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Keeping house in the Tobias Darkes home.
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Baptised Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Hummelstown. Had a twin "Emanuel" Sponsor was Cath. Lieberich
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Birth reference page 129
The following narrative includes a description of Elizabeth's wedding gown. It is found on page 150-151 of the 1896 volume of Egle's "Notes and Queries: Historical, Biographical and Geneological, relating chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania"
Headline: THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING Sub Headline: Mr. and Mrs. Martin Early Celebrated Their Fiftieth Marriage Anniversary. From the Daily Telegraph of Friday, October 9, 1896.
One of the most happy events in Palmyra society took place Thursday evening, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Early, corner Main and Railroad streets, Palmyra, Pa. It was the fiftieth or golden wedding anniversary, and was a most felicitous event. Invitations were sent to immediate relatives only, but a number of intimate friends were on hand to witness the happy anniversary. Martin Early and Miss Sarah Hummel were married October 8th, 1846, settled in Palmyra, and have resided there ever since. Mr. Early was engaged in the mercantile business for thirty-five years, and cultivated for many years one of the finest farms in the charming Lebanan Valley, located near the bustling town of Palmyra. He took great interest in scientific farming, and was for several years president of the Lebanan County Agricultural Society. Mrs. Early wore, last evening, the identical costume in which she was married fifty years ago. It is of white mull material, full waist, straight sleeves, tucked, finished with an edge, plain, full skirt, illusion neckdress, fastened with a miniture gold pin. Mr. Early wore the same suit in which he was married half a century ago-black cloth coat and pants, and white Marseilles vest. The groom is well up in years, and his venerable wife was charming and sunny in disposition as when a girl of "sweet 16"--both retaining remarkably good health. The dress worn by Mrs. Sadie Hummel Ricker, a grand-daughter of Mrs. Early, was the original wedding gown worn by Mrs. Elizabeth Leebrick Hummel (Mrs. Martin Early's mother), the wife of the late Col. Joseph Hummel of Hummelstown. Mrs. Elizabeth Hummell died several years ago at the age of 92 years. The dress in question was purchased in Philadelphia in 1817, seventy-nine years ago. The dress is of white satin levantine; low neck in pattern; short waist and short sleeves, with a large ruffle at wrist falling over the hand; a gored skirt, Queen Elizabeth neckwear, and white illusion headdress, trimmed with narrow white satin, edged with ribbon and flowing ties. This costume in its day, was of as much consequence from a fashionable standpoint as the trousseaus imported from Paris in this fashionable age at fabulous cost. The guests were: Edwin K and Silas L Early of Palmyra, and Martin H Early, New York city, children of the honored host and hostess; Richart T Hummel and wife of Hummelstown; Daid T. Hummel and wife of Philadelphia; Charles Carrol Hummel of New York city, Mrs. Mary Givler, of Mechanicsburg and Misses Carrie and Annie Hummel of Hummelstown, brothers and sisters of Mrs. Early......
Comm Biog Ency of Dauph Co states "Mrs. Hummel was a woman of great force of character, dignified, yet tender, truthful and consistent in all her walks through life". I hope all her descendants can be so described.
Elizabeth was mentioned in her aunt Maria Esther Cassel Berry's will when she died. Elizabeth was referred to as "the wife of Joseph Hummel, merchant in Hummelstown, Dauphin County".
Headline: The Oldest Inhabitant of Hummelstown Passes Peacefully Away. Mrs. Elizabeth Hummel, nee Leebrick, relict of the late Colonel Joseph Hummel, died at 6 o-clock yesterday morning at her residence, Main street, Hummelstown, aged about 91 years. She was probably the oldest resident of that flourishing borough, and was identified with its history and properity far back when the prosperous town was yet a quiet village, to its present flourishing era. Mrs. Hummel was the devoted mother of a large family of children; among the living are Richard T, of Hummelstown; Charles, of the house of H. Claflin & Co of New York; David S of Philadelphia; Mrs. Mary Givler of Mechanicsburg; Mrs. Sarah Early of Palmyra, and Misses Annie, Carrie and Susan, who resided with their mother. Those of the family dead are: The late Henry L. Hummel, of Hummelstown; Mrs. Elizabeth Laumana of Middletown, and Joseph and Silas who died years ago. Mrs. Hummel had been confined to her bed for many weeks, awaiting patiently the summons of her Lord and master. She bore her afflictions with Christian fortitude and remarkable resignation. She realized, amid her afflictions, that tender and willing hands made the declining years of her life pleasant and comfortable as they could possibly be made, and she closed her eyes to the familiar and sacred scenes around her, amid regretful tears and hearfelt sobs, at peace with all the worlds, and with the blessed hope of a glorious immortality. She died as she had lived, a consistent Christian. She was a woman, in her day, of great force of character, dignified, yet tender, truthful and consistent in all her walks through life. She had a wide circle of relatives and friends, who respected her in life and will regret to hear of her demise, although she had reached a green old age before the summons came. The funeral will take place next Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock to which relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited.