Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1909 — California Account of Wedding. [ARTICLE]

California Account of Wedding.

The Stockton, Cal., Daily Record, of Dec. 29th, gives the following account of the marriage of Miss Aetna Lebo to Mr. A. L. Branch: “A wedding of general Interest to Stocktonlans took place at Sacramento yesterday noon when A. L. Branch, brother of M. F. Branch of this city, and Miss Aetna Lebo of Rensselaer, Ind., were united in marriage. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. F. Reagor, pastor of the First Presbyteridn church of Sacramento, in the study and was a very quiet affair. “At the behest of his brother, Mr. Branch came out from Rensselaer, Ind., six months ago to locate. He had visited this city about two years ago and was much impressed with California and especially Stockton. Mr. Branch interested himself financially in Branch’s (Inc.), the local bicycle and sporting goods house, and then went to San Francisco to open a wholesale find retail flour and grain house as a branch establishment for the McCall-Miller Flour Company of Stockton. Before coming to California Mr. Branch was in business for several years in Rensselaer, conducting a grist mill and a feed and fuel enterprise. “It was in Indiana that Mr. Branch met and courted Miss Lebo, a popular teacher in the city schools of Rensselaer. After he had become comfortably settled in San Francisco, he wrote East for his fiance. She started West. They met in Sacramento yesterday and were immediately married. “Mr. and Mrs. Branch arrived in Stockton on the noon train today. They were greeted at the Southern Pacific depot by relatives and thoroughly riced. A reception is being tendered them at the home of the groom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Branch, at 320 East Magnolia street, this afternoon. The newly wedded couple will remain in Stockton for the rest of the week and will then go to San Francisco to reside. They have the congratulations and well wishes of many friends.”