MARRIAGE: GRIFFITH, John W. & DAVIS, Mary Jane; 1864; Cambria Twp., Cambria Cnty., PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ The Alleghanian Ebensburg, Pa. Thursday, 7 Jan 1864 Volume 5, Number 15 Griffith-Davis Married at Pittsburg on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 1863, by the Rev. R. R. Williams, Mr. John W. Griffith to Miss Mary Jane Davis, both of Cambria township, this county. Accompanying the above announcement we received, - just think of it! – a huge pound cake and a gold dollar. Yes, reader, strange as it may sound in this un-metallic age when scrip and postage currency rule the roast financially, and tissue paper is a legal tender for everything marketable, we are actually presented with a gold dollar! We intend placing this most unexpected and valuable relic on exhibition in our office that those who feel disposed to doubt the accuracy of our statement may come and see and be convinced. And not only a gold dollar, but a cake! – we are overwhelmed with the kindness. In view of the fact that our friend, John, has gone and got married, and not losing sight of that other fact, that, in the hour of his greatest happiness, he didn't forget the printer, we tender him and his bride our warmest wishes for their future happiness. May they live a hundred years from date – may each recurring anniversary of their nuptials find them only the more closely wedded in spirit – may their children and children's children rise up and call them blessed – may prosperity be their constant guest, and adversity hit them never. In short, may this prove a most auspicious union of hearts and hands and an apt exemplification of the proverb that: "True bliss there's none, Outside the pale of Hymen."