Phelps-Hutchinson Marriage
The Honeymoon on a Yacht
Miss Rose Hutchinson and John J. Phelps were yesterday married at St. George's Episcopal Church by the Rev. Dr. Rainsford in the presence of the relatives of the bridal couple and a few intimate friends. The ceremony was enriched by the full choir of the church leading the procession to the chancel singing the wedding march from "Lohengrin." The bride wore white silk and a veil of Tulle, fastened with white roses and diamonds. Her elder sister Miss Hutchinson attended her, and gave her away. Miss Marion Phelps was maid of honor, and Sheffield Phelps, brother of the groom, was best man. Edgar S. Porter of New Haven, Kier Mitchell of Pittsburg, Frank Phelps and Tuthill R. Hilliard of Wilkesbarre, William Carey of New York, and Elijah Boardman of Cleveland were the ushers. All wore scarf pin favors from the bridegroom. A wedding breakfast was subsequently served from which the bridal couple departed on a yachting cruise.
New York Times, New York, N.Y., Apr. 27, 1888, page 8
An attractive wedding, with a yachting flavor attaching, was celebrated on Thursday in St. George's Church. Then and there, the son of the Hon. William Walter Phelps, John Jay Phelps, and Miss Rose Janet Hutchinson were married. Miss Marian Phelps, as maid of honor, attended the bride, who was given away by her sister, Miss Ellen M. Hutchinson. There were six ushers, and as best man the bridegroom had his brother, Sheffield Phelps. The honeymoon has begun on the bridegroom's yacht. Mr. Phelps is an enthusiastic yachtsman and has only recently completed a voyage around the world in his own boat.
New York Tribune, April 29, 1888, page 6
