This was taken from the Meade County Messenger June 29, 2005 Yesteryear 98 years ago this week: After undergoing a number of hardships on the way, Joseph Shelton, who will be twenty-four years old in October, and Miss Maud Fowler, who was eighteen a few days ago, reached Jeffersonville yesterday and were married by Magistrate Charles S. Ferguson after eloping from Rock Haven, Meade County, Ky. Part of the journey was made on foot and a portion of it on a train. For several miles they were pur- sued by the father of Miss Fowler but for some reason he gave up the chase. The bride is a pretty young woman and was attired in a white duck suit that she slipped out of her home and carried with her in a bundle until she reached Louisville, where she dressed for the wedding, says Sunday's Courier-Journal. In her hurry to get away, Miss Fowler left home without a hat but in Louisville borrowed one from a friend un- til she could get a new one, which was purchased by her prospective husband.