GIRL AGE 17 MARRIED TWICE
She Was Divorced From Her First Husband to Mary One Twice Her Age. Stella Tilley, 17, of Joplin, has a marriage record of rarity. She has been married twice, notwithstanding the fact that she lacks one year of having reached her majority.
Until just recently she was the wife of Albert Ferguson, of Joplin. But the first marriage resulted in continual disagreement and finally divorce. — Upon the same day she secured a severance of the marriage bond with Ferguson, in company with her mother, she proceeded to the County Recorder’s office and secured permission to marry
Horace Skinner. Mr. Skinner is 34 years of age.
— Henry County Democrat (Clinton, Missouri). 18 Dec 1902.