Ida Alena Ballance Weds Victor Monroe Sylvester, 1920

Miss Ida Alena Ballance, older daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Ballance of this city, was married to Mr. Victor Monroe Sylvester of Portsmouth, Va., Thursday, Sept. 23. The marriage was quietly solemnized at the home of Dr. G.W. Clarke, pastor of Blackwell Memorial Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester will make their home in Portsmouth. (From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., October 1, 1920)