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- Mississippi, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935
Name W. M. Teague
Spouse Mattie Goodman
Marriage Date 5 Feb 1886
County Panola
Jesse E. Teague, in a legal deposition taken in 1898, stated that his brother William Teague "was never married that I know of, and I am very sure if he had been living I would have heard from him and known whether he was married or not, by hearing from him as we always corresponded until I last heard from him in 1883." "I am fully satisfied that my brother William is dead. He was not married when I saw him in 1882, and I am fully satisfied he never was married."
Mona Robinson Mills
1 year ago
The court, however, was not convinced William was dead, and the judge made this ruling and statement:
24 Sep 1898
“As to William Miles Teague, there is some conflict in the testimony, and some doubt is thereby created. One of the witnesses examined by petitioner says that she heard from William three years ago, and that he was then living in Texas though she does not tell how she heard from him, or at what particular place he then lived. She also says that several years ago he was married, nor where, and in fact says she knows nothing about this, seeming to contradict herself. On the other hand other witnesses examined on behalf of petitioner say that William’s not been seen or heard of, where he once resided in Mississippi in ten and fifteen years, and one witness … says that he came to his house in Poplar Bluff, Missouri in 1881 to make that his home, and that during the Spring of that year he left his home, and he has not seen or heard of him since, although he has made inquiries for him and also his whereabouts." [cont'd below]
Mona Robinson Mills
1 year ago
" The petitioner [Jesse Ewell Teague, who petitioned the court for his share of inheritance from his aunt Narcissa Teague Garlington] testified that he has not seen his brother since 1882 and has not heard from him since 1883, that he is reputed to be dead, and that he is satisfied he is dead, and that he was never married, because they always corresponded till he last heard from him in 1883…. All this might be sufficient to warrant the conclusion that William is dead and that he died before the life tenant (leaving no children) under the presumption of death by the law when a person leaves his home and is absent for seven years…. In view of the doubt, however, … I deem it better that some further ____ be given to make more definite showing as to whether William is dead, whether if dead, he died before the life tenant, and if so, whether he left any child or children. As to the petitioner, I am thoroughly satisfied that he is entitled to at least half of the amount - $954.66 - going to the children of Robert E. Teague, deceased…”
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1856 - 1896 (40 years)
