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Large wedding, 1850

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ItemID
wmsl094
IDEntry
7903
Creator
The Weekly Casket
Date
1850-01-12
Collection Location
Washington County Free Library
Coverage
Western Maryland, 1800-1864
Body

On Thursday evening last, in the Episcopal Church by Rev. Mr. Lyman, Mr, John Wagoner, to Miss Emily Guynn, both coloured.

This wedding was attended with great pomp and display. Three hundred persons of both colours. witnessed the solemn ceremony. May joy attend them.

Notes

In the 1880 census for Hagerstown, John Wagner was listed as a barber.