Mecklenburg County NcArchives Marriages.....Howard, Charlton - Potts, Ada 1895 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Guy Potts http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00017.html#0004214 December 23, 2007, 12:13 pm Daily Charlotte Observer 12 Nov 1895 Just one week, on the 21st, Mr. Charlton Howard, of Wardlaw, comes to Charlotte to marry Miss Ada Potts. Miss Potts is a daughter of Mrs. W.R. Potts, who is a sister of Capt. W.E. Ardrey and Mrs. R.M. Miller, of this city. Mr. Howard is a son of Mrs. Margaret Howard, of Wardlaw. He is one of Providence's best farmers - one who makes money a good or bad year. The marriage will take place at the home of Mrs. Potts. Daily Charlotte Observer 19 Nov 1895 Miss Ada Potts, of this city, and Mr. Charlton Howard, of Pineville, will be married Thursday morning at 8:30 o'clock, at the home of the bride, Rev. Dr. Preston officiating. There will be no attendants. A wedding breakfast will be served, after which Mr. and Mrs. Howard will leave on the vestibule for Atlanta. They will be joined by Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham, of Providence. Daily Charlotte Observer 21 Nov 1895 The bridal event of interest today is the marriage of Miss Ada Potts, of this city, and Mr. Charlton O. Howard, of Providence. The ceremony takes place this morning at 11 o'clock at the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. M.R. Potts, on North Tryon Street, Rev. Dr. Preston officiating. The house is prettily decorated with chrysanthemums and ivy. The bride will wear a sylish cloth suit, her traveling dress, and there will be no attendants. Immediately after the ceremony a wedding breakfast will be served, after which Mr. and Mrs. Howard take the noon train to Atlanta. The bride is a sweet, attractive young woman who her friends predict will make a "model wife" - one that even Dr. Willits would praise, and surely her fiance thinks so or he would not have asked her to share his home. She is a niece of Capt. W.E. Ardrey, and a kinswoman of Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Miller. The groom is one of the best known and most substantial young men of Providence. He is a nephew of Mrs. Sarah Ross, of this city, and a cousin of Mr. J.B. Ross. The will be accompanied to Atlanta by Miss Annie Howard, Miss Pattie Morris, Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Downes and Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham, of Providence. The party will stop at the Colonial. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mecklenburg/vitals/marriages/howard179gmr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb