Bessie Garnett Moorhead (my great grand aunt) b 31 Jul 1878, Indiana, Indiana Co., PA d
9 Mar 1941 m 7 Apr 1904 Dr. John Kinports Brallier b 27 Dec 1876, Cherry Tree, PA
Bessie was a daughter of Alexander Thompson Moorhead Jr. and Margaret A. Rankin
Info taken from History of the Moorhead Family From the Latter Part of the 16th
Century to the Present Time Compiled and Published by A.T. Moorhead, Indiana, PA August
23, 1901 pg. 40-41 states:
Bessie Garnett Moorhead, daughter of Alexander Thompson and Margaret A. Rankin Moorhead,
was born in Indiana, PA, July 31, 1878. She graduated from the Indiana High Schools in
1895 and from the State Normal School in 1900. Since
then she taught in the graded schools of Dale borough, Cambria county, and has been
elected to fill a similar position in the Indiana schools.
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Brailler-Moorhead (dated 4-7-04) (info from Historical and Genealogical Society of
Indiana County.)
At one o'clock on Thursday afternoon at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.T.
Moorhead, Miss Bess Garnet Moorhead will be united in marriage to Dr. John K. Brailler, of
Latrobe. The ceremony will be perfomed by the bride's
pastor, the Rev. Dr. J. Day Brownlee, of the First United Pressbyterian church. The
bride will be attended by Miss Blanche St. Clair, of town, as bridesmaid, while Mr. Hart
Daugherty, also of Indiana, will be best man. The ushers will be Messrs. Frank Moorhead
and James Braillier. Miss Mary Jones will play the wedding march. The Moorhead home has
been beautifully decorated in pink and green for the occasion. On last evening the bridal
party was entertained by Miss Blanche St. Clair at her home on Philadelphia St., and
tonight Mrs. W. S. Daugherty will entertain them. After the ceremony and wedding dinner
tomorrow, the bridal pair will leave for Latrobe where Dr. Brallier has estaablished a
lucrative dental practice and where a furnished home is waiting for them.