Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-10
MISS DREWRY WEBS
BECOMES THE BRIDE OF MIR. DE-
FORD, OF BALTIMORE.
PRETTY WEDDING At ST. PAULS
No Decorations, hut a brilliant As
scmbly of Fashionable PeopIe-The
Attendants and Guests-A Long
Southern Tour.
Southern Tour.

wedding which has awakened mucf
interest here and In Baltimore took pIac,
yesterday afternoon at st. Paups Episco
pal church. Mr.. Frank b. Deford, Of Bal.
timore, was the groom, and Miss Eller
Swan Drewry, Of "Mineola." Chesterfield
county, was the bride. On account OF re.
cent deaths in Miss Drewry's family, tht
wedding was very quiet.
st. Paurs church. though undecorated
has rarely looked more beautiful than II
did yesterday when. as the afternoon
sun shone on the richly-colored glass OF
the memorial windows, Miss brewery en-
tered on the arm Of her father, DR..
Samuel Davies Drewry, and accompanied
by her maid of honor and sister, Miss
Mary Macgill Drewry. Following came
the ushers-Messrs. Charles NJ. Drewry,
Edmund Harrison, j. A. Dalrymple, Ro-
bert Gilmore, Howard Carroll. w. w.
Symington, DR.. Charles Macgiu. and Mr..
William =. Craig of Baltimore. The
groom entered with his best man, Mr..
William S. G. Williams, Of Baltimore.
Rev. Thomas Spencer of Petersburg, per-
formed the ceremony.
The brides becoming costume was of
new blue cloth, heavily braided with
soutache braid. a blue and black hat, and
corsage bouquet of vioets. The maid OF
honor wore black grenadine over pink
silk, and violets.
GUESTS FROM BALTIMORE.
The party who accompanied Mr. Deford
from Baltimore, were. besides his ushers,
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams, Mr. and Mrs.
Hurst, aunt and uncle of the groom; the
Misses Hurst, Misses Webb, DR.. and Mrs.
G. c. w. Macgll, Mr.. and Mrs. f.. STAN
ley Caring, Mr. and Mrs. George NJ. Glib
son, first cousins of the bride; Miss Edith
Deford; Mr.. Thomas Deford, the groom's
father; Masters Robert and Edward De-
ford, Mr.. and Mrs Charles Henry Smith,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry c. Smith, Miss Lulu
Macgill. and Miss Ella Kerr.
Relatives of the bride who sat within
the ribbons were Mrs. Oswald ogden, of
New Orleans; Mrs. f. o. Bertrand, OF
New Orleans; Major and Mrs. A. II.
Drewry of Westover; Major and Mrs
Clay Drewry, Miss Anne Drewry, Mr.
Cooper Drewry, Mr.. and Mrs. c. G.
Bridges, Mr.. and Mrs. Graham Bruce
Hobson, Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus Blair,
Mrs. Sally Perkins, Mrs. NJ. r. p. Kerr.
The brides presents were unusually
handsome, including a magnificent dia-
mond sunburst and diamond star, the
gifts of the groom.
Connected with the wedding is charm
ng little love story. Mr.. Deford, it is |
said, met his fate one night when, newly |
graduated from Princeton, he went one !
summer to Covington, Va, and little |
Miss Ellen Swan Drewry, still a school |
girl with her hair hanging down her back,
vas allowed, as special privilege, 10
,ome down into the ballroom.
THE TWO FAMILIES.
The bride belongs to one of the best
InoWn families of Virginia. Mr.. Samuel |
Davies Drewry, her grandfather, was
wealthy planter and shareholder during
he war. Her mother, Miss Macgill. was
loted as one Of the most beautiful brides
yer married in st. Paul's church. On
me side of the aisle there is window
aised in memory of several members OF
er family Dr. Charles Macgill was a
surgeon in the Confederate
rmy Mrs Deford has inherited all the
harms of her lovely mother.
Mr.. Frank b. Deford, the groom, in
erited a large fortune from his uncle
Ir. Frank b. Deford. He and his father,
TENDERS of the large leather dealing
rm of Deford q Co., are, like the rest
InGlF family lOi ~ OAAA- !
ent in the social and business world Of
he Monumental City. Their home, on
Iadison avenue, is well known to the
lite of exclusive Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Deford left last night for
n extended bridal tour. They go first
} Cincinnati, o., where a week Will be
,ent: thence they go 10 Mexico for
,iourn of several weeks. Galveston,
ex.. will be their next stopping place,
here a visit will be paid to Mrs. Mollie
MacgilI Rosenberg, aunt of the bride,
lder whose chaperonage she made her
but in Galveston last winter. The
,ung couple then go TO St. Augustine
la. for a stay at the Ponce de Leon
fore settling down in Baltimore to live.
hey will probably reach that city some
ne during next summer.
Mr.. Deford's party came on from Balti-
ore yesterday in a special car and spent
e afternoon at the Jefferson. /