Whether she left him, or he left her is uncertain in the historical record. Regardless, she was in a bad way. A mother of 16, and now alone at the age of 19 or so. The church would not let her diverce her husband. She became the mistress of a leader of the city business community. The legalities of their relationship are clouded. One historian says she and the businessman "formed a mutual attachment they chose to consider their legal union. From this attachment came a family. And from that family came a great Missouri City.
Marie Therese
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