Leavenworth County Marriages
Lewis-Gist Wedding, Oct. 9, 1879
The marriage of Edward J. Lewis to Miss
Minnie Gist, daughter of John Gist of
High Prairie township, took place at the
father's residence at five o'clock on Thursday
evening, Rev. J. P. Bauserman officiating.
The attendants of the bride were Miss Katie
Budd and Hattie Snell and of the groom
were Arthur Gist and John Hardesty.
The bride was attired In white Paris muslin, trimmed with valenciennes lace, with
veil and orange blossoms and diamond ornaments. Her attendants wore white Paris
muslin, trimmed in pink and blue, with
gold ornaments. The gentlemen wore the
regulation dress.
The ceremony was performed In the open
air and was a most beautiful and impressive
one. After congratulations had been tendered, the guests partook of a most sumptuous supper.
THE GUESTS
were very numerous and were as follows:
James Hardesty and wife and R. G. Hardesty and wife, of Weston, Mo.; William Wilhite
and daughter, Kansas City; P. W. Budd,
Charles Moore, Dr. W. B. Wood, Russell
McCune, Harry Wood, J. W. Pierson, Samuel
Trower and wife, John Murray and wife, T.
K. Wilson and wife, John Thompson and
wife, Orla Carney, Z. A. Mason and wife,
Henry Snell and wife, Dr. T. G. V. Boling
and wife, Charles Gist and wife, of the county; P. G. Lowe and wife, W. D. Kelly and
wife, J. W. Niehaus and wife; Wm. Small
and wife, Joseph Walters and wife, from the
city; also L. A. Stone and sister, Miss Lou
Snell, Jennie Moore, Jennie Murray, Minnie
Scott, Ida McCune, Ida Hutchinson, Allle
Trower, Sarah Trower, Rose Budd, Mollle
Budd, Lillie Wood, William Gist and Mrs.
Thatcher, of the county, and many others
whose names have slipped the memory of
the reporter.
(The Leavenworth Weekly Times., October 16, 1879)
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