Higday, O. H. & Sarah Jane (50th Wedding Anniv 1919)

HIGDAY, RAINBOTH

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 9/22/2014 at 10:35:53

LeMars Sentinel
Friday, July 4, 1919

LeMars Society and Club News:

Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Higday will celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Friday, July 4, when they will hold a family reunion in the home, 1108 Tremont street. A family dinner will be served at the noon hour and a color scheme in yellow and white will be used in the menu and table appointments with a center piece of garden flowers in corresponding colors. The home coming list will include: Mr. and Mrs. D. Hamer and daughters, Averil and Marjorie; Lieutenant and Mrs. Howard Wilson, of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Kiernan and son, Forest Kiernan; Beatrice and Gladys Shattuck; Mr. and Mrs. Oran Combs, of Sioux City; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kiernan, of Aurelia; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Fry and little daughter, of Marcus; Henry Shattuck, of Aberdeen, S.D.; and Wilford Arverson, of Red Oak, Ia., who recently returned from overseas.
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NOTE: From his obituary this additional information is revealed about their marriage:

COMES HERE WITH BRIDE. 

Mr. Higday was married to Miss Sarah Jane Rainboth on July 4, 1869, at 
Albion, Wis., and with his young bride came to Plymouth County and 
homesteaded in Elkhorn township. They suffered all the hardships and 
privations of the pioneers but by industry and frugality and the truly 
courageous spirit of the pioneer they won from the wilderness a comfortable 
home and independence for themselves. ~Source: LeMars Sentinel, Friday, June 22, 1934