Summary
Grace Atchison and Charles Davis married at Beaver Island’s Episcopal Mission Church on August 12, 1961, with Rev. Lyman Howard officiating. The Beaver Beacon describes it as the first Protestant wedding on the island since the Mormon period and says the couple planned to live on Beaver Island while Charles Davis worked for McClure Drilling.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper wedding account, not a civil marriage license, parish register, or employment record.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, September 1961, “Wedding Bells.”Reports Grace Atchison of Harrisville and Charles Davis of Harrison marrying on August 12 at the Episcopal Mission Church, with Rev. Lyman Howard officiating, and says it was the first Protestant wedding on Beaver Island since the Mormon period. It says the couple made their home on the island because Davis worked for McClure Drilling; it does not provide a civil or parish register.