Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-26

wsrs fled September 9Th. These inserroea-
tories were as follows:
rxTIxRoaArorIEs.
/. What was the maiden name Of your
wifei
2 When and where did you make her ac-
quaintances
8. State whether you ever lived in the state
Of Kentucky; If 30, in what employment
you were there employed, and at what place
and at what time you were so employed.
4. State whether the person whom you
afterwards married lived in Kentucky at that
time; in what employment she was engaged,
and at what place she was SO engaged
8. State when you finally left Kentucky,
ifyou at any time resided there; where you
went therefrom; where you were next en-
ployed, and in what business or calling.
6. If 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 you
next met her.
Z. When and where were you married!
8. Were you not married some time in the
month of March, 1851.
9. Give the date and place of your mar
rage, and the names of the persons besides
yourself and wife who were present on that
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 the same? and
where did such interview, if any, occur! and
what was said and done therein?
T. Was not the first child of said mar
riage born on the 18th day of June, 1851?
10. What was the name: how long did it
live ? and with whoms
IA. When did said child die. Where was
it buried? and if in any cemetery, give the
name of the cemetery. Was any tombstone
or monument erected at the grave of said
child giving the date of its birth, and by
whose directions was such tombstone
erected?
I6 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 1S,
1851?
IS. Has any portion of said inscription on
said tombstone been erased since its cree
ton, If so, what portion.
10. What acquaintance have you with
book called ''The Life of James G. Blsine,"
written by Russell II. Conwell, with an in
PRODUCTION by Governor Robbie, of Maine,
and published by Z. c. Allen & Co., Angus
ia, Maine, in the year 1884,
20. Were not the proofs of such work
submitted to you for revision!
81. Is not the statement made upon the
sixty-eighth page of said book, as follows:
"Miss Stanyood, in March, 1851, become his
wife at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania correct
statement as to the time and place of your
marriage?
author of said book for his use in such work
the time and place of your MARRIAGE
To these interrogatories Mr.. Blaine re-
spends as follows:
!. Harriet B. Stanwood.
2. In Georgetown, Kentucky, in the
spring of l848.
3. lived in Kentucky Us assistant pro-
lessor or tutor in the Western Military insti-
tute from January, 1913 to December, 1851.
In 1913 and l849 the institute was at George
town; in 1850 Mt Blue Lick and in 1851 at
Decannon Springs.
4. The lady l married lived in Kentucky
from the spring of 184S to the spring of 1851,
engaged as teacher in Col. 7. F. Johnson's
female seminary, the first two years at
Georgetown; the last year at Millersburg.
5. finally left Kentucky in the latter
part of December, 1851; went TO New Or
leans on business and thence directly to
Augusta, Maine, which place reached on
February 9, 1852; was next employed as
principal teacher in the Pennsylvania insti-
tuition for the instruction of the blind at
Philadelphia.
6. Nv wife left Kentucky in March, 1851,
accompanied BY myself as far as Pittsburg,
and thence Travelled alone to New York.
where she was met by her brother Jacob
Stanwood, and under his protection pro-
ceeded to her mothers residence in Augusta.
Maine, where next met her on February 6.
1852.
Island 6. was married in Millersburp.
Kentucky, on the SOth OF June, 1850. in the
presence of Sarah C. Stanwood and S. u.
Blaine. The marriage was secret. Having
a doubt subsequently, of its validity under
the laws of Kentucky, which stringen.ly re-
ouired a license from the clerk of the
county court, had the marriage solemnized
q second time in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
On the 29th of March, 1851, in the presence
of John V. Lemoyne and Isaac Bell.
10 and II. Jacob Stanwood was the eldest
brother of nv wife. had no ACQUAINTANCE
with him at the time of my marriage and
never had seen him nor heard from him in
any way, directly or indirectly, before NV
marriage l met him for the first time in
Feb. uary, 1852. had two letters from him
after my marriage, and before l met him,
one warmly welcoming me as member of
the family, the other inquiring if he could
promote my business interests by the loan of
money. had no other correspondence of
any kind until after l had personally met
him in February, 1852. My wife had two
other brothers, neither of whom had ever
met when l came to New England, in Feb
ruary, 1852, nor did ever meet any male
relatives of my wife before nv arrival in
New England in February, 1852.
II, 13 and IA. My first child, son, was
born in the house of bis grandmother, on
the 18th of June, 1851. His name was STAN
wood Blaine. He lived with his parents in
1852 and 1854, and was buried in the STAN
wood family lot in Forest Grove cemetery,
in Augusta, Maine.
10, l6 and IL. A monument was placed
by my direction over his grave the year after
death, thus inscribed: "Stanwood Blaine,
son of James G. and Harriet 5. Blaine.
DOTH DOT June ioth' iooi' u'eo July olst,
ioo4' :. =,
10; l nave not myseli seen the stone since
! ,ne nrst week IN yniy, on, nave reason to
oeileve ana 40 9ei,eve tnat since tnat uate
many ie'ters ana nSuIes lnereon nave been
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1901 mas oeeh entireiy removed: nave no
means Oh ascertahS ~ whonh TINS was zone,
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