Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 274, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1919 — SOLDIER TAKES BRIDE. [ARTICLE]

SOLDIER TAKES BRIDE.

Edward Peregrine, of Gifford, and Connie Lavena Ward, of Parr, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony by the Rev. E. W. Strecker, pastor of the Trinity M. E. church of this city, Wednesday afternoon, November 12. The groom was a soldier of the great war. He enlisted with old Company M in this city June 5, 1917. He was in the first group of men to leave this county for the war zone. He served in the famous Rainbow division and participated in a number of the greatest battles of the war. He fought in the St. Mehiel and Argonne sectors and in November, 1918, was in the Sedan sector, where he remained until April 1, 1919. He was gassed May 5, 1918, at Oyarme and this resulted in an. injured lung and his back was severely burned: ‘ Private Peregrine was with the supply company, 150th Field Artillery.