Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1904 — WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. [ARTICLE]

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

v“About fifty guests, consisting of members of the G. A. R., Milroy Circle Ladies of the G. A. R., and Womans Missionary Society of the M. E. c hurch, participated in a very pleasant social event at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wood, on South Division street, last Friday evening, the occasion being the thirty-fifth wedding anj niversary of Mr. and Mrs. WoocCj Mr. Wood was presented with a handsome autograph album containing the names of the Post and the assembled guests, while the Milroy Circle presented Mrs. Wood with a handsome set of silver spoons, and the Missionary ladies presented her with a souvenir spoon, the presentation addresses being made by R. W. Marshall, Mrs. M. E. Spitler and Mrs. S. A. Hemphill, respectively. The evening was spent most enjoyable, and Mrs. Wood served the guests with a fine repast. Mr. and Mrs. Wood were married on March 4,1869, the day of Grant’s first inauguration to the presidency, at the home of the bride’s father, Caleb E. Pierson, miles southeast of Rensselaer.