The Shenandoah Herald Friday, 23 June 1893 Page 3, Column 4 MARRIED On 18th May 1893, at Lantz's Mill, by Rev. S. A. Hitner, Mr. B. A. McInturff of Powell's Fort Valley and Miss Bettie J. Dellinger daughter of John Dellinger of near Woodstock. ------------------- Shenandoah County Virginia Marriages Groom: B. A. McInturff, Age 25, Single, Born Shenandoah County, VA, s/o Branson Lichliter McInturff & Delilah Ridenour {Ritenour} Married: 18 May 1893 Bride: Bettie J. Dellinger, Age 27, Single, Born Shenandoah County, VA, d/o John H. Dellinger & Jane E. ------------------- NOTE: Branson Asbury McInturff was the nephew of Jacob Bushong and wife Elizabeth McInturff . Branson Asbury McInturff's father Branson Lichliter McInturff was the son of John McInturff and Sevilla Lichliter. Among the children of Branson and Sevilla McInturff was daughter Elizabeth McInturff who married Jacob Bushong, s/o of John Bushong and Magdalena Bauserman, d/o William Bauserman and Susannah Golladay. The Alfred Ritenour family bought 60 acres of the land of John Bushong in Powells Fort in 1876 from son William Bushong. John owned 212 acres in Powell's Fort originally but it was divided among his children at time of death in 1839. The Bushongs also owned land on the other side of the mountain in the Valley on the Shenandoah River. ------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong