Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1908 — FATHER AND DAUGHTER WED [ARTICLE]

FATHER AND DAUGHTER WED

Latter Decided to Marry—Former Had to Have a Woman tn the Home. Columbus, Ind., April 23. When Miss Anna Wilcox, twenty years old, daughter of Leander M. Wilcox, of this city, decided to be married her father did not know what to do. His wife died several years ago and he wished a woman in the house, he said. So he “popped the question’’ to Miss Mary R. Bishop, seventeen years old, and she said yes. The result was a double wedding in this city, performed by Elder John F. Stitt. Miss Wilcox obtained a license to marry James Spencer, a young farmer who lives west of this city, and on the heels of this young couple came the father with his blushing bride-to-be. He gave his age as forty-three and when the licenses were issued the four hurried out to find a minister. Mrs. Spencer can now tell her friends that she has a stepmother who is three years her junior and Mrs. Wilcox can tell about her son-in-law who is twen-ty-two years old, and consequently five years older than his mother-in-law. Fine Singer at Seventy-Six. Greenfield. Ind., April 23. Mrs Marla Ross Is dead at her home In this city. She was seventy-six years old Mrs. Ross was a singer ot more than ordinary reputation, and she retained her beautiful voice till old age.. Not long ago she astonished the congregation of the Bradley M. E. church by singing a solo. She leaved three children. , Master Bakers In Council. Lafayette, Ind., April 23. The fourth annual convention of the Indiana Association of Master Bakers was tn session here, with a large attendance. The meeting closed yesterday.: The trustees of ’Purdue have refused to establish a permanent school of scientific baking at that college. Dies on Her Anniversary. Brazil, Ind,, April 23.—Mrs. Tursat Cole, while attending a dinner at the borne of her son in Staunton, this county, is dead of heart trouble. The din-' ner was in honor of her eightieth birthday anniversary and she died while seated at the table, surrounded by members of her Child Fatally Scalded. Nashville, Ind., April 23. - White playing near a tub filled with boiling water, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Robertson, near Cooper, fell backward into the tub and was fatally scalded.