HOYE - BROWN Marriage

KIRKPATRICK, HOYE, BROWN

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 1/24/2007 at 12:12:51

"Fairfield Ledger" Marriages, January 11, 1868

At the residence of the bride’s father in Parsonville, Jefferson county, Iowa, January 1st 1868, by Rev. R. J. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. William W. HOYE, of Hannibal, Mo., and Mrs. Victoria BROWN of this county.

A large circle of friends greeted the happy couple on the occasion of their auspicious commencement of the New Year.

Not for this span of life alone,
Which as a blast doth fly;
And like the transient flowers of grass,
Just blossom, droop and die;
But for being without end,
This vow of love they take;
Grant them, O God ! one home at last,
For their Redeemer’s sake.

[Ed. note: Parsonville is the former name of Beckwith.]

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