1897 West Brookfield MA Marriage Certificate Wm Forbush Signed, Dartmouth Grad. For Sale
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1897 West Brookfield MA Marriage Certificate Wm Forbush Signed, Dartmouth Grad.: $50.00
William Byron Forbush Autograph on an original handwritten marriage certificate documents - the union of Jeffrey La Cosse and Edith I. Sanford on March 13, 1897. The ceremony was performed in West Brookfield, Massachusetts, by Pastor Wm. B. Forbush of the 1st Church of Warren, MA. The document features elegant Victorian cursive script alongside a gorgeous, dark floral engraving displaying apple blossoms or dogwood flowers framing the classic \"This Certifies\" heading. It exhibits beautiful age-appropriate toning and horizontal fold creases typical for paper ephemera of this vintage. HISTORICAL INFORMATION - William Byron Forbush was a highly educated Congregationalist clergyman, author, and educator who graduated from Dartmouth College and Union Theological Seminary. He served as the official pastor of the First Congregational Church of Warren, MA for a very brief period right at the time of this wedding, from 1896 to 1898, but went on to achieve national prominence after leaving Warren. He became a pioneering figure in early American youth organizations, founding a famous boys\' organization called the Knights of King Arthur in 1893. He wrote several influential books on child pedagogy and social development, such as The Boy Problem (1902), making his signature quite significant to collectors of early social reform history. Jeffrey Lacosse would perish just 8 months after his marriage in a railroad accident on the Boston & Albany Railroad (B. & A. R. R.) ...... ....... Code JSB 341
