Harvey v. Carroll

LIGHTFOOT, Chief Justice.

About 1828 Edward Patterson was married to Nancy Jennings, a widow, who lived in Lawrence County, Alabama, and who had a son by her former marriage, A. J. Jennings. They had born to them a son, William F. Patterson, about 1829. About 1835 or 1836 Edward Patterson came to Texas, and there is testimony tending to show that they were divorced in Alabama in the spring of 1838. Edward Patterson was married in Texas to Alethea Brooks, in November, 1840, and died in October, 1841, leaving Alethea Patterson as his widow, and his son William F. Patterson. Nancy Patterson was…