https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/issues/V27N01.pdf https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/issue... Starting on page 37, t

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/issues/V27N01.pdf https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/issue... Starting on page 37, the complete data is published including the marriage age of husband and wife (I didn't actually download it, and was looking at the charts sideways.) There are definitely a lot of <= 16 wives. I guess the question is disproportionate to what? The rest of the US population at the time? It's a vague statement to begin with. Anyway, you can count them yourself, I just took a quick glance, and yes, there are a lot.