The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-04-23
CELEBRATED GOLDEN WEDDING
Former Senator and Mrs. r. T. Brown
ing Married Fifty Years.

On Friday last, April 18th, former
Senator and Mrs. Richard T. Browning
with number of their children and
grandchildren celebrated the fiftieth
anniversary of their marriage at their
home, Lake Brown" near Oakland.
Mr.. Browning is a son of Mr.. William
Browning and Elizabeth Ann Drane,
grandson of Meshack Browning, one of
the pioneers of Western MARYLAND, and
Mrs. Browning is a daughter of Mr..
Jessie Twigg and Mary Ann Kemp,
both of Cumberland, Maryland, where
she was born and reared.
They were married in Cumberland
April 18th, 1864, at st. Patrick's Catho-
lie Church by Rev. Father Dolan, hav-
ing therefore, completed over fifty
years of welded life.
The children of this remarkable couple
are eight in number. viz: Mrs. R. X.
Maroney, of Oakland; Mrs. P. J. Gar
rott, of Deer Park; Sister Maria Teresa,
of Philadelphia, Pa; Nellie, OF Cleve-
land, o.; Richard s.. of Spokane, Wash.
Margaret, of Lake Brown; Mrs. N. R.
Sanner, of Oakland, and Getty, of Den
ton, Nd.
At the time of their marriage Mr..
Browning was serving in the Union
Army in Gen. Crooks Brigade of the
Army of the Potomac, and few days
later was again ordered to the front to
take part in the Shenandoah Valley
Campaign. He was severely wounded
at the battle of Lynchburg, Va, June
Is, 1864.
The Union troops being here repulsed,
a retreat was ordered and he was car
ried back over the mountains of West
Virginia to the headwaters Of the Kan
awha River and from there to Gallipo-
lis, Ohio, where he was placed in hos
pital for treatment. remaining there
until the following October when he
rejoined his regiment at Cumberland.
MIR. Browning was promoted along
the line and was serving as End Lieut..
when discharged at Camp Bradford,
Baltimore, May %, 1865. After the
war he returned to his home in Cumber-
land, later moving to Garrett county,
where he has since resided.
Mr.. Browning has held many impor-
tant positions in his native county and
took leading part IN its formation in
1872, it being due almost entirely to his
efforts that Oakland was made the
county seat.
In 1877 he was elected to the Legis-
lature and the Senate in 1886 and 1888.
Mr.. and Mrs. Browning are probably
as widely known as any persons in this
section of the State, respected by all
who know them for their charitable and
upright lives
1t was impossible for all the children
to be present, those attending being
Mr. and Mrs. p j. Garrett, Mr.. and
Mrs. n r. Sanner, Miss Margaret,
Getty and number of the grand child
rem.
At noon delightful repast was serv-
ed, including all the delicacies of the
season, to which all did ample Justice.
An immense wedding cake. beautifully
decorated in gold. graced the table, the
yellow color scheme being carried out
in all the decorations, which were roses,
carnations. .and potted plants. Many
messages of congratulations and tokens
of rememberances were received by the
happy couple and the day pleasantly
closed by "reminiscences of years gone
by.
A GOLDEN WEDDING SONG.
The links of fifty golden years,
Reach to the golden ring;
Which now with glad and grateful tears
We celebrate and sing.
O chain of love! o ring of gold!
That have the years defied;
And still in happy bondage hold
The old man and his bride.
The locks are white that once were black
The sight is feebler grown;
But through the long and weary track,
The heart has held its own.
o chain of love! o ring of gold
That time could not divide;
That kept through changes manifold
The old man and his bride.
The little ones have come and gone.
The old have passed away;
But love-immortal love-lives on,
A blossom mid decay.
0 chain of love! o ring of gold!
That have the years defed;
And still with glowing strength enfold