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"A PIONEER WEDDING - by Lila Meador, Motley Co. Tribune, May 23, 1991. The first marriage rites performed in Motley County were those uniting Ella Eugenia Cribbs and Daniel Crawford Keith on December 23, 1891. The following announcement of the wedding was copied from The Motley County News, December 1891: 'On this morning at 9 o'clock a.m. at the residence of Mrs. Mittie McDonalds, Mr. D. C. Keith to Miss Ella E. Cribbs, Esq. McHugh officiating. Mr. Keith is one of Motley County's most industrious young men, while Miss Ella who has been amongst us but a short time has gained the love and affection of all. Mr. Walter A. Walton and Mr. H. L. White acting as grooms men and the bride's two lovely sisters, Miss Maggie and Miss Carrie Cribbs acting as bridesmaids..' The McDonald Line Camp, where the marriage took place was on the Matador Ranch and later was designated as the McDonald pasture. Although the house is still standing, no one has lived there for many years. The courtship of Miss Cribbs and Mr. Keith was an unusual one. In 1885, Bud Merriman, a cowboy friend of Mr. Keith, was planning to return to Granbury, Texas, but went by the Matador Ranch to see Mr. Keith before leaving. During the conversation Mr. Keith was saying how lonesome he would be during the long winter months on the ranch, so he asked Mr. Merriman if he knew some nice young lady that would write to him. Mr. Merriman told him about Miss Ella Cribbs, so Mr. Keith wrote her a letter. The day the letter came to the home of the Cribbs, they were moving so the letter was thrown unopened into a trunk with some more letters. Miss Cribbs forgot about the letter until a month later when she was looking for something in the trunk, and found it. After much persuasion by her sisters, she decided to answer the letter, "from that old cowboy, " as she called him when talking to her sisters. This correspondence went on for about five years before they saw each other. During Christmas of 1890, Mr. Keith decided to visit Miss Cribbs for the first time. He arrived in Granbury late one afternoon and went to the Sheriff's office to inquire where the Cribbs family lived. After getting the required information he hired a horse at the livery stable and went on to the Cribbs home which was a few miles out of town. He visited in the Cribbs home for a week. The Cribbs family moved to Motley County in 1891. It took three weeks to make the trip. Miss Ella had been in Motley County exactly one month before her marriage, having arrived on November 23, 1891. [The Cribbs moved from Tuscaloosa, Alabama.] |
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