110 YEARS AGO Thursday, Jan. 7, 1909 from the Mathews Journal Judging by the number of marriages recently consummated in our county it would seem that the ladies made good use of Leap Year and succeeded as getting a good many poor fellows in trouble. We wish for all of the newlywed couples a long, happy, and prosperous life. 100 YEARS AGO Thursday, Jan. 2, 1919 from the Mathews Journal A letter recently received from Mr. Moreland Carter, formerly of Hicks Wharf, states that he is at present a Lieutenant in the English Army and was at the time the letter was written about to embark for Northern Siberia in the British Northern Russia Expeditionary forces. He sent regards to a number of friends here. 90 YEARS AGO Thursday, Jan. 3, 1929 from the Gloucester Gazette Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Warden and their children arrived Saturday to spend New Year’s at Severnby. On their way back to Washington they will stop in Petersburg to attend the wedding of Mr. Mann Page and Miss McGill. Among the G...