This post was contributed to the Crawford County Chapter of OGS by Kristina Stearley as part of the Florence Siefert Scrapbook in 2010.
The scrapbook is compiled from undated, unidentified newspaper clippings involving events in the lives of Crawford County citizens living in or having connections to New Washington, Tiro, Shelby, Sulphur Springs, Chatfield, Bucyrus, Ashland, Mansfield, and other areas. Only minimal spelling or punctuation corrections were made. Unreadable areas are shown by underlines, dots &/or question marks. This collection has been scanned, “optical character recognized” (OCR’d), proofed, then coded for HTML by volunteers of the Crawford County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society. Since the copies are not of the best quality errors may have been made. Please contact us if you find corrections needing to be made or can verify any missing dates which could be added.
A PRETTY HOME WEDDING
A very pretty home wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Leonhart residing 2 miles west of this place on Wednesday evening, February 21, 1900, at seven o’clock p.m., when their daughter, Matilda L. was united in marriage to C. W. Foster residing in Mansfield.
Promptly at the appointed hour the contracting parties entered the room which was tastefully decorated with roses, carnations and smilax to the sweet strains of a wedding march played by Miss Minnie Marlow where Rev. D. Ph. Ebert performed the ceremony which made them man and wife. The bride was tastefully dressed in a white swiss dress and carried white and pink carnations. The groom was dressed in the conventional black. About 55 guests responded to the invitations and were received by Mr. and Mrs. John Leonhart at their beautiful home to witness the marriage of their daughter.
Congratulations and good wishes were many and gracefully received, after which an elegant wedding supper was served. The bride is a very popular young lady and is held in high esteem. The groom is an industrious and prosperous young man. They will go to housekeeping in the near future taking up their residence, in Mansfield where the groom is well employed.
The following from a distance were present: Mr. and Mrs. George Leach, Miss Minnie Marlow, Vencin Loader, Mrs. Joanna (..?…), Miss Mary Warner and L. H. Dermott, all of Mansfield and the brides brothers, sisters and a host of other invited friends.
