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Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Wedding Wednesday: Three Manassas Girls Wed (1916)

Richmond Times-Dispatch (Va)
27 October 1916

THREE MANASSAS GIRLS WED
[Special to the Times-Dispatch]

MANASSAS, VA., October 26.--Three members of the younger set in Manassas became brides to-day. Miss Martha Virginia Nash, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Emory Nash, and George Berger Cocke, of Petersburg, were quietly married at high noon in Washington at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Bresnaham, relatives of the bride.

The marriage of Miss Faith Pendleton Chapman, daughter of the late P. P. Chapman, of Manassas, and John Bascom Gaddes of Washington, a native of Lynchburg, was solemnized this evening at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Washington, Rev. George P. Dudley officiating.

Miss Grace Belle Green, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Green, of Manassas and Wallace Meetze Monroe of Burke, Fairfax County, were married at noon by Rev. George T. Tyler, pastor of the Fairfax Methodist Church.




Saturday, October 16, 2021

PWCo Items: Playground Indorsed/Purebred Hogs Distributed (1943)

Evening Star (Washington, DC)
4 July 1943

Playground Indorsed.

The Manassas Town Council at a meeting this week indorsed the proposal of the Prince William County Chamber of Commerce providing for the use of a town lot situated between West street and Grant avenue as a colored playground. A committee of Chamber of Commerce representatives headed by Dr. George B. Cocke and representatives of the local colored populace headed by Dr. John Williams presented the plan to the council for approval. The playground will provide recreation for colored youths of the vicinity and will be under the direction of trained supervisors.

Purebred Hogs Distributed.

Seven Prince William County 4-H Club boys have been selected to receive the seven purebred Hampshire shows and one boar given to the county by Sears, Roebuck & Co. in their hog, dairy and poultry 4-H project designed to promote the production of better livestock in Northern Virginia. The seven boys, members of the Manassas-Nokesville 4-H Club, include Ray Smith, Lynn Hastings Herring, Leon Kline, Charles Fitzwater, jr.; Harold Hersch, Sidney Flickinger and Francis Joyce. The boar has been placed with Ray Smith.

Twelve additional purebred Hampshire pigs have been placed with members of the Occoquan-Bethel 4-H Club, according to Frank Cox, county agent. These, donated by individual farmers of Occoquan district, were distributed to George Thomas Selecman, Bobby Rigney, Buddy Reid, Augustus Davis, Edward Garber, Grover Manderfield, William Douglas Clarke, Bobby Tyrrell, Vernon Dawson and Frances Anne Garner.

Donors of the purebred Hampshire pigs placed with Occoquan-Bethel 4-H Club members include T. Powell Davis, Wilmer Garber, George Selecman, G. C. Russell, P. C. Wigglesworth, Gilmer Garber and F. B. Morgan.



Thursday, November 26, 2020

Newspaper Tidbit: Manassas News of Social Note to Residents (Thanksgiving)

Evening Star (Washington, DC)
20 November 1938

Manassas, VA., Nov. 19 -- Lt. and Mrs. Roswell Round have arrived from Honolulu, where they have been stationed for several years, and are visiting Mrs. Round's mother, Mrs. A. A. Maloney.

Thursday morning the Bull Run Hunt Club will start at Mr. R. L. Lewis' gate for the Thanksgiving Day chase.  Following the meet, members and their guests will be entertained at a hunt breakfast at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lewis. Mr. William Wheeler and Mr. Victor Haydon will be joint hosts.

Dr. George B. Cocke and Mr. Charles Miller will leave for Philadelphia Wednesday evening to be on hand for the Army-Navy game.

Miss Mary Fauntleroy Cocke has come from Hollins College in Roanoke to spend the week end with her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Cocke.

Mrs. J. L. Bushong has as her guest Miss Emma Hamner of Baltimore.

Col. and Mrs. B. L. Jacobson will leave early in December for Tampa, Fla., where they will remain until they go to Col. Jacobson's station in Panama.

Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Richards have as their guest Mrs. Ralph Hitchcock of New York.

Mr. and Mrs. Murray Bradshaw will spend Thanksgiving in Roanoke.

Mr. William Trusler is planning to go down to Richmond for the Thanksgiving Day football game.

Dr. and Mrs. D. A. Prescott of Skelton, N.J., will arrive soon to spend several days with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sharrett.

Miss Ethel Cadmus will leave Wednesday for Portsmouth, where she will stay over the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cadmus.

Mr. and Mrs. Stewart McBryde, jr., and Mr. and Mrs. John  Holt Merchant are going to Philadelphia for the Army-Navy game.

Miss Margaret Turner will spend the Thanksgiving holidays at her home in Axton, Va.

Mr. and Mrs. Melvin C. Hazen are spending several days during the hunting season at their country place near Nokesville.


Sunday, May 24, 2020

Sunday's Obituary: William F. Cocke (1941)

Richmond Times Dispatch
28 February 1941

WILLIAM F. COCKE DIES AT MANASSAS

William F. Cocke, town manager of Manassas and former assistant State highway commissioner, died Thursday at his home in Manassas, according to word received here.

Mr. Cocke was the son of the late Thomas Lewis Preston Cocke of Cumberland County and Mrs. Mary Curtis Cocke of Glouster. He married Miss Minnie M. Woltz of Fredericksburg, who survives him. He also is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. Holt Merchant and Miss Mary Fauntleroy Cocke, both of Manassas; two brothers, Charles C. Cocke of Kinsale and R. Preston Cocke of Williamsburg; three sisters, Mrs. N. E. B. Talcott, Miss Elizabeth Cocke and Miss Harriet T. Cocke, all of Richmond, and by one grandson.

Mr. Cocke was connected with the State Highway Commission for many years, and resigned the position of assistant commissioner to accept a position as highway commissioner of Florida. Some years ago he returned to Virginia and became town manager of Manassas.

Funeral arrangements had not been completed last night.

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COCKE--Died, in Manassas, Va., Feb. 27, William F. Cocke. He is survived by his wife, Minnie Woltz Cocke, two daughters, Mrs. J. Holt Merchant and Miss Mary Fauntleroy Cocke, both of Manassas, one grandson; also by three sisters and two brothers Mrs. N. E. B. Talcott, Mis sElizabeth Cocke, Miss Bartlet T. Cocke, all of Richmond, Charles C. Cocke of Kinsale and R. Preston Cocke of Williamsburg.




Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Deed: Inquisition on Rice's Land (1808)

Inquisition on Rice's Land
PWCo Deed Bk 3, pg. 379

INQUISITION INDENTED and taken this fourteenth day of April Anno Domini 1808 at the Court House of Prince William County Between Philip D. Dawe Escheater for the Commonwealth of Virginia in and for the County aforesaid of the one part and George Williams, Samuel Davis, Wm. Keys, Benjamin Cole, Samuel Ashton, Noah Maddox, Benjamin Carney, James Holliday, George Cockrell, John Lowe, Thos. Jacob, Joseph Gilbert, John Watson, Wm. Cocke, Wm. Farrow and Beverly R. Wagener, good and lawful men and freeholders of the same County impannelled by the Sheriff of the same County and duly sworn, Witnesseth that the same good and lawful men so impannelled and sworn as aforesaid do find that Francis Rice late of the Borough of Norfolk dies siezed in fee simple of a tract of land containing one hundred and forty acres more or less lying near Dumfries in Prince Wm. County commonly called Grays that by his will duly proved and recorded in the Borough Court of Norfolk he devised said land to his wife Elizabeth Rice during her life and after her death to any children of the said Elizabeth that she might have after his the said Francis's death and if she should die without having such issue then to his the said Rice's surviving brothers and sisters, that said Elizabeth died sometime in the year 1804 -- without having any issue and that the brothers and sisters of the said Francis Rice appear to us to be aliens, It also does not appear to the jurors and Escheater aforesaid that the wife of the said Rice was a Citizen or that she hath relatives citizens of any of the United States of America, Therefore forasmuch as the said Francis Rice died without heir citizen of this Commonwealth or of the United States of America capable of holding the said before mentioned tract of land, that the same Escheated to the Commonwealth of Virginia, and to the same Commonwealth doth of right belong. We accordingly do escheat the same, Witness the hands and seals of the Escheator and of the jurors aforesaid the day and year above written.

Phil. D. Dawe
Geo. Williams
Saml. Davis
William Keys
Benjamin Cole
Saml. Ashton
Benjamin Carney
James Holliday
George Cockrell
John Lowe
Thomas Jacob
Joseph Gilbert
John Watson
William Cocke
William Farrow
B. N. Wagener

N.B. The within mentd. land was purchased by William Savage of David Bland Deed recorded in the County Court of Prince Wm. in the year 1779, Savage devised his Estate to Edward Rice his will recorded in the General Court in 1789 Edwd. Rice devised hsi EState to Francis Rice within named his will recorded in the District Court held at Suffolk in 1801. Francis Rice devised it as writhin.

Phil. D. Dawe   Escheator for Prince Wim. County

At a Court held for Prince William County, May 2nd 1808

This Inquisition on Francis Rice's land in Prince Wm. County was returned to the Court and ordered to be recorded.

Teste  J. Williams   cl cur



Friday, September 28, 2018

Friday's Faces From the Past: W. F. Cocke

Richmond Times Dispatch
20 June 1935

LEADERS WOULD BOOM VIRGINIA'S TOURIST TRADE





A fall festival was one of the ideas advanced yesterday at a conference of civic leaders held here yesterday under Virginia State Chamber of Commerce auspices. 

Left to right are:  H. W. Grave of the Luray board of trade; W. F. Cocke of the Manassas Dairy Festival; Alvin Smith, president of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce; Judge F. C. Curry of Monterey, of the Highland County Tourist Association; W. W. Gibbs Jr. of Staunton, representing Shenandoah Valley, Inc., and J. W. Johns, president of the State Chamber of Commerce.





Monday, September 28, 2015

Will: Thomas Simson (1735)

THOMAS SIMSON Will
Prince William county Will Book C, pg. 16
13 Oct 1734; proved 19 Feb 1735

In the name of God Amen the thirteenth Day of October in the year of our Lord 1734 I THOMAS SIMSON of Prince William County Carpenter being very sick and week of body but perfect in mind and memory thanks be to Almighty God for it and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is apointed for all men once to die I due make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Allmighty God that gave it and for my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like and deacent manner at the discretion of my Executor nothing doubting but at the General resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God as touching such manly Estate where with it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I give desire and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.

Item I give and bequeath unto my oldest son WILLIAM SIMSON one hundred and twenty three acres of land wherein he is now living on both sides of Sande run.

Item I give and bequeath unto my son BAXTER SIMSON two hundred acres of land lying on both sides of Sande run and ajoining to the other land aforesaid of my son WILLIAM SIMSON on the uper side one breeding mare my bullit gun and its holster one rug and two blankets one iron pot six plates and six spoons.

Item I give and bequeth to my son THOMAS SIMSON three hundred and eighty six acres of land lying on the south side of Chapawamsik Creek likewise one breeding mare one feather bed boulster rug and two blankets one iron pot six plates and six spoons.

Item I give and bequeath unto my loving daghter MARY WOODARD one hundred acres of land where she is now seated and lying on the north side of Sande run to her and the heirs of her body for ever.

Item I give and bequeth unto my daghter ANN SIMSON after her Mother in Laws deceas one cow and calf one feather bed boulster rug and two blankets.

Item I give and bequeth unto my beloved grand children the son and daghter of MARY WOODARD, THOMAS and ANN WOODARD one yow a piece.

Item I give and bequeath unto my ever loving wife JANE SIMSON my Plantation and liberty of one hundred acres of land where I now live her life and after her deceas to fall to my son BATER.  I also give her the priviledg of the whole track for timber for the use of the Plantation.  I also leave my wife all my moveable estate except the legacies herein before mentioned and leave my wife whole and sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament and further I have my three children BAXTER SIMSON and THOMS SIMSON to be brought up till they come to the age of eighteen years and likewise my daghter ANN till she come of age by my wife JANE SIMSON.  I further leave my daghter ANN to MARY STODDARD in case her mother dies before she comes of age.  I further give unto my wife two negros during her life and after her decease for to be equally divided among my children and I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disanol all and every other former testaments wills and legacies bequests and executors by me in any ways before this time named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament in Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written and sealed and delivered in the presence of us.

THOMAS SIMSON {his mark}

I desire my movable estate may be invetored and returned and not apraised

THOS. FORD
JOHN ROBERTSON
MARY EVANS

At a Court held for Prince William county the Nineteenth Day of February 1734[5?]

This Will was presented into Court by JANE SIMSON Executrix therein named who made Oath thereto and being proved by the Oaths of Thomas Ford and John Robertson two of the Witnesses therein it is admitted to Record and on the motion of the said Jane and her performing what is usual in such cases certificate is granted her for obtaining a Probate thereof in due form.

Teste.


CATESBY COCKE  Ct. Cur.

Saturday, August 15, 2015

Will: Jane Keough (1823)

JANE KEOUGH Will
Prince William County Will Book M, pg 107
13 Jan 1821; proved 01 Dec 1823

In the name of God Amen I JANE KEOUGH of the County of Prince William & State of Virginia do make this my last will and testament in maner and form as follows.  First, I give and bequeath unto my son MATHEW KEOUGH and to his heirs forever the land I now live on which said land I purchased from Baylis Renoe for one hundred and forty acres be the same more or less and the further sum of four hundred dollars which said legacy is on account of money he has furnished me.  Secondly, I give and bequeath unto my seven children namely MATHEW KEOUGH, PATRICK KEOUGH, JOHN KEOUGH, WILLIAM KEOUGH, CHARLES KEOUGH, HARRIET KEOUGH and MARGARET KEOUGH all the residue of my property to be equally divided between them with this proviso that my son WILLIAM KEOUGH shall not dispose of any part of his property without the consent of my Executor & Executrix.  Thirdly, in case my son MATHEW KEOUGH should depart this life before myself the property I have bequeathed him I bequeath unto my two daughters HARRIET KEOUGH and MARGARET KEOUGH to them and their heirs forever.  Fourthly and lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my son MATHEW KEOUGH and daughter HARRIET KEOUGH Executor and Executrix of this my last will and testament revoking all others heretofore by me made in witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal this 13th day of January eighteen hundred and twenty one.

JANE KEOUGH

Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of
SIMON LUTTRELL, THOMAS COCKE

At a Court held for Prince William County December 1st 1823.  This last will and testament of JANE KEOUGH decd. was presented to the court and being proved by the oaths of the witnesses thereto ordered to be recorded.


Teste, PHIL. D. DAWE

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Newspaper Tidbit: Manassas Item (1917)

11 November 1917
Richmond Times Dispatch

MANASSAS, Va., November 10 -- Manassas Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, meet at the chapter hall Wednesday afternoon.

A meeting of the Manassas Chapter of the American Red Cross was held at the town hall Monday evening, George G. Tyler presiding.

Lieutenant Everett L. Rice, of Fort Hamilton, N.Y., is visiting his mother, Mrs. W. M. Rice.

Mrs. Wade Carmack, of Bristol, Tenn, during the week was the guest of Mrs. Jacob L. Harrell.

Mrs. C. E. Nash is the guest of her daughters, Mrs. George Berger Cocke and Mrs. Robert W. Adamson, in Petersburg.

Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Lipscomb have had as their guests their son and Mr. Lipscomb's brother, W. Harold Lipscomb of New York City, and Charles E. Lipscomb, of Plainsfield, N.J.

Miss Margaret Worthington, of Charles Town, W. Va., spent the week in Manassas as the guest of Miss Isabel Kelley, while conducting Bible study classes under the auspices of the Gypsy Smith Prayer Circle.

Mrs. Clarence L. Hickerson of Rockville, Md. and Mrs. W. P. Rudasill of Culpeper were recent guests of Mr .and Mr.s D. J. Arrington.

Mr. and Mrs. Newman Walker, of Pittsburgh, Pa., recently visited Mr. Walker's father, W. J. Walker.  Mr. Walker and his bride made the trip to Manassas by automobile.

John T. Debell and his sister, Miss Tillie DeBell, have returned from Washington, where they paid a short visit to their brother, Lieutenant Arthur W. DeBell, medical corps., United States Army, who was traveling north from Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.

Monday, April 13, 2015

Will: Jacob Gibson (1735)

JACOB GIBSON Will
Prince William Co. Will Book C, pg. 35
Signed 2 Oct 1734; Proved 21 May 1735

In the name of God Amen the 2nd Day of October 1734 I JACOB GIBSON of the above County being of perfit memory thanks be to God at this time and calling to mind that it is apinted for all men once to dy I recommend my soull to God that gave it and my Bodee to the Earth to be buired after a desant like maner at the discration of my asitor.  Imprmus I give and bequeth to my sun JACOB GIBSON my gray hors that I had of MARGRIT RUSSEL.

It. I give and bequeth to my sun ABRAHAM GIBSON one young gray horse caled Darrick and my bridell & sadell.

It. I give & bequeth to my daughter MARY PARKER one young hefer.

It. I give & bequeth to my daughter SARAH LAMBARTH one yarling.

It. I give & bequeth to my daughter JANN TURNER one young mair.

It. I give & bequeth to my sun IASACK GIBSON one young cow.

It. I give & bequeth to my daughter ANN GIBSON one young cow.

It. I give & bequeth all the remainder part of my estate to my loving wife JANE GIBSON land and savings to be diposed after hur one discration and furder I do apint my wife to be my hole and sol asitor and I desire my estate should not be brout to apraisment but that it may be divided according to my will by some of the nighburs I witness my hand and seell this 2nd day of October 1734.

JACOB [x his mark] GIBSON  {seal}

LEO. BARBUR
GEORGE CALVARD JUNIOR

At a Court held for Prince William County the twenty first day of May 1735.

This will was poisented into Court by Jane Gibson wid. Executria therein named who made Oath thereto & being proved by the Oaths of the witnesses thereto subscribed it is admitted to Record and on the Motion of the said Jane and the performing what is usual in such cases Certificate is Granted her for obtaining a Probate thereof in due form.

Teste


CATESBY COCKE   Cl. Cur.

Friday, August 1, 2014

Will: Jean Maddox (1794)

JEAN MADDOX Will
Prince William Co. Will Book H, pg. 113
10 Dec 1793; proved 4 September 1794

In the name of God Amen I JEAN MATTOX of the Town of Dumfries in the County of Prince William & State of Virginia perfect & sound in mind do make this my last Will & Testament and do renounce all former Wills made by me and do wish and desire my property to be disposed of after my death in manner following to wit.  Item and give to my daughter MARGARET TRIPLETT my negro woman named SARAH and her children to wit, ELLENDEN & TOM to have and to hold them and their increas forever and all my household of furniture and all my stock of cattle consisting of two milk cows.  I give and bequeath to JOHN COCKE son of WILLIAM COCKE Sarah’s youngest child by the name of JOE To him and his heirs forever and I wish that that my daughter and her heirs shall peaceably enjoy the above mentioned property named to her, and JOHN COCKE the property named to him, and I appoint WILLIAM COCKE  my executor to this my last Will and hop that he will act and do for my daughter the best in his power.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 18th day of December in the year of our Lord 1793.

JEAN [his mark] MADDOX  {seal}

Signed, sealed & delivered in presence of

JAMES MCDONALD
ROBERT WATERS
HUGH FORBES

At a Court continued and held for Prince William County the 4th day of September 1794.

This last will and testament of JEAN MADDOX decd. was presented  to the Court and being proved by the oaths of JAMES M. MCDONALD and ROBERT WATERS was ordered to be recorded.  WILLIAM COCKE Executor in the said Will appointed came into Court and renounced his Executorship.

Teste,


ROBERT GRAHAM  Cl. Cur.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Marriage Notices Outside PWCo


Providence Patriot (Providence, RI) – 18 December 1822
MARRIED, in Prince William county, Vir. On the 4th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Latham, Mr. Christopher C. Cushing, of Seekonk, Mass. To Miss Eleanor Newman, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Newman, Esq. of the former place.

Baltimore Patriot (Baltimore, MD) – 10 February 1824
MARRIED, at Snow Hill, Prince William county, Va., James M. Tyler, to Miss Ann Matilda, eldest daughter of Col. William Hebb.

Torch Light (Hagers-town, MD) – 14 September 1826
…On the same day [Thursday 7th], in Prince William county, Virginia, Mr. Jacob Snively, of Hancock, to Miss Harriet Blackwell, daughter of D. Blackwell, Esq.

Gloucester Telegraph (Gloucester, MA) – 9 October 1830
Another Revolutionary Soldier gone!!!  At Summerfield, Prince William County, Va., on the 5th ult. By the Rev. J. E. Weems, William Flatford, Esq. a soldier of the Revolution, aged 85 years, to Miss Chloe Allen, aged 45.

Richmond Whig (Richmond, VA) – 19 May 1840
MARRIED.  On Thursday 14th instant, by the Rev'd Wm. S. Plummer, Mr. Dan'l A. Ratcliffe of Prince William County, to Miss Mary Frances, daughter of James Bosher, Esqr. Of this city.

Massachusetts Spy (Worcester, MA) – 2 February 1848
In Petersham, Jan 10, Mr. N. Look, of Prince William County, Va., to Miss Sarah Ann Lincoln.

Critic-Record (Washington, DC) – 23 October 1875
MARRIAGE LICENSES.  Licenses to wed have been issued to Henry Washington and Jane Ware, George R. Atkinson, of Prince William co., Va., and Jennie B. Jones, of Fairfax county, Va.; Thomas C. Johnson and Elizabeth Tilghman, both of Baltimore; Thomas Shea and Mary Devine.

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) – 01 July 1899
COCKE-SMITH.  [Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.]  Roanoke, VA., June 30. – Miss Lillie May Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob D. Smith, was married tonight at St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church to Corey B. Cocke, of Prince William county.  Miss Marion Cocke, of Roanoke, was maid of honor and Dr. E. L. Downs best man.  The happy couple left on the midnight train for a Northern bridal tour.

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) – 28 September 1899
TAYLOR-SPINDLE.  [Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun].  Fredericksburg, VA., Sept. 27 – Mr. Robert B. Taylor, of Prince William county, and Mrs. Mary Alice Spindle, of Caroline county, were married heretoday at the Methodist parsonage, Rev. J. P. Stump officiating.

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) – 7 November 1903
HOTTLE-ROBINSON.  [Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun].  MANASSAS, VA., Nov. 6. – Miss Virginia Robinson, daughter of Mr. J. H. Robinson, and Mr. J. S. Hottle, of Shenandoah, Va., were married on Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock at the home of the bride, near Manassas, by Rev. R. Smith, of this place.  A wedding dinner was served immediately after the ceremony, after which Mr. and Mrs. Hottle left on a Northern tour.  On their return they will reside in Manassas.

Baltimore American (Baltimore, MD) – 22 June 1905
CLARKSON-THELIN. – A marriage of much interest which took place last evening was that of Miss Marie Bertin Thelin, daughter of Mrs. William T. Thelin, of Mount Washington, to Mr. Thomas B. Clarkson, of Prince William county, Va.  The bride, through her father, the late William T. Thelin, of this city, is of old French Huguenot descent, while through her mother, a daughter of the late Judge Griswold, she is a representative of one of the most important colonial lines of Maryland.  She is a very charming young girl, who only made her debut two seasons ago.  The groom is a son of Dr. Clarkson, of Prince William county, and comes of an old South Carolina family.

The ceremony was performed at 8 p. m. at St. John's Protestant Episcopal church, Mount Washington, by the rector, Rev. Wilbur F. Watkins, Jr.  The interior was beautifully decorated by the members of St. Mary's Guild with a profusion of sweet peas, roses, smilax and ferns.  Over the chancel was erected a canopy of red and white roses, beneath which the young couple stood for the marriage service.  Announcing the approach of the bridal party the hymn "Oh, Perfect Love" was sung by the choir of St. John's, the wedding chorus from "Lohengrin" being afterward rendered upon the organ by Miss Berth leary as the processional.  The bride entered with her brother, Mr. Griswold Tehlin, by whom she was given away.  She wore an exquisite gown of white liberty silk, trimmed with old lace, and a tulie veil, taught with orange blossoms.  Her ornaments were pearls, and instead of a bouquet she carried a white prayer book.  Two little girls – Misses Mary Kirk and Floy Van Den Burg – served as flower girls in dainty frocks of white embroidered mull, with pink ribbons, and carrying a basket of pink bridesmaid roses.

Mr. Walter Clarkson of Washington, brother of the groom, was best man.  The ushers were Mr. Robert H. B. Beverly, Mr. Alexander M. Breckenridge, and Mr. Hugh T. Clarkson, all of Virginia; Mr. Carl Clarkson, of Alabama, Mr. Thomas B. Headley, of Philadelphia, and Mr. William T. Thelin, Jr. of Lewiston, Pa.  After the ceremony the immediate members of the two families and the bridal party returned to the residence of Mrs. Thelin to drink the health of the bride and groom, who soon after left on their wedding trip.  Upon their return they will reside in Washington, D.C. 

On Tuesday afternoon the bridal party, with members of the two families, were entertained at luncheon at the Baltimore Country Club by Mrs. Charles E. Phelps, sister of the bride.  On Monday evening, a dinner in honor of the groom and his attendants was given by Charles. E. Phelps, also at the Country Club.

Baltimore American (Baltimore, MD) – 25 April 1906
Wedding in Manassas.  [Special to The American]  Manassas, Va., April 24 – Dr. W. U. Newman and Miss Florence Herrell were married at 12 o'clock today at the home of Capt. And Mrs. J. E. Herrell, on Battle street.  The ceremony was performed in the presence of the members of the bride's family and a few of her more intimate friends.  Dr. Newman is a prominent physician of this place.  The bride's father, Capt. J. E. Herrell, is a treasurer of Prince William county.

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) – 27 August 1907
CLINE-KEYS.  [Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.]  Fredericksburg, Va., Aug. 26 – Miss Annie Gertrude Keys, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Keys, of Prince William county, and Dr. T. C. Cline, of Dumfries, were married at the home of the bride's parents, Rev. A. J. Cummings officiating.  The couple left on a bridal tour for the Jamestown Exposition.  They will reside at Dumfries.

Washington Bee (Washington, DC) – 29 June 1918
QUIETLY MARRIED.  Miss Dovie Peters and Mr. Norman B. Grigsby were married Wednesday, June 19, 1918.  Owing to the recent departure of the bride's brother for France, the couple were married quietly by the Rev. J. Strange, of Alexandria, Va.  Only the nearest relatives were present.  The bride wore a lovely gown of white georgette crepe trimmed most artistically with white and pink beads.  The hat was of white straw and georgette crepe touched here and there with forget-me-not, which corresponded most wonderfully with the bouquet she carried.  Her only attendant was her sister, Miss Nellie B. Peters, of Washington.  The bride and groom left immediately after the ceremony for a short stay with their parents in Virginia.  The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Peters of Manassas, Va.  The groom is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Grigsby of Marshall, Va.  The couple will later return to Washington, where Mr. Grigsby will take up his duties with the War Risk Insurance.