Jasper County MO Archives Marriages.....STIFFLER, Genevieve - KNIGHT, Alfred David May 19, 1904 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mo/mofiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: William (Bill) Samuel BOGGESS http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00024.html#0005917 March 6, 2009, 5:17 am Carthage Evening Press, Friday, May 20, 1904       WEDDED   LAST   EVENING               ~~~~~~     Miss Genevieve Stiffler and Mr Fred    Knight United in Marriage.     Miss Genevieve Stiffler, the pretty daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Stiffler, of this city, and Mr Fred Knight, the son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Knight of Cornwall, England were unite in marriage last evening at 7 o'clock at the home of the bride's parents on Walnut street. The ceremony was performed by Dr T W Jeffery, pastor of the First M E church, in the presence of about 40 friends and relatives.     It was a pink and white wedding with elaborate decorations of carnations tea roses, spring flowers and foliage, artistically arranged throughout the cosy Stiffler cottage,     As the nuptial hour approached Mr Glenn Whitlock with violin and Miss Georgia Fitzer at the piano played softly the notes of a wedding march. First came little Misses Edna Burch and Hortense Jeffery, the flower girls, scattering posies along the way and holding each a strand of ribbon. Between these guards of silk and over the walk of flowers came the bride and groom and paused before the fern banked alcove. The musicians changed the strains to those of Annie Laurie and the ceremony was pronounced by the minister who met the couple before the improvised alter.     In the front parlor beneath a canopy of the prevailing colors done in flowers and streamers the wedding took place. A background of ferns, the green relieved by the addition of gay colored flowers, the bride and groom stood for the ceremony after a wedding march from the back parlor.     At the conclusion of the marriage service the couple passed to another canopy of flowers and sat upon a profusely decorated divan where the guests found them for the congratulations. When the well wishes had all bee said the guests and bridal party sat at an elegant three-course luncheon in a dinning room decorated after the manner of the other parts of the house. Streamers from the corners of the table met in a bow at the chandeliers and the prevailing colors incarnation and rose festooned the walls and ceiling. The scheme of tint was admirably carried out in the viands of the luncheon.     The dress of the bride was a beautiful creation of white chiffon mad over silk and trimmed with teneriffs lace. She carried the customary roses. Shortly after the serving of refreshments, Mr and Mrs Knight left the house for the Frisco train to go to St Louis where they will spend a World's fair honeymoon. They will be'away several weeks returning about June 8 During the summer they will make their temporary home at the residence of James Luke on south Main street while the Luke family spend the summer in St Louis at the fair.     A crowd of young people followed the bride and groom to the depot last night and succeeded in administering the usual shower of rice. The couple thought to outwit their friends by entering the train from the opposite side from the depot arriving there just as the tin was ready to leave, but this ruse did not work and the guests used their opportunity with zeal.     The bride and groom were the recipients of many presents of cut glass, china, and silver. One gift was a handsome clock from the uncle of the groom, James Luke.     The bride is a Carthage girl ppular in church and society and enjoys the affection of many friends. Mr Knight came to America from hishome in England several years agoand located in Carthage. He is a nephew of James Luke and has been for sometime employed by him in looking after a part of the extensive Luke mines.     The guests from a distance here to attend the ceremony last night were: Mr and Mrs Samuel Knight of Cornwall, England, Mr and Mrs John Wilson; Mr and MrsLouis Stiffler of Nedodesha, Kas and J W Stiffler of Neodesha, Kas. Louis and J W Stiffler returned to Kansas this morning but mrs Stiffler will remainhere for several days as guest of relatives.     Mr and Mrs Knight and Mr and Mrs Wilson from abroad, have been sight seeing in America for several months. They will all leave Carthage Monday for St Louis to see the world's fair leavin there within a week to sail for their foreign home.       Additional Comments:   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Copy courtesy of Carthage Public Library Genevieve Stiffler was born 1 Aug 1872 in Iowa, Alfred Knight 20 Apr 1879, Cornaall, England, immigrated in 1897, they had one daughter, Marguerita Ellen, he was killed as a passenger in an automobile accident 25 Aug 1922, she died 22 Dec 1941, while home was at 1008 McGregor street, removed to a Kansas City hospital, both resting in Park cemetery, Carthage. She was Bride's Maid for Kate Knight, his older sister, in 1898 when she married S C Boggess in James Luke's home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mo/jasper/vitals/marriages/stiffler6mr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/mofiles/ File size: 5.4 Kb