Wayne-Forsyth County NcArchives Marriages.....Smith, John - Mitchell, Sallie 1896
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Charlotte Observer - Mar. 29, 1896
A Fickle Lover - He Married One of the Bridesmaids Instead of the Bride of the 
Original Program

Winston-Salem, March 28 - The particulars of a peculiar marriage have just 
been received here. The event was celebrated in Goldsboro last Wednesday 
night. Miss Sallie Lee Mitchell and Mr. John D. Smith are the names of the 
contracting parties, both of whom formerly resided in Winston. Recently Mr. 
Smith sent out invitations announcing that he would wed a young lady in 
Goldsboro. Miss Mitchell, his present bride, was to be one of the attendants. 
She left here for that city for the purpose of witnessing the coming nuptials.

After her arrival there, however, she met Mr. Smith, and the two (who, by the 
way, were old sweethearts) renewed their former affections. The first 
invitations were then called in, and Mr. Smith, in a few days, sent out a 
fresh "batch" notifying his friends of his change of mind. According to the 
first announcement he was to have been married in the First Presbyterian 
Church of Goldsboro, but the marriage took place at a private residence. Miss 
Mitchell was married in the dress she had prepared for her duties as 
bridesmaid.

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