Married – in the Episcopal church at Jackson, NC, on Thursday the 28th, by Rector Rev. Mr. HIGGS, Miss Claudia JORDAN of Smithfield, Va., to Mr. Benj. HARDY of Rocky Mount, NC.  The happy pair passed through this place on Thursday evening on their way to the bridegroom’s home at Rocky Mount.

Source: Roanoke News, 30 November 1878. Available online at digitalnc.org.