Kate's Notes: Although the groom's name is recorded as Majors in the article below, in his obituary many years later his name was given as Robert King Major, not Majors.

from the Gettysburg Compiler 
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
13 December, 1898

Marriages.

   On Wednesday, Dec. 7th, at the home of the bride, in Straban township, Robert King Majors, of the same township, and Miss Sara, only daughter of Samuel A. Gilliland, were united in in the holy bonds of matrimony in the presence of a large body of relatives and friends, promptly at 12 o’clock noon, to the beautiful strains of “Bridal Chorus,” Lohengrin, rendered by Miss Eva Danner. The groom, accompanied by W. W. Knox, of Wilmington, Del., the best man, entered the room, followed by the bride and Miss Ella Gilliland, the maid of honor, where they were met by Rev. W. S. VanCleve, the bride’s pastor, who spoke the words that made them man and wife. The flower girls, Anna and Margaret Gilliland, nieces of the bride, were dressed in pink and white. The bride was dressed in white silk mull over white silk and carried white chrysanthemums. The maid of honor wore silk mull over pink and carried pink chrysanthemums; the groom and best man in conventional black. The parlor was decorated in pink and white chrysanthemums and winter ivy. The bride was the recipient of many beautiful presents. After the ceremony a wedding dinner was served. The happy couple left on the 4:35 p. m. train for a wedding trip. Those present were:
   John Majors, wife and daughter Miss Annie, Russel Bailey, wife and daughter, Miss S. E. Gilliland, W. F. Gilliland, wife and two daughters, Mrs. John Knox, Charles Knox and wife, Mrs. Kate Horner, Mrs. Maggie Scott, W. A. McIlhenny and wife, ex-Sheriff  Wm. B. McIlhenny and wife, Mrs. Harriet Bailey, Mrs. C. H. Buehler, John Cox and wife, Mrs. [Criewell], Samuel Cox, Chas. S. Duncan, Esq., and wife, Daniel Gardner and wife, Hayes Mattern and wife, John [Meale], wife and daughter, Dr. J. W. C. O’Neal, T. J. Stahle and wife, Misses Cora Anners, Beckie and Nettie McIlhenny, Sue Black, Annie and Eva Danner, Addie and Emily Horner, Maggie Kerr, Virginia O’Neal and friend Miss Riach, Bessie Smith, Janie Scott, Carrie VanCleve, Willetta Wilson, Sadie Wertz and Maria Bushman, Messrs. Hugh McIlhenny, David Lott, Bell Weaver and Thad Crapster, Dr. J. R. Dickson and wife and Mrs. Dora Chapman.

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2010