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Marriage:
Sources
1. Page:   Page 318, 1881-1888
Publication:   Mississippi Co. MO Courthouse, LDS-FHC Microfilm 0925719, Vol 5.
Text:   Marriage License of Alexander Stanley and Annie Southerland.
2. Page:   Vol 14, Page 113
Publication:   Mississippi Co., MO Circuit Court Records, LDS-FHC Microfilm 1977450,Item 5
Text:   Cirguit Court Records convicting and sentencing Alexander Stanley forcarrying a concealed weapon.

Notes
a. Continued:   When Annie Southerland and Alexander Stanley were married, Annie'sfather Samuel gave his written consent as Annie was under the age of18. T.A. Head, a Baptist Minister of the Gospel performed theceremony. The marriage certificate was filed 15 May 1886.
  On 6 Apr 1885, Alexander Stanley appeared in Circuit Court inMississippi Co., MO on a charge for carrying a concealed weapon.Alexander pleaded guilty, was fined $25.00 and sentenced to the countyjail to break rock to work off the fine. Generally, blacks wereunable to pay a high fine during this period and were sentenced tobreak rock in the county jail. Most of the black people were alsounable to have legal representation in court. The sentence leviedagainst this Alexander Stanley due to his inability to pay the fineconvinces me that he was the brother of our great-grandmother, RebeccaStanley Morton.
b. Note:   married by T. A. Head, Baptist Minister of the Gospel. SamuelSoutherland, father of Annie, gave his written consent for themarriage. The marriage certificate was filed on 15 May 1886 at theMississippi County Courthouse in Charleston, MO.
Note:   Alexander Stanley, over 21, and Annie Southerland, under 18, were

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