The bride's parents objected to the marrage so they were marred in the middle of the road and not at her parents home. > Can anyone tell me why a couple would get married in the middle of a public > road as in the following Pike County, Georgia, marriage announcement from an > 1895 newspaper? Although it states that there were parental objections, I > don't know the reason for the marriage to take place in a road. I have a > second marriage notice for another couple that states they, too, were > married in a public road, so I surmise that there was a specific reason for > this. > > The Pike County Journal. > Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia, May 31, 1895 > > Marriage > > On Sunday afternoon about three o'clock, Mr. James R. Bennett of Griffin, > was united in marriage to Miss Zella Davis of Zetella, the ceremony being > performed by Rev. J.A. Drewry. > > There being parental objections on the part of the young ladies parents, the > marriage took place in the public road about a mile east of Zetella near the > Dupree place, after which the party returned to Griffin. > > The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Davis and is a most charming > young woman and the groom is a young gentleman who is well known and > popular. The young couple have many friends to tender congratulations. They > are at present domiciled at the home of Mr. Bennett's parents in Griffin. > > (Transcribed 11/03/02 Lynn Cunningham) > > > ==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Georgia list, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to GEORGIA-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest > List to GEORGIA-d-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

I wonder if marrying in the middle of a road is related in any way to the old English tradition of burying a suicide at a crossroad. Marriage is a sort of "suicide", isn't it? :-)) Walt Boswell hogdu26@knology.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <ckconner@att.net> To: <GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 11:06 AM Subject: Re: [GEORGIA] Marriage Custom Question > The bride's parents objected to the marrage so they were marred in the middle > of the road and not at her parents home. > > Can anyone tell me why a couple would get married in the middle of a public > > road as in the following Pike County, Georgia, marriage announcement from an > > 1895 newspaper? Although it states that there were parental objections, I > > don't know the reason for the marriage to take place in a road. I have a > > second marriage notice for another couple that states they, too, were > > married in a public road, so I surmise that there was a specific reason for > > this. > > > > The Pike County Journal. > > Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia, May 31, 1895 > > > > Marriage > > > > On Sunday afternoon about three o'clock, Mr. James R. Bennett of Griffin, > > was united in marriage to Miss Zella Davis of Zetella, the ceremony being > > performed by Rev. J.A. Drewry. > > > > There being parental objections on the part of the young ladies parents, the > > marriage took place in the public road about a mile east of Zetella near the > > Dupree place, after which the party returned to Griffin. > > > > The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Davis and is a most charming > > young woman and the groom is a young gentleman who is well known and > > popular. The young couple have many friends to tender congratulations. They > > are at present domiciled at the home of Mr. Bennett's parents in Griffin. > > > > (Transcribed 11/03/02 Lynn Cunningham) > > > > > > ==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== > > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Georgia list, send only the word > > UNSUBSCRIBE to GEORGIA-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest > > List to GEORGIA-d-request@rootsweb.com > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Georgia list, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to GEORGIA-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest > List to GEORGIA-d-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >