Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-10-15
H. c. AND MRS. PEERY
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
Well Known Couple Are at Home
tC Their Friends on Fiftieth
Anniversary of Marriage.
Many Congratulations.

I Last Saturday afternoon from two
to six o'clock reception was held at
the old Pcery Mansion in the west
ern suburbs of Tazewell, now the res
idence of Squire c. Il. Peery, the oc-
casion being the celebration of the
iiftlcth anniversary of the marriage
of Mr.. and Mrs. III. G.. Pecry. All
through the afternoon Ike spacious
rooms were thronged witt the friends
and relatives Of Mr.. and Mrs. Peery,
many of the guests coming from out
side points. 1t was perhaps the most
largely attended reception of the kind
held ut Tazcwell for years, nearly
every family of prominence in the
county being represented by one or
more members. The ancestors of Mr..
and Mrs. Poery were. among the first
families who Scttlcd in Ta2cwcll and
che reception was in II way gather
ing of the descendants Of The Trans
Allegheny pioneers.
1t was delightfully."- informal oc-
casion, in keeping with The ntmos-
phcre of the quaint old fashioned
rooms with their open fire places,
hand carved mnntcl pieces and panel
cd walls, and suggesting the simple
hearty hospitality of earlier times.
Only members of The family were in
The receiving lire. Mrs d. -. iiar-
rlsson ana Mrs. {. II. fccry met The
guests at the hall door aud Mrs. Il.
q. lcery, Jr., and Mrs. Mamie pccry
4 nGharnn ih.s., tt,I
ccption room, where thcy were re-
ceivcd by Mr., aud Mrs Pecry, Chus.
I. I'ccry and Miss Polly pocry. assist
ing Miss Mary ST. Clair and Mrs. K.
Il. Mcndc served tea, ana IN another
room MRS. j. is. Bali had charge of
The guest book. Mrs. M. j. Hank
ms invited the guests to the dining
room, of which Miss Nita Peery had
charge, assisted by Miss Stevens,
Miss Mamie Crockett, Miss Salic
Britain, Miss Elizabeth st. Clair,
Miss Louise peery and Miss Georgie
Pccry. Little Misses Dorthy and Mil
dred linnlSins hnd charge of the lad
les wraps, and Mr.. Clarence Ball
looked after the gentlemen. A victrola
was hidden at the head of tho hall
stairway, of which Miss Irene Peery
had charge, and throughout the re-
ccptlon the guests had the pleasure
of listening to the old melodies which
stir the memory 'like the remembered
tone of mute lyro."
The rooms were claboratGly and
beaucl'uliy decorated, Tie scheme
beng green and goid, with chrysan-
Lhemuins, ferns ana the foliage of
iatiVe trees prcdominaLing. The glow
oI cracking wood nrcs from tho old
fashioned open ire places shimmered
against the scaricC and gold OF ma
pic and hickory ieavcs, enhancing the
outdoor eIicct OF the scene and add
ing last touch oi beauty to the
Scncme.
A large number of grlhood and
boyhood friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Pecry were present. Many of them
nave passed the mark of three score
ana tcsl. These, Of course, were the
special guests of honor, some of
whom attended the Unfair" which
took place IN this same house follow
ing the wedding of Mr.. and Mrs.
fcery October 8, 1865.
Among the older friends present
were Captain and Mrs. John IL. Whit
ley, VINO will celebrate their golden
wedding few weeks later; Mrs. Sal
lie Albert Peery, Mrs. Mamie Witten
Crockett, Mrs. Mariah Peery, Capt.
j. ID. Alexander and Mr.. lIlgin Whit
ley. The latter had the honor of
beng the oldest guest present, being
IN his eightysixth year. All of these
were youthful friends and companions
Of Squire and Mrs. Peery.
The wedding of fifty years ago
TOOK place at the home of the brides
father, Zachariah Wittcn, on Blue
stone, in this county. AT about the
same time the groom's brother, Capt.
James S. Pcery, (both were just re-
turned from the civil war, being
members of the Foryt-fifth Virginia
Regimcnt), was married to Miss Ma
riah Witten, daughter of Colonel Wilk
Wittcn, at her home on Plum Creek.
A Joint reception or Unfair" was held
In honor of the young couples at the
home of the groom's parents. There
were no vehicles in Tazewell at that
time, and the wedding parties ar
rived at the Peery residence in horse
cavalcades.
Squire and Mrs. Peery have spent
their lives in Tazewell, on the fine
suburban bluegrass estate which was
claimed from the Wilderness by his
forefathers. They are among the
chosen, of a chosen people, richly
meriting and holding the esteem and
friendship of all who know them.
Their domestic life has an idyl of con-
genial companionship, and in civil and
social affairs, they have welded a