Bits & Pieces Part 12 Genesee/Wyoming Co. 1908 Unknown newspaper (May be The Attica News) Unknown 1908 John Hubert WARD, Who Weds an American Ambassador's Daughter. On several occasions the newspapers have had Miss Jean Templeton REID, daughter of Whitelaw REID, American ambassador to England, engaged to members of the British aristocracy, but each time the reports of an impending matrimonial event of interest to two nations proved premature. This time, however, there is an engagement sure enough, for the date for the wedding has been fixed, June 23, and all the preparations for the function are in progress. The lucky man is the Hon. John Hubert WARD, and he will not bring the daughter of the American ambassador a title, although is the son of a nobleman and brother of the present Earl of Dudley. He is not likely to inherit the latter's rank, but he received from his father's estate $1,500,000, so that with the millions in the REID family the couple is not in danger of coming to want. Miss REID had the Viscount ACHESON, Lord BROOKE and other sprigs of English nobility at her feet, but for some reason none won her hand. Perhaps paternal advice had something to do with it. One time when Miss REID was connected in print with one of these noblemen Mr. REID declared: "The story that my daughter is engaged to marry a foreigner with a title is untrue. I hope when the time comes for her to marry she will choose an honest young American for a husband." Mr. WARD has a good record in the British military service. He was born in 1870 and educated at Eton. During the war in South Africa he served in the imperial yeomanry, and he has since had the benefit of experience in the British war office. He is equerry in waiting to King Edward, with whom he is said to be quite popular. (The newspaper clipping includes a dashing picture of "The Hon. John Hubert WARD") Also included on this page of the scrapbook are newspaper photos of: Mrs. John E. PARKES John E. PARKES Adelbert B. FARGO Submitted by Kathy Helmer kathle7297@aol.com