The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-09-27

aWff ~ We iutaffp4liufiaf NJ ihf hfqiia
nd which we're o fd ssplem1efs Those
iat.ffaHalofief we're a. ialiewt
6 What vs. che maiden nsma n yoaf
wiic'
q When ahi whefo d.i you make hof
acqullhianeef
. State whethor you ever l.voi In the
siato u keutncky n 40, 10 whtt ON.
ploymrui you veto tnere omployed, aud
nj what place aud AT What time you were
90 employed.
T. state whether the person whom
you afterwards married llved IN kdn.
tucky nj that time and In what employ.
ment she was engaged, aud at what place
she was 20 engaged
@. state when you finally loft Kons
turky tyou at any time resided there
where you went thireiromi where you
went iherciromi where you were next
employed, and 10 Whist business or call.
Ing.
G, II you answer that the maldeu
name Of your wlio was Harriet stan.
wood, state when she nually loft KEN
tnckyi where she went; with whom, aud
when snl where you next met her
T. When and where were you mar.
rledp
s. Were you not married some time In
the month Of March, 1852
.. Give date and pac1 OF your mar.
rlage ani the nimes OF the persons, be.
sides yourself aul vile, who were pres
cnt on that occasion
10. What acquaintance had you with
jacob Stanwood2
II. What relation, II any, was ho to
the person you married; and what con.
versaton or interview did you have with
him before said marriage concerning tho
| same, aud Where diG such interview, II
any, occur, aud what was said anl done
thercin2
~, Was not the fr,t child OF said mar.
rlage born on the 18Th day OF June,
1872
IS. What was the name? How long
did 1t live, aud with whoml
II. When did said child dlr2 Where
was 1t buried? and II any cemetery, give
the name Of the cemetery?
10. Was any tombstone or monument
erected at the grave OF said chlId2 GIVE
date Of It's birth, and by whose direction
was such tombstone erected,
10. Was there any iaSc iption on said
tombston1 at the time Of rs erection, or
shortly thereafter II SO, give said ia-
scriptlon In words aud llgurcs as tho
same was originally craven on said tomb.
stone.
II. Did not said tombstone bear the
following inscription relative TO the birth
| OF said child: "Stluwood B.alnc, born
June IS, 1882"
IS. llasanyporllon Of said inscription
said tombstone been erased since its
| erectiunl II SO, what pottong
10. What acquaintance have you with
Balne," written by RUSSELL II Conwell,
with an Introduction By Governor Roble
oi Maine, aud published by L &. \ Gu &
Co, Augusta, Me-, 10 this year lssi2
90 Were not the proofs Of such work
| submitted TO you Tor rcyislon2
n. Is not the statement made upon
the sixty eighth page OF said book as fol-.
lowsi "Ailss Stanwood In March, 1851,
b, came his wife at Pittsburgh, Pa" A
correct statement Us to time AMI place Of
your marriagcg
22. Did not YOU communicate 10 tho
| author Of sald book Tor ms use In such
work the time aud pace Of your mar.
rage atorcsadI
BLAINE REPLIES.
To these lnterrp gatJrics Mr.. Blaine re-
sponded as ioIluwsi
| !, James q. Balm, OF Augusta, Me-,
on oath depose and say To answer 10 the
| foregoing intcuOgltOd 81
!. Harriet B Slauwoo1.
2. In Georgetown, ky., In the spring
| OF lsis
3. lived In Kentucky as assistant pro.
| lessor 0r tu,or IN the Westrrh Military
Institute from Jinu ,ry, 1913. 10 Drcem-
Der, 1851 lu 1915 aud 1879 the institute
was at Georgetown, In 90 at Blue Lick,
IN 1881 at Drceuuon Sptlugs
4. The lady ! married lived in Ken-
lucky f0m the Spriug Of 1873 To the
Srrin, oi 1851. She wa, engaged as
L acher 10 Colonel 7. T. JOhnson's
Female Seminary, the first Two years ut
| Georgetown, the Ia 4 year At MIXERS
burg
3 ] finally left Kentucky ln the latter
part Ol December, 1861; went ~ New
orleans on business, sud then directly
10 Augusts, Me-, which place reached
February Q, lsi2, atd was ueat employed
as prluc,p.i teacher IN the Pen sylyauiI
Institution for the Instruction OF the
B Ind In Philadelphia.
o. Ny wife lett Kentucky 10 March,
1851, accompanied by myself as lar as
| littsburg, rai thence she Travelled
alone 10 New YORK., where shc was met
by her brother, Jacob stanw0od, and
under his protection Proceeded N her
n others residence In Augusta, Me-,
h re- lBtxt net her February ., 1853.
| ., ) aud .. | was married In MileTs-
lutg, Ky, on the 30lh Of June, 1850 Ia
| the presence Oi sarah {. ) atwood ald
| ;. l.. B.ane. The marriage was secret.
| llaylnga doubt subsequently, VI IT, valid.
ity uuder the iaw. Of Kentucky, which
then stfitetBily ftqu red license from
the CLERK Of the County Court, had tho
marriage mn.z q second time In
| Pittsburgh, Ia, on the 20 h OF March,
1851, IN the presence Of John V. LemOyne
and David Bel.
10 aud II. Jfcob Siauwgod was the
| eldest brother Of my " f.. had no
acquaintance with HIM at the time of
my marriage; had never seen him, nor
heard irum him IN sny way, directly Or
indirectly, hsfore my marriage ! met
I hlm for The first tme IN February, 1861.
bad Two letters IRON him alter ny mar
Fisgr, and before met bin. one watm.
! ~ welcoming me a. mcmb Of tho
family, the other iqulring i be cou q
/ promote M business Interests by the
lean Of money. had no other cor.
fsspUndcuge Of any kird ui til alter had
| personally met him 10 February, 1889.
| Ny wife had two other bfothcrs, u lth r
Of whom had ever met, when came 10
New Eng and 10 February, 1859, nof did
ever meet auy Of the isaie fe atlves Of
my wife before my arrival In New En-
: aud 10 February, 1853.
~, is snd IA. sIy hr,t child, son,
was born IN the house Of bis gfsndmoth.
sr on the 18th Of Jane, 1851. Ills name
sss stanwOod blaine. lie lived with his
parents in 1850 n 1851, aud was buried
In the staawood iami lot In Fores,
| Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Sic.
15, iG anil ~. A monument was
/ placed hv ny direction over bis grave
one rear after his drath, thu. inscribedi
"St1uwood Ilai1e. sou % james @. aud
Harriet $. blaine, born Juns IS, 1851,
died JOY 81. 1885,"
ia hass not myself seen the st7ns
since the first week In JULY, bot have
/ rtason % hsiisvc. aud DO believe, that
since that date many letters aad nzurrs