Chester-Delaware County PA Archives News.....25th Wedding Anniversary Charles T & Laura Gravell Piersol May 31, 1905 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dan Lindley danoh19344@hotmail.com and June Eddins Twoeddins@aol.com September 16, 2005, 10:22 am Daily Local News May 31, 1905 Daily Local News May 23, 1905 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Piersol, of Concord, have issued invitations for a number of friends to meet with them on Saturday evening and celebrate the 25th anniversary of thier wedding. Daily Local News May 31, 1905 The home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Piersol, at Concordville, was the scene of a brilliant and social gathering on the evening of May 27th, it being the twenty-fifth anniversary of their wedding. The affair proved a decided success in every particular and was the scene of some very elaborate costumes. The house was beautifully decorated with flowers and the beauty of the scene was brilliantly illuminated with Japanese lantern, which were hung in great profusion around the spacious grounds surrounding the house. The most notable feature of the occasion was eh very elaborate repast, which was served from 5 until 9 o'clock, under the direction of a competent chef, and was voted by one and all as proof of the ability of the genial host and hostess to win the hearts of their friends providing the many good things for the inner man Music, both vocal and instrumental, was rendered by several competent performers. The host and hostess were the recipients of many beautiful and elaborate gifts as tokens of the very warm regards in which they are held by their many friends. Covers were laid for 150 guests, among whom were the most prominent people of the social set. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Piersol, Mrs. Elizabeth Gravelle, Miss Elsie M. Piersol, C. Lawrence Piersol, William B. Miller, Miss Anna Miller, Dr. H.H. Darlington and wife, J.P. Williamson and wife, Harry G. Fairlamb and wife, Thomas Kellam and wife, S.N. Hill, S.N. Hill, Jr., and wife, P.E. Sharpless and wife, Walter Fairlamb and wife, R. Worall Hill and wife, Andrew Ford, Harry H. Heyburn. Jacob J. Styer and wife, Isaiah M. Heyburn and wife, Miss Ella J. Doherty, Maurice A. Kelly and wife, Miss Carolyne Kelly, Miles P. Hanum and wife, Frank P. Willits and wife, Walter Hibberd and wife, M.S. Jones and wife, S.M. Ritter and wife, M.S. Jones and wife, Hadley Pennock, J.L. Quiley and wife, Mrs. Philena Temple, R.M. Harvey and wife, H.K. Gallagher and wife, Geo. Byers and wife, Howard E Seal and wife, Ellsworth Darlington and wife, Miss Emma Bradford, Concord; Geo. A.. Johnson and wife, John West and wife, J.O. Lockwood, Herbert Mendenhall and wife, Berwyn; Geo. S. Williamson and wife, Charles P. Williamson, A.H. Fry, Jr., and wife, Mrs. Hannah Atherholt, Elmer Atherholt, C.A. Quinby and wife, G.W. Fredericks and wife, John Young and wife, Miss Young, Henry Hunsicker and wife, Miss Della Hunsicker, Augustus Davis and wife, Harry Houck, Frederick Shinke, Miss Maggie Wolf, Philadelphia; G. Warren Piersol and wife, Norman Pierson. Enos Piersol, Honey Brook; Mrs. Ellen Blythe, Mill Ella blithe, Miss Rebecca Patchell Media; Miss A.M. Gravelle, Wissahickon; R. Harry Gravelle and wife, Misses Ethel and Mae Gravelle, Atlantic City, Caleb L. Piersol and wife, G. Frank Piersol and wife, Penrose d. Vernon and wife, Newtown square, and others. After spending a very pleasant and sociable evening the many friends retired at a late hour expressing their pleasure in very warm tones and wishing the esteemed host and hostess a long and blessed life, hoping they might be able to meet them at the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb