The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-23
Is MR.. MAsuRY MARRIED.
His Friends Think he Ia, Bot They New
er Heard OF Mary OKenues.
From the Nete York Sun.

From the Nep York Sun.
The friends Of John w Masury, the 73-
year-o!d millionaire paint manufacturer OF
SO Nassau street, whose marriage with
Mary O'Kennes was announced in q morn
ing paper on Monday, were as ignorant yes
terdav as they were Ia the beginning as TO
the identity Of the bride. Mr.. William b.
I Oliver, Jr., the young stock broker who
married Mr.. Masury's youngest daughter,
has 70 more knowledge than any one else on
the subject. He lives at 705 Fifth avenue,
on the corner of Fifty fifth street, with mis-
parents
~ am satisfied" he said last night, that
the notice Of the marriage which was sent
TO morning newspaper was genuine. IL
was written on one Of Mr.. Masurys own
letter heads, and dated at the Windsor
hotel, Dec. 10. parted with Mr.. Masury
at tie door Of the hotel that afternoon about
O'Clock, when | saw him drive off in
cab, accompanied by his valet DE was
then, ne said, on his way to Thomasviiie,
Ga. where he owns plantation.
''Of one thing l am sure" Mr.. Oliver
continued, land that is that whoever the
lady is, size is one who will properly grace
his household. He is man of great refine
ment-one who surrounded himself with
all the elegances Of life-and he would not
take wife who would do him any dis
credit
Other friends OF the aged millionaire
spoke In the same strain. II believe" said
one, that Mr. Masury has proceeded in
this way to avoid Just what he has provoked
"a public discussion Of his marriage. de
was always one to act rather than talk.
do not think ne would have married at all
! but for the death of his daughter Alice, the
wife of Mr. Oliver. She died under painful
! circumstances last October. after very
happy married life of two years. She was
the last of his children, and even after her
marriage she was the head Of his household
in the summer at Moriches. In the winter
| she lived with the divers, and he boarded
at the Windsor. The house which he has
| gone to in Townsville, Ga, was built for
her, and she was to spend the winter there.
He has now no descendants except the Two
children of another daughter, Mrs. Miller,
whom he has adopted TheY are boy and
a girl. One, the girl, is IS. She is on
tour around the world. The boy of IA lives
with an aunt in Salem. Mass
Recent letters from Salem indicated that
they had no news there Of the marriage.
Mr.. Oliver has written 10 his father-in-
law. "He probably got to Thomasville,n he
said "last night, but do not know when
to expect an answer from him. He may
not write at once"
Mr.. Masury built a Catholic church in
Moriches and gave it to the church last
summer.
THAT the lady is Catholic" friend
said last night, sis altogether probable, but
| do not know of any one of that name in
Moricbes.
An employee of Masury & Son, who took
certain papers to the train on Sunday
night, says he saw a woman in the sleeper
who was very evidently trying to keep out
of sight. He did not observe that Mr..
Masury spoke to the woman, but he thinks
it probable that she was with him.
- Mr.. Masury's country residence i on Old
Neck, about three miles from the village of
Moriches, L. l. 1t is surrounded By farm
of 300 acres and commands splendid view
Of Great South Bay. Capt. Clinton Ross,
who has charge OF the estate in Mr. Mas
urys absence, said to Sun repo ter last
night that ne had not tie slightest idea who
the bride, Mary O'Kennes, was. He had
guessed from one of Mr. Masury's letters,
however. that his employer was about to
be married. No one else in Moriches had
ever heard of Mary O'Kennes.
When Mr.. Masury left Moriches in the
latter part of November to go to New York
his servants went away, too. 1t is said that
that they were sent TO Mr. Masury's new
house at Townsville, Ga.