Weddings & Divorces in History in 1871

Jan 25 US President William McKinley (27) weds Ida Saxton (23) at the First Presbyterian Church in Canton

Jun 14 Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro (40) weds Julie Vellay in London

Jul 21 Suffragette Kate Sheppard (24) weds general merchant Walter Allen Sheppard in Christchurch, New Zealand

Dec 25 Inventor Thomas Edison (24) marries 1st wife Mary Stilwell (16)

Dec 25 Writer Ambrose Bierce (29) weds Mary Ellen Day