The Trials and Tribulations of Bartholomew Ellett’s Two Marriages
Post by Randi Richardson On December 8, 1852, Bartholomew “Bartley” Ellett took Mary Ann Stimson (consider Stimpson a spelling variant) for his lawfully wedded wife in Monroe County, Indiana. Mary Ann was 33 at the time of her marriage, quite a bit older than the average bride. Soon after the marriage, or even before that