The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-23
GOLDEN WEDDINGS OF 1875.
COUPLES THAT NAVE LIVED TO
GETHER FOR FIFTY YEARS.
A Record OF Matrimonial Ftdeiity-A Couple
who were Married ~ Years ago-An Old
Couple Lead in the Wedding Dance.

esting IA any, and a complete collection Of them,
properly tanulhted, might tie made to teach
some very useful lessons. As the true signin-
canoe In the " birth rate OF given race or COM
munity IA to be found not by considering tue
number Of babies born into the world, but the
number OF them who grow up to maturity. So,
perhaps, the "marriaVe rate" would acquire
new value as q sOci 1 barometer. could accurate
statistics be procured concerning the average
duration Of the married lfe Of each individual
pair, In different classes and localities.
The facts contained in the present compila-
tlon we're all derived from tho local columns"
OF single Massachusetts newspaper, which pays
special attention to the collection OF New Eng
ltnd news ; ana As an unbrOken half century OF
welded life is rare enough thing to excite
general local rem TX, and so to secure notice
In tho county PAPER" II may be presumed that
great majority OF all the golden weddings tina.
were celebrated in New England last year md
a place on the present list. The number Onclud-
Ing those New England couples whose cslebra-
tons really occurred clsewherel u llb; ot which
NJ tsslchusctts has 40; CDnnecticut 0; New
Hamp hire. 81; Maine. . Vermont, 3 and
Rhode Island, 2 Mention IL also made OF eight
Massachusetts, couples who celebrated during
1915 wedding anniversary beyond the hftieth
Une sixtleth IN i've cases.; of four couple out
ri ie of New England VINO celot rated their mr.
tictn or more advanced anniversary and OF four
teen otnci venerable pairs CfIur In Nnssnchusctts
stx in otner states, aud fou IN Europ.) VINO we're
imed IN lsi5 az having had a married life Of
nall = century or inward For the sake Of
or " nnd Mrs" IN this record, the husband Is
usually alluded u alone. except where 1t Is
possible To supply the maiden name vi tue wife.
SEMI CENTENNIAL DANCE.
or the MasauChusetts golden weddings thu
first on the iist Is that OF the Rev Dr. lhomas
/. stone Of Bolton, aretired Unitarian preacher,
ana an early Aboitlionist. wuO sent three sons
to the war. Ihe celrh.ttion TOOK place 10 tho
middle ~ Janu ny, and was extended over two
Il avs. tho hrst being devoted to fanny gather
ing; the second u reception Of the general
circle Of acu iaintanccs. Inc people Of sutton,
early ia February, remembered the y for T. l.
muud j. Aills 10y giving a successful surpri q
parry to Ms fhniN: at NV Brantree. tour
weeks later. no less IN ~ one hundred guests
accepted the hosuit Mites OF william Pepner,
"A "a a. fIaft it4N a q
he ANA his wife took tho lead aud NJ Warwick,
ut the same time. occurred the celebrate N Of
BcrnardstOn, VI rch L.. had for us most not BILE
guest tho wiie's father, Isr,ei Bac2, who lacked
and tnat " Of ihSm 8 y. Ward At snrewsS vq
Apr Q. when 2O descendants and kindred
assembled and the Rev. 4. Porter Over read
poem, took place a, tho OH homestead. WI re
hat uVc1 the l.rtndt u h r., Gen. Artemus Ward,
Of Revolutionary fame, aud the great grind-
father, Col. hum Ward, one OF tue founders
OF the town.
orHER VETERANS or MATRrMoSY.
AT wtlliimstown. April Is, summer South
church, which he hd been Matrimonial m
tOuuding, and which he at that time prc.cnted
with tnous md dollar organ. Ma, 10, the cele
hrhlon Of T., l.. Vcnpo {, Gator of the Ipvrlch
chronicle was the occ lsipn for making punltc
tue following facts: Clp'. william Davenport.
hi- rranilu her. fonsht with W lie 1t . lencr
Anthony ID Nenp Irt, his father-dnd the father
Of twelve otner children, ten ~ whom grew 40
an m rried-was tne proprietor - the old
Wolfe tavern at NcwOurypors. and furnished
supplies to tho troops when they m rcned To
Lexington and IIluker nm: and ne himself A.
the f,tner Of nine children, OF whom three
served IN tho ite war. In STAY also occurred
" two golden weddin-'s 40 Grafton" in referen e
to wiic1 no lturs were ported, inl also those
of Isaac ). lrtOu Of Dis, amt Albert VI trsha
Of Leice ter. Early in June ire 1 er town nad
"A seco "a celebration. tuat u sew IL ~lrleut;
and two other, happened In other towns 4
Worcester county, those ~ Clpt. Ia lmAs
Ncnol; - OXFORD, auJ g. W. Wellington Of
The pleasant weather which ch1racterized the
nr-' daY # summer lent special s-aco 10 TIE
niueth wedding anniversary OF chester w.
CnIrin OF S2rin gneii. President OF the Boston
ana Albany Rl'itold, representative to IL
hnil nd" \ ,unv supper party of twenty-one
as emh.ed at the old Homestead where tho
wiie was born ana IN ri ii, and which ~ now
held 10y her brother. MINER Cntplu. Ia the al
| joining town OF Chicoi &c. july and August
give no. Reports, but on Sep Il. Il WI ttelN. oc-
| CURED the anniversary Of Cant. seth Birdw Il,
whose desc INFANTS Ia three generations number
one hundred assembled to FER co lgratuldtions :
the Haydenyitlc band and the Congregational
| cnurch choir favorinx the com lany with SER
n.des. II was remarked that bis brother mad
had a golden wedding three years before. and
that his sister expected To have one within the
coming year. Al MtlliaclstOwn. Oct. 3, " Uncle
Jereml ih HosGurd, long II ne prluln-nt cIti-
zen aud tavern keeper there, lli ms golden
wedding; ana eleven others were also recorded
| IN the me month.
CONNECTICUT AND new HAMPSHIRE COUPLES
OF the New Hamp hire Gel -brations. the ear.
| Hest was that ~ Daniel q. Rollins at Great
! Fhls Feb 3. Eight Of the MAE chiilrtn wore
present, and all sion " - made to the fact IA 4
| their mothers grandfather Gen. M,cnael jack
| sou, 81 Revolutionary memory, Win his wife,
| ms I'VE brothers and i've sous, spent the memur-
| tile winter of HIS with Wlshlngt N an the
| camp at valley Forge. At Hin dale, Feb o. the
| children OF Joan Stcru-. tour sons and four
| ddu-nters, with their wives and husbands,
children aud grindchlldren, assembled in fuli
! force To honor their pirents' semi-,entennial (;
anu at the anniversary Of JO-eph BrOoNs, At
| KnIEc IN NAY, ~ was announced tuat brother
aud sister Of his hal Already IA ID golden
I ~ Pc al IA
| hid almost completed their nail century OF mar
| lied ii e.
C1nneciicn,'s nine golden weddings were tho
| i9H Mingi ii. lwlss's, at lhomsnnvilie, an
e, Postmaster rdNari'-. at War-lou,e
Point, fru. 8; the ". Hcniy j 'res's. al BRIDGE
| port SepI; - LhLnr biipers, ut Woirotvhie,
| Oct. -; Alfred Strickands, at Buckingham,
! Nov 10; Deacon George +. Suitn's, at NV
| Haven Nov. 90; jos ph treats am 1imotny
| Demlngs, at East II irtford, the same month /;
and Dec -; at the New, York residence OF ms
daughter Mrs. Henry Marks the Rev. Joseph
| Bal rus of Norw TX. Among tue = nests at the
| IRE t selehiAti' n WIS lac wlle's father, Jon e
than kouerts. aged 81. aud the husb nd's
! brother ana sister, Mr.. Adnl Treat and Mrs. Eli
! OlA-tead, whose golden weddings hnd uOth
! cay Missi nary Smith WAS presided over oy the
Included gold nauee, cake frosted over WIN
| $50 III gold coins Ind purse Of $1,000 ia paper
Last on the list may he mentioned the golden
| wedding Of Charles crosby Of CnIc g. in NJ
vemDer, connected with which was me uarr,alo
Of MS GRANDSON; aud That Of tue par nts al COY.
nome in " 'tAw4n on the ljtn OF December.
DIAMOND AND CRIMSON wEDpINGs.
| Coming nov To the record OF wedding an
| niycr-Aiies beyond the hfdeth, ami considering
nf,l me eight Massachusetts, couples on the II g..
! the place Of honor must Toe gwen 10 Bsni amin
| DAVIS ana vile of New Ipswich, VINO celebrated
| tnci1 seventeen anniversary IN March, James
| ~ eelei sulS-nlth anniversary was celebrated AT
| NoWtln DeccM DER. four generations II the fam
| iN being present. aud ~ me al lutucket, the
sixty s. Xth anulVers ny OF James i. Chase, az 81
| ihelN-one' the Oldest man OF the Island and