----Source: LOYAL TRIBUNE (Loyal, Clark County, Wis.) 04/26/1917

Francis, Blanche (Marriage - 20 Apr 1917)

A very pretty wedding took place at the Lutheran Parsonage Friday evening April 20, 1917, at 7 o'clock, when Miss Blanche Francis became the bride of Mr. Albert Schmidt, Rev. E. Kemena officiating. The bride was dressed in white satin messaline trimmed with shadow lace and the groom wore the customary black. The bride was attended by Miss Agnes Schmidt, sister of the groom and the groom was attended by Mr. Floyd Francis, brother of the bride. The bride is the only daughter of Mrs. Clara Francis and is a very highly esteemed and respected young lady. She has grown to young womanhood only three miles from where they will reside and is a girl whom everyone respects. The groom is the youngest son of Mrs. Johanna Schmidt and is an industrious young man who has worked in this vicinity (Clark County, Wis.) as a carpenter for a number of years and has a host of friends. After the ceremony and congratulations and a shower of rice, they all returned to the home of the bride's mother, where supper was served to about twenty-five relatives. The bride and groom received many beautiful presents and best wishes for a happy wedded life.