The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-07
CUPID AT WORK.
The Nuptisis Of Mr. Bowie and Miss Gish
at Vinton Yesterday.

The Nuptisis OF MT. Bowie and Miss Gish
at Vinton Yesterday.
A beautiful wedding took place in the
Presbyterian Church in Yinton yester
day morning at 10 o'clock, when e. w.
Bowie and Miss Ola NJ. Gish, daughter
Of George r. Glsh, of Vinton, were
joined in the holy bonds of wedlock.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
q. T. D. Collins in q solemn manner.
Miss Laura Jeter, of Bedford City,
was maid Of honor, and e. 8. Vineyard
acted in the capacity of best man. The
attendants were: i. A. Gish, with Miss
Mary W. Vinyard; E. R. Brugh, with
Miss Mamie Hunter; j. E. Wood, with
Miss Mary Mclean, and John Petite.
with Miss Olive Obenchain. The ushers
were: Frank Williams, Walter Vineyard,
Charlie Bush and Thomas Bryant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bowie left on the noon
train for Washington and other Norths
ern cities to spend couple OF weeks,
after which they will return to Vinton,
their future home.
Daniel-StapIes.
One Of the most beautiful ceremonies
which has ever taken place in Roanoke
was witnessed in the First Presbyterian
Church Wednesday, November 6, at
1880 o'clock p. M, whan DR.. Creighton
Campbell unified in marriage Joel
w. Daniel, Jr., OF Martinsville. and
Miss Caroline DeJarnette Staples, OF
Roanoke. Rarely do we see q more
handsome bride than Miss Staples as
she entered the church on the arm of
her brother, DR.. Samuel G.. Staples.
Miss Drewry, of Martinsville, and Miss
Kellogg, Of Roanoke, were maids of
honor and on either side of them stood
little Huldah and Willie Wallace Moir.
A sweet picture did the little tots
make, dressed in white silk gauze and
white ribbons. The ushers were: Edwin
L. Moir, DR.. FL. E. Jones, Judge j. A.
Dupuy, Hon. A. P. Staples, Col. j.
Hampton Hoge, Percie Moir, Laviland
Daniel, Virgil P. Moir, Daniel Del
Staples, Ernest Penn, Harden Rairston,
Chisholm Page.
Among the friends and relatives of
the BRIDES from a distance were Judge
Waller R. Staples, of Christiansburg;
Sallie DeJarnette Baldwin, of Wilkes
barre, Pa, and Judge Page and daugh-
ter, of Abingdon. The church was
handsomely decorated with palms and
cut flowers, and the bridal presents
wero numerous and handsome.
Mr.. Daniel is one of Mattinsville's
most prominent tobacconists, and the
many friends wish for him and his
bride many years OF happiness. Imme-
diately after the ceremony the happy
couple took the noon train for Atlanta
and other Southern cities.
Davis Gum.
On November 4, at the residence of
the brides cousin, Hon. L. 81. Smith, of
Hyattsville, Md, by Rev. James H.
Bradford, of Washington, ID. G. Leon
ard j. Davis. of Philadelphia, Pa, and
Miss. Lors II. Gum, of Vinton, were
married. Mr.. Davis was formerly with
the Pocahontas Coal Company, OF this
city. bu1 Is now with Cashier & Curran,
of Philadelphia. Miss Gum is the
daughter of Giles Gum, of Vintou, and
owing to her recent bad health the wed :
ding was very quiet. Immediately after
the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Davis left
for their future home in Philadelphia,
Ralph d. Gum, of Richmond, brother
Of the bride, attended the wedding.
Thompson- Moomaw.
R. II. Thompson, an attache of the
office OF Mr.. Churchill, engineer OF
maintenance of way of the Norfolk and
Western, was united in marriage to Miss
Louise Moomaw at 6 O'Clock last night
at the residence of the BRIDES parents,
near Cloverdale. a bountiful supper
was served after the ceremony, when
the happy couple were driven across
the mountain to Bonsack. where they
took the IL o'clock train for Norfolk
and thence to New York by steamboa
Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson will make this
CITY their future home