Spouse: Jefferson Church
The New York Times
June 11, 1898
BRIDE OF TWO DAYS DEAD.
Mrs. Jefferson Church Left a Sick-Bed on Wednesday to be Married at Calvary Episcopal Chruch.
A sequel to one of the largest and most fashionable weddings of the week is the death of the bride, Mrs. Jefferson Church, nee Elizabeth Baker Wainewright, who died yesterday afternoon after an illness of a few days. Miss Wainewright arose from a sick-bed on Wednesday to be married, and immediately after the ceremony returned to what proved her death bed, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Francis Wainewright, 121 East Twenty-seventh Street. Death was due to peritonitis.
In social circles the wedding had been anticipated as one of the most interesting of this month of weddings. Over 600 invitations were issued, and the ceremony took place at Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church, Fourth Avenue and East Twenty-first Street. The Rev. Dr. J. Lewis Parks, rector of the church, performed the ceremony, assisted by the curate, the Rev. A. W. Bostwick. Miss Wainewright, attired in her bridal dress and leaning on her father's arm, walked calmly to meet the bridgroom at the chancel, and so smoothly were the wedding ceremonies completed that few of the guests knew that she had risen from a sick bed to be married. Rather than disappoint her friends, she insisted upon going to the church and acting her part, and her parents yielded after receiving medical assurance that probably no harm would result to the patient.
Following the wedding was a larely attended wedding reception at Delmonico's, with a dinner and subsequent dancing. Mrs. Church found the effort she had made at the church enough for her. She did not attempt to attend the reception, and was driven to her parents' home direct from the church. Dangerous symptoms developed within a few hours, and she steadily declined until the end. She was twenty-four years old. The family was overcome with grief, and last night had made no arrangements for the funeral.
Mrs. Church was the granddaughter of the late Dr. Arnold F. Wainewright, a well-known surgeon of this city. She was also a great-grand niece of the late Caleb Cushing, United States Minister to Spain, and a great-great-granddaughter of Vice Admiral John Baker, who died in 1716, while commanding the White Squadron of the British fleet in the Mediterranean. On her mother's side she was a descendant of the Hoover family, founders of the Swedish Church in Philadelphia. Mr. Church, her husband, is the son of William Church of 200 Lafayette Place, Brooklyn. He is a member of the Military Club and a former member of the Seventh Regiment.
The New York Times
June 11, 1898
BRIDE OF TWO DAYS DEAD.
Mrs. Jefferson Church Left a Sick-Bed on Wednesday to be Married at Calvary Episcopal Chruch.
A sequel to one of the largest and most fashionable weddings of the week is the death of the bride, Mrs. Jefferson Church, nee Elizabeth Baker Wainewright, who died yesterday afternoon after an illness of a few days. Miss Wainewright arose from a sick-bed on Wednesday to be married, and immediately after the ceremony returned to what proved her death bed, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Francis Wainewright, 121 East Twenty-seventh Street. Death was due to peritonitis.
In social circles the wedding had been anticipated as one of the most interesting of this month of weddings. Over 600 invitations were issued, and the ceremony took place at Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church, Fourth Avenue and East Twenty-first Street. The Rev. Dr. J. Lewis Parks, rector of the church, performed the ceremony, assisted by the curate, the Rev. A. W. Bostwick. Miss Wainewright, attired in her bridal dress and leaning on her father's arm, walked calmly to meet the bridgroom at the chancel, and so smoothly were the wedding ceremonies completed that few of the guests knew that she had risen from a sick bed to be married. Rather than disappoint her friends, she insisted upon going to the church and acting her part, and her parents yielded after receiving medical assurance that probably no harm would result to the patient.
Following the wedding was a larely attended wedding reception at Delmonico's, with a dinner and subsequent dancing. Mrs. Church found the effort she had made at the church enough for her. She did not attempt to attend the reception, and was driven to her parents' home direct from the church. Dangerous symptoms developed within a few hours, and she steadily declined until the end. She was twenty-four years old. The family was overcome with grief, and last night had made no arrangements for the funeral.
Mrs. Church was the granddaughter of the late Dr. Arnold F. Wainewright, a well-known surgeon of this city. She was also a great-grand niece of the late Caleb Cushing, United States Minister to Spain, and a great-great-granddaughter of Vice Admiral John Baker, who died in 1716, while commanding the White Squadron of the British fleet in the Mediterranean. On her mother's side she was a descendant of the Hoover family, founders of the Swedish Church in Philadelphia. Mr. Church, her husband, is the son of William Church of 200 Lafayette Place, Brooklyn. He is a member of the Military Club and a former member of the Seventh Regiment.
Spouse: Jefferson Church
The New York Times
June 11, 1898
BRIDE OF TWO DAYS DEAD.
Mrs. Jefferson Church Left a Sick-Bed on Wednesday to be Married at Calvary Episcopal Chruch.
A sequel to one of the largest and most fashionable weddings of the week is the death of the bride, Mrs. Jefferson Church, nee Elizabeth Baker Wainewright, who died yesterday afternoon after an illness of a few days. Miss Wainewright arose from a sick-bed on Wednesday to be married, and immediately after the ceremony returned to what proved her death bed, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Francis Wainewright, 121 East Twenty-seventh Street. Death was due to peritonitis.
In social circles the wedding had been anticipated as one of the most interesting of this month of weddings. Over 600 invitations were issued, and the ceremony took place at Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church, Fourth Avenue and East Twenty-first Street. The Rev. Dr. J. Lewis Parks, rector of the church, performed the ceremony, assisted by the curate, the Rev. A. W. Bostwick. Miss Wainewright, attired in her bridal dress and leaning on her father's arm, walked calmly to meet the bridgroom at the chancel, and so smoothly were the wedding ceremonies completed that few of the guests knew that she had risen from a sick bed to be married. Rather than disappoint her friends, she insisted upon going to the church and acting her part, and her parents yielded after receiving medical assurance that probably no harm would result to the patient.
Following the wedding was a larely attended wedding reception at Delmonico's, with a dinner and subsequent dancing. Mrs. Church found the effort she had made at the church enough for her. She did not attempt to attend the reception, and was driven to her parents' home direct from the church. Dangerous symptoms developed within a few hours, and she steadily declined until the end. She was twenty-four years old. The family was overcome with grief, and last night had made no arrangements for the funeral.
Mrs. Church was the granddaughter of the late Dr. Arnold F. Wainewright, a well-known surgeon of this city. She was also a great-grand niece of the late Caleb Cushing, United States Minister to Spain, and a great-great-granddaughter of Vice Admiral John Baker, who died in 1716, while commanding the White Squadron of the British fleet in the Mediterranean. On her mother's side she was a descendant of the Hoover family, founders of the Swedish Church in Philadelphia. Mr. Church, her husband, is the son of William Church of 200 Lafayette Place, Brooklyn. He is a member of the Military Club and a former member of the Seventh Regiment.
The New York Times
June 11, 1898
BRIDE OF TWO DAYS DEAD.
Mrs. Jefferson Church Left a Sick-Bed on Wednesday to be Married at Calvary Episcopal Chruch.
A sequel to one of the largest and most fashionable weddings of the week is the death of the bride, Mrs. Jefferson Church, nee Elizabeth Baker Wainewright, who died yesterday afternoon after an illness of a few days. Miss Wainewright arose from a sick-bed on Wednesday to be married, and immediately after the ceremony returned to what proved her death bed, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Francis Wainewright, 121 East Twenty-seventh Street. Death was due to peritonitis.
In social circles the wedding had been anticipated as one of the most interesting of this month of weddings. Over 600 invitations were issued, and the ceremony took place at Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church, Fourth Avenue and East Twenty-first Street. The Rev. Dr. J. Lewis Parks, rector of the church, performed the ceremony, assisted by the curate, the Rev. A. W. Bostwick. Miss Wainewright, attired in her bridal dress and leaning on her father's arm, walked calmly to meet the bridgroom at the chancel, and so smoothly were the wedding ceremonies completed that few of the guests knew that she had risen from a sick bed to be married. Rather than disappoint her friends, she insisted upon going to the church and acting her part, and her parents yielded after receiving medical assurance that probably no harm would result to the patient.
Following the wedding was a larely attended wedding reception at Delmonico's, with a dinner and subsequent dancing. Mrs. Church found the effort she had made at the church enough for her. She did not attempt to attend the reception, and was driven to her parents' home direct from the church. Dangerous symptoms developed within a few hours, and she steadily declined until the end. She was twenty-four years old. The family was overcome with grief, and last night had made no arrangements for the funeral.
Mrs. Church was the granddaughter of the late Dr. Arnold F. Wainewright, a well-known surgeon of this city. She was also a great-grand niece of the late Caleb Cushing, United States Minister to Spain, and a great-great-granddaughter of Vice Admiral John Baker, who died in 1716, while commanding the White Squadron of the British fleet in the Mediterranean. On her mother's side she was a descendant of the Hoover family, founders of the Swedish Church in Philadelphia. Mr. Church, her husband, is the son of William Church of 200 Lafayette Place, Brooklyn. He is a member of the Military Club and a former member of the Seventh Regiment.
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