Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-14


two brothers stood talking, that the
el,ier sail:
''ne Witt. let me present yor 10 Miss
Nhittrmorr- Miss Susan Whittcmore,
osc ~ the brightest youug members of
my church"
And with these w0rtiS, says Edward
w I;nt in the Ladies' Home Journal.
the future Whitefeld - the American
pulpit was introduced 10 the woman
who WIS destined To- share his l1t<r
hon~rS and triuuph~.
Miss Wh.ttsru-re-s father was n pros
porous real estate broker and architect
az t,recup.,Int. Previous "a his settle
meut in t;rrcupoint. the family resided
ON East Eighth street, nj that time the
aristocratic part IT New York city. and
il was there that his daughter. Susan
Curtis NHit;staore. was horn Her
education was most carefully regarded.
and when She was fifteen the family
moved t. birmingham. Conn. where
she flashed her training at the high
school Clara Louise kellogg was one
of her classmates. \ few years later
the Whittrnores settled in Csrecnpofnt.
practically n portion ~ BroolSlyn-
Ca Nav :. G~ss;, Miss Whittenore was
| married e r. pc Witt Talmaee in the
bUilliar " here they had first met few
moaths i~fure. the tsreenPoint Dutch
!.rf rtE-,i church The BRIDEGROOM
was thea simple Mr. TaImags. tie was
/ but little known outs.sis. uf his own
| f.elsi, reputation tai uet yet cnuie. and
/ thus NrS. Taima e. started with her
| husband - siHu. .>t the fast pf the I...l-i.-r
| Of f1rlr xhieh he ss-,n began T. climb
- quie sly And few wives have proved
such h.ipru,-cts O. q. .-ir husbands ~ has
| Mr. TzlulEr- She has. in every ~
| sps-,t. fulhilrd the b.-sf blsa % a heIpfuI
wife. AMI proved her husbands richest
/ cr,iawtnrut-
| All The appointments Of the Talmage
home in I:r-,klyn reflect the woman
who P-,.~il,.s over it. Gaudiuess in fur
niturc or decorations i absent. and in
stead one secs a harmony 20 good TASTE.
on every hanst Mrs. Talmagc Is an
excellent hnus.,Lsspcr and her hons.
shows L.
| Five ehikircn have resulted from the
uarriazs-- The elsEsS, daughter, Nav
Martiruer. i her mothers constant COM
pani"n and her social representative
| urau many oe-tston.. Ths. second
dauEhter, Edtn Eiwood. married five
| years s-si. maxi ( a NEST desirable ssd
| happy marriage for herself amt adj
inT the dignity ~ grau,Imother "a her
mpthsr-s other attrjbrteS Ssranie
t'a~herie. niekuams,I Daisy IL her
nj father. j. third in age. and PROM
1
hops Maud n,marest IS tbs. baby
If the family pert little miss 81 ht-
tsen- The only sou il Frank Dewitt.
now studying for the ministry. and Il
Whose talents, ut tweaty-three. the
public has already Judged from his
public lectures In him Is conferred the
hopes of thousands that the light Of the
Talmage genius will not extinguish
with the father.
| Two other children were given to
DIR. Talmage by his first marriage of
these. Thomas Dewitt, Jr., is dead,
while Jessie, happily married. Is the
counterpart IF her mother in all that
appertains Ia wumanly graccs.
IL l. not 81 strange, therefore, that
T. Dewitt Talmagc Is proud Of his fam
lily. For them he has worked and sue
cess has come in generous measure.
My home Is my altar he said once;
''and my family my inspiration" And
who viii deny, who know her, that this
wonderful mans greatest source of in
spiratIou, next tn his Creator. has been,
aud Is. his loval and devoted wife? I'm
known comparatively To- the great
world ~ large, but how well-known to
her husband!