The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-17
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Anthony Cele-
brate Very Unusual Wedding
Anniversary at Their Homo
Ia keoseue<-
ARE MANY DESCENDANTS
They are Parents Of Eight Children,
Grand Parents Of Forty-six and
Have Twenty-.ix Great
Grandchildren.

second wedding anniversary Saturday,
September IS. at their home, 800
North Tenth street. They are the
parents of eight children, fortg-srx
grandchildren and twenty-six great
grandchildren all living not farther
from Keokuk than Oklahoma
Mrs. w. A. Smith, of PA North
Ninth street, is a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Anthony, and John j. Anthony, OF
Palean street Is son.
This unusual couple have been resi-
dents of Lee county since 1850. Mr..
Anthony is native of Champaign
county in Ohio. He was born theirs in
1897. When child he moved from
that state with his parents to Iowa.
There were three families Of immi-
grants who made the exodus in COW
cred wagons. They crossed the Black
Swamps in Indiana, through Peoria.
Illinois, and across the Mississippi
river at Burlington The Anthony
family made the trip alone from this
point, and first settled in Van Buren,
township, in Iowa.
Mrs. Anthony, who was Miss May
Jane Thrush before her marriage, is
a native of Lee county, and has never
been far away from it, she says. She
is seventy-eignt years old having been
born on December 16, 1S41.
Where did you and Mr.. Anthony
become acquainted?" reporter asked
Mrs. Anthony yesterday. And lhe
dance one night Anthony was play
Of Renaissance upon her lips. I'VE
~,
days-everytime mother would let me.
but she didn't approve OF going
| often" Mrs. Anthony said.
Married In Clark County.
| The Anthony's were married in
Clark county, Missouri, September 13.
1887. They moved to Van Buren,
{! township where they lived for many
years. Mr.. Anthony farmed there
until twenty-five years ago, except
what time he spent in the service of
the United States army In the civil
war.
And what have you been doing for
/ the last twenty-five years." Mr.. An
thony was asked.
why" he said, and he seemed to oe
justly proud over the next statement,
IL was justice of peace and notary
public for over twenty years right
there in Van Buren, township. he
last few years ! havn't done anything
but rest. only moved to Keokuk last
April, you know"
Has Soldier Record.
II Mr.. Anthony was proud of his
! long record as public officer in Lee
county, he was more proud of his
! war career. He belonged to Com
pany c, Twenty-fifth Iowa infantry,
and he was fifth sergeant in that
company He fought for three years,
and at the time that Lee surrendered
he was lying wounded in hospital
in New York City. Sergeant Anthony
was in the siege Of Vicksburg, Chat
tanooga, the Lookout mountain affair
and with Sherman on his famous
march to the sea, besides number
of lesser engagements.
The civil war veteran had one
! grandson in the Spanish-American
war and two grandsons in the great
world war who served in France.
Mr.. Anthony says that he is proud
of his family from beginning to end.
"reminiscences Are Told.
AS Mr. and Mrs. Anthony told the
interesting story of their married
life they sat in the parlor beside
each other, each in his OF her favor
tie rocking chair, happy and con-
tented with the present, but at the
same time living gloriously in the
memories of the past. They took
+,, &n1I tpox Mrr
Anthony's turn to entertain the Wis
itors.
and what did You do all these
busy?" she was asked.
Mos. OF my time was spent in
keeping house and caring for the
children. l always did my own work,
so you see | had plenty to do she
answered.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Anthony are just as
3wae. ard MODEST and old-fashioned
as any story book people one ever
read Of, and yet they aren't absolute
ly o1d-fashioned, for they are inter
ested and well read ON topics of the
day and have opinions of their own
upon several subjects, one of them
being woman suffrage. Mr.. Anthony
is heartily In favor of women voting,
although he admitted that he didn't
believe he'd vote either for or against
1t, 80 he's little old-fashioned after
all Mrs. Anthony says that she
thinks women have right to vote.
but that it's the only thing men have
ever done that their wives can't do,
go let them alone at that job"
Children Here, Too.
A few of the children and grand
children and great-grandchildren OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony were with
them on their wedding anniversary
Saturday September 10. One OF
them was Mrs. j. P. Blair, of Clare
moore, Okla, who Is sixty years old
and the eldest child in the large