Sunday, immediately after the morning service, at the parsonage, Rev. Middleton united in marriage Mr. W. B. Schwartz, the well known young attorney, to Miss Victoria Wheeler, daughter of A. B. Wheeler, Esq. So quiet had the matter been kept that but few if any at all of their friends knew that the event would take place. The young couple, however, have the best wishes of a large circle friends, who extend their congratulations and wish them a long and prosperous life. Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz are housekeeping on east Church street, near the Catholic church.
“Individualities,” The Democrat (Brazil, Indiana), 20 May 1886, p. 1, col. 3; digital image, Newspaper Archives (http://www.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 12 January 2014).
“Indiana Marriages, 1811-1959,” database and images, Family Search (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 15 January 2014), William B. Schartz and Victoria Wheeler, 1886; citing Clay County, Indiana, Marriages (1883-1887) v. 6: 418.


How strange…to keep the wedding a secret.
More on how language changes: “Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz are housekeeping on east Church street, near the Catholic church.”
“Be It Remembered…” And Deb Sweeney is doing her part to keep the memory preserved… 🙂