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>In 1890, brides under fifteen totaled 1,411—not including twenty-nine widows and divorcees. That number increased to 3,482 during the next two decades. Yet, in 1930 enumerators reported 4,506 brides under fifteen (including 167 widows and 96 divorcees). Of these, 1,240 lived in Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee, followed by 1,053 in Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida.
