Miss Mary MacIntyre Hovey, daughter of Mrs. Charles Arthur Hovey and the late Mr. Hovey, 53 West Main street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], was married to Private First Class Howard J. Foster, U.S. Army, son of Mr. ad Mrs. Samuel Foster, 10 Front street [Bainbridge, NY], Thursday noon, May 24, in St. Peter's Episcopal Church. The double ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. James E. Wolfe, rector. The church was decorated with white lilacs, lilies of the valley, and narcissuses. Miss Marion Wylie, of Afton, was at the organ. The bride, who was given in marriage by her uncle, Vernon F. Hovey, wore a gown of white silk marquisette with satin nosegay medallions, made with sweetheart neckline, long sleeves and full skirt. Her finger-tip veil was held in place by a lattice work cap of orange blossoms, and she carried a bouquet of white carnations. She wore a string of pearls, a gift of the bridegroom. Mrs. Donald Quinney, matron-of-honor, was dressed in a gown of pink silk marquisette with a headdress of flowers and carried a bouquet of pink gladioli. Kenneth Hotaling, of Masonville, acted as best man. The ushers were Miss Esther Clark and Miss Phyllis Holbert. Following the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride for 28 relatives and close friends. A three-tiered wedding cake centered the bridal table. Mrs. Harold Cornell poured. The couple left immediately after the reception for a wedding trip. The bride graduated from Bainbridge Central High School with the Class of 1940. The bridegroom was graduated from Bainbridge Central High School with the Class of 1940. He entered the Armed Forces about two years ago and was wounded twice on Nov. 22, 1944 in Germany while serving with the infantry. He returned to the States May 5 from a hospital in England. Private Foster wears the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct Medal, E.T.O. Ribbon with two battle stars, and the Combat infantryman's Badge. He will return to the Convalescent Center, Camp Upton, L.I., following his wedding trip. [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 31, 1945]
COPLEY - BANKS: At the residence of the bride's parents, September 25, 1895, by Rev. F.E. Bently, D.H. Copley and Miss Sarah M. Banks, all of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]. Once more has the fair god Cupid entered the ranks of our maidens in Bainbridge and transferred one of their choicest representatives to the bonds of wedlock. The occasion was signalized by a felicitous gathering of relatives and friends to the number of forty at the home of Mr. John Banks, the father of the bride, where at 5 o'clock, Wednesday evening, September twenty-fifth, at the close of a lovely day, his daughter, Sarah Mead Banks, was given in marriage to Duncan Herbert Copley, formerly of Davenport, New York, but now a resident of Bainbridge and president of the Gilbert Manufacturing Company. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Walter E. Bentley, Rector of St. Peter's church in an impressive and realistic manner. The ushers were Frank B. Gilbert, Esq. of Albany, and Mr. Leroy Topping of Washington. The bride wore a handsome traveling suit of worsted and silk in changing colors of green and brown and carried a bouquet of pink roses. The house, which was the Banks homestead for several generations, and endeared by the associations of the early history of Bainbridge, had its interior transformed into a woodland garden, the mantels in the rooms being heavily banked with ferns and autumn leaves and the ceilings crossed with garlands of princess pine, tied with white ribbons. After the hymeneal words were said, there followed a wedding supper and an hour of enjoyment and congratulations. Mr. and Mrs. Copley left for a ten days' sojourn among the Catskill mountains; they will return to reside in Bainbridge, boarding for the winter. There were many presents given, valuable in worth and as tokens of esteem. The wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Copley was a delightfully informal affair and specially noted for its sweet simplicity and absence of all ostentation. It will long be referred to as a pleasant event, where joy abounded, and which was a happy revival of olden time customs. Many wishes for happiness go forth to our friends upon their bridal journey, and for all the years to come.
The nuptial gates stood ajar at eleven o'clock this morning and there entered into wedlock Miss M. Frances Freiot, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] and Mr. Frank B. Gilbert, of Albany. The interior of St. Peter's church, trimmed and adorned with all the beauty of nature's fairest embellishments, filled with the aroma of the choicest flowers, and echoing with the cadence of mellow and delicate song, witnessed one of her prettiest wedding scenes, made tender by the presence of a large number of guests, united in the expression of joy and good wishes At eleven o'clock the Ladies Quartet of Binghamton, under the leadership of Mrs. Ostrander, began to sing the "Bridal Chorus" by Lohengrin. The bridal party moved slowly up the center aisle of the church. The ushers, Leroy Topping, of Washington, Chas. Kennedy, of Kingston, A.F Gilbert, of Binghamton, and Charles Gilbert, Bainbridge, both brothers of the groom, were followed by the little flower girl Margaret Bostwick, dressed in white swiss and the maid of honor Miss Alice Freiot, pretty in a robe of white swiss, trimmed with Dresden ribbons; then came the bride, attired in a visiting costume of gobelin velour trimmed in white guipure. She was escorted by her brother-in-law, Dr. H.D. Copley. The groom, attended by the best man, Maurice B. Gilbert, appeared from the rector's room at the end of the church and met the party at the chancel steps. The party separated, allowing the bride to take her place beside the groom and then closed in about the couple before the officiating clergyman, Rev. W.E. Bentley, rector of the church. On each side of them was a heavy bank of evergreens and ferns. In front of them, about the altar were scattered in bunches of artistic design, white ferns and white roses. The sweet smilax wound its beauteous curves about the railing and archway, varied by the presence of the irresistible white rose. The arch above them which outlined the chancel contained a handsome decoration of the lovely fern, evergreen and the quiet but comely milk-weed. The voices of the quartet were stilled and the music of the bridal song died out. The impressive Episcopal wedding service was read and associated by all the sentiment that such an event contains Miss M. Frances Freiot became Mrs. Frank B. Gilbert. Again the ladies' quartet poured forth their song in the choice selection, "Chimes," and the bride and groom retraced their steps down the aisle together, followed by their complimentary escorts and the fairest visions of Hymen's realm. Directly after the ceremony a wedding breakfast was given at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Helen D. Freiot on East Main street which was attended by the bridal party, out-of-town guests and a number of the intimate friends of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert. The happy and much admired couple leave on the afternoon train for an extended wedding tour. The bride is a cultured and refined young woman and has attained a reputation as a fine artist, being a graduate of the New York Art League. Her attachment for study and the ideal of womanhood has been strong, and in all social circles she has enjoyed a marked degree of popularity. The groom Mr. Frank B. Gilbert, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Don A. Gilbert, of this village. He is a graduate of Hamilton College, class of '89. He studied law at Stamford, with his uncle, Judge Gilbert, and after being admitted to the bar was tendered a position with the Statutory Revision Commission at Albany, which position he now holds. He is also a member of the law firm of Gilbert & Cummings which was established one year ago, and is regarded as one of the leading young men in Albany. [married 14 October 1895]
KEELER - PRATT: In Bainbridge, October 14, 1895, William J. Keeler and Miss Lulu Pratt, both of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY]
COUSE - WHITMAN: At the M.E. parsonage, Sidney, N.Y. [Delaware Co.], Oct. 16, 1895, by Rev. A. D Decker, Mr. Hosea B. Couse and Miss Emma Whitman, both of Sidney.
LYON - GILBERT: In the Presbyterian church of this village, on Wednesday, September 12th, 1888, by Rev. D.N. Grummon, Frank R. Lyon and Mary A., daughter fo Don A. Gilbert, Esq. all of Bianbridge [Chenango Co., NY].
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