34-year-old Homer Peel kisses his 12-year-old bride Geneva on the courthouse steps in Madisonville, Tennessee, June 25, 1937.
@timecaptales 9 year old Eunice Winstead with her 22 year old husband, Charlie Johns, in Tennessee, 1937.
@timecaptales Even back then it was controversial and law tried to stop the marriage from happening. It’s so disgusting.
In 1992 the adopted daughter of Allen, Dylan Farrow, alleged that he had molested her in their Connecticut home. Dylan Farrow talked about the alleged sexual assault on multiple occasions, including her open letter, but she never pressed charges. On the other hand, Woody denied everything from the beginning and still does. However, the controversy surrounding the matter never stopped, especially since Mia Farrow ended her relationship with Woody after discovering nude photos of her then, 21-year-old daughter in his apartment. So, even though one cannot place Woody Allen on the Hollywood sexual predators list, there is still a cloud of suspicion about him.
@timecaptales I’m pretty sure this wasn’t normal back then. So why did this happen? - A pre-ranged marriage? Anyone know?
Apparently, Homer passed in 1991, and his wife survives. Ancestry. com protects the privacy of those still living, and there is no name or death date for his widow, leaving me to believe that she survives. Also, the latest U.S.Census available is 1940, and there's no record for the family I could find, so children just would just be a guess. Out of respect for possible surviving relatives, I stopped digging.