St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-22
BLAINE SWEARS
On the Question Of His Double Mar
riage and Family Affairs.
Responses to the Questions Propounded by
the Indianapolis Sentinel.

the lnterrOgatorfes OF the Sentinel which
were filed September 5. These interrogatories
were as follows:
What was the maiden name of your
wife?s
2-When and where did you make her ac-
quaintance!
3-State whether you ever lived in the state
OF Kentucky If so,iu what employment were
you there employed, and at what place and
at what time were you SO employeda
/ 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
State when you finally left Kentucky if
you at any time resided there, where you
went there from, where you were next en-
ployed and in what business or calling.
eff you answer that the maiden name
of yeur wife was Harriet Stanwood, state
when she finally left Kentucky, where she
went, with whom, and where you next met
her.
when and where you married her?
S-Were you not married some time In
the month of March 1851
9-Give date and place OF your marriage
and the names of persons, besides yourself
and wife, who were present on the occasion
1O-What acquaintance had you with
Jacob stanwoodi
11-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, thefeini
-l2-Was not the Hrst child of said mar
rage born the 18th day of June, 1851!
| 13-What was the name? How long did
1t live and with whom9
4-When did said child diea Where was
it buried, and If in any cemetery give name
Of cemetery.
erected at the grave of said childa Give date
of its birth, and by whose directions such
tombstone was erected.
16-Was there any inscription on said
tombstone at the time of its erection or
shortly after? Give said inscription in words
and figures as the same was originally craven
on said tombstones
| ibid not said tombstone bear the fol-
lowing inscription relative to the birth of
said child: ''Stanwood Blaine. Born June
IS, 1852"
1S-Has any portion of said inscription
on said tombstone been erased since its cree
ton! If SO, what portion!
| 19-What acquaintance have you with q
book called "The Life of James G. Blaine, :"
written by Russell A. Conwell, with an in
PRODUCTION by Gov. Robbie, of Maine, and
published by E. c. Allen 6c Co., Augusta,
Me-, in the year 1S84i
20-Were not the proofs of such work sub
mitted to you for revision.
21-Is not the statement made upon the
sixty-eighth page of said book, as follows:
Miss Stanwood, in March, 1851, became his
| Aif e of tcbr Do 10 >,
statement as to time and place of your mar
riage!
22-Did not you com municate to the
author of said book for his use in such work
the time and place OF your marriage as
aforesaid
To these interrogatones Mr.. Blaine re-
spends as follows:
BLAINB's ANSWER.
l, James G. Blaine, of Augusta, Me-, de-
poses and says, in answer to the foregoing in
terrogatories:
Harriet B. Stanwood
I'm Georgetown, KY, in the spring Of
1S4S.
81 lived in Kentucky as assistan t
professor, or tutor in the Western Military
institute from January, 1S4S, to December,
1851; in lS4S aud 1S49 the institute was at
Georgetown, in 1850 ut Blue Lick, in 1851 at
Drennon Springs.
EThe lady 1 married lived in Ken
lucky from the spring of 1S4S to the spring
OF 1851, engaged as teacher in Col. T. T.
Johnson's female seminary. The first two
years at Georgetown, the last year at Millers-
burg.
81 finally left Kentucky in the latter
| part of December, 1851, went to New Orleans
M, hug inns and
Maine, which place l reached February 9,
1882, and was next employed as principal
teacher In Pennsylvania institution for the
instruction 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-
ceeded to her nother's residence in Augusta,
Me, where next met her, February 9, 1852.
| &, 81 was married in Millersburg, XIV,
on the Both of June, 1850, in the presence of
Sarah G. Stanwood and s. L. Blaine. The
marriage was secret. Having doubt subse--
quently OF its validity under the laws OF
Kentucky, which then stringently required
license from the clerk of the county court,
/ had the marriage solemnized q second
F, time in Pittsburg. Pa, on the 10th OF March,
1851, in the presence of John V. Lemoyne
| and David Bell.
Jacob Stanwood was the eldest brother of
my wife. l had no acquaintance with him
at the time of my marriage, and had never
seen him or heard from him in any way di-
rectly or Indirectly before my marriage. /
met him for the FIRST time in February 1852.
| had two letters from him after my MARI
age and before l met him-one warmly vel
coming me as member Of the family, the
other 0nquiring II he could promote my bust
ness interests by loan Of money. Ihad no
other correspondence Of any kind until after
l had personally met him il February, 1852.
My wife had two other brothers, neither OF
whom / had ever met when came to New
England ia February, 1852, nor did / ever
meet any male relatives Of my wife before
my arrival in New England In February,
1857
II, 10, Any first child was born In the
house of his grandmother on the 18th day of
June, 1851. His name was Stanwo0d
Blaine. He lived with his parents in 1852.
1853 and part of 1854, in Philadelphia. Died
July 81, 1854, and was buried in the STAN
wood family lot in Forest Grove cemetery,
Augusta, Ne.
Is, 16, IA monument was placed by
my direction over his grave year after his
death, thus inscribed: ''StanwOod Blaine,
son Of James G.. and Harriet S. Blaine,
born June Is, 1851, died July 81, 1854"
Isl have not myself, seen the stone
the first week in July, but we have reason to
! believe, and do believe, that since that date,
many letters aud figures thereon have been
| defsced, and that the figure in the year
1851 has been entirely removed / have no
means Of ascertainiug by whom this was
done, but have reason to believe and do be-
lieve that photograph was taken Of the de-