The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-08
BRIDE is rs; HUSBAND %.
WEALTH. WIDOW BARLOW SETS
PATERSON GOSSIP IGOG.

NnErtea HeF LoNe-Sne was UtreN OF LIVES
h~lone-ThsuEht she Might - we'll Get =
EeunG Mana Surprise to Her Chiiares.
When q woman 76 years old marries a man aged
IS there is sure to DO considerable talk. When
the bride Is a wealthy widow, living In q hne
old homestead on her estate, and tho youthful
bridegroom Is a humble laborer around the
place, the talk Is liable to spread. Over in Pater-
son everybody knows the lady who, until a week
I ago last Saturday. was the widow of Warren 8.
Barlow. Now she IL Mrs. Riley.
Mrs. Chloe Humphreys.Barlow. a widow, aged
rs, who owns Q large tract Of land on both sides
of Vreeland avenue, near tho SusquehannA
crossing, in Paterson, and who lives in the hne
old Barlow homestead. was married on Satur-
day, July 81, to John Wesley Riley. aged %.
Up till a few days before Riley raised chickens
on a part of the Barlow estate. Both bride and
bridegroom declare that they married for love
and that they are happy.
Mrs. Riley belongs to a well.known New York
family. and her two sons. one a physician in
Brooklyn and the other q lawyer in New York.
move in excellent society. She Is the widow
OF Warren S. Barlow. who attained consid.
cradle renown as the owner of n number OF
patents, from which he made a fortune. He
was also known rs an ardent Spiritualist, and
was the author OF a number OF books and poems
on spiritualism. Early in the sixties he re-
moved to Paterson with his family and acquired
considerable property, He built a handsome
residence on the top OF the hill near the corner
OF Vreeland and Twentieth avenues. The resi-
dence still stands there and is in an excellent
state OF preservation.
Warren 5. Barlow and his family occupied
this house until the family was reduced to him
self and his wife. Their Oldest child, Fannie.
married a well TODD Californian named S>huy-
Ter, and is living in San Francisco. The next
child was a son. Everett D.. who is alawyer with
an office at BOG Broadway, this city. The next
and Youngest; John Wikens. is a practising
Mr., Barlow was taken ill; he was removed 10
his home in this city, where he died. After his
in New York and Brooklyn. ocrasion smly
taking trips out to Paterson TO look after
P Psf p anS iuiiy s hssPiISs ih rsa .fs'S for SSt IN SGSS F Ss
her at any time. Her visits. however. were
brief. until a few months ago. when she re-
surrounding the homestead. with a large front
on the opposite side of the avenue. y ycasion.
ally she sold a lot or two, but she is well versed
in the ways Of the world and knows enough
about real estate not to dispose of any prop
erty excepting at fair prices.
On the ten acres surrounding the residence
there stands an old-fashioned stone cottage.
People do not build such houses nowadays and
sas sG 9s.ss v spsiisn Gt .| ysaGs i sns R P"st'b be T plsi fS.,
seen from the electric cars as they whtz along.
ASH%t m fa.ee n m9nth' Jo SSo i IT, v Ri 4 Ten wS1 by Sro a
ceeded to raise chickens for the Paterson mar
ket. As the chicks grew to maturity he killed
them and took them to market. thus making
enSpS iri moS1 psn to P Psyyh rent and IA. Keep pv h9ns. H He
day Mr. Riley is the husband Of the former Mrs.
b 'rlow. and he now lives in the spacious resi-.
dence on the hill. The price of chickens no
Although Mrs. b rlow had on a number Of oc-
cas.ons deblared that she would get married
learned tn i Mrs. b .rlow htd changed her name
10 Riley; IL was learned that the couple had
performed there BY a Methodist clergyman n.
None o. the immediate family Of the bride knew
intim"tion any OF them EeceiVed " Was when I
she 'f nv sa III her sons TO- spend sgnd, With
few moments after his intro i%ustion 10 Mr.. Riley.
and met a pleasant and evidently alert WON N;
her hair is siivery white, but shc looks younger
than some persons twenty years her junior.
Yes. It is true tn It l am marriei." she said
had fS dH TO t do II over s again > fW should e,Hd d do II i Sai 10 !
hesitation; ! have no objection to telling yon
talk. Lei them talk; am satisfied and so is my
husband. l met my husband some three months
ago when he came here to take the little house.
and liked HIM at once. ne comes from Orange
county. NY /. but has lived many years In
ems down there and Of course we got
better acquainted. had made up my
ried as in. ii / had the opportunity. and while
was at IL l thought | might as vel, take a young
liked me and ! liked him. AMI so We made up our
minds TO get married. l thought n wedding here
would create too much excl! crnent. so we went
to Flushing, Long Island. ! have a nuInher OF
dear friends there and | wrote TO them that l in
tended TO get married. They asked me TO come
ding. a d afrerward there was an entertain
ment: and We had a real nice time.
Who performed the ceremony J. inquired
Mrs. Riley produced a marriage certificate
cupids lowering about. The certificate declared
that John Wesley Riley had been married to
Charles +. Knowles. in the presence Of Cornelia
Lawrence and Edward Caldwell. the latter two
heytT nLs siEnsd , Ihe D certificate cat. s As wttn = ssss, d..,
OF taking" said Mrs. Riley. resumins the con:
ve!s%ii9n' Mrs. Whit Rii. are thy sHydin <. anywnyr
the general impression seems 10 be that Mr..
Riley married you for your money"
That's a lie. n miserable he replied Mrs.
him because I was lonely could not think OF
biz, house: | liked him and l married him and l
had a perfect right to 30 so. and | am glad o; 1t.
other reason. and this | know. Why. when my
son was here the other day, Wilkens lDr; John
why did You want to marry an old woman
Did you love herr or course loved her my
R ResoaPS ao GsPIdd's never or have Seq MARRIED PRs R RsF had %i"fT not
loved her very mu, h." -,
had not let any o. my children know OF what
had taken place until | wrote to both my sons
and asked them and their families up here TO
come, as he aud his family are spending the
summer at Block Island. but Wilkens came
with his wife. When they got to the house l
introduced them 10 my husband. intend to
rem lin here" snid Mrs. Riley, and We shall
take no wedding tour. We are satisfied where
we are. although | presume. eventually I shall
sell this property, Although ! do not propose to
price. for ] am not compelled to SELL
Mrs. Riley showed the reporter the photo
graphs OF her three children. That OF DIR. Barlow
was taken in military habiliments, and on the
back is Endorsed the statement that he WAS at
the tim" Second Lieutenont of Company |, Forty
seventh New York National Guard. The doctor
Is, according TO Mrs. Riley, about 10 years Of
age; Everett is nine years older. and the daugh-
ter Is approaching her sixtieth year.
Mrs. Riley has recently sold the property be.
longing TO her lying on the west side OF Y IRELAND
avenue. A mortgage on the homestead property
is held by a New York insurance company. Mrs.
Riley. il is said. has raised sufficient money to
pay OF this mortgage. The property on the west
side of Vreeland avenue was sold for $4,000.