[1][2][3] The event received national attention after Life magazine published an article about the union the following month.
Other jurisdictions (including Minnesota, Rhode Island, and Washington, D.C.) introduced similar laws.
[4] The couple remained married after the Tennessee law was passed,[5] and the marriage lasted until Johns' death in 1997.
[1] Though the mothers of Johns and Winstead initially believed that Eunice was too young to marry, they ultimately decided to approve the matrimony.
[3] Johns avoided media attention, accusing reporters of making things up, and he disallowed any photographs to be taken of his wife and children.
[8] A 1937 piece published by Life about the case displayed a picture of Winstead and Johns at their home in Sneedville.
[4] In a news article published that year, The Knoxville Journal reported that "The Winstead family seems complacent over the future of the 9-year-old bride because Charlie, the bridegroom, owns 50 acres of mountain land, several mules and he's a good farmer".