The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-22
MANYOFFER CONGRATULATIONS
kilograms and Letters from Friends in
All Parts of the Country Received
by Well Known Couple. Spent En-
tire Married Life in Kenosha.

Fifty years ago Sunday morning oc-
Cured the marriage of Miss Mary
Head and Ralph E. Sutherland and all
day Sunday. the well known Kenosha
couple were kept busy receiving the
congratulations Of their friends. Mes
sages Of affection came from the city
and from nearly every state in the
union and telegraph wires were busy
bringing messages from friends OF
other days. The Sutherland home at
the corner Of Park and Ashland
avenue was literally filed with flow
ers and the day proved most happy
one for the bride and groom of fifty
years ago. During the day there was
a large family dinner and later
friends dropped in to aid Mr.. and Mrs.
Sutherland in recalling the happy
events of their wedding day and the
years which have followed There was
no formal observance Of the "golden
wedding' but the delightfully."- inform
al manner in which Mr.. and Mrs.
Sutherland were remembered by their
friends made the day one of great
pleasure.
The wedding Of Ralph Sutherland
and Mary Head was not one Of the
greatest social events of the year fol-
lowing the close of the civil war. In
fact Mr. Sutherland recalled that there
were only few guests present at the
wedding. He also recalled that he and
his bride walked from their homes to
the old Episcopal church which stood
on the present site of the court house.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Hugh Miller Thompson, one Of
the pioneer ministers of st. Matthews
church, who afterward became a bis
hop. There was wedding dinner fol
lowing the ceremony at the home of
Ralph Head, the father of the bride
and then Mr.. and Mrs. Sutherland
settled down to house keeping. Since
that time they have resided in Kenosha
and they have had part in the growth
Of the city from a village to one of
the leading cities of Wisconsin. The
Sutherland home for many years was
one of the centers of Kenosha society
and both Mr.. and Mrs. Sutherland have
had a large part in the life of
Kenosha.
Mr.. Sutherland was for years very
active in the business life of Kenosha.
Way back in the sixties he was one
of the partners in ire Head and
Sutherland buggy and wagon factory.
Then he went into the lumber business
and for years was associated with the
late George D. Head and the late Levi
Grant in the lumber business, the com
pany afterward being known as the
Kenosha Lumber Company. He served
the county for several years in the of
fee of county treasurer and was most
competent official. He later was en-
gagged in the retail merchandising bust
ness and for the past ten years he has
led retired life
The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs.
Sutherland found them both enjoying
excellent health. Mr.. Sutherland is
now seventy-seven years Of age and
his wife is three years his senior.
They have two children, Mrs. Harry
Skinkle of Kenosha, and George r.
Sutherland now living at Tifin, Ohio.
The only surviving guest at the mar
riage of fifty years ago was Mrs. Web
ster Porter Moore. She was unable to
attend the dinner at the Sutherland
home on Sunday on account of illness.