Wedding ensemble, 1868, American, (a–c) silk/wool, According to family history, Amelia Jane Carley (1844–1892) wore this dress at her marriage to William Edward Chess (1842–1926) in 1868 in West Virginia, the half-mourning colors chosen in honor of those who died during the Civil War
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Wedding ensemble, 1868, American, silk/wool, According, family, history, Amelia Jane Carley, 1844–1892, wore, dress, marriage, William Edward, Chess, 1842–1926, West Virginia, half-mourning colors, chosen, honor, died, Civil, War
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