Nelly and Jesse's Relationship

Bill returned to the Herbert's boarding house in St. Louis, only to have his heart broken. Nelly had moved out and married another man. Naturally, this created an opening for Nelly's younger sister, Jesse. In October 1910, Jesse was like... Sexually intimate? She was pregnant. The couple were married on Halloween. He was 26 years old and she was what is now known as 16. They continued to live in her mother's house.