Robert Warren and Charity Atwater reunited and remarried after 53 years
Married After Fifty-three Years.
Oskaloosa, June 5. There was sol-
emnized [solemnized] here today a wedding that re-
united [reunited] “Uncle” Robert Warren, of Os-
kaloosa [Oskaloosa], and Charity Atwater, of North
Carolina, after a separation of 53 years.
The two were married according to
slave laws at Chapel Hill, North Caro-
lina [North Carolina], 60 years ago. Seven years later
after five children had been born to
them, the father was sold to another
master and taken to Tennessee, 700
miles away, and the family broken up.
No word could be gotten back and
forth, and finally Robert married again,
his second wife being “Aunt Liza,” an
historic character, who died here dur-
ing [during] the winter. Since her death Robert
has found out the residence of his early
wife, and as a result of correspondence,
the lady arrived here day before yester-
day [yesterday]. Both old people are now past 80.
They have four living children, two of
whom are now preachers, one a Meth-
odist [Methodist] and one a Baptist.
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