The evening world., 1893-11-21
SISTERS TO WEO BROTHERS.
John Roach's granddaughter Will
Marry Msssrs. Seward.
Fashionable Weddings Tonight in
All Souls' Church.

Col. William Seward wears a p~articu-
larly beatiic smile to-day. all on ac-
count of an event that will be celebrated
at $50 this evening at All Souls Protes-
tant Episcopal Church.
At that hour the popular Colonel of
the Ninth Regiment will receive two
new daughters from the hand of Rev.
DIR. George +. Glover, who will unite In
marriage the Misses Mary Anice Roach
and Sarah Elizabeth Roach to William
Seward, jr., and Edward Townsend
Seward, sons of Col. Seward.
The double wedding will be attended
by a host of relatives me friends. The
two brides are tall and graceful girls, OF
the auburn-brunette type, and both
beautiful. and accomplished. They are
the daughters of the late William Henry
Roach, and g"randdaughters of Mrs. John
Roach. OF 80 East Sixty-e!ghth street,
the widow of the great shipbuilder. The
young ladies' are orphans, their mother
having died two years ago.
The brides will be given away by their
eldest brother. John Roach. who Will,
with the two bridegrooms and their
brother, George Schermerhorn Seward,
await the arrival of the bridal parties In
the front pew at All Souls.
The brides will wear own OF point
d'esprit lace on white satin, made plain
anu 4 1 an AN'A ~ 'c'h~ 49,
Emeline Roach. a sister Of the bride
and the bridesmaids, Misses Louise Sew.
ard, sister OF the bridegroom; Julie
Eta Miller, will wear white satin, gowns,
demi-train, and pink ribbons in the hair,
The bridal procession viii be led up
Walter Beverly Crane, Walter II. Miller,
G. A. s. Weiners, Adjutant OF the Ninth
Regiment, and Francis Griffin. Miss
Emmie Roach will follow, alone; and
after her the four bridesmaids In
couples.
The brides will follow, walking, to,
gether and without escort. At the char
eel rail they will be Joined by the wait
given away to William Seward, ir., first
and then, IL minute and a half later
John Roach will surrender his other
sister, Miss Mary Anice, to Edward
After the ceremony there will be 6
wedding supper at the home of the brides
grandmother, Mrs. Jonn Roach, at which
sevcnty-five relatives and friends will si
down. After that the young couples vii
repair to Il hotel, but which hotel they
have selected has been IA secret so closely
guarded that the inconsiderate, younger
brothers and sisters have not been abl'
to find out, although they ere just yearn
ing to put up a job on EN- as Mr.
George Schermerhorn Seward says with
great f%rankness.
Tomorrow the brida couples will leav,
for parts unknown on a wedding journey
They win make New York their home.
William Seward, jr.. Is twenty-siX year!
old. He Is in business with his father
Edward 7. Seward is twenty-three anC
engaged In the importation and cXporta
tion of silks and teas in Wall street.
There will be many friends from Ches
ter and Philadelphia, where the Roacl
family formerly lived. OF late the brides
have lived much at the family country
seat in Duchess County. They hav,
usually had a house In town during tn,
Winter season, but domiciled them
selves In apartments at . East Forty
seventh street his year.
The Stewards are related to Gen. VII
lam ii. Seward, Of Auburn, son of Lin
coins Secretary of State, the ancestor,
OF both having come to America from
Wales 200 hundred years ago, Col. Sew
ard has lived en- famille at , Yves
Thirty-second street. This double wed
ding will make the first break in tn,
family circle.