Talbot County GaArchives Marriages.....Jennie Belle McCoy - Augustus Pou Persons October 5 1904
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The Talbotton New Era, September 22, 1904

The Talbotton New Era
Thursday, September 22, 1904
Page 6

McCoy – Persons

Invitations are out to the marriage of Miss Jennie Belle McCoy and Mr. Augustus 
Pou Persons.  The marriage will take place at the Methodist church here on 
Wednesday afternoon the fifth of October at 1 o’clock.  Immediately after the 
ceremony the couple will leave on the 1:40 train on an extended bridal tour.

Miss McCoy is one of the most popular and gifted young ladies in Talbotton.  
She is the youngest daughter of Mr. John H. McCoy and a sister of Mrs. T.A. 
Bardwell.

Mr. Persons is one of the most prominent of Talbotton’s citizens.  He is the 
senior member of the well know law firm of Persons & McGehee and a member of 
the large general merchandise firm of Persons Bros.  He is also the President 
of the Georgia State Bar Association and is one of the best known men in 
Georgia.  He is a man who has a very large circle of friends throughout the 
state and is universally popular.

The Talbotton New Era
Thursday, October 6, 1904
Page 6

McCoy – Persons

Miss Jennie Belle McCoy and Mr. Augustus Pou Persons were married at noon 
yesterday at the Methodist church here in the presence of a very large 
concourse of friends and relatives.

The ceremony was performed by Rev. Bascom Sentell, pastor of the Methodist 
church, in a most impressive manner.

Just before the wedding party arrived, the waiting assemblege was delighted 
with a beautiful musical recital which had been arranged for the occasion under 
the skilled direction of Mrs. Hugh Fairfax Wilkerson.  Mrs. William Orlando 
DeLoache rendered “You”, the sweetest of love ballads, and her magnificent 
voice charmed the hearers.  Miss Florence Baldwin sand that beautiful solo, “O 
Promise Me” and her sweet voice added unusual charm to the selection.

Promptly at 1 o’clock to the strains of Mendelson’s wedding march, the wedding 
party entered the church.  The bride entered with her matron of honor, Mrs. 
Thomas A. Bardwell while the groom was accompanied by his best man, Mr. Thomas 
H. Persons.  The bride entered the left aisle and the groom the right, meeting 
in front of the altar where the ceremony was performed which united them in the 
holy bonds of matrimony.  Immediately after the ceremony, the couple left on an 
extended tour to St. Louis and other points of interest in the West and 
Northwest.  They will be at home to their friends in Talbotton after the 
fifteenth.

The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. John H. McCoy and a sister of Mrs. 
Thos. A. Bardwell.  She has a great many friends in Talbotton and elsewhere and 
was very popular.

Mr. Persons is one of the most prominent citizens of Talbotton.  He is well 
known and popular throughout the state.  He is a member of the well-known law 
firm of Persons & McGehee and has the honor of being the President of the 
Georgia State Bar Association.



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