GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FITTINGLY CELEBRATED BY MR. AND MRS. T. F. WELLINGTON
The golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore F. Wellington was celebrated last Wednesday afternoon and evening at their home, 35 Winter street, Norwood, and was very largely attended by relatives and friend®. Mr and Mrs. Wellington were married in Waltham, Mass., November 30, 1854. Mr. Wellington was born in Waltham, March 1J, 1832, on the old homestead where his mother and grandmother were born. His great-grandfather was Captain Abijah Childs, who held a commission from the Continental Congress signed by John Hancock. This commission is still in existence and is in a good state of preservation.
Mr. Wellington was a Civil War veteran, serving in Co. C, 35th Mass, regiment as a private. He was one of six brothers who were in the Union Army at the same time. He was one of eleven children, eight of whom are living. He is a member of George K. Bird post, Kill, G. A. R., of Norwood, and is also a member of the Knights of Honor lodge of Waltham. He has been a member of 'the Methodist Episcopal church for the past fifty years and a class leader in the Norwood church for the last fifteen years. For thirteen years he was landlord of the Norwood house in this town and showed himself a capable and popular hotel man. He has lived in Norwood 18 years. He is noted as a man deeply interested in religions matters and moral reforms and is a strong temperance man and a man of independent ideas. This is much respected by a large circle of Norwood residents.
Mrs. Wellington, whose maiden name was Lucy H. Hildredth, was born in Boston, October 29, 1835. Her union with Mr. Wellington has been blessed with two children, a son J. T. Wellington a Norwood druggist and a daughter, Mrs. A. Percy Thompson of Salem.
The reception began in the afternoon and continued till about 10 o'clock in the evening. The afternoon visitors wore largely relations or out-of-town friends. Among them was Captain Patch of Waltham, who was captain of Co. I, 35th Mass, regiment, the company to which Mr. Wellington belonged. Three of Mr. Wellington's brothers were present, as wore a number of his old comrades, now of the Chelsea post. Several people whom Mr. and Mrs. Wellington had not seen for many years came to the golden wedding. Among these were two ladies whom Mrs. Wellington knew in her schooldays. One of those came from Nashua, N. H. at a lute hour Wednesday afternoon, through seeing an announcement of the event in the papers. The out-of-town guests came from Nashua and Peterboro, N. H., Waltham, Greenfield, Leominster, Fitchburg, Salem, West Newton, Dorchester, Foxboro and other places.
The reception parlor had in its window, a wedding bell of evergreens and golden chrysanthemums, and these formed the bulk of the decorations. In the dining room, the sideboard was surmounted by a large basket of roses and other cut flowers. The evening reception was largely attended by Norwood townspeople. The exercises wore delightfully pleasant and informal. Miss Edith Stewart presided at the piano and singing and other exercises occupied the evening. The presents included gifts of gold pieces in $2.50, $5, $10, and $20 denominations, two beautiful gold rings, gold lined silver and glass ware, candlesticks, table linen, a picture of the youthful Christ, from the Norwood M. E. church, ten dollars in gold from George K. Bird post, G. A. R. and numerous other articles. Delicious refreshments were served and the whole affair was admirably carried out in a manner well calculated to please any worthy and esteemed elderly couple. May Mr. and Mrs. Wellington live to enjoy many more anniversaries.
(All articles originally published in the Norwood Messenger)
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