Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-09-22
HIS STATEMENT UNDER OATH.
NOW FOR A TRIAL OF THE CASE.

acquaintance
S. State whether you ever lived in the
State of Kentucky. If So in what empty
ment you were then employed, and at what
place, and at what time YOU were so en-
ployedH
1. State whether the person whom you
afterward married lived in Kentucky at that
time, in what employment she was engaged,
and at what place she was engaged.
5. State when you finally left Kentucky;
if you at any time resided there; where you
went therefrom; where you were next en-
ployed, and in what business or calling.
s. II you answer that the maiden name
Of your wife was Harriet Stanwood, state
when she finally left Kentucky, where she
went, with whom, and when and where ysu
next met her.
I. When andwhere we're you marriedP
5. Were you not married some time in the
month of Mach, 1851?
9. Give date and place of your marriage
and names of persons besides yourself and
wife who were present on the occasion.
10. What acquaintance had you with
Jacob Stanwood?
IL. What relation, If any, was he to the
person you married; and what conversation
or interview did you have with him before
said marriage concerning same; and where
did such interview, If any, occur, and what
was said and done therein?
u Was not the first child Of said mar
risge born on the 18th day of June, 5l2
Is. What was the name? How long did
it live, and with whom?
H. When did said child die; where was
it buried; and If in any cemetery, give name
of cemetery.
Is. Was any tombstone or monument
erected at the grave of said child? Give
the date of its birth and by whose direc-
tions was such tombstone erected?
10. Was there any inscription on said
tombstone at the time of its erection or
shortly thereafter? If so, give said inscrip-
ton in words and figures as the same was
originally craven on said tombstone.
II. Did not said tombstone bear the fol-
lowing inscription relative to the birth Of
said child: "StanwoOd Blaine, Born June
Is. ls5lY
Is. Has any portion of said inscription
on said tombstone been erased since its
erection? If so, what portion?,
10. What acquaintance have you with
book called The Life of James G. Blaine"
written by Russell II. Conwell, with an in
PRODUCTION by Governor Robie, of Maine,
and published by Z. Callen & Co, Augusta,
Maine, in the year 1888?
20. Were not proofs of such work sub
mitted you for revision?
q. Is not the statement made upon the
page of said book as follows:
Miss Stanwood, in March, 1851, became
his wife at Pittsburgh Penn" the correct
statement as the time and place ofyour mar
rage?
p Did not YOU communicate to the au- |
.bor of said book for his use in such work
he time and place Of your marriage afore-
aid?
To these interrogations Mr.. Blaine re-
spends as follows:
/, James G. Blaine, of Augusta, Me-, on
,ath, depose and say in answer to the fore
going interrogsrions:
l. Harriet B. Stsnwood.
? In Georgetown, Ky, in the spring of
.S4s.
8. | lived in Kentucky as assistant pro-
essor or tutor in the Western Military In
titute from January, 1913, to December,
ISL. In lS4S and lS+9 the institute was
It Georgetown; in 1850 at Blue Lick in
S5l at Decennon Springs.
4. The lady | married lived in Kentucky
rom the spring of 1913 to the spring of
S5l, engaged as teacher in Colonel I. T.
Tohnson's Female Seminary-the first two
ears at Georgetown; the last year at Mill
.rsburg.
5. l finally left Kentucky in the latter
,art of December, 1851, went to New Or
cans on business, and thence directly to
Augusta, Maine, which place i reached
February 9, 1852, and was next employed
IS principal teacher in the Pennsylvania
Institution for the Instruction of the Blind
n Philadelphia.
6. Nv wife left kentucky in March, 1851,
accom- panied by myself as far as Pittsburg,
Pa. thence travelled alone to New York,
where she was met by her brother, Jacob |
and under his protection pro
,eeded to her mothers residence at Angus
a. Maine, where | next met her February |
,, 1852. /
rs and 9. was married in Millersburg |
Nv, OF the 3Oth of June, 1850, in the pres
ance ofSarah c. Stauwood and S. L. Blaine
The marriage was secret. Having doubt |
of its validity under the laws
Of Kentucky, which then stringently requir-
ed a license from the clerk of the county
court, had the marriage solemnized sec
ond time in Pittsburg Pa, on the 18th OF
March, 1851, in the presence OF John V.
I sn,ovne and David Bell
lOand IL. Jacob Stanwood was the eld-
est brother Of my wife. had no scqusint-
snce with him at the time Of my marriage;
bad never seen him or heard from him in
ary way. directly or indirectly before my
met him for the first time IN
February, 1852. l had two letters from
him after nv marriage and before l met
nim-one warmly welcoming me as 9
member Of the family, the other inquIr-
ing if he could promote my business
interests by q loan Of money. had no
other correspondence Of any kind
until after had personally met him IN
February. 1851 Ny wife had two brothers.
neither Of whom | had ever met when l
rame 20 New England in February, 1857;
nor aid / ever meet any male relative OF
my wife before my arrival in New England
in February, 1852.
IL, Is and IL Ny first child q son, was
norm in the house Of his grandmother on
he 18th of June, 1851. His name was
Blaine. He lived with his
parents in 1852, 1853 and part Of 1854, In
Philadelphia; died July 81, 1854. snd was
buried in the Stanwood family lot in Forest
Grove cemetery, Augusta, Ne.
Is. Is and II. A monument was aplaced
av nv direction over his grave the year
,Asr his death. thus inscribed: "Stsnwood
Blaine. son Of James G. and Harriet 5.
Blaine; born June Is, 1851; died July 81
1854"
Is have not myself seen the stone
,;nee the first week in July, but have reason
y believe and do believe, that since that
late many letters snd figures thereoa have
a a II a