Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-27
Brilliant Marriages at WestGFer and
Lower Brandon.

dollars.
Brilliant Marriages at West0Fer and
Lower Brandon.
| The very brilliant accounts which have reach
ed US of the recent wedding festivities at West
over on the occasion Of the marriage of Miss
Lizzie q. Harrison, of Virginia. TO Mr.. Carter
| WelIford, of "Sabino Hail." suggests to US
| notice of tho event in our columns to-day, az
| one in which the many friends and relatives Of
the bride and groom 10 Richmond will feel au
affec.ioDate interest and pride. With such
picture before us We can scarcely feel that the
pl,ry has departed from the old riverside homes
of Virginia, or that the honored ancestors Of
the past need shame to own the brave and fair
descendants that blooming still upon the parent
tree endure to do them honor. No farcr or
more fitting spot could possibly have been Sc
leoted for the marriage than wv estover,' the
lovely home of Major and Mrs. Drewry Ia sls
ter of the bride,) and the wedding ceremonla5
and entertainment must have been as elegant
and as aboundng 10 their lavish hospitality as
any of the far famed feasts that in the days OF
yore-the days Of tho "Byrds," the SeIdens,"
and tho "Douthats' first gave an houored
fame to Westoyer and its distinguished owners.
The beautiful estates that line the banks of our
native river in passing through the stern vcis.
situdes that have so strangely blighted our be.
loved land and robbed it of it's wealth, have Tor
the most part passed into tho hands Of straug.
ers, and bear upon them now the impress of
depressing change. Westover itself is no longer
tho home or property Of its former owoers, but
more fortunate than the rest, it has fallen into
the hands of those whose pride and privilege 1t
is to perpetuate its beauty and to dispense
hospitality which indeed would seem as native
there aud to the manner born Msjor aud
Mis-. Drewry preside with most conspicuous
dignity and grace in their beautiful home, and
all who visit them must feel that during their
stewardship" at least the glory of this grand
old country seat must still endure. At tho re-
cent wedding some forty or fifty guests from
Richmond and elsewhere were received at
Westover" on the morning OF the 18th, and
magni6cently entertained untll the following
afternoon. whom 10 company with the bridal
party they left on the steamer for Richmond.
o. the morning Of the l6th at II O'Clock, the
marriage ceremony was performed 10 tho
brilliantly Illuminated parlors beneath g
spreading canopy of flowers (by the Rev: Mr.
Wade,) and the beautiful Miss "liarrison' be-
came Mrs. Garter Wellford," of Sabine
Hail." Immediately after the ceremony
magnificent wedding banquet was served and
the festivities continued until 2 p. m., whcu
the steamer arrived which was to bear the
bridal party from tho lovely soping hills Of
WestoVcr and its fond associations to others
which we trust may provo more bright and
more eDdearlng STILL
The blida was very beautifully at,ired ia
white allk, orange blossoms, &o. &,., aud by
especial request appeared 10 the superb Jewels
which arc sill owned in the family OF the groom
as heirlooms of great value from generation
that has passed away.
Sabine Hall, the home of the groom, 10 Rich
mond county, is one Of tho most celebrated
estates in Virginia. 1t was for many years tho
homo and property Of old king Carter Of
VIRGINIA, by whose son the house was erected
10 the year ]73O. Its walls are still huog
with portraits moro than a century old,
among them o very fno picture OF "k!ug
Carter himself, and other distinguished F!r-
einians Of cotemporery and sntccedcnt date.
The house is furnished for the most pant
| with antique and we'll. preserved articles OF
furniture, silver, glass and chiaa that have been
| 10 use for over hundred years, and the mag
ni6cept grounds surrounding it arc sheltered
still by giant trees that with tho gathered
| strength OF hoary centuries wave their tall
heads in tho sunlight of this ancestral home.
Thitber Mr.. Wexford will carry bis lovely
bride, and the mantle Of departed days vii
| iuinely descend upon host and hostess
worthy ofthat honor.
| On the evening of tho 18th, ct Lower Bran
don. the beautiful homo of MrH. Isabella Har
risop, very similar and mono the less inter
cstipg event occurred, the marriage OF hllsa
Lucy Cary Harrison to MIR. Edmund Cooke OF
Cumberland. The bride elect was daughter
Of Captain Benjamin II: Harrison. OF 'lrg!6!a,
who bravcIy lost his lIfe at MalVeTn mn
near Richmond, in 1862; and MIR. Cooke IL
go member of ouc of the oldest families in
the State still holding the original land graut
If King Jamcq, the Second for "Oaklands,
n, very beautiful country seat 10 Cum bcrland
county, Virginia, which is now bis Inherited
homo, The marriage was solmnlzcd on the
evening of the 18th, at o'clock, 10 the hand
, como narlors Of Lower Brandon" and in tha
nresence of q number Of guests from distance.
pmonc whom we're Governor Holiday and
other distinguished visitors. The wedding
thongh for many reasons moro quiet than th"'
= sI Weetover, was quit, as elegant in its arrange
= mentr. and brandon so famed in Virginia as the
s hesntlul home Of the "Harrson's," by whom
4 ia slill owned, has but enhsnced on this occs
: sion its reputation for beauty, elegance and ole
s Virginia hospitality; D1o,sr
notable events in this. the day OF marriage a.
J. convenience ] and nouveau richie reg ime IS occs
sions Of the union of descendants OF three OF IN
At odests families 10 the state al! oI %nom IA "a,
~ s,iII residing on the ssme ancestral acres taa
tbeir l iesuh sIres have owned and live since tn
l. o nod ia dsvs of yore The two fair brides sn
r Ss;r resneeIiye Knights alike enjoyed to an ur
usual s degree the regard and admiration i9 CT
large circle Sar of resSfs saSay siu ournsys BY
love and benedictions of Virginia's braVest an
best-Rich Transcript.
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