Evening journal., 1910-03-04
66 YEARS OF
Welded LIFE
Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus Den
mis- Celebrate Anniversary
at Their Home
LONG MEMBERS
OF ASBURY CHURCH

I'VE have been together for siNtv-slx
years" said Mrs. Augustus Dennis. smi-
ing happily to her husband as they sat
Ia their cozy room az gi5 East Third
street this morning. telling an EVENING
JOURNAL reporter of the sixty-sixth
wedding anniversary celebrated last Mon
day. I'VE were married on the last day
OF February In 1874, at the parsonage Of
Asbury NJ. E. Church, by the Rev. John
Kennedy The parsonage was a beautiful
large house. on the spot where the Morr-
ing News office now stands, opposite city
liau / was one Of these thm-looKing
girls. and relative OF my husbands
prophesied that he would be a widower In
year-but I've held onto him for sixty
six years and don't intend TO give an
other girl a chance
The wedding anniversary was quietly
celebrated last Monday by visits from
number OF friends. There were great
many postcards and letters Of congratu-
lation. Benjamin y. Dennis, a son. ar
rived early on Monday morning With a
wedding cake which his wife had baked
for the occasion.
Mrs. Dennis. who was Miss Elizabeth
Jane Rltchie, was born In Wilmington.
February i5. 1891 and Augustus Dennis
was born IA Cecil county, Maryland. July
I ., 1879 making them 50 and oi years
Young: Il would be wrong 10 say old, for
a more optimistic, contented couple. Il
would be difficult to find. Both Mr and
Mrs Dennis take "a lively interest in the
world around them. and both are very en-
tertaining takers II is not often that two
people of any age viii talk for an hour
without single complaint about any
thing or anybody in the universe, but they
aid
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis have two living
children. daughter. Mrs. Matilda LAM.
"a widow. living la Juniatn county. Penn
sylvania, and son. Benjamin +. Dennis
who has for many years been a con-
ductor on the Pennsylvania railroad, hav-
ing a run from Broad street station ia
Washington. Nine othor children have dice
an In their childhood except the Oldest
child. Kate. who died az the age oi
forty. There are a number Of grand.
M children. among them q granddanghtof
/, Mrs Fuia Kahn. living in Wilmington
/ Nnt only did Mr. ana Mrs. Dennis haV'
o eleven children. but they have clever
great grandchildren. tho youngest I
4 year old. Mrs Dennis has slste
, IN Philadelphia. and q brother IN VII
! mineton. tho well-known music teacher
i John B. Ritchie.
Mr.. and Mrs, Dennis built the hous'
S in which they live at No. 2i5 Easi
, Third street over fifty years ago. al
I that time there were few houses around
them. Magee's cooper shop stood or
the corner. and where the public schoo
now stands was a waving field Of corn
, Mrs Dennis remembers the pulling uI
Of corn while Il was In the tassel. e
make way for the cellar OF the school
Augustus Dennis was a trustee and
class leader in Asbury Church for more
years than he can remember. Both
he and his wife are strongly religious
and I'm a very liberal spirit, saying
that thew like all church people, and
black as well as white. Mrs. Dennis
t was brought up an Episcopalian. beinf
faithful member Of 81. Andrews
y Church in this city all through hel
) girlhood When she married, she
] joined her husbands church that they
might not be separated. Mr. Dennis
> has been a member of the Methodist
p Church for 73 years.
The aged couple cannot so out-of'
/ doors as actively as they once did, but
!. they occasionally visit their relatives
in Philadelphia. Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis
e own three houses. IN Wilmington. In
d cluding the one IN which they have
:. apartments in his younger days Mr.
r Dennis was a shoemaker. Mrs. Dennis
/ says they have been constant readers o
q THE EVENING JOURNAL until theh
r eyesight gave out with age.