Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-13
HER DUSKY LOVER.
BUCKs COUNT QUAkEREss UHO
MANNED A NEGRO.
After Her Death and Burial the Facts OF the
Miscegenation Become Generally Known.
The secrecy Of the Mesailiance Wen
Maintained for Three Years.


A case of miscegenation that has never had |
its parallel in that town Is exciting the people |
of bristol. Bucks county. and bids fair to ac |
ford an entertoinin,, tonic to tho ,,,ssip mon
,,nr. rnr ,,nn,hs ,, ,,a,,n m, Se,,,rig,, I'a,
81, r,,.'.n,,,,,. ,"'', va ,'',u,"'y ''',
MISS 'lhnaioc'" - hul'hc, tie "a'Sh,er o
Richard Huinc, member oi the Society OF
Friends and "a well-known citizen Of Bristol, |
died suddenly and on Tuesday sho was
buried from the residence of bcr father II
no,oi h,, ,to ,,ni,,,,i,. ,,,, ,,,a,,,, ~ ,,
was ~ ~ '"a. ,'"'s y, 'io
relatives OF the liulme family did not attend |
| the funeral. This was general commented |
| on and the numerous inquiries made as to
| the reason for the absence of the near rela- |
| ,;,,os hrouoh, on, . ,o,,,o,,,aIlo 60.
~ HI, ,., .,'a ~
| Miss ,,u',io was apout % Years VI age ana
| lved Win her parents on washington street
near Wood. She was plump and comely in
| appearance and while not beautiful was of
| extremely pleasant appearance She wont
| 49,, ,,,;o, a, soI,,o,, I,,t L., a,.. -
,',, n'v So ai,s,or a." Nv. 80 p""h yW,p n''o
| heP' was a""s9 Vi ''o pe"' "heh IL was
| whispered Oh the uay Oh lor funeral that she
| had married colored man three years be-
fore her DEATH there were MANY who refused
to believe the story.
| " ,,,,, ,' ., ..
"hhhh SHE MET HER hoSbANp'
Miss Elizabeth l.. Hume was the niece of
Misses Sarah and Elizabeth Paul, two maiden
ladies' who owned n farm i'm Rens,Icn town.
|
sup '' 'o'i ii'iio' h'''nMe9t VI pii9t"i.
f,. " ~ ~, '''' '' '"'
thst ,niahbnrhnnS NJ T'i ~ nv i ,i
her AGED aunts in her pirIbood and # Was at
their house that she met the coioredluan She
subsequently married He was employed
by the ladies' to manage the farm, which had
neci ic,t 10 tien anu pro,her by thetr III
iieri @ Sua,, s mn 'ieu many years ago
iehNilIs ~ ~, n"ue oi inc properly 10 ner SIS
yer, anu nlss filAipeth oled IN 1919, having
PIeNpusiS taken up hGr residence III Brlstoi.
NJ NJ no"So WIS Oh i'adclllie stteel, near
"al',ut.
IN her VIII she bequeathed her house ana
, nGi ,, ruisolai ELECTS 10 Mss @ @EliIaDcth r.
ii.'liile IL afld her SISTER, Sarail' rfoNdlhg the
llle survivor ol tne TWO shouid nave the
@ @Mnoio PiopGry. AIter her death the iurnl-
lure ~ IN % ner mousse ana th9 ora emma ana bfIc,
S a~-pinn ~ ti'a. ane !Iu coilectGd were Soid at
a | ~ ~puniic ~a'i''io,i' tllo PIGctu' PIouuculS Il
= ls,gc sun. niiss 9arah hume nyiiig sl9itiy
M aItoi VI. ne uea'h ol hcr aunt mIsS flIhapt.l
came ihIo possession OF the Wnole properly
saved nc iii'cres' OF Johh = faul, aDrothcf
i oi tho lilhineu ,, auhISr III thG larlil.
. ,neorS9 buck, VINO was tie manager lor the
" MISSES iaui, - nultttp Oh II liah"gatS
%shaie % an. Was proiHht up ny lihlly "i " w.
oocIety Oh ftielids living near fflstol. II,
o Iect'Ncu lalF ,,ohIioh scho3l educauIi
d % anu WIEN on Mi, - l""i 4lcd ne Was 'ilaut '
:, oNciS'ei '" VIC iLii' hch MiSS iau
hs'ttu iii'' i'!in'pl ohe iult to niaiiaSeNIFi
r 9i llo lalin @ eiltlieiy III the haiids OF 'eoTR'
1t huch, ana ms Nisi's 70 h'f Ieslaehce III BIS
uol were frequent
, BUCK TELLS his STORY.
George Buck, who is about G0rty-lve year
10 of age, OF medium height is employcd by Dr
q Brown. ot I I0z Cir.rd sircot iIo s,iJ I,s
, ''' ~ " ~ "
- evening
ID - married Miss liulne December 10
r. 1881, IN the city of New York. We wcr
81 married by ciergyrna ana III the prescnc
OF witnesses. The certificate of our marriage
III is i'll the vaults of the Philadelphia trus
1t company, with the bonds aud other securtie
so that belonged to my wife. Here is the las
5, letter she wrote me. nou can see she al
> dresses me IA Dear Husband and sign
T. herself Lovingly, your Wife, In that let
Is Ter she speaks OF the probability OF our maT
IN rage being made public. l knew her whel
she was but SIX years old. If you want I
know the reason why we did not live tf
- Gethef VIII tell you. 1t was this. She live
at home, with my consent, in order TO say
III hef parents from suffering. In her VIII sh
co leaves me s5,ooo IN cash, or securities egua
Id 10 cdsii, without deuuctloh Tor taxes ana III
a rest Oh ner property she leaves 10 her yOungt
sister, Annie Il. hnlme | have as yet lhi
ld no ciaiii 10 the property, but the proof OF he
WIN IL cieaf, ana ! shall nave no difficulty
Pforlhg my MAJ rage.
,e- | -. ine nc house - i'adcl!ne street Is valued
N. s5,~o, but the value OF the personal propert
90 not know. ] was at my |ifes tuner;
10 on lneSday last Dut dld not accompany III
ed Loay 10 the grave. Among those present
tn tne mousse were Mrs. Elizabeth GaNoh an
49, MIS- hepecca lredell. Or course you haN
ny heard all sorts OF scandals about me III Brsto
Id an can say Is that have been honest an
is haru Workihg anu tbat no one can pflhS
sat charge against me Tor "rohg-n"lhs.
Jpnii D. Iaul, ue uhGie "i your Wiie' s''l
that nc hau oiteii asked EllEabeth, "hen 81
returned from her frequent and sometime
Proi9hgeu VISITS 10 flllladelphla, "hefe 81
i'd nau peciI t'lu never recelNeu any satlSlact"i
ltpisa.,, was She Win you on those "cG
hv siohS =.
mere siouIu sue nave peeh but VII
lie n,ont IL, ,Lis ,., " -, is, o ' ~ ~ - - - 1
lie certify, and She 3pnears On the hooks as Mr.
re- Buck"
.o In Bristol the story goes that Miss Eliz
we beth ana George Buck was secretly marie
ith IN IN that Town. Johh laprali, VINO was one
a WiI,a,,i rI.,a,, ~ no' " VII anu "n'nu i.'i y,
will. said yesterdav
las "The viii was drawn up by Miss HuIu
iai herself and myself and NV father witness,
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