Bride was 11 years of age! #history #northcarolinapioneers

Mrs. James Spittle nee Smiley Pressley, is the Youngest Bride in the County

"She is eleven years old and was married last week at Matthews, North arolina her mother giving consent on the condition that the bridegroom would keep the girl in school five years." Source:The Jones Headlight, Gray's Station, Georgia March 10, 1888.   For more information on Mecklenburg Co. NC families

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