The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-15
1t .-AS after the lecture, while thu

two brothers stood talking, that the
elder said:
"De Witt, let me present you to Miss
Whittemore-Miss Susan Whittemore,
one of the brightest young members of
my church."
And with these words, says Edward
W. Box in the Ladies' Home Journal,
the future Whitefield of the American
pulpit was introduced to the woman
who was destined to share his later
honors and triumrhs.
Miss Whittcmores father was pros
porous real estate broker and architect
of Greenpoint. Previous to his settle
ment in Grecnpoint, the family resided
on East Eighth street, at that time the
aristocratic part Of New York city, and
it was there that his daughter, Susan
Curtiss Whittemore, was born. Her
education was most carefully regarded,
and when she was fifteen the family
moved to Birmingham, Conn, where
she finished her training at the high
school Clara Louise Kellogg was one
of her classmates. A few years later
the Whittemores settled in Greenpoint,
practically portion of Brooklyn.
On May 1868, Miss Whittemore was
married to Z. De Witt Talmage in the
building where they had first met few
months before, the Grcenpoint Dutch
Reformed church. The bridegroom
was then simple Mr.. Talmage. ae was
but little known outside of his own
field; reputation had not yet come, and
thus Mrs. Talmage started with her
husband at almost the foot of the ladder
of fame which he soon began to climb
so quickly. And few wives have proved
such helpmeets to their husbands as has
Mrs. Talmage. She has, in every re-
spect, fulfilled the best idea of helpful
wife, and proved her husbands richest
endowment.
All the appointments of the Talmage
home in Brooklyn reflect the woman
who prcsidcs over it. Gaudiness in fur
niture or decorations is absent, and in
stead one sees harmony of good taste
on every hand. Mrs. Talmage is an
excellent housekeeper and her home
shows it.
Five children have resulted from the
marriage. The eldest daughter, May
Mortimer, is her mothers constant COM
panion and her social representative
upon many occasions. The second
daughter, Edith Elwood married five
years ago, making a most desirable and
happy marriage for herself, and add
ing the dignity of grandmother to her
mothers other attributes. Geanie
Gasherie, nicknamed Daisy" by her
fond father, is third in age, and prom
Uses to fulfill her mothers fondest
hopes. Maud Demorest is the "baby"
of the family-a pert little miss of if
teen. The only son is Frank Dewitt,
now studying for the ministry, and of
whose talents, at twenty-three, the
public has already judged from his
public lectures. In him is centered the
hopes of thousands that the light of the
Talmage genius will not eXtinguish
with the father.
Two other children were given to
DR.. Talmagc by his first marriage. Of
these, Thomas Dewitt, Jr., is dead,
while Jessie, happily married, is the
counterpart of her mother in all that
appertains to womanly graces.
1t is not so strange, therefore, that
T. Dewitt Talmage is proud of his fam
lily. For them he has worked and sue
cess has come in a generous measure.
"My home is my altar" he said once;
land my family my inspiration" And
who will deny, who know her, that this
wonderful mans greatest source of in
spiration, next to his Creator, has been,
and is, his loyal and devoted wife? I'm
known comparatively to the great
world at large, but how weu-known to
her husland!