Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1904 — Married Sixty Two Years [ARTICLE]

Married Sixty Two Years

Thursday of last week, Maroh 10, 1904, was the 620 d wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. David Nowels familiarly known as Unde David and Aunt Phebe.

Maroh the 10th, 1842 they were married in a littleoabin foui miles west of here built out of qaakiDg rfsp logs. Tbe wedding oeiemony was performed by Jqseph Yeoman, David H. Yeoman’B father- The wedding guests were unde .JareH Benjamin and his mother, brother and mother of the brid*, the squire and his wife and possibly one other person. The bride aad groom and the squire and his wife slept that night on a shake dowd on the floor before the Are place, Of this world’s goods they had aext to nothiag, but they had hearts and sound k bodiw. Y This capital proved to be sufficient for they have lived the of married lives, raised quite a large family and aoonmulated qi|te a large amount of this world’s gpuds. Aunt Phebe has rather poor health but Uuole David has exoellent health for a man of his years. It would be impossible to find a couple more universally respeoted.