Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-11-07
MARRIED THE RoosEvELTs.
A Venerable Southern Clergyman and
His Views.


II President Roosevelt should visit
the house of his mothers girlhood at
Roswell, Ga, as ii is said he will
says the Savannah News-a distin-
suished South Carolina preacher will
cross over the Savannah river to see
his--a man in whom the president will
doubtless take great interest. Be
sides being, perhaps, the oldest Pres
byterian minister in South Carolina,
both as to years and time of service.
and being the presidents cousin, Rev.
j. b. Dunwody was the man who As
upon the presidents parents whom he
had just made man and wife. Al
though they were married in Georgia,
the record of the event is to be found
in a South Carolina church register.
Her it is as copied from the register
in the Presbyterian church at McPher-
sonville, the handwriting being that
of Mr.. Dunwody: Married. At Ros-
WELL Ca, December IS, 1853, Mr.. The
odore Roosevelt of New York city to
Miss Martha Bulloch of Roswell. The
entry was made when the preacher
returned to his parish, having made a
journey into Georgia to perform this
service.
Mr.. Dunwody is SO years old and
lives in WATERFORD, the county seat
of Colleton. He is man very gener-
ally beloved by those without as well
as within his church. Despite his age
he is in full possession of his faculties
and reads great deal. When it was
rumoled that the venerable preacher
J had this unique connection with the
president of the United States, Mr.
I Dunwody was called upon for the con-
hrmation of the report. He promptly
gave 1t and related a few incidents OF
the wedding, Il was pastor of the
church at McPhersonville, he said,
| when invited to perform the mar
riage ceremony to unite my cousin,
Miss Martha Bullcch, and MIR. Theo-
dore Roosevelt of New York | went
lStewart Bulloch, at Roswell in Cobb
county. Georgia He was the father
of the bride. There the ceremony was
performed December IS, 1853. 1t was
in the good old days before the war.
when everything was plentiful and
everybody happy The palatial man
sion of Col. James s. Bulloch was
beautifully decorated. The simple
form of the Presbyterian church was
used in the ceremony; there was moth
ing SNOWY or elaborate. After the SER
vice there was the usual supper for
the guests. The bride and groom re-
manned there for a few days, and
then left for New York, and returned
to my charge in South Carolina"
Mr.. Dunwody has never persuaded
himself that the south was not right,
and he does not think that the coun-
try has profited by the defeat When
the arcane he went in as a chap
lain, but soon decided that the most
effective work could be done In an.
other field, so he took up a musket
and fought till the surrender. His
cousin, the presidents mother, was
an ardent southerner, and believed in
the justice OF this sections cause, and |
she maintained her opinion. Mr.. |
Dunwody says of the presidents \
father: MIR. Roosevelt was strong
believer in the right of the northern
side, though be IL said to his credit
while he expressed himself when oc-
oasion demanded, he respected the
views of his wife and required others
TO do the same" 4