The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-30
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WEALTHY 4 "a /: ! WIDOW | Id! "
President Of American Tobacco
Company Married 4! /. Y este
day il Camden.
THE CEREMONY VERY E. " QUIET /! j:
Only About Twenty Intimate Int
Friends Of the Couple
Were Present.
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THE CEREMONY VERY QUIET ]! !
(By Associated .PrcsH.)

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CAMDEN, MI, November 2',-Tl1c mar n ar
riage OF James Buchanan Duke, Of New
York, president of the American iToba Geo
Company, and Mrs. Lillian N. McCreedy.
IL wealthy New York widow. took place
in this city to-day. Tho ceremony was
performed at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
The ofiiciutlng Clergyman was Rev. Mar
Shall owens pastor OF Centenary NJ y.
Church. The bridal party consisted Of
twenty intimate friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Duke Following the ceremony there was
u dinner ana at its conclusion Mr.. Duke
and his bride returned to New York.
s Concerning the approaching marriage of
Mr.. Duke the New York Herald OF yes.
terday said:
Mr.. Duke is forty-eight years OF age and
his bride is about ten years his Junior.
The foundation Of his great fortune was
laid in Durham. n. c., where business
founded by his father grew to immense
proportions, finally becoming the nucleus
or the American Tobacco Company lie
ana his brother. d. B.. Duke, are said TO
30 the largest stockholders OF the great
corporation. s AZ
Mr.. Duke, SO far as known, has never
shown the least inclination to change, MS
single life. Since his coming to NeWsYork
he has lived at the Hoffman House Wien
business required him to remain ~ the
city overnight . e
3 Mrs. McCredy as Mrs. Duke will have
little need for the great gray stone man
sion She owns in West Sixty-eighth Street
In the first place, her husba nd o-be owns
the property at Fifth Avenue and Seven
ty-sixth Street, and for a country home
there is tho great Duke estate about one
and one-h;Llf miles yfrom Somervillc. NJ
Upon few country places in the United
States have more care attention ana
money been bestowed than upon the Two
thousand acres Of land that Mr. Duke
turned into one piece OF property. from
more than q dozen farms, {sS6
\ The ancient farm houses nave tpeen re-
moved, and, where there were fields, q
great park has been made by landscape
architects and gardeners. Trees nave
been set up, driveways have been cut,
walks laid out and gardens & have been
started. For the two yea rs and more slnce
Mr. Duke bought his first property fuliy
three hundred men have been constantly.
at work, from spring until la!e la4i't ana
sixty teams have been utilized.
Part of tho estate Is a great artificial
lake. which was constructed Mt q cost OF
81 0OO. O0G, and on 1T to-day are geese ana
swans and imported water fowl, Fart OF
the plan includes O mansion, when IS 70
cost, according to the plans Announces,
moro than $l,C00,000. Work onf,this mas
not yet been completed. ~ II 4,
In his transforma ton OF The property It
has not been altogether without incident
for Mr.. Duke. One OF his great barns was
burned last year, and fortthis John car
rgan was sent to an asylum Then there
were strikes, and after that Il pest Of rab-
bits. In May of this year the .es tate was
visited by SO many persons tina among
them were vandals, who began chlppl',g
ut the stntlary and other art WORKS ~
the park, Mr., Duke employed. ards
after that,
Mr.. Duke ana his brother, 3; 3, Duke,
are known dis monaof very libeial lell7
denies. AT DurhamHN, c., their home
town. they have becn Of great q ssl stance
to Trinity College, Mr.. Duke last year year
gave to the college sufficient lang 10Y ~ ~
most recent gift was Of 20 ny
Ior several years tho innnager..o or MI;
Dukes country estate has been NJ lss MAR
garet Smith, u young woman OF tWGnly--
eight. Her assistant has been her slsst
two years older, The Misses SMITH came y,
from Eu:,tol, Pa, seven years ago 20 WORK
in tho RurItap Woolcn Mills. nnd there
became known as Intelligent young We,
men. They we,'c employed by MI l'hk9
ana have gradually grown IN the sca1o
of employment !, /,
They are dewuts Roman Catholics anu,
with the considerable fortunes they Iaye
made on Investments suggested ny th "
employer, they have been CHARITABLE 70
tho churches hi tho neighboglng towns,
as well as IN tlcirsown, Only recent g
fine memorial window was placed IN y y
Puritan church for their mo lleI, !.
No one at Sonerville last nish' knew %
the marriage, Mrs AlcCredy :lefl !leF
home last nIght. Mr.. Duke couil hot ~
seen at lie Hoffman Hpuse
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