Nationwide, wedding guests seem split on the issue. According to American Express, 35 percent of guests will buy a gift off the registry and 32 percent will give cash. (The remainder will give a mix of gift cards and other items.) But if you ask the bride and groom what theyâd prefer, 52 percent say they prefer cash.
Benjamin Lundy. Benjamin Lundy was an abolitionist opponent of slavery in the years before the American Civil War. Lundy was born on January 4, 1789, in Hardwick, New Jersey. His parents belonged to the Society of Friends, and they raised their son to oppose violence and the enslavement of other human beings.
Benjamin Grierson. Benjamin Henry Grierson (July 8, 1826 â August 31, 1911) was a music teacher, then a career officer in the United States Army. He was a cavalry general in the volunteer Union Army during the Civil War and later led troops in the American Old West.