Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-07-30 | Page 13 | Great-Granny is 47; Wed When Thirteen

I GREAT-GRANNY GREAT IS 47 1 WED VIED WHEN N EN LOS ANGELES July Tuly 29 Get 29 Get married married married mar mar- I ried young oung and grow up together That hat Is ill the th motto of a great grand mother only on 47 41 years old who was v present at the christening ot of her three weeks' weeks old great granddaughter The great grandmother Is Mr trl Lo Lor Smith of 1213 East Enst seventh Fifty street The great granddaughter Is Baby Jessie Tessie Jeffrys daughter of Ors Mrs Rus Russell ell Jeffrys who Is Just IS tb years old The grandmother for whom the baby was named Is III only 2 Pt years old She Is Mrs Jessie Scanlon better Metter known as Bessie King RIng In the he theatrical theatrical the the- I world The family come of th the thA old Scot Scot- American tish-American stock who as far back hack ns liS the great-grandmother great can remember remember ber have always advocated early mar mar- So when little Leona Scanlon came to h her r mother a year rear ear ago and blushingly ly conf confessed her love for Russell Russell Rus Rus- sell Jeffrys then 20 years yearn old the mother kissed them both and went In search of or her own wed wedding din chest which she had used only fifteen years previous Baby Bilby Jessie was born at nt Venice on July Tuly 4 Thirteen days day later she site and her mother twirl cattle to Los 1011 Angeles and paid a visit to the tho grand great mother I am delighted with wilh m my granddaughter grand Irand granddaughter She Innot In Is daughter said Mrs 1 Scanlon not only a 1 fine healthy baby but a II living proof of my theory that earl earl marriages would revolutionize th the whole human family In the olden older days when l large families fl were no not notI considered a 1 thing to he be hamd ashamed a of nt women married young youn I was only 1 13 When I was married and anel my husband and J I I. I were educated together In th the th school f of life