1885

Famous Weddings & Divorces in 1885

Famous Weddings

Edith Wharton

Apr 29 Novelist Edith Wharton (23) weds Edward Robbins Wharton (35)

Edith Wharton

Gerhart Hauptmann

May 5 German author and future Nobel Laureate Gerhart Hauptmann (22) weds Marie Thienemann in Radebeul, Saxony; separate in 1893, divorce in 1904

Gerhart Hauptmann

Woodrow Wilson

Jun 24 College professor and future 28th US President Woodrow Wilson (28) weds Presbyterian minister's daughter and artist Ellen Louise Axson (25) in Savannah, Georgia, until her death in 1914

Woodrow Wilson

Arthur Conan Doyle

Aug 5 Author Arthur Conan Doyle (26) weds Louisa Hawkins

Arthur Conan Doyle

Aug 25 American "Little House On The Prairie" author Laura Ingalls (18) weds Almonzo James Wilder (28) in De Smet, South Dakota, until his death in 1949
Aug 29 Pulitzer Prize-winning American author (Age of Innocence) Edith Jones (23), marries Edward "Teddy" Wharton (36)

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