The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-09-24

ment were you there employed, aud at what
place and at what time you were so en-
ployed
4. State whether the person whom you
afterward married lived in Kentucky at
that time, in what employment she was en-
gagged, and at what place she was so 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.
6. III you answer that the maieen name
of your wife was Harriet Stanwood, state
when she finally left Kentucky; where she
went, with whom, and when and where you
next met her.
l. When and where were you married.
s. Were you not married some time in
the month of March, 1851?
8. Give date and place of your marriage
and names Of persons beside yourself aud
who were present on the occasion.
10. What acquaintance had you with
| Jacob Stanwood?
IL. What relation, il 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.
riage born on the 18th day of June, 1851?
49, What was the name2 How long did
| it live, and with whom?
IA. When did said child die? Where was
y
| of cemetery,
10. Was any tombstone or monument
erected at the grave of said child? Give the
| date of its birth, and by whose directions
was such tombstone erected?
16. Was there any inscription on said
| tombstone at the time of Its erection or
shortly thereafter? II 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. 1S51?'
IS. Has any portion of said inscription
on said tombstone been erased since its erec-
ton? If so, what portion?
10. What acquaintance have you with q
book called THE Life of James G. Blaine"
written by Russell H. Conwell. with an in
| PRODUCTION by Governor Robbie, of Maine and
| published by E. Callen IL Co., Augusta, Me-,
! in the year 1884?
20. We're not proofs of such work sub.
mitted you for revision2
81, e not the statement made upon the
| sixty.eighth page OF said book as folloys
/ Miss Stanwood, in March, 1851, became
| his wife at Pittsburg, Pa" the correct
statement as the time and place of your
| %. Did not you communicate to the au-
thor of said book for his use IN such work
the time and place of your marriage afore-
said?
To these interrogations Mr.. Blaine re-
| spends as follows:
| /, James G.. Blaine, of Augusta Me-, on
oath, depose and say, in answer to the fore
| going interrogatories:
| I. Harriet B. Stanwood.
In Georgetown, KY, in the spring OF
1913.
3. lived in Kentucky as assistant pro-
lessor or tutor in the Western Military Insti-
tute, from January, 1913, to December, 1851.
In 1S4S and 1S49 the institute was at George
town in 1850 at Blue Lick in 1851 at Dren-
non Springs.
f. The lady / married lived in Kentucky
from the spring of 1913 to the spring of 1851,
engaged as teacher in Colonel 7. f. John
sons Female Seminary-the first two years
at Georgetown; the last year st Millersburg.
5. finally left Kentucky IN the latter
part OF December, 1851, wentto New Orleans
on business, and thence directly TO Augusta,
Me-, which place reached February 9, 1852,
and was next employed as principal teacher in
the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruc-
ton OF the Blind in Philadelphia.
6. My wife left Kentucky in March, 1851,
accompanied by myself as far as Pittsburg,
Pa. thence travelled alone to New York,
where she was met by her brother, jacob
Stanwood, and under his protection pro-
cee6ed to her mother sresidence at Augusta,
J Ne, where l next met her February 9, 1852
Z, and 9. l was married in Millersburg
KY, on the seth OF June, 1850, in the pres
ence of Sarah G. Stsnwood and S. L. Blaine.
! The marriage was secret. Having doubt
subsequently of its validity under the laws
of Kentucky, which then stringently re
ouired a license from the Clerk Of the County
Court, had the marriage solemnized a sec
ond time in Pittsburg, Penn, on the 18th oil
March, 1851, in the presence of John V. lie.
moyne and David Bell.
10 and IL. Jacob Stanwood was the oldest
brother of my wife. had no acquaintance
with him at the time of my marriage; had
never seen HIM nor heard from him in any
way, directly or indirectly, before my mar
rage. / met him for the first time in Febru-
airy, 1852 had two letters from him after
my marriage and before met him-one
warmly welcoming me as member of the
family, the other inquiring if he could pro
mote my business interests by loan OF money.
had no other correspondence of any kind
until after I had personally met him in Feb
ruary, 1852 My wife had two other broth
ers, neither of whom / had ever met when
came to New England in February, 1852; mol
did ever meet any male relative of my
wife before nv arrival in New England in
February, 1852
II, Is and Ii. My first child, son, was
born in the house of his grandmother on
the 18th Of June, 1851. His name was Stan
wood Blaine. He lived with his parents in
1852, 1853 and part of 1854, in Philadelphis;
died July 81, 1854, and was buried in the
Stanwood family lot in Forest Grove Gene
terry, Augusta, Me.
| 10, 10 and IL. A monument was placed
by my direction over his grave the year after
bis death, thus inscribed: "Stanwood
Blaine, son of James G. and Harriet s.
Blaine; born June Is, 1851; died July 81,
1854"
lS. / have not myself seen the stone since
the first week in July, but have reason to be
lieve, and do believe that since that date
many letters and figures thereon have been
defaced, and that the figure l in the year
1851 has been entirely removed. have nc
means of ascertaining by whom this was
done, but have reason to believe, and do be
lieYe, that photograph was taken of the de
faced stone by the procurement of one OF the
publishers of the New Age, Democratic
paper published in this city, and that copies
of said photograph were sent to divers and
sundrv persons, including the publisher Of
the Indianapolis Sentinel, the defendant Of
This suit
10, 90, 81. %. know the book referred tc
as the "Life of James 6. Blaine" did not
revise the volume, nor become in any de
gree responsible for any statement made il
it, though / saw part of it before publica
ton, but did not and have not TO this day
seen page 6S, to which the question refers
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