Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-06
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Marriage of Lieutenant A. NJ. Thack
and General Shermnn's Third Dau=hts

Marriage of Lieutenant A. NJ. Thackara
and General Shermans Third Daughter.
The marriage of Miss Eleanor Mary
Sherman, third daughter of the
general of the army, and Lieut.
enant Alexander VI. Thackara. of the
United States navy. took place at the resi-
dence of General and Mrs. Sherman, at :
O'Clock last evening. There We're present
at the ceremony about 100 persons, includ-
ing relatives and intimate friends, Mr..
Hayes. the secretary of war, and the
secretary OF the navy. At the reception.
beginning ut half hour later. 600 guests
thrOnsed the triple suite of parlors.
The bride is Il rosy checked, brown
haired lady, little below medium height,
with charming frankness and vivacity.
She is twenty years of age and the bride
groom is thiTty-one. Lieutenant Thack-
ara was graduated at the Annapolis acad-
emy in the class OF 1869. and is the son of
the senior member of the firm of Thack-
ara, Buck Il Co.. of Philadelphia. His
family belongs to the Presbyterian denom-
ination. The bride is OF her mothers re-
ligiOn and the ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Father Boyle. pastor of st.
Matthew's church. The parents of the
groom, and also sister and brother. and
Il choice circle OF friends were present from
Philadelphia
The bride was dressed in white satin and
hrOcade, trimmed with seed pearls on lace.
Her ornaments were simply pearls. None
of the daughters of the general wore ON
this occasion the costly diamonds presented
by the khedive, though both Mrs. Fitch
and Miss Sherman Wore less elaborate
ornaments of the same kind. The bouquet
carried by the bride was of orange bios
SONS and lilies of the valley. The brides
maids. five in number. Wore white
crepe dechine, with sleeves of Spanish lace
and broad sashes of brOcaded ribbon.
They were Miss May Ewing, q cousin OF
the bride and daughter of Representative
Thomas Ewing Miss Rachel Sherman,
the generals youngest daughter; Miss
Marion Whipple. daughter OF one of his
staff officers stationed at Chicago; Miss
Mary Lochland. of St. Louis, and Miss
Addie Slack, of Washington. Each car
ried bouquets of some favOrite flower.
The groomsmen were Licutcnants Berry.
Bradbury and Coffin, OF the navy. and
Lieutenants Augur and Cherry of the
army. The bridal party was preceded by
little Miss Florence Audenreid, escorted
by Master Tecumseh Sherman. The gen
eral wore full uniform. as did also the
military guests present.
Mrs. Sherman wore Il handsome dress
of pearl-colored silk and satin. Mrs. Fitch
of ST. Louis, formerly Miss Minnie Sher-
man. wore toilet of gold satin. Miss
Lizzie Sherman wore pink crepe dechinc,
with puifed front of pink satin. Among
the very elegantly attired ladies present
were the wives of two OF the generals
aides. Mrs. Au,lenried and Mrs. Bacon,
and Mrs. Levi p Morton and Nine. Out
rcy, both of whom were escorted by Mr..
Morton in the absence from the city of NJ.
Outrey, the French minister. Represen-
tative Anson G. McCook was accom-
panied by Miss Hettie McCook. of
Chillicothe, Ohio. Many OF the
leading officers of the government, the
army and navy were present, noticeable
among whom was Master Lucien Young,
the hero of the Huron disaster. Many
| who could not come were represented by
elegant gifts.
General Grant sent letter Of greeting
and congratulation and General Sheridan
tete-a-tete set of silver. The presents were
of great number and value, but were not os
tentatiously displayed. Senator Blaine sent
berry set of silver and gold with a card
bearing an inscription expressive of the
same regard for the daughter which he
had always cherished for the mother, his
cousin. Representative McCook's gift
was of elegant silverware in Olympian de-
sign. Touching mementoes were sent by
sisters in the Georgetown convent, where
Miss Sherman received her education.
At half-past eight the bride and groom
withdrew from the parlors, and prepared
to take the $40 p. IN. train nOrthward, i'll
company with the parents of the groom.