Allen County OhArchives Marriages.....Meily, Harriet Amelia - Motter, Isaac Snively November 17, 1886 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Woerner judyw0113@yahoo.com January 15, 2006, 5:40 pm Lima News, November 18, 1886 Lima, Ohio "MOTTER-MEILY The marriage of Isaac S. Motter and Miss Harriet A. Meily Last Night. The beautiful residence of Mrs. Jno. H. Meily, on West Spring street, was well filled last night by a large number of invited guests, who assembled to witness the nuptials of her daughter, Miss Harriet A. to Mr. Isaac S. Motter, one of the prominent attorneys of this city. The handsome parlors of the home were elaborately decorated with floral designs. Great banks of the choicest roses graced the mantles and the walls and ceiling were gracefully and beautifully draped with smilax and rare flowers, which shed their rich fragrance upon the air. Upon the north wall of the east parlor was a beautiful monogram containing two “Ms” dexterously woven from cut flowers so arranged as to produce a most beautiful effect. In an alcove in one of the rooms was stationed the Florentine Mandolin Orchestra, from Chicago, under the leadership of Signor Valise, which, throughout the evening discoursed most enchanting music. At eight o’clock, the hour which had been set for the marriage ceremony, the notes from the orchestra announced the approach of the wedding party. Mr. H. L. Brice and Miss Maude Shethar, of New York, led the way, followed by Mr. Jno. Young, of Piqua, and Miss May Irwin, of Goshen, Ind., Mr. R. W. Thrift, jr., and Miss Bess Meily, next to whom came the bride and groom elect. As the bridal party reached their position, the notes from the orchestra died away and Rev. J. H. Hunton pronounced the beautiful service of the Lutheran church, which bound forever the lives of Miss Harriet A. Meily and Mr. I. S. Motter by the golden chain of matrimony. The supper was prepared by Kinsley, the Chicago caterer, whose waiters came from Chicago yesterday and served the collation. Both bride and groom are well known in society circles in this city, the bride being the fourth daughter of the late Jno. H. Meily, and the groom one of the most successful of Lima’s young attorneys – the senior member of the law firm of Motter & Mackenzie. There were present at the wedding quite a number of persons from other cities, among whom were Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Brice and Miss Maude Shethar of New York; Mrs. James Irvine, of Toledo; Col. and Mrs. Orr, Mr. and Ms. F. Gray, Mr. O. M. Orr, Miss Rebecca Wiley and Mr. Jno. Young, of Piqua; Mrs. A. H. Irwin, and Miss May Irwin, of Goshen, Ind.; Mr. Jos. Motter, Williamsport, Md.; Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Smith and Miss Sara Frick, of Bluffton; Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Deiker, of St. Marys; and Miss Lou Rollins, of Urbana Mr. Motter and his bride left for the East, where they will remain for several weeks. Upon their return they will make their home with Mrs. J. H. Meily on West Spring street." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/allen/vitals/marriages/meily30nmr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb