Proposed by Mail

Happy Culmination of a courtship carried on my means of letters

Article taken from The Twin City News, Uhricksville, Ohio, December 29, 1898


Robert S. Barrett, son of the late Rev. R. S. Barrett, of Atlanta, Ga, and who is now assistant editor of a paper in Mexico City, was the other day married at the Grady hospital to Miss Viola Tupper, daughter of Rev. T. C. Tupper of Portsmouth, Ohio.

Mr. Barrett left Atlanta five years ago.  At that time he had a slight acquaintance with Miss Tupper, which the young folks improved by frequent correspondence.

Through the agency of the mails, Mr. Barrett made a proposal of matrimony and was accepted.

When he arrived at Altanta to marry Miss Tupper he found her at the hospital critically ill with typhoid fever.  He waited until she was convalescent, and then married her as soon as she was strong enough to participate in the ceremony.

He has returned to Mexico, where she will follow him as soon as possible.