Mary Josephine LeSage, known to family and friends as Jo, was the only child born to Joseph Columbus LeSage (1871-1941) and his wife Anna Hope McCullough (1875-1962) of Huntington, Cabell Co., W.Va. On her father's side, she was descended from Jules F. M. Lesage (1811-1888), a native of Paris, France, who settled in 1850 on a farm in what is now the town of Lesage, Cabell Co., upriver from Huntington. Joseph C. LeSage was a career postal employee who eventually became postmaster of Huntington.
Jo attended Huntington High School, graduating in 1916 as "honorarian." At her graduation she delivered an oration on "The Living Shakespeare." The school's yearbook offered the following prophecy:
At the organ sits Josephine, child of music and art,
Her beautiful ballads would melt a stone heart;
Indian music's her favorite--with its weird magic spell,
This poet, composer and singer as well.
Unfortunately, Jo's hope of attending college was frustrated by her father who, though he loved her dearly, saw no value in higher education for young women. Instead, Jo took a job as a clerk at Consolidated Power & Light Co. of Huntington. There in 1921 she met Raymond A. Snow of Needham, Mass. (She was introduced to Raymond by her cousin Robert P. Ramsey, who had been a classmate of Raymond's at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.) Raymond had recently graduated from M.I.T. and taken an entry level job with Consolidated Power & Light. The friendship between Jo and Raymond warmed into romance. Though Jo had other suitors, Raymond Snow was single-minded in his pursuit. With the blessings of their families, Jo LeSage and Raymond Snow were married on October 8, 1923.
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Lesage-Snow Wedding
This morning at eleven-thirty o'clock at the First Congregational church, a quiet but beautiful wedding occurred when Miss Mary Josephine LeSage, only daughter of Postmaster and Mrs. J.C. Le Sage, and Mr. Raymond Anthony Snow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. [sic] Snow, of Needham, Mass., were united in marriage by Rev. Fred W. Hagen, who used the impressive double ring ceremony. The affair was wholly without ostentation and attended by only the immediate relatives and close friends. The bride who is a young woman of manifold charm and attractions never appeared prettier than on this occasion attired in white canton crepe over white satin with a picture hat of white and carried a bouquet of brides roses and valle lilies. She has been reared in Huntington and has a large circle of admiring friends. She is a graduate of the Huntington high school. Her only attendant was Miss Neva Rose Peck who was girlish and pretty in a rose and gold taffeta gown with hat to correspond and carried pink roses. Mr. H. Cecil Peck of this city was best man. The groom is a graduate of the Boston school of Technology [sic] and was formerly located in Huntington with the Consolidated Power & Light company, but now holds a lucrative position in Raleigh, N.C., with the Carolina Power & Light company. Mr. and Mrs. Snow left immedeiately [sic] after the ceremony for New York and other points east and upon their return will reside in Raleigh.
[Huntington Advertiser (Huntington,W.Va.), October 8, 1923.]
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Immediately after the wedding the couple moved to Raleigh, N.C. where Raymond had taken a promising position with Carolina Power & Light Co. Jo and Raymond spent the rest of their long lives in Raleigh. There they raised two daughters. When her younger daughter was old enough for school, Josephine took a job at the reception desk of Rex Hospital in Raleigh. The hospital was only a short walking distance from her home--a good thing since Jo never learned to drive a car. When Joseph LeSage died in 1941, Jo and Raymond invited her widowed mother to live them in Raleigh.
A passionate lover of history, Josephine was active in the D.A.R. and other patriotic organizations. Visiting libraries and archives and corresponding with her parents and distant cousins, she carefully compiled a family genealogy for her daughters. Early on she contemplated writing a historical novel based on the life of her rakish LeSage ancestor, a project she unfortunately abandoned. Jo shared with Raymond a love of books, art and music. For many years they would annually attend the Metropolitan Opera's performances in Atlanta. Another high point of each year was the autumn trip to Stowe, Vt., where they spent several weeks with friends walking the country roads. They returned to Raleigh and their grandchildren with bushels of Macintosh apples, gallon tins of maple syrup and boxes of Maypo.
Jo attended Huntington High School, graduating in 1916 as "honorarian." At her graduation she delivered an oration on "The Living Shakespeare." The school's yearbook offered the following prophecy:
At the organ sits Josephine, child of music and art,
Her beautiful ballads would melt a stone heart;
Indian music's her favorite--with its weird magic spell,
This poet, composer and singer as well.
Unfortunately, Jo's hope of attending college was frustrated by her father who, though he loved her dearly, saw no value in higher education for young women. Instead, Jo took a job as a clerk at Consolidated Power & Light Co. of Huntington. There in 1921 she met Raymond A. Snow of Needham, Mass. (She was introduced to Raymond by her cousin Robert P. Ramsey, who had been a classmate of Raymond's at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.) Raymond had recently graduated from M.I.T. and taken an entry level job with Consolidated Power & Light. The friendship between Jo and Raymond warmed into romance. Though Jo had other suitors, Raymond Snow was single-minded in his pursuit. With the blessings of their families, Jo LeSage and Raymond Snow were married on October 8, 1923.
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Lesage-Snow Wedding
This morning at eleven-thirty o'clock at the First Congregational church, a quiet but beautiful wedding occurred when Miss Mary Josephine LeSage, only daughter of Postmaster and Mrs. J.C. Le Sage, and Mr. Raymond Anthony Snow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. [sic] Snow, of Needham, Mass., were united in marriage by Rev. Fred W. Hagen, who used the impressive double ring ceremony. The affair was wholly without ostentation and attended by only the immediate relatives and close friends. The bride who is a young woman of manifold charm and attractions never appeared prettier than on this occasion attired in white canton crepe over white satin with a picture hat of white and carried a bouquet of brides roses and valle lilies. She has been reared in Huntington and has a large circle of admiring friends. She is a graduate of the Huntington high school. Her only attendant was Miss Neva Rose Peck who was girlish and pretty in a rose and gold taffeta gown with hat to correspond and carried pink roses. Mr. H. Cecil Peck of this city was best man. The groom is a graduate of the Boston school of Technology [sic] and was formerly located in Huntington with the Consolidated Power & Light company, but now holds a lucrative position in Raleigh, N.C., with the Carolina Power & Light company. Mr. and Mrs. Snow left immedeiately [sic] after the ceremony for New York and other points east and upon their return will reside in Raleigh.
[Huntington Advertiser (Huntington,W.Va.), October 8, 1923.]
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Immediately after the wedding the couple moved to Raleigh, N.C. where Raymond had taken a promising position with Carolina Power & Light Co. Jo and Raymond spent the rest of their long lives in Raleigh. There they raised two daughters. When her younger daughter was old enough for school, Josephine took a job at the reception desk of Rex Hospital in Raleigh. The hospital was only a short walking distance from her home--a good thing since Jo never learned to drive a car. When Joseph LeSage died in 1941, Jo and Raymond invited her widowed mother to live them in Raleigh.
A passionate lover of history, Josephine was active in the D.A.R. and other patriotic organizations. Visiting libraries and archives and corresponding with her parents and distant cousins, she carefully compiled a family genealogy for her daughters. Early on she contemplated writing a historical novel based on the life of her rakish LeSage ancestor, a project she unfortunately abandoned. Jo shared with Raymond a love of books, art and music. For many years they would annually attend the Metropolitan Opera's performances in Atlanta. Another high point of each year was the autumn trip to Stowe, Vt., where they spent several weeks with friends walking the country roads. They returned to Raleigh and their grandchildren with bushels of Macintosh apples, gallon tins of maple syrup and boxes of Maypo.
Mary Josephine LeSage, known to family and friends as Jo, was the only child born to Joseph Columbus LeSage (1871-1941) and his wife Anna Hope McCullough (1875-1962) of Huntington, Cabell Co., W.Va. On her father's side, she was descended from Jules F. M. Lesage (1811-1888), a native of Paris, France, who settled in 1850 on a farm in what is now the town of Lesage, Cabell Co., upriver from Huntington. Joseph C. LeSage was a career postal employee who eventually became postmaster of Huntington.
Jo attended Huntington High School, graduating in 1916 as "honorarian." At her graduation she delivered an oration on "The Living Shakespeare." The school's yearbook offered the following prophecy:
At the organ sits Josephine, child of music and art,
Her beautiful ballads would melt a stone heart;
Indian music's her favorite--with its weird magic spell,
This poet, composer and singer as well.
Unfortunately, Jo's hope of attending college was frustrated by her father who, though he loved her dearly, saw no value in higher education for young women. Instead, Jo took a job as a clerk at Consolidated Power & Light Co. of Huntington. There in 1921 she met Raymond A. Snow of Needham, Mass. (She was introduced to Raymond by her cousin Robert P. Ramsey, who had been a classmate of Raymond's at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.) Raymond had recently graduated from M.I.T. and taken an entry level job with Consolidated Power & Light. The friendship between Jo and Raymond warmed into romance. Though Jo had other suitors, Raymond Snow was single-minded in his pursuit. With the blessings of their families, Jo LeSage and Raymond Snow were married on October 8, 1923.
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Lesage-Snow Wedding
This morning at eleven-thirty o'clock at the First Congregational church, a quiet but beautiful wedding occurred when Miss Mary Josephine LeSage, only daughter of Postmaster and Mrs. J.C. Le Sage, and Mr. Raymond Anthony Snow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. [sic] Snow, of Needham, Mass., were united in marriage by Rev. Fred W. Hagen, who used the impressive double ring ceremony. The affair was wholly without ostentation and attended by only the immediate relatives and close friends. The bride who is a young woman of manifold charm and attractions never appeared prettier than on this occasion attired in white canton crepe over white satin with a picture hat of white and carried a bouquet of brides roses and valle lilies. She has been reared in Huntington and has a large circle of admiring friends. She is a graduate of the Huntington high school. Her only attendant was Miss Neva Rose Peck who was girlish and pretty in a rose and gold taffeta gown with hat to correspond and carried pink roses. Mr. H. Cecil Peck of this city was best man. The groom is a graduate of the Boston school of Technology [sic] and was formerly located in Huntington with the Consolidated Power & Light company, but now holds a lucrative position in Raleigh, N.C., with the Carolina Power & Light company. Mr. and Mrs. Snow left immedeiately [sic] after the ceremony for New York and other points east and upon their return will reside in Raleigh.
[Huntington Advertiser (Huntington,W.Va.), October 8, 1923.]
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Immediately after the wedding the couple moved to Raleigh, N.C. where Raymond had taken a promising position with Carolina Power & Light Co. Jo and Raymond spent the rest of their long lives in Raleigh. There they raised two daughters. When her younger daughter was old enough for school, Josephine took a job at the reception desk of Rex Hospital in Raleigh. The hospital was only a short walking distance from her home--a good thing since Jo never learned to drive a car. When Joseph LeSage died in 1941, Jo and Raymond invited her widowed mother to live them in Raleigh.
A passionate lover of history, Josephine was active in the D.A.R. and other patriotic organizations. Visiting libraries and archives and corresponding with her parents and distant cousins, she carefully compiled a family genealogy for her daughters. Early on she contemplated writing a historical novel based on the life of her rakish LeSage ancestor, a project she unfortunately abandoned. Jo shared with Raymond a love of books, art and music. For many years they would annually attend the Metropolitan Opera's performances in Atlanta. Another high point of each year was the autumn trip to Stowe, Vt., where they spent several weeks with friends walking the country roads. They returned to Raleigh and their grandchildren with bushels of Macintosh apples, gallon tins of maple syrup and boxes of Maypo.
Jo attended Huntington High School, graduating in 1916 as "honorarian." At her graduation she delivered an oration on "The Living Shakespeare." The school's yearbook offered the following prophecy:
At the organ sits Josephine, child of music and art,
Her beautiful ballads would melt a stone heart;
Indian music's her favorite--with its weird magic spell,
This poet, composer and singer as well.
Unfortunately, Jo's hope of attending college was frustrated by her father who, though he loved her dearly, saw no value in higher education for young women. Instead, Jo took a job as a clerk at Consolidated Power & Light Co. of Huntington. There in 1921 she met Raymond A. Snow of Needham, Mass. (She was introduced to Raymond by her cousin Robert P. Ramsey, who had been a classmate of Raymond's at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.) Raymond had recently graduated from M.I.T. and taken an entry level job with Consolidated Power & Light. The friendship between Jo and Raymond warmed into romance. Though Jo had other suitors, Raymond Snow was single-minded in his pursuit. With the blessings of their families, Jo LeSage and Raymond Snow were married on October 8, 1923.
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Lesage-Snow Wedding
This morning at eleven-thirty o'clock at the First Congregational church, a quiet but beautiful wedding occurred when Miss Mary Josephine LeSage, only daughter of Postmaster and Mrs. J.C. Le Sage, and Mr. Raymond Anthony Snow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. [sic] Snow, of Needham, Mass., were united in marriage by Rev. Fred W. Hagen, who used the impressive double ring ceremony. The affair was wholly without ostentation and attended by only the immediate relatives and close friends. The bride who is a young woman of manifold charm and attractions never appeared prettier than on this occasion attired in white canton crepe over white satin with a picture hat of white and carried a bouquet of brides roses and valle lilies. She has been reared in Huntington and has a large circle of admiring friends. She is a graduate of the Huntington high school. Her only attendant was Miss Neva Rose Peck who was girlish and pretty in a rose and gold taffeta gown with hat to correspond and carried pink roses. Mr. H. Cecil Peck of this city was best man. The groom is a graduate of the Boston school of Technology [sic] and was formerly located in Huntington with the Consolidated Power & Light company, but now holds a lucrative position in Raleigh, N.C., with the Carolina Power & Light company. Mr. and Mrs. Snow left immedeiately [sic] after the ceremony for New York and other points east and upon their return will reside in Raleigh.
[Huntington Advertiser (Huntington,W.Va.), October 8, 1923.]
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Immediately after the wedding the couple moved to Raleigh, N.C. where Raymond had taken a promising position with Carolina Power & Light Co. Jo and Raymond spent the rest of their long lives in Raleigh. There they raised two daughters. When her younger daughter was old enough for school, Josephine took a job at the reception desk of Rex Hospital in Raleigh. The hospital was only a short walking distance from her home--a good thing since Jo never learned to drive a car. When Joseph LeSage died in 1941, Jo and Raymond invited her widowed mother to live them in Raleigh.
A passionate lover of history, Josephine was active in the D.A.R. and other patriotic organizations. Visiting libraries and archives and corresponding with her parents and distant cousins, she carefully compiled a family genealogy for her daughters. Early on she contemplated writing a historical novel based on the life of her rakish LeSage ancestor, a project she unfortunately abandoned. Jo shared with Raymond a love of books, art and music. For many years they would annually attend the Metropolitan Opera's performances in Atlanta. Another high point of each year was the autumn trip to Stowe, Vt., where they spent several weeks with friends walking the country roads. They returned to Raleigh and their grandchildren with bushels of Macintosh apples, gallon tins of maple syrup and boxes of Maypo.
