Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1898 — Three Weddings in a String. [ARTICLE]

Three Weddings in a String.

Squire Joel'Spriggs, of Walker, put on his marrying clothes Saturday morning, and kept them on until Sunday night, by which time he had notched his stick for three more weddings. The first couple were married Saturday, Sept. 3rd. They were Mr. William Ballinger and Miss Mattie Goff. The Squire found this couple, or they found him rather, in a hay field. They were in a buggy, and the Squire married them or sight, without their getting out of the buggy. The second marriage was that of Mr. James M. Spriggs, and Miss Alice Knight. It was performed Sunday, Sept. 4th, at the home of the bride’s mother, at “Hog Point” in the Gifford district. The groom is a nephew of the officiating justice. ' Wedding number three also took place Sunday. The parties were Mr. James M. Davis and Miss May Curtis. It took place at Record Heights, also in the Gifford district.