Mabel's Wedding part 2

When Ashley was married I promised to send her a copy of grandmothers wedding announcement. Yesterday I was looking for info in the Atlanta Constitution - bada bing, bada boom... there it was.

Don't get too excited about the wedding photo. It is not Grandmother. The picture appeared next to her announcement. She saved it in her wedding scrapbook; to I am sharing it with you.

Grandmother wore a charming Wedding Suit... trimmed with Beaver Fur and matching hat. Her bouquet had White Roses with Valley Lillies entwined with streamers. The maid of honor wore a beaded brown satin dress. Grandmother's bridesmaids wore cinnamon brown velvet.

Mabel's father, Cyprian Bulloch, Jr., died when Mabel was young. The writer recognized the family connection. He mistakenly lists Ben Bulloch, her uncle and father's business partner, as her father.

I recognize the name Mrs H.R. Lipscomb as a college friend. Grandmother saved her wedding announcement.

Click on announcement to read the details.



The descriptions of wedding details is fascinating. The Atlanta Journal also had an announcement of Mabel's sister Ira Gene Bulloch's wedding to Henry Bateman Worth. The wedding took place in her mother's home. Mabel sang "Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold". The announcement said, " The house was artistically decorated with goldenrod, and smilax and pink roses filled vases on the mantel, which was banked with ferns."

Today we understand Goldenrod may be beautiful, but causes allergic reactions for many. I would never think of using it in a home. Of course I am not sure folks realised the relationship at the time.

Margaret Bishop Harry's brother.

To give you a little background:

Margaret Bishop was wife of David HARRY and mother of John Bishop HARRY.

David Harry is listed on the muster rolls in Maryland,but I have not found a pension application. His obituary refers to his participation in the Revolutionary War.

The challenges and hardships our female ancestors faced were equally challenging, but seldom documented. Reading between the lines helps to understand a lot of what life must have been like for them. So stretch you mind to imagine the faith and determination these women had to raise families in such times.

After Hans Jakob Bischoff, Margaret's grandfather, died in 1739, Anna Catharina Rauch/Rouch Bischoff, and her sons traveled down the Rhine River to Rotterdam in the south of Holland. Rotterdam was the port they used to leave Germany. They traveled on the ship "Two Brothers". (Remember this is the name of the ship. There are more than two brothers in the family.)

Hans Johannes Bischoff/ John Bishop
Frantz Michael Bischoff
Johann Jacob Bischoff/(Jacob Bishop) Margaret's father. They eventually were naturalized in Philadelphia.

(I accidentally deleted information about a married brother and his family. I will add that info when I dig it out. But we don't know where he moved with his family after arriving in the US.)

Margaret's mother was Margaret Church, who was born in Germany in 1729.

Margaret Bishop grew up in Hagerstown, Maryland. Her family lived next to the Lutheran church they attended. The Harry family also attended the same church. They wanted a better life.

When you hear about George Washington crossing the Delaware river...



.. you will know that Jacob Bishop, Margaret's younger brother was there. Perhaps David was with him.

Jacob enlisted in the Continental Army twice. The first time he was sixteen or seventeen years old. Friends had him released from service because of his youth. But in the summer of 1776, he enlisted again for a three year term. He founght in the engagements of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, White Plains and Monmouth. He help capture the Hessians. In one of his engagements he received a wound in his foot. He and others were compelled during the winter to wrap their feet in rags and wear old shoes and often he with others left traces of blood from their feet upon frozen ground and snow.

Jacob completed his service 26 July 1779 and received an honorable discharge. He had served in Col Haussegger's German Regiment. (This same regiment was at Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered.)

Jacob married Mary Powell at Philadelphia, PA on 25 December 1781. The Minister, Joseph Powell, appears to be her father. He was one of the 69 delegates who attended the PA state convention in 1777, which ratified the Constitution of the United States..

Jacob died 10 April 1813. Mary received a widows pension or $80/year. This information is from her application for the pension and from letters supporting her application. One supporting document attested to a statement by David Harry, who married Margaret Bishop. These documents are stored at the National Archives.

If you are interested in the Battle of Trenton, read David McCullough's "1776". Jacob was a private.

David Harry Obituary 1750 to 1843

Birth: Nov. 13, 1750
Death: Mar. 18, 1843

David Harry seems to have been an accomplished man.

He and twenty five citizens petitioned the state of Maryland to start "The
Hager's Town Fire Company".

He was the executor of his Father-in-law's will.

His Obituary:

"Another Revolutionary Patriot Gone!

On Saturday last in this town, Mr. David Harry, in the 93rd year of his age. Thus has another link which connected this present generation with their patriot fathers of that glorious revolution been dissolved, and in a few years faithful history will supply the place of the small remnant of living witnesses, in testifying to the chivalrous deeds of our noble sires in the days which tried men's principals in a just but doubtful contest -- The deceased retained his physical powers and mental faculties to an extraordinary extent. Previous to the late winter he was not limited to his house, nor was he confined to his bed or helpless prior to his last indisposition, which was of short duration, and until which he was conversant intelligent and cheerful.Mr Harry was for more than half a century a communicant in the Lutheran Church and possessed those noble traits of moral character and industrious habits which constituted him as one of the most respectable and useful members of religious and civil society. On Monday last his remains were accompanied from his late residence by numerous relatives and friends, by the military companies of the town, the Mechanics Band, a vast concourse of friends and strangers to the Lutheran Church where an appropriate and impressive discourse was delivered from Revelations 7th Chapter from the 14th verse to the end of the Chapter by the Reverend Mr. Winter of Clearspring, the Reverend Mr. Douglas and the Reverend Mr. Startzman. After his remains were committed to their parent dust with military obsequies.






Family links:
Parents:
Johann Martin Harry (1720 - 1788)

Children:
John Bishop Harry (1774 - 1868)*
Mary Harry Dechert (1794 - 1826)*

Spouse:
Margaret Bishop Harry (1755 - 1836)*

*Point here for explanation

Note: Reinterred from St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery . A monument once stood in the Church yard Cemetery for David Harry celebrating his service to his country.

Burial:
Rose Hill Cemetery
Hagerstown
Washington County
Maryland, USA
Plot: Section D lot 16

Times are changing

Despite my best intentions I have not added any articles in months. This article will probably not remain here for long. I found some fascinating information that I want to record. This is purely for my entertainment.

When I was a girl (back when dirt was new) we had a "party line". Several families shared a phone line. Until you lifted the receiver you could not tell if a phone was in use. The only person with a "mobile phone" was Dick Tracy, a cop in the comic strips.

There were times when I was in elementary school I picked up the line and "listened in on someones call", which was very rude. You might listen for a second to determine if a call sounded like it was starting or ending, but no one appreciated an eaves dropper.

Now cell phones place calls, text, surf the internet. Mobile skype can send video calls. Tablets,U-tube, facebook, tweets, digital cameras, GPS and more commonplace. Adding machines zipped from basic calculators to laptops. Real techies are aware of the latest and greatest. Just when I feel comfortable with one technology, it is replaced by something more spectacular. Amazing apps are downloadable. Ebooks are rocking the publishing domain.

The three networks have been dwarfed by cable. Cable is threatened by online services like HULU and netflicks.

Our family subscribed to and read cover to cover "The Atlanta Journal", a local paper, "Saturday Evening Post", "Life","Ladies Home Journal"."Readers Digest", "US News & World Report", and "Time" magazines. Today there are folk who get their news from comedians "pretending to talk about issues" and newscasts are lightened with stories about Oprah retiring and Utube videos.

My mother told me of traveling with hot potatoes to keep your hands warm when traveling in a Model T in winter. Travel by plane was noteable. Today international travel is both a necessity and a nuisance. Friends and family travel the world to Asia, Europe, and Australia. Years ago I insured an astronaut who flew the Space Shuttle. Oh, that phrase "American as Apple pie" might need to be updated because the apples may be imported from China.

Andy's best friend is living with his family in Japan. One of my favorite people is a wonderful Muslim mom from Turkey. Our congregation has wonderful members from Japan, Korea, Germany, India, England and yes the US. Education, shared experiences, and testimony provide a wonderful starting point to build friendships. The differences that seem so significant when isolated without opportunities to know others are non-existent when working together. We can appreciate the talents, gifts and contribution each offers. It really is the "content of soul" that matters.

My feeble imagination has seen fantasy become reality. Technology. Diversity. Globalization. What is next?