In a message dated 10/6/2007 7:39:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: The Carbondale Independent Osage County Wednesday November 30, 1882 Mr. C.E. NICOLAY and Miss Barbara SAPPENFIELD were married at the Highland Grange Hall on Tuesday, the 27th, inst. The ceremony was followed by a supper and dance which was participated in a large number. All join in wishing the newly married couple much happiness. Thanks, Jim. You snagged another one of mine. I had the marriage date as Nov. 21 but I after seeing this I bet that was someone's mistranscription. C. E. was Columbus Edwin "Lum" Nicolay; his uncle was John George Nicolay, one of Abraham Lincoln's two personal secretaries. Lum and Barbara had 10 children. He died in 1902; Barbara outlived him by nearly 60 years, dying in 1962. She never remarried, but according to family legend, after his death she opened a boarding house in Manhattan, Kansas for Kansas State students. Vanette ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com