Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-11-29
GOTH ANNIVERSARY.
Two Prominent Salem People
Celebrate,
MORE THAN GOLDEN WEDDING,
Remarkable Reunion Of Four Gen.
eratlons Of the Alberts,
MORE THAN GOLDEN WEDDING,

This afternoon, Nov. 29, 1897, at
their home in this city, corner Mill
and Winter streets, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
T. ALBERT, Sr., are relieving their
friends and descendants from 3 to 8
O'Clock p. M, it being the celebration
of the Goth anniversary of their we'd
ding.
Five hundred wee ding cards were
issued TO their troops of friend VINO
are scattered from the Atlantic TO
the Pacific, and the letters in reply
have been pouring in from all direc-
tions, congratulating the venerable
groom and bride in hearty manner
and filled with reminiscence OF the
days that are past and gone. The
memories revived have enabled our
highly esteemed fellow citizens to re-
view their youth and live over again
the scenes and events of long, busy
and well spent life. The reception
today consists of informal greetings
and light refreshments, the friends
of the old couple coming and going
during the hours indicted.
They we're assisted by their daugh-
ters and grand daughters. All the
eight sons and daughters living are
present exc ,pt one, son at Wheel
ing, W. Va,
EBEN TAYLOR ALBERT
was born sept. 10, 1916, at Winches-
ter, Va, the youngest son of George
Albert, native Pennsylvania, de-
scended from the German immigrant
from near Nuremburg. The subject
uf this sketch left his native city
when quite young man. Across the
mountains was away out west then
and the venturesome youth did not
step until he reached Wheeling, now
the capital of West Virginia. He
conducted sa cigar manufacturing
business at first with one success,
and later in general merchandising
Here he found the bride of his heart
Jane Gilchrist, daughter of a pioneer
Virginian John Gilchrist, with whom
he has made the journey of life to
this reunion. The family left Wheel
ing in 1850 for Wellsville, Ohio, live
town on the great turnpike road,
Here and in Wheeling nine children
were born, five sons aud four daugh-
ters, one dying in infancy at Wells
vile. In 1855 the father, accompan
a. De hi IN nj io1
of East Liverpool, O., (now dead,)
and George, of Lansing, Ia, left over
land on horseback to make their home
on lands in Wisconsin. Not liking
the location they crossed the Tissis-
sippi river and located at Lansing,
Allamakee county, where he
opened the Lansing house. A
few years later he moved
to the country few miles to Mt. Hope.
on the Upper Iowa river, where he
built the first stone house erected in
that county. His enterprise and
energy was expended on opening
large farm. The family returned to
Lansing early in the sixties. To
bring the family history up, we must
noe that the mother, and seven
children: Elisabeth, (nUw Mrs. Holton
of Salem, Sarah, Irs. Singleton
Robinson, of Salem, Or.,) Emma,
MRS. Rockwell of Salem,) Anna,
Mrs. Purdy, Saleml, Eben T.lof Wheel
ing, w. Va.,) and John H., (Salcln,)
Thomas G. (of Salem,) followed west
on the railroad to Galena, and thence
TO Lansing by boat, where there was
a more joyous reunion than that
which is taking place today in the
Capital city of Oregon. After coming
back to Lansing from Mt. Hope Mr.
Albert conducted theAmerican house,
afterwards engaging in the lumber
business, which he sold out in 1875 to
his son Geo. w. Albert whois still the
proprietor and present at this reunion.
The Alberts spent twenty years in
Lansing and neighborhood. A daugh-
ter was added to the family in Iowa,
Mary who came to Salem with her
parents in 1881, and sooD passed away.
Before coming to Salem Mr.. Albert