au RI ED TREASURES VOLUME XIII N02 JULY 1981 - J 1- I AND ~ (fl ~ 0 r> <, C"':) -, - cc: : ~...' "I.: C .";" :':.:'" .:/ ,..., ~ ...., \..A-" ) ~ 'RUDENC E ! :~TrE-7~~~~~~·:·/~/ 'I ..... ~~:.... • • SERV~Rt • 'ubllshed by CENTRAL FLORIDA GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OR LAN DO, f LOR I D A Volume XIII No. 2 BURIED TREASURES July 1981 THE CENTRAL FLORIDA GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY P. O. Box 177 - orlando, Florida 32802 OFFICERS President George G. milES 305/894-8215 Vice President Julius W. RYALS 305/831-7619 Recording Secretary Leona 5. PARRISH 305/293-7705 Corresponding Secretary Ralyne E. WESTENHOFER 305/351-9282 Treasurer margret L. BRINSFIELD 305/656-6604 Historian Helen J. P. WILKINS 305/894-6678 Councilor -- ***** * *~ * * * * * * * ** * *** ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** ** * BUR IED TREASURE!:5 STAFF Editor Dorothy m. WESTENHOFER Assistant Editor Ralyne E. WESTENHOFER Contributing Editor Eileen B. WILLI S Publication margret L. BRINSFIELD Distribution mary J. RYALS and Guy T. THOmAS *** * ** * * * * * *** * *** *** ** ** * **** * ** * *** ** *** The Central Florida Genealogical and Historical Society was organized in 1969. The Society welcomes everyone interested in genealogy, the history of the state and the nation and in furthering the objectives of the Society. Annual memembership begins the first day of march and ends the last day of February. The regular monthly meetings are held on the second Thursday of the months September through may at 7:30 p.m. with exceptions to the date and place for meetings designa- ted by the President. All meetings are open to the public, vistors are welcome, and members are encouraged to bring guests. meetings are held at St. Lukes Episcopal Cathedral, 130 North magnolia, (Between Washington and Jefferson Streets) Orlando, Florida. DUES: One member, Regular, $7.5G; Contri6uting, $12.50 Family , Regular, $10.00; Contributing, $15,00 (Two or more, same addres, Sustaining, $25.00 (one quarterly) ** * * * ***** *** *** * * * ** * * * * ** *** * *** * * * * ** ** GENEALOGIST'S CODE OF ETHICS IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF PUBLIC RECORDS AND LIBRARY BOOKS, I Am ETH ICALLY BOUND AND HEREBY AGREE: f1 ) That.:J w.L-U bt..ea;t w.U:h. iJte f)/l-ea;te4t:.CWLeand aespecs: CLU.. public aecaado and 1.1..b/l.G./l.!Ibook-s wlU..ch.Tna.!Ibe made ava.U.abJ..e f.o/l. m!l Me. r 2) T~t.:J w.L-U -speal: w.U:h. CJ.)wvte4!1;to CLU.. empW!lee4 ot a vLta.l necand» otfj..ce o« ot a public lib/l.G./l.Y. when. /l.equeAti.n[)- ;to /.lee any vLtal.. necond. on: 1.1..b/l.G./l.y book, and iJtat:. uhen. f.)..JUAhed w.U:h. -such. aecaad. on: book, .:J -dhCLLiexptt.e4-d m!l t:iuzn.k.-d ;to iJte pea-son. ail.en.di..n.[)-;to my /l.equeA:t/.I. (J) That J w.U..l not Eean, MMe. manl« on: ll.emDve any public second O/l.lib/l.GA.y booh , and wLU /l.e/AcU.n /Aom~, de~ on: oiJt~e de4bt..o!fi..n.[}any pac: of- -such. public aecaad. O/l.lib/l.G./l.!Ibook. (4) That umen. .:Jhave f.)..JUAhed vi..~ an!l public aecaad. O/l.lib/l.G./l.!Ibook .:Jw.LU Il.ei:.wut Lt ;to the paa PM Oil.deAi.grw.;ted place; (5) Tha;t.J w.U..1 nai: aepeai: Oil.pub.iLoh: any Lxem uni.ch. w.U..1 aeveal: the illeg).hmacy ot any pes-son: bonn. l.lJ.U:Jzi.n.. t:.he fXIAi:. 75 !J-eaA.4. The bride was my grandmother~s tirst cousin. Their grandfather, William Washington Knox had moved to Orlando in Decerilber1880 from McKenziet Carroll Co.~ Tenn. Typed from a copy supplied by the couplets daughter~ ORLANDO, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, June 26, 1909 Beautiful Marriage Ceremony and Brilliant Reception Miss Elizabeth Knox Wedded to Mr, Gray Rush, in the Midst of Pretty Flowers, the Sound of Music and Surrounded by Admiring Friends. Never before in Orlando has a wedding created so much interest as the one sol- emnized in the Methodist church on Thursday night. Miss Elizabeth Knox is an Or- lando girl by birth and education, and has always been a great favorite in the town. When a few years ago she lost her mother, whose death followed close on that of her only brother, she left school, and took her place at the head of her father's house, where she has always proved a charming mistress and hostess. (Memo by PLM - Elizabeth is daughter of Mary (WATSON) & James Abner KNOX). Mr. Rush, a college friend of her brother, has in the few years he has lived in Orlando won the hearts of the entire community to such an extent that there is nothing but the highest approval of the marriage from everyone. (Memo by PLM- Elizabeth Knox's brother - William "Watson" Knox died 15 Nov. 1901 of Scarlet Fever while attending school at Emory at Oxford, Ga.) Long before the .appointed hour for the wedding the church was filled to its utmost capacity. The color scheme for the wedding was yellow and white, and the decorations of the church were confined to ferns and daisies. The wood work of the church and the Gothic windows all being outlined in the delicate fern, while bunches of daisies on the ends of the pews made a floral pathway for the wedding party. Promptly at half past eight from between a screen of ferns and daisies came the sweet tones of the organ presided at by Mr. Wade, who with Mr. Lawton, gave a charming little concert, until the hour for the arrival of the bridal party. Then the organ sounded the well known strains of the wedding march from Lohengrin. The doors of the church were thrown open and preceded by the ushers, Messrs. Ives, Dickson, Joe and Frank Guernsey, came the dainty little flower girls, Harriet Robinson and Lois Fuller, carrying baskets of daisies. Slowly keeping step with the music the fairy like children came down the two isles of the church, fol- lowed by the bridesmaids and groomsmen,Miss Fannie Robinson and Mr. W. Drennen coming first, then Miss Ada Bumby and Dr. Sy~van McElroy,Miss Florida Estelle Howard with Mr. G. Mills, and Miss Agness Person and Mr. J. Whitney. The brides- maids in their directoire gowns of embroidered net over yellow satin, with their little gold slippers and old-fashioned Dutch bouquets of daisies were certainly a most charming group of maidens. The maid of honor, Miss Mary Robinson came dressed in a beautiful gown of hand made lace over yellow satin, gold foliage in her hair and carrying a bouquet of yellow roses and daisies. Then as the groom attended by his best man, Mr. LeRoy Giles came down one isle of the church, the beautiful bride, leaning on the arm of her father, came down the other. The bride wore an exquisite gown of white satin with a berther of rose point lace and carried a bouquet of bride-roses and lilies of the valley. They met at the altar and the beautiful mar- riage service of Methodist Episcopal church was conducted by Dr. Mitchell, pastor of the church. The organ which had been played softly during the entire ceremony - 49 - TABLE OF CONTENTS Elizabeth Knox and Gray Rush Marriage Ceremony and Reception. • 49 George Knox Murphy Lineage Chart.••••••••..•.. 51 George wightman of Quidnesset, R. I.(1632 - 1721/2). • .. 53 Minnesota Clerks of the District Court.• ••.. ••• •• 54 Diary of Elizabeth Hess Turner •.••••••••.••.• 55 Theophilus Jones McBeath Poem • .••••••••• . 57 Old Age Security •••......••....•.••. 58 A. Rials Deed,Coffee County, Alabama .•....... 58 will of Ephraim Preston . .••••.•.. 59 A Friendship of Enemies . .......•••..•..•. 60 Duty Family Pioneers in Indiana Before 1820 • . •. .•.. 61 AYantis Family Sketch.. .... ••.••••. 62 Old John Burns. 67 Genealogical Query Columns... .. .....•.. 67 Queries ... .. .. ... ~ .. ... 68 Recent Acquisitions of the Orlando Public Library ... 69 Geographical Index. .. • . ...••...... •.... 69 Surname Index . .. .. .'. 71 SUMMER CONTRIBUTORS Murla W. Bennett Sara H. Patterson Clifton O. Duty Nancy T. Pennypacker Robert J. Guilfoyle, Sr. Julius W. Ryals Patricia L. Murphy Adele Y. Sulloway Mary ~\T. Mu th NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE GENEALOGY DEPARTMENTRETURNINGTOMAIN LIBRARY BUILDING On June 29, 1981, the Orlando Public Library's Genealogy Department will be located on the second floor of the Main Library building after having operated out of an annex for the past year. The return will help those tracing family histories have access to genealogy materials seven days a week. The hours will be: Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 9 PM Saturday, 9 AM to 6 PM Sunday, 1 to 5 PM now rang out in Mendelssohn's jubilant wedding march as preceded by the da;intw flower girls who scattered their flower:;;be£ore the bride" the bridal partlj left the church and all proceeded to the beautiful home o£ Mr. J. L. Giles on Lucerne Circle, where a reception for the bride was given. Here we found a fairy land indeed. The balmy summer night, the soft light of the moon, the placid water of beautiful Lake Lucerne, reflecting the many lights of the brightly illuminated place, all added to the enchantment of the scene. It was all so lovely we were loath to go inside, but were well repaid when we did. The entire house was pro- fusely and beautifully decorated, and the rooms and verandahs all filled with a happy, smiling throng of people, Refreshments were served on the lawn and finally reluctantly we had to leave, most of the guests stopping on their way to see the magnificient display of wedding presents at the bride's home. The bridal party were then having a merry time at their supper.