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The Barre Enterprise
Saturday, 7 April 1881


        GOLDEN WEDDING
        
        Wednesday, April 20th, the brightest and sunniest
      day of the spring of 1881 thus far, was the occassion
      of a very pleasant social event in the family of
      VINCENT JEFFORDS of Washington, Vt. Fifty years ago
      that day he was married in Boston, Mass., to MISS
      ELIZA GILLIPSIE and on their golden wedding day they
      gathered about them seven children, twenty-one grand-
      children and one great grand child, which have been
      given to them during these years. All, save the fam-
      ily of one son, SAMUEL JEFFORDS, who resides in Cali-
      fornia, and a brother of MRS. JEFFORDS, J. M. GILLIP-
      SIE, Esq., of Boston, were present as were also REV.
      L. CLARK and wife of Washington, by a special invita-
      tion. There was no occasion for the Reverend gentle-
      man's professional services, for the knot that had
      held so long and so well, MRS. J. decided it needed
      no splicing. The aged couple were made glad on that
      occasion, not only by the presence of so many of
      their children and grand-children, but by many sub-
      stantial tokens of remembrance and affection. There
      was also a purse of $65 in gold, and many handsome
      and valuable presents from different members of the
      family circle. In giving, the donors were blessed,
      the bonds of family affections strengthened, and in
      memory there was the record of a day which will ever
      be recalled with pleasure.
      
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