Morgan's Wedding Marker

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The Morgan’s Wedding marker tells the story of Brigadier General John H. Morgan and Martha Ready, who became married on December 14, 1862. The groomsmen included several high-ranked Confederate military officers, and even former Confederate president Jefferson Davis was in attendance. A marker existed on the Ready house until the house was destroyed in 1967. This marker was held by the Commerce Union Bank of Rutherford County, though the marker was later misplaced and disappeared. The Martha Ready Morgan chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy aided in the replacement of the Morgan’s Wedding marker and, with the support of the bank and the Tennessee Historical Commission. rededicated it on December 14, 1985 on the wall of the bank in celebration of 123rd anniversary of the wedding and the United States’ bicentennial.