Famous Weddings
William McKinley
Jan 25 US President William McKinley (27) weds Ida Saxton (23) at the First Presbyterian Church in Canton
Camille Pissarro
Jun 14 Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro (40) weds Julie Vellay in London
- Jun 17 Canadian giantess Anna Haining Swan (7ft 11in tall) marries the 'Kentucky Giant' Martin Van Buren Bates (7ft 9in tall) at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London
Kate Sheppard
Jul 21 Suffragette Kate Sheppard (24) weds general merchant Walter Allen Sheppard in Christchurch, New Zealand
Thomas Edison
Dec 25 Inventor Thomas Edison (24) marries 1st wife Mary Stilwell (16)
Ambrose Bierce
Dec 25 Writer Ambrose Bierce (29) weds Mary Ellen Day
