Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1896 — WED IN SPITE OF ALL. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WED IN SPITE OF ALL.

Miss Grace Wilson Becomes Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. Cornelius Vanderbilt JTr., nnd' Miss Grace Wilson were married in New York at noon Monday at the Wilson residence, by the Rev. William H. Pott, assistant rector of St. Thomas's Church. The

wedding was private. Only the members of the bride's family were present. The bridegroom was the only one of 1 the Vanderbilt family at the marriage. Probably no other wedding in years has so aroused the interest find sympathy of New Yorkers. From the time the engagement was an-

nounced, a few months ago, up to the present the Vanderbilt family has made known its uncompromising disapproval of the,,match. The fact that the bride is a few years older than the bridegroom has been the main obstacle to their union, and even this has been as nothing in the faee of their devotion to each other. B.v marrying the girl of his choice young Vanderbilt may forfeit a patrimony which is estimated at $4()0,000,000. A single carriage stood in front of the Wilson residence during the ceremony, in which the bridal couple were conveyed to the railway station. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., is the oldest

living son of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and a great-grandson of the celebrated Commodore Vanderbilt, who laid the foundation of the family’s great fortune. JThe young man is 22 years of age and was graduated last year at Yale. He was the first member

of his family to attain a university degree. Miss Grace Wilson is not a member of an old New York family. Both her father and mother are Southerners, who settled in New York after the close of the civil war. Richard T. Wilson is a self-made man and is supposed to be the possessor of $10,000,000.

C. VANDERBILT JR.

MISS G. WILSON.