Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-25
THE GENERALS BRIDE.

Marriage of sfaj.-Gen. Schofield ana
Miss Georgia Kilbourne at Keokuk, Ia.
The Couple will Take in the Pacific
Coast on Their Wedding Trip and Then
Return and Take Up Their Permanent
Resident in Washington.
KEoKUK, Ia, June 19.-The marriage
of Miss Georgia Kilbourne, daughter of
Mrs. George Kilbourne, of this city, and
John NJ. Schoield, major-general COM
manding the armies OF the Unlteo
States, took place at high noon, In 81.
Johns Episcopal church. in keokuk.
All of Keolxuk's exclusive society was
present to witness the ceremony.
few friends of the family from Chicago
and elsewhere also attended, but In the
main the audience was made up of resi-
dents of Keokuk. At 1880 O'clock
the doors of St. Johns Episcopal
church were thrown open, and soon the
pretty granite edifice was filled in every
part by the large number of guests who
had been invited to witness the cere-
mony. The following gentlemen acted
as ushers: Wells Kilbourne, of C1eve-
land, brother of the bride; David Buel,
of Keokuk, cousin of the bride: Howard
Elliott, of ST. Louis; Colin c. Fl. Fyfe
and William Fyfe, of Chicago, and j. ii.
Sturgis, of Boston. About the same
time that the church was opened Gen.
Schofield and his party left the Hotel
Keokuk, and Were driven in carriages
to the Kilbourne residence, where
they were met by the bride
and her party, then proceeding di-
rectly to the church. On the en-
trance of the bridal party the
church doors We're closed and, preceded
by the ushers, the party marched up
the center aisle in the following order:
The ushers, Lieut.. A. D. Andrews and
Lieut. 7. N. Blairs (the generals aids),
in uniform; Mrs. Kilbourne, on the arm
of her son. A. w. Kilbourne, of Cleve-
land, and last the bride on the arm Of
Gen. Schofield, who was in the full uni
form of a major-general of the United
States army. Rev. R. C. McIlwain,
rector Of the church, performed the
ceremony, and Bishop Perry, of the
the final benediction.
The church decorations were very
elaborate. On each side of the plat
form. screening the organ on one side
and the baptismal font on the other,
were large curtains of oak leaves and
evergreens bordered with pink tea
roses. After the ceremony the entire
party were driven to the Kilbourne
residence where between the hours of
1890 and $50, the wedding reception
was given to friends of the family YER
bally invited. No invitations were is
sued to parties residing out of the city.
The house was filed with profusion
of the choicest cut-fowers and potted
plants. Ma. -Gen. and Mrs. Schofeld
received the congratulations of friends
who thronged the spacious house.
The bridal gown was an elaborate
creation of heavy white corded silk,
skirt demi-train, with Louis Quinze
basque and crystal trimming. The
white Leghorn hat was trimmed with
white duchesse lace. The bride wore
white gloves, and carried an ivory-cov-
cred prayer-bo embossed with silver.
Miss Julla Schofield wore white crepe
du-chene, and a black lace hat trimmed
with violets. Her gloves were white.
Miss May Schofield was in white India
silk draped with pointe-de-esprit, and
her pink straw-hat was trimmed with
white flowers She also wore white
gloves. Mrs. Andrews, the gen.
erals daughter, wore ecru silk, trim
med with black velvet, and hat
trimmed with ecru and brown. Her
gloves were tan-colored, and she car
ried white roses.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Schofield left the
city early in the evening on a special
train for Burlington. Ia, where the
major-generals special car will be at
| tached to the fast train for the west.
| They will go direct to San Francisco,
and from there up the Pacific coast.
| probably to Puget sound, and will be
| gone for some weeks. In all probabili-
| ty Maj. Gen. Schofield and his wife will
make a short stay in Keokuk after their
| return from the west, and before pro-
| ceeding to Washington, where they
will make their home at Ma. Gen.
| Schofeld's residence, No. 1924 Connec-
| ticut avenue.