Elbert County GaArchives Marriages.....Fortson, Susan Rebecca  - Herndon, George Michael  December 9, 1891
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The Atlanta Constitution, 22 Nov 1891
Marriage in High Life. Elberton, GA, November 21 [1891]. Early this week the 
cards will be out announcing one of the toniest and most elegant weddings ever 
witnessed in this or any other part  of the state. The contracting parties are 
Mr. G. M. Herndon and Miss Susie Fortson, both of Elberton, and both the groom 
and bride-elect reckon their friends by the score. Mr. Herndon is one of 
Elberton's most successful business young men, ranking high in commercial 
circles. Miss Fortson is a young lady of prepossessing appearance and 
sterling  worth, and the prospective bride and groom will launch their boat on 
the matrimonial sea with the good wishes of hundreds. The ceremony is to be 
performed in the Methodist church here, which is to be profusely decorated, 
and the happy day for the marriage bells is early in December. There are to be 
some twenty eight attendants. The bridesmaids will be attired in rainbow 
tints, the groomsmen to be in full evening dress, of course. After the 
ceremony at the church the attendants and invited guests will repair to the 
house of the bride's mother, where a sumptuous repast will be spread. Later 
on, when the newly-married pair (to be) move into their handsome new home on 
Heard street, a high tea is to be given by them. Then there are other 
receptions to follow. These young people will enter married life under the 
sunniest skies and the most propitious surroundings. 

Additional Comments:
George Michael Herndon and Susan "Susie" Rebecca Fortson were married in 
Elbert  Co. on 9 Dec 1891. George died on 17 Apr 1893 and Susan married 2nd on 
2 June 1899 to John Moses Wester of Henderson, NC,later Mayor of Elberton. 
Susan was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Fortson (1825-1881), Lt. in 
Confederate army, and wife Susan Rebecca Snellings (1830-1908)

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