Laura T. Stedman (Dec. 23, 1897) Newspaper Article

 

From the archive of Margaret White

Wedding Certificate of John Portfield Stedman and Laura Cordon

 

From the archive of Margaret White

John Portfield Stedman, The news & observer., January 14, 1896, Headache Ad

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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.), 14 Jan. 1896. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042104/1896-01-14/ed-1/seq-3/>

Laura Stedman Visiting Fayetteville, NC 1905

 

The semi-weekly messenger. [volume], June 30, 1905, Page 4, Image 4
About The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908

Fayetteville City Directory

Fayetteville, Cumberland Co., N.Carolina, April 1908

https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/ncmaps/id/5142/rec/14 

Marriage of Miss Laura Cordon to John Porterfield Stedman, July 07, 1893

 Marriage of Miss Laura Cordon.

Yesterday morning, at the Methodist church in Oxford, Miss Laura Telfair Cordon, daughter of the late
Rev. James H. Cordon, D D, was united in marriage to Mr. John Porterfield Stedman, of that place.
The ceremony, which wa3 a very quiet one, was performed by the Rev. J. A Cunninggim, D. D., assisted by Rev. R. H. Whitaker, D.D. Mr. T. B. Fuller acted as the groom’s best man. The bride was
immediately preceded by her intimate friends, Miss Agne&a Fau
cette and Miss Lome Currin. She entered on the arm of her uncle, Mr. Samuel F. Telfair, by
whom she was given away in marriage. The ushers were D C. Hunt
and A. A. Hicks. As the bridal parly entered and retired from the church the WeddiDg March was beautifully executed by Mrs. Lanier, who presided at the organ.

The bride made a wide circle of friends here during her lamented father’s residence in Raleigh, and she is universally esteemed for her loveliness of character and her charms and accomplishments of person.

The groom is well and widely known, and enjoys great popularity with an extended circle of friends all over the State. For some time past he has been a successful druggist at Oxford, and is looked upon as one of the most prominent business men of that place.

At the conclusion of the ceremony Mr. and Mrs Stedman left on the north bound train for a tour to the North and West, followed by the warmest congratulatiOEs and good wishes of their friends, in which the News-Observer Chronicle heartily joins.

News-observer-chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1893-1894, July 07, 1893, Image 4

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Greensboro Female College Commencement. May 27, 1896

15. Recitation —A Leap Year Disappointment, (Anonymous.) Miss Verona Ayers.

The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, May 27, 1896, Image 3

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Arthur-Ayers Wedding - THE NEWS AND OBSERVER. Friday MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1901.

ARTHUR-AYERS. 

‘‘A pretty marriage" was the comment of the spectators of the morning marriage of Mr. John A. Arthur, the bright and popular editor of the Gazette-Messenger. In an early morning marriage Mr. John A. Arthur was married to Miss Verona Ayers, one of the charming society belles of Washington. Miss Ayers is the daughter of Mr. E. W. Ayers, one of the hailing merchants of this city.

Mr. Arthur is the editor of the Gazette-Messenger, one of the leading eastern papers. The Methodist church was handsomely decorated with palms and ferns banked high around the organ and pulpit. Men delsohns Wedding March was skillfully rendered under the artistic touch of Mrs. E. M. Brown. Mr. Barnes, the violinist, assisted in the rendition. The bride was given away by her brother. Mrs. James W. Wiggins was the dame of honor with Mr. Fred Avers. Miss Laura Ayers, the bride’s sister and maid of honor, with Dr. John C. Rodman, best man, Mr;. T. Atkinson Haughton with Aliss Mary Burbank. The ushers were Dr. Joshua Tayloe, Dr. P.A. Nicholson, Mr. F. H. Short and Mr. J. A. Temple.

The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, November 01, 1901, Page 6, Image 6

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