Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-28
CUPID IN AMHERST.
THREE HAPPY NOVEMBER MARRIAGES
IN ONE DAY.
~ = Gales Uo,combe Welded to hiss
saIIie Brown-miss MARY roh''
ton and Mr. T. A. Myers
,co....ons.0cs o, tho Richmond Dispatch,
,.uuOr n n VA. Nov. rs, 1890.

f(,orrsspondencs OF the hlcnnono D''
ayuvssr G. H., Va. Nov. rs, 1880.
The unusual number Of marriages &C.
orrr;r, all over tho State this fall is
spbiect of common remark. Amherst Is
no exception to this rule--as many as
three having taking place in this JIMMIE
date vicinity in one day.
To-day one Of the prettiest marriages
ever witnessed in Amherst was ceie-
brated at Ascension church at high
noon. Rev. A. z. Gray officiating
The chief actors in this interesting
drama were Miss Lille Brown,
the popular and attractive daugh..
ter OF Captain Benjamin Brown, OF
Amherst. and Mr.. J, Gales Holcomoe,
late second assistant in the Nicaragua,
Canal Company, now OF the Gnite9
States Coast Survey. The church had
been most tastefully decorated ior the
occasion, and promptly at IL O'Clock
the bridal party entered to the inspiring
strains OF Mendelssohn's march. he
bride, Immediately preceded by her maid
of honor, Miss Carolyn Lucas, OF Tia,
perstown. Nd, leaning on the arm OF
her father, advanced to the chancel, where
she was received by the groom and his
best man, Mr.. Walter Fleming, OF WASH
ington, ID. @.
TIE VOWS PL1GHTED.
Standing under lovely arch OF flow
ers with twenty candles burning above,
indicating the age Of the bride. the sol
emn VOWS were plighted which maze
them man and wife, the organ softly
plavinr oil the while, adding impress
siveness and pathos TO the scene. The
attendants were Miss Patterson, OF
Lvnchburg, with Mr.. o. i. Evans, oil
Amherst Miss Holcombe. of Washing
ington tsister of the groom. with Mr.
Hugh Brown. of Amherst Master Benny
Brown and little Miss Mary Dearborn.
Messrs. John e. Jackson and Rugby
Hopkins acted as ushers. The BRIDE
was attired in handsome stOne-colored
cloth dress with sstrachan trimmings
and diamonds, the gift of the groom.
A DISTINGUISHED FAMILY.
Mr.. Holcombe belongs to one OF the
Oldest and best Virginia families, being
n near relative of Hon. James 7. Hol-
combe. of high reputation in literary
and political circles, and has risen rapid
" in his profession as a civil engineer.
Among the visitors from abroad were
Mrs. Royal Holcombe, Of Washington
| ID. c., mother of the groom Mrs,
/ Snowdep, of Alexandria, Va. Mrs.
/ Patterson, of Lynchburg, Va, and
others. Before the marriage the lmme-
diate friends and relatives OF the famIl y
were entertained at a handsome break
fast bv Captain and Mrs. Brown. Con
spicuous among the numerous wedding
gifts were many elegant solid silver
pieces. The newly-married pair lett on
/ the 7 p. NJ. train for Washington,
whence they will 60 to Portland, Ore,
where Mr.. Holcombe is now Stationed.
MYERs-PEsDLEToN.
One hall hour later, at the residence
Of Mr.. Robert 4. Pendleton, clerk OF
the Circuit Court, his daughter, Miss
Mary. was united in marriage to Mr.. l..
A. MYERS. of Christiansburg, Va. After
the marriage ceremony was over the
company we're invited to partake OF a
sumptuous repast, after which the happy
couple left by the 2:30 p. NJ. train for
their future homo in Christiansburg.
Miss Pendleton was O pretty and IN
teresting young lady and will he much
missed in her circle OF friends. Inc
ceremony was performed 10y Rev. Gus
Hughson, Of the University OF Virginia
DAvIEs-BAKER.
Mr.. l.. B. Davies, a member of the
firm of Dobbs Il Davies, the leading
merchants Of this place, was married a
few DAYS since in Baltimore to Miss
Annie Barker, of that city, and with his
bride arrived here on Monday. They
are now cat home" to their friends IN
their pretty and attractive cottage IN the
village.
BISHOP wHITrLE.
Our community and the Episcopalianf
especiallv. were much disappointed, that
| Bishop White, who was expected here
ON the 25th. was unable to fill his ap
pointment, and regretted it the more "a
sickness was the cause Of his absence
which forced him to cancel oil of his ap
Monuments for this county and Nelson
MIR. David S. G.. Cabell and his
mother Mrs. Mary Cabell, Of Bucking
ham. have been in this place severn
DAVIS the object Of their visit being to 10
cate and put in order the grave OF thu
mother OF Patrick Henry, in the ole
Garland graveyard at " Winton, where
several members of the Henry family
are buried.
PERSONAL.
Captain T. o. Troy, master OF trans
portation on the Richmond and Dan
Vile railroad, has bought the propert.
owned by Mrs. p NJ. Christian, Of At
, lanta, Ca, and will shortly move hi'
5 family here to reside.
1t is with regret that the people Of
this community part with Rev. Il. Is
1 Scott and DR.. Paul Whitehead, wh'
! under the new apportionment OF tn
, Methodist ministers at the late Confer
9 ence 90 to new fields Of labor-tho for
= mer TO Lancaster Courthouse and tn
latter to be presiding elder Of the Rich
Q mond district.
o DEATH AND BURIAL OF MRS. MARTIN
D Ffremen's Fair. Tareet-PractIce, and Bi
, cycle Raoss-A Richmond Marriage.
Correspondence of tho Richmond Dispatch.