Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1919 — HALF CENTURY WEDDED LIFE [ARTICLE]

HALF CENTURY WEDDED LIFE

A HALF CENTURY AGO MARCH 4th A LONG AND HAPPY CAREER BEGAN. Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wood, of this city. On account of Mrs. Wood having recently undergone an operation and from which she has not sufficiently recovered, no formal occasion was observed. Henry Wood and. Mary Ellen Pierson were married at the home of the bride’s father in Marion township on March 4, 1869, by the Rev. Moses Wood, then pastor of the Rensselaer Methooist church. Among the thirty guests present and still living in this community there are hut four, Harvey W. Wood, Sr., Thomas Crockett? Mrs. John Kresler and Mrs. Elizabeth Gwin. Mr. and Mrs. Wood are the parents of four sons, all living. They are, Frank Wood, in the mercantile business in Billings, Montana; Dr. Aaron Wood, dentist, of Brook; H. R. and Carl Wood, barbers, of this city. Mr. Wood comes from a family many of whom have been ministers in the Methodist dburch -

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wood are members of the local Methodist church- and they have each lived a life consistent with the obligation imposed upon the followers of the lowly tNazarine. Their’s has not been a life of great public demonstration nor have they accumulated a great amount of wealth, but they have lived happy, useful lives full of kindly deeds and pure upright living. “"T ■ The writer can speak from experience of the Christian character of this splendid couple. He can testify as to the genuineness in everyday life and living of /Mr. and Mrs. Wood, who, by loving kindness and Quiet

acts of charity and mercy have won from this community, ots highest esteem and tenderest love. d Their lives have an asset not marked by puiblic influence or power, nor by financial eminence, but by genuine Christian character, which after all is Ihe most important thing in Kfe. The Republican extends to Mr. and Mrs. 'Wood hearty congratulations, and wish for them and the community many more happy years of the beautiful lives they have so long lived among us.