Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-11-22
Golden Wedding.

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. John T. War.
field, near Laytonsville, Montgomery county
was the scene of very happy occasion
of rare sort on the 18th instant.
Their children had carefully planned and
perfected surprise reception for them on
the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding,
which was solemnized in the same house,
the home of the bride, in 1852 by the
Rev. Plummer Waters.
Notwithstanding the disadvantage attend
ing secret preparation for such an event,
where no open and extensive plans could
be carried out. these sons and daughters
succeeded admirably in their attempt to
make it happy and memorable day for
their hOnored parents as well as for a large,
yet necessarily limited, number of friends,
in addition to the wenty-eight children and
grandchildren, all of whom were present
True to the traditions of this home, not
only were kindly greetings and cordial
congratulations the spirit of the hours from
one till three but also the richly-provided
and heavily-laden festal board gave every
one present a most vivid impression of
nuptial day.
An anniversary certificate of marriage
was issued to the happy couple by their
pastor, the Rev. T. d. Richards, D. D., of the
Neelsvlle Presbyterian Church, in which Mr.
Warfield has been faithful Ruling Elder
since June l4th, 1868, he and his wife hav-
ing united with this church May 9th. 1866.
This certificate was witnessed by all the
children and grandchildren, by five persons
who witnessed the original ceremony and
by eighteen others present.
The Sacrement of Baptism was admin
istered by DR.. Richards to two of the grand
children, one being Jesse Thomas Higgins.
the youngest child of the eldest of the
family, Mollie. the wife of Charles P. Hie-
gins; the other was the infant daughter of
Seth W. and wife and a namesake of its
grandmother, Rachel Virginia.
Mr.. Warfield is cousin to Ex-Governor
Wartield; his wife is daughter of the late
Joshua Dorsey, upon whose old homestead
this honored couple have maintained a
long home, always characterized by hospi-
tality. sobriety and simplicity of Christian
life.
They have honored their children with
an example of life of more real and lasting
worth than pure gold.
Quite a number of fitting gifts as SOU
venirs of the occasion were brought and
sent by friends Offering substantial tokens
of their love and esteem.
Those present were: Children and grand
children. Mollie w.. her husband Charles
p. Higgins and their seven children; VIM.
T., his wife and one child Seth w., his
wife and four children; Reuben D., I'M
married, of Fort Myer. Va. Annie w., her
husband Nathan E. Colt and their two
children; Cornelia |. and her husband G.
G. Griffith Hannah ii. V. and her husband
Stanton Pitcher, of Petersburg, Va, and
Lee c., unmarried. All. with the excep-
tons noted. are residents of Montgomery
county.
The five witnesses to the marriage fifty
years ago and present upon this occasion
were, William B. Mobley, Samuel Riggs,
ST.. Mary f. Dorsey sister of the bride,
Anna W. Meriwether and Columbia J.
Waters. Others present were, Seth W.
Griffith and wife. S. r. Plummer, wife and
daughter Ella. Laura Riggs, Annie l.. Hig-
gins. j. Clinton Dorsey. P. W. Dorsey. Maude
Dorsey, Clara B. Mobley (Mrs. William b.,
Mary f. Henshew, Rachel Bell Griffith.
Mary Presson. Mary V. Beckham and M.
Virginia Darby.