Married on the 4th of July

Source: Ancestry. Tennessee Marriage Records.

The document above is from Ancestry's Tennessee Marriage Records for Hamblen County, Tennessee, showing the marriage license of my 3rd-great-grandfather Joseph Jones to his fourth wife, Pearl Cox. I previously shared a photo of their marriage certificate from his Civil War pension file. They were married by Minister C. F. Sneed, first husband of Pearl's older sister Bessie. The marriage record below says Pearl was 22, but she was 19 when she married Joseph. He was 70 years old, making quite a curious pairing.

Source: Ancestry. Tennessee Marriage Records.

Morristown Gazette, 10 Jul 1907.

Pearl remained with Joseph until his death in January 1910. After finding the information in Joseph's Civil War pension file on his marriage to Pearl back in 2012, I had hoped eventually more would come available on her later life. There are some articles, and I'll reference those. I also stumbled on some fascinating information on her world-traveling photographer sister. That's where the story is heading next.