Evening star., 1939-01-01
Mrs. Brown
Married to
Harbord
Prominent Virginian
Wed to Former
ArmyO&cer
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bouquets Of gardenias. Col. Fielding
8. Lewis, wartime aide OF Gen.
Harbord, was the best man.
After a wedding trip to Hot
Springs, Va, Gen. and Mrs. Harbord
will reside at Rye, N. Y.
Among others at the wedding were
Maj. Gen. Merritte w. Ireland, U. s.
A., retired, and Mrs. Ireland; Maj.
Gen. Frank r. Mccoy, U. s. A., ana
Mrs. Mccoy; 1t. Comdr. and Mrs.
George H. De Baum, Mr.. and Mrs.
De Baum, Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Har-
den, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Taylor Young,
Col. and Mrs. Arthur Poillon, DR..
and Mrs. George B. Lee, Mrs. Fred
w. Twyman, Miss Nancy Gordon.
Mrs. Allmand Elliott, DR.. and Mrs.
Charles Tenant, the Misses Betty
and Louise Cooke, Mrs. Milton Ell
lott, Mr.. and Mrs. Allan Perkins,
the Misses Virginia and Laura Dor
sey, Mr.. John c. Montgomery, Miss
Montgomery, Col. and Mrs. Pope,
Mr.. and Mrs. Graham Cameron. Mr..
John Carter Montgomery, jr.; Mrs.
George Lee, 1t. and Mrs. John Opie,
Mr.. Henry Lee Montgomery, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward S. Stettinlus ana
Mr.. and Mrs. Egbert Leigh, Jr.
Bride Is Daughter
OF Virginia Governor.
The new Mrs. Harbord is
daughter of the late Governor of
Virginia, Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee,
who was one of the cavalry leaders
Of the Southren Confederacy. At
the time Of the Spanish-American
War Gen. Lee returned to the Army,
from which he had resigned in 1861
to follow the fortunes of his State
OF Virginia, and became a brigadier
general in the United States Army.
The former Mrs. Brown is the widow
of Col. Lewis Brown, well-known
officer of the cavalry, who served
in the same regiment with Gen.
Harbord for number of years.
Gen. Harbord, following his re-
tirement from active military life in
1922, became identified with many
OF the countrys major industries
and participated in the social life
Of Washington and New York.
In addition to his high Office with
the Radio Corp. of America, Gen.
Harbord became director and
member of the Executive Commit
tee of the Atchison. Topeka g.
Santa Fe Railroad, director of the
Bankers Trust Co., r. C. A. Manu-
featuring Co., Inc; National Broad
casting Co., Radio-Keith- -Orpheum,
Inc; New York Life Insurance Co.
and the Legion Publishing Corp.
Gen. Harbords first wife was e
Washingtonian, Emma Yeatman
Ovenshine, daughter of Gen. Samuel
Ovenshine. She died in May, 1887.
Received Many
Military Decorations.
He began his military career on
his graduation from the Infantry
and Cavalry School in 1895. Pro-
motions for him followed almost
yearly after 1914. He was awarded
the Distinguished Service Medal of
both the Army and Navy; Legion Of
Honor and Croix de Guerre, two
palms; Knight Commander Of st.
Michael and st. George (British) !:
Grand Officer Order of. the Crown
(Belgian); Commander of st. Maui
rice and St. Lazarus Gtalian Order
Of Prince Danilo CMontenegrin) !;
Order of La Solidaridad (Pana-
manian); Grand Officer Order Po-
lonia Restituta tPolish), and the
gold medal of the I'd Division.
Shortly before his retirement Gen.
Harbord was appointed deputy chief
OF staff, second highest time
military rank in the United States.
Among the clubs in which he holds
membership are the Army and Navy
and Metropolitan of this city;
Union League, Knickerbocker, Ma
tional Republican, Young Republi-
can, Riding and Century of New
York City; Army and Navy of Ma
nila; lockwood Hall of Tarrytown,
N. Y, and the Apawamis.
He was born in Bloomington, ILL.,,
March 81, 1866, the son of George
w. and Efhe Critton Gault Har-
bord. He attended the Kansas State
Agricultural College for bachelor
OF science degree. In more recent
years doctorate degrees in law have
been conferred on him by Trinity
College, Colgate University, Marietta
College and Yale University.