MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS

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O'HARA--SHIELDS


Married at Cairo
Cairo, Ill.--Nov. 13--Special Telegram--Mr. George E. O'Hara, president of the Cairo Board of Trade, and Miss Lizzie Shields, daughter of Captain Thomas W. Shields, of the Anchor Line of steamers, were married tonight at the Church of the Redeemer.  This was the most brilliant and fashionable event of the season.  Among the guest from abroad were Alexander Lesueur, Secretary of State of Missouri, uncle of the bride and his family.  Mr. and Mrs. O'Hara go abroad at once and will spend the winter in France and Italy.
Source:  Inter Ocean paper, November 14, 1893, contributed by Lesley Riney.


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