Garfield Co. - Wedding Anniversary Announcement for
                 Jabez Stratton and wife Amanda

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MR. AND MRS. JABEZ STRATTON, COVINGTON MARRIED 77 YEARS:
Covington, March 23--These young whipper-snappers who make a big too-do of 
their 50th or 60th wedding anniversaries -- it's all right, of course.  But 
for traveling in double harness, they don't hold a candle to Mr. and Mrs. 
Jabez Stratton.  

   The Strattons, who live on a farm six miles east of Covington, probably 
have difficulty remembering when they weren't man and wife.  They've been 
married 77 years, the wedding having taken place on March 11, 1877 at 
Hettick, Illinois.

   Mr. Stratton, who was 98 last October 12, has been in ill health for the 
past four years and is bedfast now.  But his hearing and eyesight are good 
and he still has a fine sense of humor.

   Before her marriage, Mrs. Stratton was Miss Amanda C. Dunn.  She was 94 on 
her last birthday, November 2.  Mrs. Stratton was a good cook and housekeeper 
until the past 2 and a half years, but now is forced to spend much of her 
time in bed.  She can still get around, but is hard of hearing and is 
handicapped further by poor eyesight.

    There was no big celebration of their 77th anniversary, but all of their 
five children were present for the occasion.  The couple has lived 42 years 
in their present home, where they moved from Illinois.  Now retired, Mr. 
Stratton has been a farmer all his life.  

   The sons and daughters are Charles O. Stratton, Girard, Ill., Ida May 
(Mrs. Louis) Dunn of Fairmont, William Aret Stratton, who lives with his 
parents, John Henry Stratton, Sanger California, and Raymond Stratton, 
Hayward.  One son Earnest, died June 31,1892.  Ten of the couple's 13 
grandchildren are living, and there are 19 great-grandchildren and one 
great=great-grandchild.