RICKSHER-McDONALD Marriage

RICKSHER, MCDONALD, GODFREY

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/4/2006 at 20:33:11

"Lockridge Herald"
Friday, July 15, 1910
Pg. 1, Col. 2

JUNE HISTORY, by H. Heaton. On the fourth at Taunton, Mass., Mr. Joseph RICKSHER was married to Miss Flora McDONALD. Mr. RICKSHER served in the Civil War and is president of the Iowa State Savings Bank.

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"Lockridge Herald"
Lockridge, Jefferson County, Iowa
June 10, 1910
Page 1, Column 4

JOSEPH RICKSHER WEDDED SATURDAY

The Taunton, Mass. Gazette of Saturday contains the following:

This afternoon at the residence of W. Clifford GODFREY, 15 Newcomb Place, Flora A. McDONALD of Fairfield, Ia., was united in marriage to Joseph
RICKSHER, also of Fairfield. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Lester Lewis of the first (sic. First ??) Universalist church.

The wedding was a very simple one there being no guests but the immediate family connections of the bride who was unattended as was the groom. The bride has been a resident of Fairfield where she met the groom, who is president of the Iowa State Bank of Fairfield, a former mayor of the city and a man held in high repute in the business and social life of the community.

The bride is a sister of Mrs. W. C. GODFREY of this city and is well known to a large number of Taunton people by reason of frequent visits made here altho she has made her home in the West for years.

Following the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. RICKSHER left for Boston from where they will go to Washington and then proceed to their Western home.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.