This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wright, Coates Classification: Marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/1985 Message Board Post: Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, May 15, 1902 Wright-Coates The home of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Coates, on Little Willow creek, was the scene of a very pretty wedding at high noon yesterday, when Mr. James Wright led to the hymeneal alter Miss Bertha Coates, their eldest daughter. The ceremony was performed by Rev. G. L. Surber of this city. Miss Minnie E. Ringer and Mr. Warren Allen were the attendants. Only the immediate relatives and a few of the close personal friends of the young people were present. Following the ceremony the company repaired to the dining room and partook of a wedding dinner. Mr. Wright is well known as one of the prosperous young stockmen of the Willow creek country, being at present engaged in the sheep business with Mr. Coates. The INDEPENDENT extends to the young people its best wishes. Note: According to the Idaho Marriage Index, Bertha M. Coates married James A. Wright on 5-14-1902. ch