
know, having carefully examined full files
of Marietta papers from the year 1911.
Docs it indicate that ill-assorted and un-
happy marriages were much more frequent
half n century since than now; or was cd
vortising wives more in fashion then?