Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-09-11
An Autumn Wedding.

Vincent 6. Moore, well-known resi-
dent of the vicinity of KearneySvile, and
Mrs. Margaret West Goodwin, of Wash
ington, were married last Thursday after
noon at the Belvedere Hotelin Baltimore.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
WHY'S Rede, of Ascension Episcopal
Church, in the presence of the son-in-
law and daughter of the bride. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. P. Campbell, of New York, and
DR.. James q. Wiltshire, of Baltimore.
The Baltimore Sun seemedto get good
deal of amusement out OF the affair, pub
fishing the following interesting story:
There is one gallant Confederate officer
now in Baltimore who feels that he has
made up for every defeat he and his COM
rades ever suffered at the hands OF United
States troops and has wiped out even the
indignity OF long imprisonment "during
the wal, = for he has captured the widow
OF a captain in the army of Uncle Sam.
Major Vincent q. Moore, Widower vet
eran OF Manassas, Charlottesville and
other historic engagements between the
blue and the gray, whose home is in JET
ferson county, West Virginia, gave his
age as 10 years when he applied for a
marriage license yesterday in the Court
of Common Pleas, OF Baltimore, to wed
Mrs. Margaret West Goodwin, 60 years
old, OF Washington.
When seen at the Hotel Belvedere
last night, the Major looked ten years
less than his age, as he glanced covertly
at his bride-to-be who appeared to be no
whit older that half a century. The mar
rage is the outcome of long years Of
devotion and the elimination of a pretty
romance.
Major Moore, whose present vocation
is the peaceful one of farming and fruit
raising. came to the Hotel Belvedere from
West Virginia. Within an hour Mrs.
Goodwin, who is we'll known in army
and navy circles in Washington, had ar
rived from Frederick, Md, where she
has been on visit. And before half an
hour had slipped by there reached the
hotel Mr.. and Mrs. A. p. Campbell, of
New York, son-in-law and daughter Of
Mrs. Goodwin, who had been hastily sum-
moned to witness the ceremony today.
at was this way" said Mrs. Campbell;
"they were just determined to get married
and so we had to come on TO see that
everything went off smoothly"
1--WE managed TO ward off this affair
once or twice." said the son-in-law, "but
il just had to come, so when we were
sent for we Smothered cur surprise and
obeyed."
Mrs. Goodwin smiled brightly and
glanced with fond pride at the military
figure OF her intended husband.
"My daughters have left me all alone, I"
she said, "and the Major, too, is without
family, having no children, so we did not
see why we should be lonely any longer
We have known each other for years. II
is hardly an elopement. We just agreed
TO meet here and be married and in this
way avoid trouble and bother, VIII ich
would have resulted from more preten-
tous wedding in Washington.
Mrs. Goodwin is member OF the
Daughters of the American Revolution
and claims the distinction OF belonging 10
one of the very oldest of the colonial
families. She traced her direct ancestry
back to Lord de la Warre-WhoSe family
name was WeSt-the first Governor OF
Virginia, sent over 10 found the colony in
1902. She is a native OF Ohio, and be.
fore her marriage was Miss Margaret
West. Her first husband, who died Ia
years ago, was Capt. William Percy Good
win, u. S. A. A son-in-law is Capt. w.
c. Doane, u. S. A., now stationed in
Honolulu
Major Moore claims lineage hardly less
ilustrious. He is a son of the late James
V. Moore, of Virginia, and is related to
the Daniels OF the Old Dominion. On his
mothers side, he says, he can trace his
descent back to the Van Doom and Vor-
hees families OF Holland, whose pedigrees
reach into history to the extent OF some
800 years.