LEONTINE GACHON AND THADDEUS LOWE
Courtship and Marriage - Anne Read Collection
The
above photographs of Thaddeus and Leontine are identified, at the
Library of Congress, as their wedding photos. All current
references tell that they met in New York City during a performance of
Thaddeus’ traveling science show and, after a swift courtship of only a
week, were married on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1855 ... In New
York City.
New documents, their marriage application and marriage license, have
recently been uncovered (in 2013) showing the location to be Cuyahoga
County, Ohio. They were married by a Justice of the Peace at the
county courthouse in Cleveland. They celebrated their
marriage with a honeymoon cruise on a riverboat called The Crystal
Palace. These documents can be viewed on the Patrice and Steve Demory Research link.
Patrice and Steve Demory Contribution