Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1908 — WEDDING OF POPULAR YOUNG COUPLE THURSDAY EVENING [ARTICLE]

WEDDING OF POPULAR YOUNG COUPLE THURSDAY EVENING

The Ceremony That Mated Miss Bessie King and Mr. Ernest Tillman Was a Private Qfte.

A pretty wedding took place at the hopel of Mrs. M. E. Corliss, Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. The contracting parties were Miss Bessie Lee King and ProL ErnSst Shaffer Tillman. The house was prettily decorated for the occasion., The groom’s father, £ev. Jpkn Wesley Tillman, of North Manchester, performed the ceremony. The wedding was of rather a private nature, only six guests being present They were Rev. and Mrs. Tillman, father and mother of the groom; Mr. and Mrs. James Passons, uncle and aunt of the bride; Prof, and Mrs. I. N. Warren, Miss Grace Warren and Miss Simons. Mr. and Mrs. Tillman remained in Rensselaer over night and left Friday for a visit with their parents at North

Manchester and Winona. They will return here the first of the week and will be at home after September Ist, when they expect to set up tight housekeeping. The bride and groom are two of the most popular young people of Rensselaer. The bride is the- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. King, former residents of Rensselaer, but now of Winona Lake. She has been librarian of the Jasper public library since the erection of the Gamegie library building, and with her sweet and charming disposition, has made many friends during her residence here. The groom is teacher of biology in the Rensselaer high school and will fill the same position the coming year.