Graves-Jacobs

MARRIAGE

Posted By: Cindy Maust Smith (email)
Date: 6/15/2022 at 20:36:02

MARRIED: At the home of the brides parents at 2 o'clock, Friday afternoon, Rev. C.F.W. Brandt officiating, Miss Lillian Jacobs to Fred Graves both of this place. The ceremony was witnessed only by the parents and relatives of the contracting parties. A large party of selected guests were present in the evening and brought with them a large number of elegant wedding presents, tokens of esteem and congratulations, rewarded with a grand old supper and a fine dancing party. The bride is the daughter of A. Jacobs, one of our prosperous farmers. Fred is a noble youth, a prominent farmer and a respected gentleman. We wish the happy couple a long and prosperous life.

~Source: The Sanborn Pioneer Weekly Melvin Ramblings, Thursday, February 17, 1898, Sanborn, Iowa, Page 4