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Story June 29, 1879

New York Dispatch

New York, New York County, New York

What is this article about?

A man named Haywood Wilson and a woman named Annie in Arkansas unknowingly marry each other three times over decades, divorcing twice in between, before discovering the truth during a third divorce suit after the Civil War.

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THE THIRD TRIAL
HUSBAND AND WIFE REJOINED AFTER TWO SEPARATIONS.

[From the Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette.]

The human memory is a peculiar faculty—as peculiar, perhaps, in forgetting anything as in remembering it. The many vicissitudes of life through which a man is whirled would almost cause him to forget the early thrashings of his youth. The following circumstance is a very peculiar one: Years and years ago, before the guns of North and South thundered and broke the peace of the two sections, a man named Haywood Wilson, living in this State, married a girl whose Christian name was "Annie," but whose other name is not, for some unknown reason, preserved among the fruit jars of memory.

Having lived together several years a quarrel ensued which resulted in a suit for divorce. A divorce being granted, the parties went their way. Several years afterward they again met, and, strange to say, neither knew the other.

Becoming acquainted, they fell in love, or, as Bulwer says, rose into it. A proposal of marriage was made and accepted. The parties again lived together for several years, so unhappily at last that a suit for divorce was entered and granted. No children had been born to the marriage, and it did not cause very much trouble for the parties to pick up their traps and leave.

Years passed on as years generally do, and the parties again met, this time after the great revolution. Becoming infatuated with each other, courtship and marriage followed. This love lived with each other until recently.

when, from another complaint, Mr. F. E. Brooks, or ten sot v. brong ut suit or ta6 ii art Suddenly, and by an almost simultaneous awakening, the parties discovered that they had thrice been married. Why they did not discover it sooner is more than the court or any one else can tell. They will now, probably, live apart the rest of their lives, as the third failure should prove to them that there is something very uncongenial in their natures.

What sub-type of article is it?

Curiosity Extraordinary Event Romance

What themes does it cover?

Fate Providence Misfortune Love

What keywords are associated?

Repeated Marriages Forgotten Spouses Multiple Divorces Civil War Era

What entities or persons were involved?

Haywood Wilson Annie Mr. F. E. Brooks

Where did it happen?

Arkansas

Story Details

Key Persons

Haywood Wilson Annie Mr. F. E. Brooks

Location

Arkansas

Event Date

Before And After The Civil War

Story Details

Haywood Wilson and Annie marry, divorce, remarry unknowingly, divorce again, and remarry a third time after the Civil War, only recently discovering their repeated unions through another divorce suit.

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