reverend protests gaylord marriage
TBHC105 years ago…
August 9, 1901 – An irate man burst into the office of Judge Joseph Robles to protest the marriage of his daughter, who he claimed was under 16 years old, to a young man named Nathan Gaylord, who lived in the Town of Fort Brooke (now the Channelside area). The father, Reverend E. F. Averill, was eventually proven wrong – his daughter had turned 16 in April, and therefore was legally eligible to marry. The newlyweds took up residence, against Reverend Averill’s wishes, in Mr. Gaylord’s home.
Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.
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