Washington County 'Little Washington' Pennsylvania
 Genealogy and Family History

[ S. Wilson PEASE to Mrs. Susan Malt, 4 Jun 1941 ]  pease_malt_06-20-1941-rec-out (LN)

PEDICORD - ALISON

Miss Adah Smith Alison, daughter of the Rev. Alexander and Mrs. Alison, Jr., Bridgeport, Conn., and the Rev. Harry William Pedicord, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Pedicord of Hickory [Pa], were united in marriage at 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 23, 1939, in the First Presbyterian church, Bridgeport. The ceremony was performed by the bride's father, assisted by her brother, the Rev. Valentine Smith Alison of Tolland, Conn., before an altar decorated with palms, lilies, and white gladioli. The bride was gowned in a white lace bodice with V neck and long sleeves pointed over the back of the hand and a lace bouffant skirt with net insertions extending from the waist the train. She carried a shower type bouquet of white gardenias, stephanotis and orchids. Her twin sister, Mrs. Walter Earle Witsil, as matron of honor, wore a cornflower blue lace dress modeled after the bride's dress with a large bodice and bouffant skirt with net insertions. She wore a blue taffeta hat with face veil and carried a bouquet of pale pink delphinium with touches of blue delphinium. The bridesmaids, Miss Christine Alison, sister of the bride, and Miss Grace Pedicord, sister of the bridegroom, wore gowns of pink point d'esprit with princess necklines and bouffant skirts trimmed with a cornflower blue bow. They wore pink net hats with blue taffeta streamers. Their bouquets were of dark blue delphinium with touches of pink. Mary Katherine Alison and Katherine Anna Brockway, nieces of the bride, were the flower girls and were gowned in white net accordian pleated dresses with cornflower blue velvet sashes and hairbows. They carried tiny baskets of variegated flowers. The Rev. David R. Bluhm of Amity [Pa] served as bestman. A reception followed in the church.

The bride is a graduate of Central High School, Bridgeport, and of Wilson college, Chambersburg. The bridegroom is executive minister of the Church of the Convenant, Erie, a graduate of Washington and Jefferson college [sic. in  Washington Pa], of the Theological Seminary of Princeton university [sic], and of Western Reserve university [sic] of Cleveland. Following a motor trip through New England, the young couple will reside in Erie [Pa]. 

[ Harry William PEDICORD to Adah Smith Alison, 23 Aug 1939 ] pedicord_alison_08-25-1939-r-o Parts 1, 2, 3 (LN)

[ Walter J. PEDICORD to Helen Emily Taylor, 2 Jun 1917 ] pedicord_taylor_06-08-1917_record  (CT-L)

Miss Wannetta MALONE, granddaughter of J. M. MALONE of Hickory, and Clarence E. PEFFER, son of George PEFFER Cleveland, Ohio, were united in marriage at 5:00 p.m. Sunday, November 2, 1947, in the manse of the Church of Christ,
Burgettstown. The Rev. UPDEGRAFF performed the double ring ceremony.

The bride wore a cinnamon brown gabardine suit with an aqua blouse with a gold beaded necklace and dark brown accessories and a corsage of talisman roses tied with blue velvet ribbon. In
carrying out the wedding traditions she wore a bracelet which belonged to the mother of the bridegroom, for something old. For something borrowed she carried a lace handkerchief from Australia belonging to the bridesmaid, Mrs. Leonard McBURNEY, who wore a tan gabardine suit with black accessories and a corsage of 
American Beauty roses. Leonard McBURNEY served as bestman for Mr. PEFFER.

Following the ceremony a dinner was held in the home of the bridegroom's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. James PEFFER in Newark, Ohio.

Mr. and Mrs. PEFFER are both employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. They are now residing in Dresden, Ohio.

[ Clarence E. PEFFER to Wannetta Malone, 2 Nov 1947 ] peffer_malone_11-14-1947_ro (DG)