Wedding announcements of Scotchtown residents

Beattie – Comfort (Middletown Daily Press, 2 June 1893)
Rev. David Beattie, the well-known and honored pastor of the Scotchtown Presbyterian Church, was married Thursday, June 1st, to Miss Nancy Jane Comfort, of Scotchtown. The ceremony, which was at 5 o’clock and witnessed by only the immediate friends of the parties, was preformed by Rev. Charles Beattie of this city.

Lybolt – Caleigan (Middletown Times Press, 4 June 1917)
Fred Lybolt, of Scotchtown, and Miss Marion Caleigan, of Mud Mills, were united in marriage at the Webb Horton Memorial manse by the Rev. Dr. E. Van Dyke Wight, this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. They were attended by Osa M. Lybolt and Edward F. Lybolt. They will make their home at Scotchtown.

Buckmaster – Norris (Middletown Times Press, 28 December 1918)
Scotchtown, Dec. 28 – a pretty wedding took place at the Scotchtown manse on Christmas Day, when Miss Ruth Evelyn Norris was united in marriage with Clarkson Manley Buckmaster, by the Rev. Frank B. Schoonover. They were attended by the bridegroom’s brother and wife and Albert Norris and Miss Mary Emma Osburn. After the ceremony the couple left for a wedding trip, followed by the well wishes of a host of friends. They will soon reside on the Anderson farm in Crawford township.

Hayward – Bedford (Middletown Daily Herald, 12 January 1925)
Miss Waneita Marleya Bedford, daughter of Mrs. Mary Bedford, of Wallkill township, was married on Saturday, January 10th, at the Scotchtown manse to Jesse James Hayward, formerly of Sayre, Pa., but an esteemed resident of Middletown for several years. He is a chauffeur for the firm of L. R. Wallace. The Rev. Alexander J. Kerr, D. D., pastor of the Scotchtown Presbyterian church, preformed the ceremony. They were attended by the brother of the groom, Willard Hayward, and his wife. They will for the present make their home with the bride’s mother, Mrs. Mary Bedford, widow of the late Jonas Bedford, on the Montgomery Road.