A TRIPLE WEDDING IN 1905

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Title

A TRIPLE WEDDING IN 1905

Subject

A triple wedding

Description

As the traditional "wedding season" gets underway, this photo gives a glimpse of a large triple wedding in the McColhum community off what is now U.S. Highway 29 in northern Coweta County. The wedding ceremony, which took place in August 1905, was for Lora Hembree and Robert Posey, Lora's sister Mary Odessa Hembree and Ezekiel S. Banks, and for the girls' cousin and her husband, Lizzie and Fletcher McGee. The couples are at center right. Seated at center are the Hembree girls' parents, MR. and Mrs. William Hembree. William Hembree is sporting a beard. among those in the wedding photo are Hembree, Hines and Gable family members. The house is known as the old Arnold home, which may be the first house built by R.D. Cole.

Creator

S.F. Jackson

Publisher

Newnan Times-Herald

Date

1905

Contributor

Eugene Banks

Rights

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright law. Permission for use must be cleared through the Newnan-Coweta Historical Society. Licensing agreement may be required.

Identifier

CCR 1986.06.03

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photograph

Files

86.06.03.jpg
Date Added
September 25, 2016
Collection
Coweta County Remembered
Item Type
Still Image
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Citation
S.F. Jackson, “A TRIPLE WEDDING IN 1905,” Newnan-Coweta History Center, accessed March 28, 2024, https://newnancowetahistoricalsociety.omeka.net/items/show/120.