This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Benson, Hume Classification: Marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4167 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. December 27, 1917."Christmas Was A Wedding Day. Miss Jessica Hume and G. Maynard Benson Were United in Holy Bonds".-- Tuesday, December 25, at high noon, G. Maynard Benson and Miss Jessica Hume were joined together in the bonds of matrimony, and from this time on will multiply the blessings of life by sharing them one with the other. The wedding took place in the beautiful home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Hume, who reside near Knox. The home was beautifully decorated in honor of the happy event. Christmas green and holly prevailed everywhere. Cut flowers added their bright colors and sweet fragrance. As the clock struck the hour of 12, the contracting parties took their respective places under a bower of Christmas green, facing the officiating clergyman, Rev. Raoul M. Moser, pastor of the Methodist church in Sidney, who using the ring ceremony, pronounced them, man and wife. Only the immediate relatives of the two families were prese! nt. Following congratulations, all present repaired to the dining room where they partook of a sumptuous wedding and Christmas dinner. After dinner, a most happy social hour was enjoyed by all, until the newlyweds departed for Percival, where they took a train for a honeymoon trip in parts they did not make known; neither did they make known when they expected to return. They, however, expressed themselves as expecting to make their home in Fremont county. The bride, as already stated, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. B.Hume. She has been teaching in the public schools at Anderson, Iowa, and now gives up her position to become one of Iowa's home builders. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Benson. He is one of the capable and energetic young farmers of the community and faces the future promising a good account of his stewardship. May their labors and endeavors in life be richly blessed, and may their journey through life be happy and posperous.