Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-10-23
OCTOBER WEDDINGS.
uANGER-HOGsHEAD.

Last evening, the First Presbyterian
church was crowded to witness the nlaffl-
age, at o'clock, of Mr.. Chas. P. Hanger to
Miss Emma Hogshead, daughter OF Col. =.
B. Hogshead. The bridal procession en-
tered promptly at the hour and was headed
by the following ushers-Messrs Ihomas
Hogshead, M. A. Hope, J. H. Carpenter,
Wilson Splitter, Frank Hanger and Harry
Eichelberger. The bride entered leaning
on the groom S arm. She wore faWn col
ored tailor-made camel's hair suit with hat
and gloves to match and carried bouquet
Of Mareschal Mel roses. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. DR.. D. K. McFar-
land. Prof. L. M. Turner presided at the
organ. MI. and Mrs. Hanger drove to the
G. & O. depot, where they. took the fast
Cincinnati Express for Cincinnati, st.
Louis and other Western cities. They
stopped last night at the Hotel Intermont
at Covington, where they were the guests
of MI. B. Frank Eakle, who rendered them
a handsome supper and reception. Ihey
will be at home November 1st.
The presents to the bride were over
hundred in number, and among them was
a handsome suit of furniture presented by
Splitter, Powell & Co., with whom the
groom is in business. A very handsome
one was a buffet sent by Mrs. }. Frank
Clemmer. Another was a silver tea set
from her father and her brother MI. Thos
Hogshead, silver water pitcher from her
brother, Mr.. Richard Hogshead, a pair OF
diamond ear rings the gift of the groom,
and diamond brooch sent by Mrs. Il. e.
Cress of Rockbridge. was very pretty.
Among the guests from abroad were
Misses E. H. Loose Of Bridgewater, and
E. M. Taliaferro of Newport.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
A large and fashionable audience was as
sembled at the First Presbyterian church
on Wednesday morning last, at O'Clock,
to witness the marriage Of MI. E. Judson
Gushing of West End, to Miss Fannie
Blackley, daughter ct Mr.. James Fl. Black
ley Of this city. The bride was becoming
ly dressed in a handsome suit OF grey broad
cloth and carried beautiful bunch Of La
France roses; she entered leaning on the
arm of her father, and was met at the altar
by the groom attended by his best man,
Mr.. III. B. Buck Of Syracuse, N. Y. The
ushers were Messrs Ashby Woodward, W.
w. McGuffin, Edward Echols, Richard S.
Ker, w. J. Perry, j. Lewis Bumgardner,
J. H. Woodward and George Blackley.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
DR.. D. K Farland, and Prof. F. r.
Webb presided at the organ. After the
ceremony the bridal party was driven to
the G. & 0. depot where many friends and
acquaintance Of the bride and groom gath
cred, to offer their hearty congratulations
and wishes for much happiness. MI. and
Mrs. Gushing left on the $3.50 vestibuled
train for Old Point Comfort, where they
will take steamer for Baltimore. The
wedding presents were numerous and very
handsome.
ILKESON-LEYBURN.
Rev. Chas. D. Gilkeson of Augusta
county, now in charge Of Presbyterian
church at Beverley, Randolph county, W..
Va, was married on Tuesday at 6
P. NJ, at the home Of the BRIDES father,
MI. Edward J. Leyburn, in Lexington, to
Miss Maggie w. Leyburn. The ushers were
Messrs. S. G. Anspach, Samuel Gilkeson,
Harry Gilkeson, VIM. M. Junkin, NJ. H. Ar
mold, Fred. Hudson and John Mccall. Three
little maids and a page-Fanny Cooke,
Elizabeth Moreland, Josepha Allan and
Edward Moreland, held the white ribbon
that separated the company from the we'd
ding party. The bridesmaids wearing
gowns of white muslin and carrying bou-
quets of daisies, were Misses Susie Ley
burn, Elizabeth Cooke, Sallie Preston, Allie
Waddell, Mary McCrum, Lutte Irwin,
Mary Leyburn and Anna White. The par
lor was dressed with ferns and potted
plants. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. T. L. Preston of Lexington, assisted
by Rev. A. r. Cooke of Waynesboro. The
bride worea white silk and carried bunch
of white roses. Among the wedding guests
were Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gilkeson Of
Augusta, the parents of the groom, and
Messrs. Frank and Finley Gilkeson, his
brothers, with their wives. After we'd
ding supper, MI. and Mrs. Gilkeson took
the P. M. train on the Chesapeake & Ohio
for trip to the East.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
On Thursday last, in st. Anne1s Protes-
tant Episcopal church at Annapolis. Md.
Miss May Brooke Iglehart, daughter of the
late VIM. T. Iglehart. was married to MI.
L. Dorsey Gassaway, teller of the Farmers
National Bank Of that city. Rev. Dr.. W.
S. Southgate performed the marriage cere-
mony, and the bride was given away by her
uncle, Capt Frank B. Berkeley of Staun-
ton Miss Annie Waddell Iglehart, the
BRIDES sister, was the Maid of Honor, and
Richard III. Green, Jr., the "best man.. y
The bridesmaids were Miss Carey Blunt
of Montgomery county, Miss Harriet K.
Stockett, Miss Lula Wilkinson and Miss
Nellie Gassaway, sister of the groom. The
ushers were Daniel r. Randall, J. Harwood
Iglehart, John r. Magruder, Jr., and Frank
II. Stockett, il. The bride wore a white
silk with lace trimming, and the maid OF
honor wore pink silk. The bride has
many warm friends in this section, having
spent several summers at the homes of her
relatives, Col. James c. Cochran, at Folly
and Capt. Frank B. Berkeley in Staunton.
COYNER-ELAM.
On Wednesday morning of last week, MI
Newton Coyner of Augusta county, was
married at the home of the bride in Louisa
county, to Miss Edith Elan, second daugh-
ter of Col. w. G. Elan, who was for many
wears the well known editor of the Rich
mond Wing. The parlors were dressed
with flowers and the bride and groom stood
under floral arch from which hung flor