Fayette County PA Archives Marriages.....Pfeifer, Myrtle May - Porter, John Donald June 12, 1901
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The Daily Courier  June 14, 1901
An elaborate home wedding Wednesday evening was that of Miss Myrtle May Pfeifer,
daughter of the 
late Charles, and Mrs. Sarah J. Pfeifer of Allegheny and John Donald Porter of
Connellsville.  The 
ceremony was performed in the spacious parlors of the Pfeifer home on North avenue,
Allegheny, Rev. E. 
L. Eaton of the North Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church officiating.  The hour was 6
o'clock.  The affair 
was quite a large one, over 300 guests being present.  The decorations were most
ornate.  In the 
drawing room a dais was erected of palms and ferns, with a large Cupid design in
pink and white 
flowers.  White roses and peonies covered the mantels and curtains of ? and white
ribbons were hung in 
the doorways.  The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Anna Pfeifer, and the best
man was John J. 
Singer of Connellsville.  The ushers were William Nelson and Charles Barndollar of
Pittsburg, Ralph 
Porter of Connellsville and William J. Mackintosh of Washington, D. C.  The bride
wore a magnificent 
creation of white duchesse satin, with flounces and bodice decorations of
embroidered chiffon.  A long 
veil was fastened with orange blossoms, and a shower of white roses and sweet peas
was carried.  The 
maid of honor was in white mousseline with pink roses.
  After a supper, served in the dining room and in the upper rooms of the house,
which were beautifully 
decorated in green and white the young couple left for an extended wedding trip. 
They will live at the 
Yough House, Connellsville, for a time before going to housekeeping, at home cards
announcing August 
10th.  Among the out-of-town guests at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. John R. Porter,
Miss Mae Porter, 
Harry L. Kurtz, Fenton T. Evans, ?. T. Norton, Alexander Hood and John W. Marshall
of Connellsville; Mrs. 
B. J. Haywood and Miss Bardella Powell of Mercer; Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Mercer of
Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. 
H. L. Powell, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Powell of Chicago, and Mr. and Mrs. O. Luckey of
Sharon.

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