Butts County GaArchives News.....AN UNAPPY MARRIAGE 1881
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Middle Ga Argus, Week of April 21, 1881
In The upper part of this county, a sixteen year old young man by the name of 
William Reeves courted a twelve year old girl by the name of Emly Foster.  She 
consented to marry him, and her parents gave their consent.  Last Sunday night 
was the time set for the marriage.  It appears that the young lady and her 
parents, with the concurrence of some friends, had decided to play a joke on 
young Reeves.  On the night set apart, Reeves appeared dress in his best, happy 
in the thought of uniting his destiny with one so pure and lovely as Miss Emly, 
little dreaming that there is a “many a slip between the cup and the lip.”  A 
young man names Chas. Prance robed himself in bridal attire, and a snowy veil 
hid his face.  An uncle agreed to have a marriage license and he provided one I 
the shape of an old guano note, which he placed in an envelope and handed to 
Thomas Thaxton, who appeared in solemn dignity to make the twain one.  Young 
Reeves, still unconscious of the plan to victimize him, with confused motions 
escorted his prospective bride to a position in front of Mr. Thaxton, who 
quickly performed the ceremony.  Immediately Miss Emly Foster stepped from a 
place of seclusion and congratulated the groom.  Young Reeves looked at her in 
astonishment, and he turned and looked at his bride.  Some one had lifted the 
veil from Prance’s face by this time, and when Reeves saw to whom he was 
married, he looked the very picture of despair, and exclaimed, “My dollar and a 
half is gone.”  The ludicrous affair was witnessed by about sixty persons.  The 
young man at last accounts was quite wrath and says he intends to have the 
young lady yet.


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