Chester County PA Archives Marriages.....Byers, Emma O. - Scattergood, William S. March 7, 1894 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Donald Buncie donaldbuncie@htmail.com March 12, 2026, 9:29 am Daily Local News, West Chester, Pennsylvania · Friday, March 09, 1894 Scattergood—Byers One of the prettiest weddings of the season was that of Miss Emma O. Byers, daughter of Robert Byers, to William S. Scattergood, MD, of Thomas Scattergood, on March, 7th 1894, at her home in East Bradford. Miss Fannie Byers, sister of the bride, was maid of honor, while Roland Hopkins of Marshallton, was best man. The bridesmaids were Hannah Byers, also sister of the bride, and Anna Price, of West Philadelphia, while Frank Bailey and Josiah B. Fairlamb acted as groomsmen. The bride was beautifully attired in white silk bengaline, and was given away by her father. Two pretty little girls, Sara Byers and Mabel Baldwin, dressed as fairies, acted as flower girls. The ceremony, that of Friends, took place at 12 o'clock noon. After the congratulations and collation, the happy couple left West Chester on the 4:20 train, amid showers of rice, for a two weeks’ trip through the South. Among those present were Robert Byers and wife, Thomas Scattergood, T. Walter Scattergood, Herbert Scattergood, Henry Baldwin and wife, William Woodward and wife, Stephen D. Byers, Thomas Butler and wife, Paschall Worth and wife, Samuel Byers and family, Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Woodward, George B. Mellor and family, George Byers and family, Francis Worth, Mrs. E. J. Stoner and son, Rev. B. Canfield Jones, W. W. MacElree, Joseph H. Baldwin, Dr. and Mrs. Hoskins, Edward Savery and wife, William Barton and family, Edgar Barton, from West Chester and vicinity; John T. Elliott and wife, Lawrence Jefferis and wife, George Chandler and wife, Stephen Savery and wife, Mrs. Thomas Savery, of Wilmington, Charles Jefferson and wife, Misses Kate and Fannie Keim, Frank R. Scattergood, Richard Van Horn, from Philadelphia; Mrs. Edward Hall and daughter, of Media; Urah Benjamin and wife, Miss Maud Benjamin, of Phoenixville, and many others. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/chester/vitals/marriages/byers8253gmr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb