The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-09-25
That Mysterious Marriage.

That Mysterious Marriage.
lSDIASAPPOLIS, IND., September 80. =
In the Blaine libel suit in the District
Court this afternoon Blaine. attorneys
| filed the following answers 10 the inter.
rogatories propouuded by the .,rntinePo
attorneys on the 5lh of September
I, James G. Blaine, of Augusta, Me,
on oath, dePose and say in answer To the
foregoing intenogatories
LIST. Harriet B. Stanwood
I'd. Georgetown, Ky, in the spring Of
81. lived in Kentucky as assistant
professor or tutor iu the Western Military
Institute from January, lS4S, to Decem.
ber, 1851. Iu lS48 and l849 the institute
| was at Georgetown in 1850 at Blue Lick,
and in 1851 at Dunc.n, now Springs.
4th. The lady married lived in Ken
lucky from the spring of lS48 to the
spring of 1851 engaged as q teacher in
| Col. L. JohnsOn's female seminary the
frat two years at Georgetown and The last
year at Millcrsbu1g.
9th. finally left Kentucky in the lat.
ter part Of December, 1851, and went to
New Orleans on business, aud thence
direct 10 Augusta, Maine, which place
reached February 9Th, 1852, and was
next employed as principal teacher in
| Pennsyl vania institution for the astruc.
tion Of the blind in Philadelphia.
9Th. My wife left Kentucky in March,
1851. accompanied by myself rs far as
PittsburR, Pa, and thence travelled
alone TO New York, where she was met
| hy, hop har
aaaeF hsa projections proceeded 10 her
mothers residence in Augusta, Me,
Hns,' 's.s l. sas' met her on February O.
7th, 9Th and 9th. was married in
Millersburg. Ky, on the 3Oth of June,
1850 In tho presence of Sarah G. Stan.
wood and 8. l.. Blaine. The marriage
| 9ss asc.e.. nasiag doubts subsequently
Of It's validity under the laws OF Hen
| tucky, which then stripgently required q
license from the clerk of the County
| Court, had the marriage solemnized q
second time in Pitnburg, Pa, on the
Goth Of March, 1851, in the presence of
John v. LemOyne and David Bell.
10th aud llth. Jacob Stanwood was
the eldest brother Of my wife. had no
acquaintance with him at the time of my
|
from him In any way directly or indirect
Y before my marriage. met him for
the Gst time In February, 1852. had
two letters from him after my marriage
and before l met him aud one warmly
ly, and the other inquiring if he could
of money. had no other correspon.
dence Of any kind with him until after
hsa personally met hic, ia Feh.ne.v.
1862. A:S alfs had ;go other hsotksrn.
neither of whom had ever met when
came 50 New England in February,
1852; nor did I ever meet eny male rela
tives of my wife before my arrival in
New England In February. 1852.
18th, 18th and lAth. My Grst child, a
son, was born in the house Of his grand.
mother on 18Th June, 1851; His name
was Stanwood Blaine. He lived with his
parents IN 1928 and part Of 1864. in.
Philadelphia. He died on July 81, 1854,
and was buried in the Stanwood family
lot in Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta,
Maine.
18th, 10th and l7th. A monument
was placed by my direction over his
grave the year o.isr bis death thus In.
scribed 'Stanwood Blaine, SOD Of
James g. and Harriet s. Blaine, borne
June ls, 1851, died July 81, 1854"
have not myself eeen the stone since
the first week 10 July, but have reason to
believe and do believe that since that
dste many letters and figures thereon
have been defaced, and that figure and
year 1851 have been entirely removed. l
have no means of asceriaining by whom
| 10 ~ htrk II
lieve and do believe that q photograph
was taken OF the defaced stone BY the
procurement Of one of the publishers Of
the Neso Ags Democratic paper, pub.
lished In this city, and that copies of
said photograph were sent To divers and
sundry persons, including the publisher
Of the Indianapolis Sentinel, the defen.
dant In this suit.
10Th, 10th, 21st and 22a. know Of
the book referred to as ''The Life of
james g. Blaine" I.did not revise the
volume, nor become in any degree re.
sponsible for any, statement made in It,
though saw parts Of Il before it's publ.
cation, but did not and have not to this
day seen page 60. TO which the question
refers, though n abatement there made
was donbtless derived by the author,
RoHel II. Conneil, from conversation
With me, bu. not from any special an.
thoriaatlon by me TO make Il.
tSigned. JAMES G. BLAINE.
IS United Stales OF America, District of
Maine Before me. Winfield 8. Choate,
Commissioner Circuit Court of the
United States and Cor said district, per.
sohally appeared James g. Blaine and
.suhscfibed and made oath to the truth of
the foresoiu1 Al rsvvara .Ss VI ~ -