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FROM Nashville Banner, February 25, 1893:
AN ABSOLUTE DIVORCE An Interesting Case Decided in Chancery Court in Lawrenceburg A Wife EstablishesHer Common Law Title and Secures a Divorce and Alimony The case of Mrs. Marie M. McLanahan vs. J. Craig McLanahan was deiced at Lawrenceburg, Wednesday by Chancellor Abernathy. Mr. Albert D. Marks and Judge El H. East of this city, represented the complainant, and Hughes & Hatcher of Columbia, the defendant. The case has been in the courts for some time and was hotly contested. J. Craig McLanahan is a son of J. King McLanahan, a prominent iron man and furnace builder, of Holidaysburg, Pa., and Mrs. McLanahan was formerly Mrs. Marie Marien, of Philadelphia, where she lived in a large house and let apartments. Young McLanahan occupied rooms in Mrs. Marien's house while attending the law school in Philadelphia. While there the young student became infatuated with the handsome widow. J. King McLanahan leased the ore beds at Pinkney, Lawrence County, and put his son there to operate the same. Before coming to Tennessee the young McLanahan proposed to Mrs. Marien that they be secretly married and that she come with him as his housekeeper. He explained that he did not want his father to know of the marriage and gave good reasons. Mrs. Marien agreed to the plan and the two were married in Philadelphia...There were no actual witnesses and the ceremony was gone through with by the couple. A servant heard the contract, and she testified that a bible was used in the ceremony and a ring exchanged. The couple came to Tennessee. Mrs. Marien [was]living in the house with McLanahan ostensibly as his housekeeper. She was introduced by Mr. McLanahan as his housekeeper but it was proven at the trial that he admitted to some Nashville merchants that she was his wife..." In 1891 the couple had some differences and Mr. McLanahan cast the woman off. She returned to Pinkney and proclaimed her marriage to McLanahan. In September of that year she filed a bill for divorce. Much proof was taken and Mrs. McLanahan established her marriage to McLanahan and also proved a good character, refuting the charges made by her husband. The Chancellor declared that the couple had been legally married and gave Mrs. McLanahan a divorce and ...alimony."
TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN: This quotation is in no way an attempt to disparage anyone. It is simply something that I found that I hope will be of interest to those studying this line. There may be more to the story than this newspaper article tells- I don't know. There are not many notes on this forum, but I do hope this is of help and possibly interest to some here.
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