The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-14
A SOLDIERS RoMANoE.
Kansas Girl Welded to Volunteer
Hero.

Fort Scott, Sept. 14.-Nfiss Jessie Pat
terson, formerly of Fort Scott, was
married to Franklin b Hoover, a vol
unteer in the United States army, at St.
Louis last Thursday, the end of a pref
ty little romance, or a case of love at
first sight.
The bride is a well known Fort Scott
glrl and lived here all her life up until
last winter when she removed with her
mother to st. Louis. She is a half sis
ter to W. P. Patterson and full sister to
Howard Patterson who was injured in
ST Louis last week. She is a pretty
brunette, very stylish and attrac tiVe
young lady and has many friends here
The St Louis Globe of yesterdays issue
says:
"A pretty romance of soldier life had
It's elimination last night in the private
wedding of Frank B. Hoover, a mem
Der of the Third United States volun-
teer engineers, and Miss Jessie Pat
tersOn, OF 11O9 Lafayette avenue, this
city, in the First Methodist church. The
romance had it's beginning in the visit
OF Mrs. Chapman, of SteubenVillle, o.
to this city last June. She came to
see her son, w. J. Chapman, manager
Tor the shoe department of the West
End Bazaar, on F'fnney avenue who
IS a sOn-in-law of Mrs. NJ A Patterson
OF 41U9 Lafayette avenue. During Mrs
Chapman'S visit she visited the camp of
the Third United States volunteer en-
glneerS in company with Mrs. Patter-
son, the latter's daughter, Miss Jessie
and several other ladies. On their first
visit they met Mr.. Hoover in the camp
and, in talking over acquaintances
Mrs. Chapman found that Mr.. Hoover
lived just across the street from some
of her relatives there. This first
acquaintance led to invitations to Mr.
Hoover and his friends to visit Mrs.
Chapman at her sons home, and from
these meetings, at which Mrs. Patter-
son was present, Mr.. Hoover and Miss
Patterson became better acquainted
The older people did not realize how far
this had gone until Mrs. Patterson
learned of the marriage of her daughter
to Mr.. Hoover.
~ Yesterday Mr. Hoover called at the
home of his sweetheart, and. finding
her brother, Arthur Patterson, asked
him to go into the city with him and
help him buy some clothing he would
need on his expected trip to the south,
on which his regiment had Just been
ordered. Mr.. Patterson accompanied
his friend down town, and one of the
first things Mr. Patterson was asked
was where the court house was, Mr..
Hoover saying that he had a friend he
had to see there first. Mr.. Patterson
showed the way to the court house, and
one of the first things that struck him
after his arrival there was Mr.. Hoover's
anxiety to shake him. Finally he
consented to the separating and went
back to his Office at the Kinloch. Tele-
phone company. After his arrival there
he began thinking about the peculiar
way in which Mr.. Hoover had gotten
rid of him and started out to find him.
He was walking on Twelfth street
when he noticed his sister and Mr.
Hoover and, thinking everything was
all right, he went back to his office. 1t
was not until after the arrival of a
Globe Democrat reporter at the house
last night that he and his mother I'M
derstOOd what all the prelfminaries
meant. Mrs. Patterson says she has no,
objection to the marriage and is pre-
pared to give her daughter a warm well
come when she returns"