Mooresville, July 3—A romance of interest to this community and elsewhere in North Carolina culminated in the marriage last Saturday afternoon of Mr. James H. Cloaninger and Mrs. Elizabeth W. Ellithorpe, the ceremony being performed by Rev. W.E. West, pastor of Prospect Presbyterian Church, and who is the groom’s pastor, at the manse in the presence of the groom’s children and several intimate friends.
Mr. Cloaninger for several years has been spending his winters in Florida with his daughter, Mrs. L.V. Henry, at St. Peters burg. When it became known that he was a widower, the Florida belles who had gathered there from all over the country soon learned to know Mr. Cloaninger for his genial disposition and his abilities as a checker player and a lover of 500 and other games. He became quite a favorite, and in his surroundings there arose a strong desire for a companion. Mrs. Ellithorpe was the pick, and after paying her due court it was decided that at some future time they would marry. Mr. Cloaninger returned to his home here about six weeks ago, and on Thursday of last week Mrs. Ellithorpe arrived and quartered at the Commercial Hotel. After a few visits one with the other, it was decided to continue the chapter by marriage.
The groom is in his 70th year and the bride has passed her 68th summer, and they have carried their three-score years and more lightly. The groom is a well-to-do citizen and is a successful farmer and business man. Mrs. Cloaninger’s home was formerly at Riverside near Chicago. The groom has living three daughters and one son, while the bride has one son living at the home place in Illinois.
The couple are happily domiciled in the groom’s home on Carpenter Avenue and are as well pleased with their new lease on life and companionship as any two young people could possibly be.
From page 5 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, July 5, 1924
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