The story of Asaph Perry

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Opening Marriage Business Woman Amanda Westbrook Church Mother

By the early 1890s Asaph had moved to Canton and was courting Ethel Smith. Their courtship was formal, but heartwarming. Ethel's affection for Asaph had a simple and almost childlike character, but she never lacked compassion. The two married on October 1, 1895 and had their first child, Mary Helen, in October of the following year. In March 1898, their second child, Ethel Bertie is born.

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Writing the Story

Often, marriages, when recounted for the sake of history, became tired exercises involving lists of dates, places, and offspring. We wanted to resist this temptation and, instead, look into the compassion and emotion present at the start of Ethel and Asaph's relationship.