Mystery Monday: James Hunter

Daily National Intelligencer 
25 March 1830

INFORMATION WANTED

Of JAMES HUNTER, of Dumfries, Prince William County, Va. son of John and Joanna Hunter, and who is by trade a Millwright and Thrashing Machine builder, left that place several years ago, and has since only been heard of by a few letters from Charleston, S.C.  Any person who can give information of the said James Hunter will relieve the mind of his disconsolate sister by addressing a letter through the Post Office to Joseph Polette, Adjutant General's Office, Washington City, D.C.

-->  Editors of papers in the Southern States will do a charitable act to copy the above.

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Sunday's Obituary: Sarah A. (Fairfax) Hunter

Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA)
27 August 1897

Fairfax Notes

Mrs. Sarah A. Hunter, widow of the late Dr. James Hunter, a former well known physician of this county, died of pneumonia at the residence of her nephew, Mr. Henry Lynn, with whom she had resided for many years past, near Catharpin, Prince William county, on Monday last, aged 83 years.  She was the daughter of the late Capt. Henry Fairfax, of Dumfries, and sister of Col. John W. Fairfax, of Loudoun county. She possessed a kind and gentle disposition, and had many friends who are pained to hear of her death. Her remains were brought to "Moidone," her husband's late residence, near Vienna, where they were interred on Wednesday, Rev. John McGill of the Episcopal Church officiating.

Wedding Wednesday: Nicol/Iden

Evening Star (Washington, DC)
November 21, 1912

Christ Episcopal Church was the scene of a brilliant wedding at 8 o'clock last night, when Miss Pauline Fauntleroy Nicol, daughter of Judge Charles Edgar Nicol of this city, became the bride of Dr. Benjamin Iden, Jr., of Manassas, Va.

The bridal couple entered the church to the strains of a wedding march, played by Mrs. Simpson of Washington.  The bride was accompanied to the altar by her father, by whom she was given in marriage.  Rev. William J. Morton, rector of the church, performed the ceremony.

The bride wore a gown of ivory-tinted charmeuse trimmed with Venetian lace and tulle caught with orange blossoms.  Her ornaments were pearls, and she carried a bouquet of bride roses.  Attending the bride was her sister, Miss Julia Nicol, who acted as maid of honor.  She wore white lace over green, an carried a bouquet of violet chrysanthemums.  The bridegroom had for his best man his brother, Dr. John Iden, U.S.N.

The bridesmaids were the Misses Lucille Smith and Marguerite Newhauser, Washington, D.C.; Janette Powers, Port Royal, Va.; Dellia Dudley, Washington, Va.; Nellie Uhler, Cora Jones, and Christina Kemper of this city.  They wore yellow with violet trimmings, and carried violet crysanthemums.

The groomsmen were Harvey Jacobs and Jack Harper, Washington, D.C.; Milton French, Jack Stevenson, Edmund Hunter, Aylet Nicol and Edgar Nicol.

The church was attractively decorated, the color scheme being yellow and violet, while the chancel was banked with palms.  A reception followed the wedding at the home of the bride, 316 North Washington street, after which Dr. and Mrs. Iden left for New York, where they will make their home for the winter.  Those present from out of the city were:  Mrs. J. B. T. Thornton, Manassas, Mrs. H. M. Dudley, Washington, Va.; Dr. John Iden, Manassas; Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Harper, Washington, D.C.; Judge and Mrs. Ashley M. Gould, Washington, D.C.; Mr. and Mrs. John Nicol, Manssas; Mr. A. T. Holtzman, Washington, D.C., and Mrs. Maude Rrazill, Newport, R.I.