Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-25
WEDDINGS.

Rev. Edmund Ruffin Jones, a recent
graduate of the Theological Seminary,
near this city and Miss Jane Bell Dab
ney, daughter of the late Dr. William
G. Dabney, of the medical faculty of the
University Of Virginia, were married yes
terday afternoon at the residence of the
brides mother near the University.
Mr.. Richard Lloyd Cook, of Wash
ington, and Miss Nellie Finley, of Gal
weston, Tex, were married at Charlottes-
vile Yesterday. The groom, who isa third
year student in the medical department of
the University of Virginia, is the son OF
DIR. G. w. Cook of Washington, d. G.
Mr.. Henry w. Stamper, young civil
engineer of Richmond and Miss
Maggie Lee Oliver, of this city were
married in Washington on Tuesday.
Mr.. Stamper, is now resident civil engl-
neer of the Pennsylvania Railroad at
Alexandria.
A wedding took place yesterday even
ing in Christ Church, Wildwood, when
Miss Sarah Angelica Burwell, daughter
of Mr.. Philip Lewis Burwell, of Mt.
Savage, Md, became the bride of Mr..
Reginald Sey McAll, of New York.
In Emmanuel Episcopal Church at
Stanton astnight Miss Katharine Baker,
daughter of Mrs. Robert Baker, was mar
ried to Mr.. Chas. Albert Stuart formerly
of this city but now of Richmond. The
ushers we're: Gardner Booth, and }.
Hanson Price, of Alexandria Fran
CTS Goldsboro, of New York, and Al
bert Boiling, of Charlottesville. The
bride was given away by her brother
Mr.. Henry Ball Baker. The best man
was Douglass Stuart, of Alexandria,
brother Of the groom. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Robert Carter
.Jett rector of the church. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stuart left on the 2o'clock train for a
wedding trip. They will reside in Rich
mOnd.
One of the most beautiful weddings
that have ever taken place in Leesburg
was that of Miss Bena Harrison, daugh-
ter of the late Powell Harrison, of that
place. to Mr.. Walter Heron Taylor, OF
Norfolk, city engineer of that city. The
church was exquisitely decorated for the
occasion. Rev. f. S. Kinks, of st.
James Church, performed the ceremony.
The bride was given away by her brother,
Mr.. Powell Harrison. Her matron of
honor was her sister, Mrs. E. b. White.
Her maid of honor Miss Janet X.
Harrison, was also her sister. The brides
maids, all in white tissue silk and bearing
clusters of sweet peas and ferns, were;
Misses Bland Taylor, of Norfolk, Va,
Bessie Davis, Lilias Janney, Mary
Arthur Fendle, Mary Tyler and Rebecca
Harrison, of Leesburg; Esther Gordon
Georgetown; Elizabeth Handy, Annapo-
lis; Mary Roper, Petersburg; Belle
McGill, Schuyler; Nancy Winchester,
Macon, Ga. The best man was r. G.
Taylor, of Norfolk. The ushers were ::
Thomas Tanner, Charles McIntoch,
Saunders Taylor, Lee Taylor and
Frank Mccullough, Norfolk; Thomas
Marshall, United States navy; William
Burr Harrison and Cuthbert Powell
Minnegerode, Washington; Anthony
Dibrell and Charles f. Harrison, Of
Leesburg, and Hudson Cory, of Rich
mond. After the ceremony a reception
was held at the home of the brides
mother, Mrs. Janet X. Harrison. Mr..
and Mrs. Taylor left after the reception
for an extended tour in Canada, after
which they will be at home, in Client,
suburb of Norfolk.