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Lancaster Daily Intelligencer
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
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Dr. William A. Hammil of Martinsburg, W. Va., and Lillian Benton Hammil of Hagerstown, Md., eloped and remarried in Chambersburg, Pa., after their 1887 divorce, evading her pursuing relatives.
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Dr. William A. Hammil, of Martinsburg, W. Va., and Lillian Benton Hammil, of Hagerstown, Md., arrived in Chambersburg, Pa., on the late train Tuesday night, having eloped from Hagerstown. They were formerly man and wife, but divorced in June, 1887. The lady and her child have been living in Hagerstown with relatives, but Tuesday night the doctor stole them away. The clerk of the court was out of town, but the deputy clerk was aroused from his bed, license procured, and the couple were married in the hotel parlors at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. The lady has rich and influential relatives in Hagerstown, who pursued the eloping couple to Chambersburg, but found it was too late. The doctor claims that their divorce after their first marriage was brought about by relatives who caused trouble between them.
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Chambersburg, Pa.
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Tuesday Night To Wednesday Morning, Following Divorce In June 1887
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the couple remarried at 1:30 o'clock wednesday morning; relatives from hagerstown pursued but arrived too late.
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Dr. William A. Hammil and Lillian Benton Hammil, divorced in June 1887, eloped from Hagerstown with her child on Tuesday night, arriving in Chambersburg by late train. A deputy clerk issued a license, and they married in the hotel parlors at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. The doctor claimed relatives caused their prior divorce.