MARRIAGE: Warren CRAWFORD to Laura McQUADE, 1878, Sinking Valley, Blair County, PA

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AN ELEGANT WEDDING - HANDSOME PRESENTS.

  A large party, numbering about sixty persons, assembled at 7 o'clock on 
Wednesday evening last at the residence of James McQuade, Esq., in Sinking 
Valley, to witness the marriage of his handsome daughter Laura with that very 
worthy gentleman, Mr. Warren Crawford.  The party was a most recherche affair, 
and the ceremony passed off happily, the nuptial knot being tied by Rev. Mr. 
Cole.  The ladies looked their prettiest in their handsome costumes.  At half 
past seven o'clock, after the marriage rite had been solemnized, an elegant 
supper was served to the guests, and the joyous party lingered around the 
tables and in the spacious parlors until half past ten o'clock.  The bride 
received a large number of handsome presents, among which are the following, 
with the names of the givers:
  Full set of dishes, Miss Margaret McQuade; silver cake basket, Mr. and Mrs. 
Andrew Robeson; silver syrup pitcher, Mr. and Mrs. D. G. McCullough; half dozen 
goblets, Miss Bell Miller; set of glass ware, Wm. Garland; silver cake basket, 
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McCullough; one dozen solid silver teaspoons, Mr. and Mrs. 
D. E. Robeson; half-dozen silver forks, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gorsuch; one dozen 
silver knives, Mr. and Mrs. Cal Stewart; one castor, Warren Crawford; silver 
cream pitcher, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McCullough; silver card receiver, Mr. and 
Mrs. John G. Waite; half-dozen silver teaspoons, Miss Ann Dysart; silver butter 
knife, Miss Ann Dysart; table linen, Mrs. R. C. Galbraith; wine et, Mr. R. C. 
Galbraith; set of glass ware, Miss Sadie Crawford; butter dish, Miss Anna 
Cantner; set glass ware, Mrs. Coleman; walnut towel rack, Mr. Coleman; celery 
glass, Mrs. Maggie Fleck; half-dozen goblets, Mrs. George Dixon; cake stand, 
Mrs. Kate Krider; set of toilet mats, Miss Charlotte Jolley; one dozen salt 
cellars, Miss Ellen C. Morrow, pair of towels, Alma Fleck; pair of towels, 
Sadie McCormick; set of toilet mats, Maggie McQuade; pin cushion, Maggie C. 
Crawford; framed motto, Miss Henderson; set of toilet mats, Miss Anna M. Waite; 
glass slipper, Miss Effie Robeson.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Saturday, February 23, 1878, page 4