Marriage of
Walker Wilson and Henrietta Landers
as recorded in "Our Mountain Home" newspaper
16 December 1879
MARRIED- On the evening of the 16th inst., at 4 o'clock, at the M.E.Church in Plantersville, by Rev. C.C. Ellis, Mr. Walker R. Wilson and Miss Etta Landers.
                 ATTENDANTS:
W.T. Best and Miss Ran Welch
Adam Riser and Miss Thula Pope
J.E. Stone and Miss Mary Cook
D.M. Mallory and Miss Minnie Garrett
M.M. Duncan and Miss Roxie Landers
Thos. Jenkins and Miss Victoria Cook
    The marriage party met at the residence of R.E.Cook Esq., and from thence adjourned to Alpine, where the ceremony was performed.  The little church was sweetly and appropriately decorated.  Around the altar were arranged the symbols of eternity and love.  Long sweeping curves of evergreens descended gracefully from the ceiling.  Music sweet and soft, which is powerful at all times, stole upon the ear and touched the most hallowed feelings of the heart.  Love, pure and unblemished, attended the groom and his beautiful bride and seemed to presage a life of joy and happiness;- Heaven grant its prophecy may be fulfilled.  The solemn vows were taken and the ties were established which are of God's commanding and which institute the most sacred and beautiful of all earthly correlations-that of man and wife.
    Man is not born to go through this world alone.  His nature and the spark of divinity that is created with him admonish him of this.  He must hear the sound of a sweet voice, and feel the touch of a gentle hand, and know that there is some one for him to love, protect, and cherish, and who can love and cherish him with all the tenderness of love. To whom should he turn for this but to the tender and lovely being whom God has ordained shall be his helpmate ?
    The ritual ended, smiles and congratulations were interchanged and the bridal party repaired to the residence of Mrs. M.T. Pope.  Bonfires were lighted, the building was illuminated, a large concourse of young people were assemble, a splendid banquet had been prepared, and gayety, and mirth, and music, and dancing, and irreproachable amusement attested the rejoicings of the occasion.  The night was beautiful, the sky was without a cloud, and the air was as clear as a wedding bell.  The full measure of pleasure was meted out to every one.  A smile was on every face, a tinge was on every cheek, and a light was kindled in every eye.  But no one loooked half so happy as the fortunate groom, and none was half as beautiful as his bride.  The enjoyment was continued, the hours sped, the morning came, the gathering dispersed, and there was an end to the pleasure which had been so deep and real.  Mr. and Mrs. Wilson retired to the residence of their sister, Mrs. D. B. Riser.
    Walker, you have won the prize and the star of your happiness is within your guidance;-may it never decline from its meridian, and may its present lustre remain forever undimmed.
"Our Mountain Home" of Talladega, Alabama , Issue of Wed, 24 Dec 1879


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