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February 7, 1888
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
What is this article about?
In St. Joseph, Mo., 12-year-old Annie Stevenson, twice married and mother of two deceased children, was arrested for vagrancy after being deserted by her second husband. She was fined lightly and sent to her father in Grundy County.
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A 12-YEAR-OLD MATRON.
Twice Married, and the Mother of Two Children—Destitute and Deserted.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Feb. 7.—The police arrested yesterday Annie Stevenson, aged 12 years, on the charge of vagrancy. She was given a light fine by the recorder and last evening was put aboard a train for Hickory station, Grundy county, Mo., where her father lives.
The girl has been twice married, and had two children by her first husband, Robert Patterson, whose wife she became when she was 10 years old. Patterson was 17. Her husband and two babies died, and she went again to her father, who lived then near Mound City, Mo. Here she married John Stevenson, aged 23 years. Stevenson left her a couple of weeks ago, and she went to St. Joseph to look for him. Her destitute condition induced the police to take charge of her. She is rather small for her age, and looks younger than 13 years. She is quite pretty, intelligent, and says she still loves her husband. He left her, she thinks, because he was poor and wanted to get a start in the world.
Twice Married, and the Mother of Two Children—Destitute and Deserted.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Feb. 7.—The police arrested yesterday Annie Stevenson, aged 12 years, on the charge of vagrancy. She was given a light fine by the recorder and last evening was put aboard a train for Hickory station, Grundy county, Mo., where her father lives.
The girl has been twice married, and had two children by her first husband, Robert Patterson, whose wife she became when she was 10 years old. Patterson was 17. Her husband and two babies died, and she went again to her father, who lived then near Mound City, Mo. Here she married John Stevenson, aged 23 years. Stevenson left her a couple of weeks ago, and she went to St. Joseph to look for him. Her destitute condition induced the police to take charge of her. She is rather small for her age, and looks younger than 13 years. She is quite pretty, intelligent, and says she still loves her husband. He left her, she thinks, because he was poor and wanted to get a start in the world.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Family Drama
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Family
What keywords are associated?
Child Marriage
Vagrancy Arrest
Deserted Wife
Early Motherhood
Destitution
What entities or persons were involved?
Annie Stevenson
Robert Patterson
John Stevenson
Where did it happen?
St. Joseph, Mo.
Story Details
Key Persons
Annie Stevenson
Robert Patterson
John Stevenson
Location
St. Joseph, Mo.
Event Date
Feb. 7
Story Details
12-year-old Annie Stevenson, married at 10 to Robert Patterson (17), had two children who died with him; remarried to 23-year-old John Stevenson, who deserted her; arrested for vagrancy in St. Joseph and sent to her father.