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Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Borland BROWN
Hickory PA Washington County PA
fiftieth anniversary
From The
McDonald PA Record, June 27, 1924:
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Borland BROWN celebrated the fiftieth anniversary
of their marriage at the BROWN homestead near Hickory on Wednesday,
about eighty relatives and friends being present. At one o'clock a
four-course dinner was served, the bride and bridegroom of fifty years
entering the dining room to the strains of Lohengrin's wedding march.
Twelve were seated at the bride's table, and a color scheme of gold
and white was carried out in exquisite taste.
Mr. BROWN is a son of the late David and Rebecca BORLAND BROWN, pioneer
settlers in Allegheny county, where he was born. When he was very young
the family moved to their farm in this county, a part of the original
George WASHINGTON tract, where he has reside continuously for the past
seventy years, following farming with marked success.
Mrs. BROWN whose maiden name was Isabelle RUSSELL, is a daughter of the
late Andrew and Jane MILLER RUSSELL of Mt. Pleasant township, and the
marriage took place at the RUSSELL homestead on June 25, 1874. The
ceremony was performed by the late Dr. W. A. MCCONNELL, then pastor of
the Mt. Pleasant United Presbyterian church, of which both have been
members since early youth.
Of a family of nine children, seven are living, and were with their
parents in celebration of half a century of wedded life. John E., an
electrician, lives near Hickory; Dorothy is a teacher in the Pittsburgh
schools, William R. a farmer, of near Hickory; Dr. Walter E., a
specialist, of Pittsburgh; Robert Russell, in business in New York City;
Jane M., of the Washington Y. W. C. A.; Margaret, at home; David A. and
Roy M. are not living. There are eight grandchildren.
Guests were present from Pittsburgh, Washington, Steubenville, Uniontown
and other places. Miss Elizabeth MILLER, formerly of Hickory, now of
Pittsburgh, aged 89, was the oldest guest, and the youngest was Betty
Jane HOOP of Uniontown, the only great grandchild.
The day was ideal and the friends mingled happily in the shade of the
ancestral maples. Old-time songs were sung by Miss VAN SCYOC of
Pittsburgh, and by Mrs. Russell BROWN. Isabelle BROWN, a granddaughter
recited, "That Old Sweetheart of Mine."
Mr. and Mrs. BROWN are held in high esteem in the community, and their
many friends rejoice with them in their fifty years of married life.
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