The Leon Reporter Leon, Decatur County, Iowa Thursday, January 18, 1917, Page 1 Gray Hairs No Barrier to Cupid. John Sowers, of Leon, Iowa, and Mrs. R. A. Rogers, of Garden Grove, Iowa, came down on the train last Friday morning and after exhibiting the required legal documents and convincing him that they were of lawful age, were united in the holy bonds of wedlock by Justice B. P. Sigler. The bride, aged 74, is a keeper of a boarding house in Garden Grove, Iowa, and the groom, aged 76, is an old soldier and a resident of Leon. They returned Friday afternoon to Garden Grove, where they will make their home. Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, March of 2015

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