Greene County Records

Abstract of Divorce Records 1921 - 1928

Greene County Archives' Bulletin Number 8 August 1989
[pp. 94-107]


GREENE COUNTY, MISSOURI, CIRCUIT COURT DIVORCES

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

BROWN, Howard / BROWN, Gladys
88169. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1925 Book 143 p 352. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

BORING, Minnie L. / BORING, John M.
88021. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1925 Book 143 p 353. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is the innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Jorees L. Boring age 6, Betty E. Nell Boring age 4 and Lucile J. Boring age 2.

BARNETT, Mattie S. / BARNET'T, H. Spencer
88087. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1925. Book 143 p 353. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, June Lee Barnett age 3. Defendant pay Plaintiff $25 per month support of child.

FRADY, Leon / FRADY, Nell
88245. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1925 Book 143 p 354. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

JONES, Letha / JONES, Geo. Stanley
88155. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1925 Book 143 p 354. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

LOCKHEAD, Emma / LOCKHEAD, Francis A.
88017. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1925 Book 143 p 355. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Roy A. Lockhead age 3.

KENNEMER, Gabe / KENNEMER, Jessie
88201. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1925 Book 143 p 355. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

MOORE, Maude / MOORE, Roger
88129. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1925 Book 143 p 356. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Maud Wyatt, restored.

MCDANIEL, Willie / MCDANIEL, Eubert R.
88237. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1925 Book 143 p 356. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Willie Greenlee, restored.

SWEARINGIN, Retta May / SWEARINGIN, James
88037. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1925 Book 143 p 357, 358. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Retta May Pyles, restored.

SHELTON, Ethel R. / SHELTON, Thomas J.
88195. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1925 Book 143 p 358. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Carl Shelton age 14, Reamy Shelton age 7, Cleo Shelton age 7 and Athan Shelton age 3.

DAVIS, Sim / DAVIS, Lena
88191. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1925 Book 143 p 359. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

94

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

BUCKNER, Minta L. / BUCKNER, Levi A.
88143. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1925 Book 143 p 359. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, William Buckner age 12.

WRIGHT, Bertha / WRIGHT, Fred W.
87977. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1925 Book 143 p 359, 360. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Bertha Layer, restored.

DYKES, Gracie, by next friend, Lena Rathbun / DYKES, Frank
88115. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1925 Book 143 p 360. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, 10 days of age.

MOSELEY, Elizabeth / MOSELEY, H.C.
88057. Div 1. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 143 p 361. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Ralph Moseley.

CROTHERS, O.C. / CROTHERS, Etta
88027. Div 1. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 143 p 361. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

LINDSEY, Della / LINDSEY, J.H.
87983. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 546. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of her minor children born to said marriage, Gladys Lindsey age 5 and Naoma Lindsey. Defendant pay $15 per month for support of children.

JOHNSON, Maybelle / JOHNSON, Roderick H.
88104. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 546. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

JACK, Ora / JACK, Harry
87971. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 546, 547. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

MACKEY, Julia / MACKEY, T.T.
88268. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 547. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Dorothy Lee Mackey age 6 years.

MARTIN, Fielding M. / MARTIN, Dellah
88200. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 547. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

HUBBARD, Violet, an infant, by next friend, Adaline Highfill. / HUBBARD, James
88138. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 548. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

HAYWOOD, Grant / HAYWOOD, Silvia
88184. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 548. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

95

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

EAGON, Ellen / EAGON, James W.
88162. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 549. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

MONTGOMERY, Edna / MONTGOMERY, Robert
87973. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 549. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Edna Kerr, restored.

DEPUTY, William Harvey / DEPUTY, Vina
88032. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 550. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

DEAL, Donzell / DEAL, Harry S.
88030. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 550. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

PETERS, Vesta / PETERS, James R.
87955. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 550, 551. Default. Decree forPlaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Vesta Dodson, restored.

CUTBIRTH, Emma / CUTBIRTH, Andy
88008. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 551. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Emma Coiner, restored.

BELL, Laura M., a minor , by next friend, Lizzie Chamlee. / BELL, Arthur (Bob)
88260. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 551, 552. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Laura M. Chamlee, restored.

GREEN, Susan Nettie / GREEN, Henry F.
87152. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 552. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Franklin Green age 16. Defendant pay Plaintiff sum of $1000 as alimony in gross in lieu of all dower and property rights.

ALLEN, Clophie Viola by next friend, Mary Grover. / ALLEN, W. Martin
88114. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 552, 553. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

WEBB, Edna Marie, by next friend, Hazel Tippin. / WEBB, Carlton
87762. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 553. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Edna Marie Fry, restored.

NEAGLE, Maud / NEAGLE, Paul R.
87908. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 554. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

SMITH, Helen / SMITH, Walter L.
87954. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 554, 555. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Helen Barger, restored.

96

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

ROGERS, Florence Lee / ROGERS, Roy Richard
88042. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 555. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Care and custody of their minor child, Hazel Rogers age 13 awarded to Plaintiff.

RICE, Jack / RICE, Louisa
88262. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 555, 556. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

RIGGS, Mabel / RIGGS, Ray
88180. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 556. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Rex Gean Riggs age 4 and Wanda Pearl Riggs 1 8 months. Defendant pay Plaintiff $15 per month support for children.

THOMAS, Mabel / THOMAS, D.B.
88010. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 556. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Jack Thomas age 10 Years.

WILKERSON, Grace M. / WILKERSON, Marion A.
88174. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 557. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

WELSH, Helen, by her next friend, Mary N. Hilt. / WELSH, Joe
88126. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 558. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Helen Hilt, restored.

CLARK, Fern / CLARK, Vint
87800. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 559. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Anne Bell Clark age 2 years.

CARAWAY, J.B. / CARAWAY, Delia
88195. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 559. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Ordered by Court that Plaintiff be allowed to have the care and custody of his minor child, Joseph Caraway age 10, from June 15th to Sept. 1st of each year.

STINES, Vesta / STINES, Roy
88072. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 560. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Trece Stines age 11 Years and Winfred Stines age 9.

KILE, Emma S. / KILE, John T.
88034. Div 2. Final Decree 17 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 561. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

WHITEHEAD, Merel, by her next friend, Dee Woodward. / WHITEHEAD, Elmer D.
88186. Div 2. Final Decree 19 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 562. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Merel Fulton, restored.

97

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

BLANKENSHIP, Frances / BLANKENSHIP, M.A.
88152. Div 2. Final Decree 19 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 563. Default. Decree for Plaintiff She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Frances Nichols, restored.

HUMPHREY, Artemay / HUMPHREY, Troy
87119. Div 1. Final Decree 19 Jan. 1925 Book 143 p 363. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child.

PINKMAN, Fannie / PINKMAN, William D.
87805. Div 1. Final Decree 19 Jan. 1925 Book 143 p 363. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Lois Helen Pinkman.

DINGUID, Bernice / DINGUID, T.S.
88185. Div 1. Final Decree 24 Jan. 1925 Book 143 p 366. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Bernice Booker, restored.

MITCHELL, Winnie / MITCHELL, W.H.
87993. Div 2. Final Decree 24 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 573. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Howard Mitchell age 12 and Homer Mitchell age 9.

MCGOWEN, Beulah / MCGOWEN, Thomas J.
87999. Div 2. Final Decree 28 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 580. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

POPE, Gertrude / POPE, R. Lee
88073. Div 1. Final Decree 28 Jan. 1925 Book 143 p 368. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Jewell Pope 13 and Lawrence Pope age 8.

COTTENGIM, Nellie, by her next friend, Vera Guthrie. / COTTENGIM, Vincent
88259. Div 1. Final Decree 31 Jan. 1925 Book 143 p 369. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Defendant pay Plaintiff sum of $300 as alimony in lieu of Dower and Property Rights. Maiden name, Nellie Massey, restored.

GRIFFIN, Edith E. / GRIFFIN, Harvey L.
88236. Div 2. Final Decree 31 Jan. 1925 Book 137 p 585. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

STEVENS, W.E. / STEVENS, Marietta
880561/2. Div 1. Final Decree 2 Feb. 1925 Book 143 p 374. Trial by Court. Decree for Defendant on Crossbill. She is innocent and injured party. Defendant awarded care and custody of their minor child, Frances Mildred Stevens age 8. Plaintiff pay $15 per month child support.

RICE, Virgil / RICE, Irene
88001. Div 2. Final Decree 2 Feb. 1925 Book 137 p 586. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

98

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

PRATER, Iris, an infant, by next friend, Marvin Atchley / PRATER, Joe
87748. Div 2. Final Decree 4 Feb. 1925 Book 137 p 589. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Clestine Prater, age 2 years. Defendant pay to Plaintiff sum of $50 as attorney fee.

BERGE, William / BERGE, Minnie
87984. Div 2. Final Decree 4 Feb. 1925 Book 137 p 589. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

NELL, Benjamin / NELL, Myrtle
88142. Div 2. Final Decree 4 Feb. 1925 Book 137 p 590. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody their minor children, Frank Nell age 9, Ethel Nell age 5, Wesley Nell age 2 and Robert Nell age 11.

ROGERS, A.O. / ROGERS, Eva
88006. Div 2. Final Decree 5 Feb. 1925 Book 137 p 591. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody their minor children, Roy Rogers 17, Blond Rogers 16 and Lola Rogers 13.

HANEY, Mary E. / HANEY, William T.
88085. Div 1. Final Decree 5 Feb. 1925 Book 143 p 383. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Levina Anna Haney age 6 years.

WALKER, Julia B. / WALKER, Paul V.
87831. Div 1. Maintenance. 7 Feb. 1925 Book 143 p 385. Trial by Court. Judgment for Plaintiff for $50 per month maintenance and $30 attorney fee. Support of Plaintiff and her two minor children.

KELLEY, Fred / KELLEY, Ethel
88033. Div 1. Alimony, pending suit. 7 Feb. 1925. Book 143 p 386. "Defendant's motion heretofore filed herein praying the Court to allow her alimony pending this suit and for Attorney fee and said motion being seen, heard and fully understood is by the Court sustained. Thereupon the Court now orders that the Plaintiff pay to Defendant the sum of $25 as attorney fee, and that execution may issue therefor, together with costs. (see page 67)

HOSTLER, Goldie M. / HOSTLER, Thomas H.
88084. Div 2. Final Decree 7 Feb. 1925 Book 137 p 595. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff recover from Defendant sum of $15 as alimony in Gross in Lieu of Dower.

WHITE, Grace B. / WHITE, Clarence L.
88378. Div 2. Final Decree 9 Feb. 1925 Book 137 p 596. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

BROWN, Jessie / BROWN, P.K.
88039. Div 1. Final Decree 9 Feb. 1925 Book 143 p 390. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Jessie Squibb, restored.

ATKISSON, Carrie Virginia / ATKISSON, Robert L.
87378. Div 1. Final Decree 10 Feb. 1925 Book 143 p 393. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody their minor children, R.L. Atkisson age 8, Frances Dora Atkisson age 5 and Albert Dale Atkisson age 3. Defendant pay Plaintiff $35 per week child support.

99

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

WHITE, Grace B. (Duplicate of page 99 item) / WHITE, Clarence L.
88378. Div 2. Final Decree 9 Feb. 1925 Book 137 p 596. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

WILLIAMS, Charles E. / WILLIAMS, Gladys M.
87795. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Feb. 1925 Book 137 p 605. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Defendant awarded care and custody of their minor child, Dorothy Lee Williams age about two. Plaintiff have privilege to visit child at reasonable times. Plaintiff pay $25 per month for support of child.

ANDREWS, Troy E. / ANDREWS, Velta
87756. Div 2. Final Decree 17 Feb. 1925 Book 137 p 607. Trial by Court. Decree for Defendant on Crossbill. She is innocent and injured party. Defendant awarded care and custody of their minor children, Doris Maurine Andrews age 15, Olga Bernice Andrews age 13, Ruth Ealinor Andrews age 10, Sarah Lureta Andrews age 8, Hal Gordon andrews age 5 and Vivian Vaudine Andrews age 3. Plaintiff pay Defendant sum of $50 per month child support.

DAVIS, Sarah A. / DAVIS, J.E.
87722. Div 2. Final Decree 21 Feb. 1925 Book 137 p 612, 613. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. While living apart they had a separation agreement.

CASE, D.R. / CASE, Effie
86535. Div 1. Motion to Modify Decree. 21 Feb. 1925 Book 143 p 414. Refer Book 143 page 224. Modify Decree sustained. Defendant appeared with Attorney Dan Nee, Esq., and after counseling with her Attorney, said Attorney stated in open Court that the Defendant did not wish to resist said motion further and that she had no objections to the modifying said Decree recorded in Book 143. Court orders in this cause be and the same is hereby modified and for naught held, by striking out that part of the said judgment requiring Plaintiff to pay Defendant the sum of $15 per month for support of her minor child. New Decree Court ordered that care and custody of their minor child be and is hereby awarded to Defendant. No alimony. (see page 84)

GILLINGHAM, Beatrice by her next friend, Anna Clark / GILLINGHAM, William M.
88078. Div 2. Final Decree 24 Feb. 1925 Book 137 p 617. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Beatrice Clark, restored.

GIFFORD, F.D. / GIFFORD, Susan Elizabeth D.
88023. Div 1. Final Decree 28 Feb. 1925 Book 143 p 419. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

RAGSDALE, Halie / RAGSDALE, Henry
88123. Div 1. Final Decree 3 March 1925 Book 143 p 421. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Walter Ragsdale age 16 and Ollie Ragsdale age 14.

MCLEMORE, Gracie / MCLEMORE, C.H.
88166. Div 2. Final Decree 21 March 1925 Book 137 p 651. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Floy McLemore, Forrest McLemore and Charles Finley McLemore.

100

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

THURMOND, George S. / THURMOND, Alice
88247. Div 1. final Decree 28 March 1925 Book 143 p 443. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

BLACK, Ethel M. / BLACK, Carl V.
87402. Div 1. Final Decree 10 April 1925 Book 143 p 446. Trial by Court. Decree for Defendant on Crossbill. He is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Robert Black age 5. Care and custody of minor child, Howard Black age 7 awarded to Defendant. Defendant pay Plaintiff $200 alimony and $25 per month child support.(see later item concering this action)

WISE, B.G. / WISE, Goldie
88258. Div 1. Final Decree 25 April 1925 Book 143 p 452. Trial by Court. Decree for Defendant on Crossbill. She is innocent and injured party. Care and custody of their minor child, Maxine Wise, age 3, to Defendant.

YEARGAIN, Joseph E., a minor by next friend, Marcellus E. Yeargain / YEARGAIN, Lorena
88635. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 457. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent. and injured party.

THOMPSON, Leva Barton / THOMPSON, B.H.
88231. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 458. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. Maiden name, Leva M. Barton, restored.

BURGESS, Ruth K. / BURGESS, James
88499. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 459. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Ruth K. Givans, restored.

BURGESS, Sunbeam (see page 88) / BURGESS, Bryant W.
88517. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 459, 460. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody their minor children, Angeleen Burgess age 3 and Lexdeen Burgess age 2 years.

COOK, Augusta Mae / COOK, Jesse William
88501. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 460. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

CRIPPS, Mabel / CRIPPS, W.A.
88655. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 460. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Inez Cripps born 1 Oct. 1915, Jack N. Cripps born 18 Oct. 1917 and William, Jr., born 24 Mar. 1919. Defendant pay $40 per month support of children and $25 as attorney fee.

RICHARDS, A.D. / RICHARDS, Laura
88445. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 461. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

DAVIS, Florence L. / DAVIS, John L.E.
88461. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 462. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Nellie Elizabeth Davis age 6 and Wyllice Ruth Davis age 4.

101

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

EASLEY, Maybelle V. / EASLEY, Lester F.
88531. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 P 462. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

ELLINGSWORTH, Cordelia / ELLINGSWORTH, Delbert
88647. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 463. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

GLENN, Fay, a minor, by next friend, Len Walker. / GLENN, Earl
88519. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 463, 464. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

GROOMES, Lillian M. / GROOMES, Thomas L.
88563. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 464. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Lillian M. Dial, restored.

JUDKINS, Verdna / JUDKINS, Hiram B.
88555, Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 464. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody their minor children, Beverly A. Judkins age 11/2 years and Betty Lou Judkins age 31/2 years.

KENSINGER, Betty / KENSINGER, James E.
88513. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 465. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody their minor children, Margaret Gladys Kensinger age 6, James Edwin Kensinger age 4 and Thelma Marjorie Kensinger age 3.

KRUMHOLZ, Walter A. / KRUMHOLZ, Louise
88411. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 465. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

MAXWELL, W.M. / MAXWELL, Maude
88607. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 465. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

MORGAN, Verna / MORGAN, James R.
88515. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 466. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Verna Lusk, restored

MATTHEWS, Myrtle L. / MATTHEWS, Fred L.
88538. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 466, 467. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Marjorie Matthews.

PEER, William J. / PEER, Montie
88471. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 467. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

RAYL, Mary / RAYL, J.T.
88527. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 468. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

TIFFANY, F.A. / TIFFANY, Alice
68643. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 468. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

102

PLAINTIFF DEFENDANT

WILLIAMSON, May, by her next friend, Mrs. H.A. Cotter. / WILLIAMSON, Chas.
88559. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 468, 469. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, May Kirk, restored.

RECTOR, Mary E. / RECTOR, Harrison
88417. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 469. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

WILLIAMS, Alfred M. / WILLIAMS, Melvina A.
88493. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 469, 470. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

MOELING, Walter G., Jr. / MOELING, Anna
88475. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 470. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Lawfully married 11 Feb. 1917. There are two children born of said marriage, Walter G. Moeling age 8 years and John J. Moeling age 61/2 years, who are now with their mother, Anna Moeling in the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Care and custody of the children to stay with Defendant. Plaintiff to have privilege and right to visit said children at reasonable times. It is further ordered and adjudged to that Plaintiff pay over to the parents of the Defendant the sum of $40 per month to be applied and used for support of the minor children.

SMITH, Eunice / SMITH, W.G.
88659. Div 1. Final Decree 14 May 1925 Book 143 p 470, 471. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Guardian ad litem in above cause, George Skidmore, be allowed $5 for his services. Former name, Eunice Craig, restored.

CURRAN, Gertrude F. / CURAAN, Charles Keet
88631. Div 1. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 143 p 472. Default. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Property settlement has been made between the parties.

HAMP'TON, Clarice May / HAMPTON, Cloye O.
87987. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 6. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Clarice May Knight, restored.

CURTICE, Mary F. / CURTICE, Ed C.
88395. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 6, 7. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

THORNTON, Homer O. / THORNTON, Rosetta Ruth
88192. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 7. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

WHITWORTH, C.L. / WHITWORTH, Fay Marie
88152. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 7, 8. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

ADAMS, Ida H. / ADAMS, Earl
88552. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 8. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Dixie Lee Adams age 2 years.

103

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

BAYES, Gretta / BAYES, Irvin A.
88548. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 136 p 8, 9. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Gretta Gregory, restored.

BENNETT, Lloyd C. / BENNETT, Thelma I.
88468. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 9. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

COX, Mabel A. / COX, George P.
88346. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 9, 10. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Iris Emily Cox age 4 years.

COLE, Carrie B. / COLE, William J.
88522. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 10. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Donald N. Cole age 14 years.

ELICK, Ethel V. / ELICK, Geo. W.
88438. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 10, 11. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

FANNING, Nellie / FANNING, John E.
88367. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 11. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

GLENN, Charles / GLENN, Lena
88394. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 11. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

GANN, Etta May / GANN, Elmer
88606. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 12. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Ralph Gann age 8 years.

JOHNSON, Fred / JOHNSON, Hattie
88524. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 12. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

KEIM, Israel / KEIM, Clara
88462. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 13. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

KELLY, Hazel / KELLY, Maurice W.
88472. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 13. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Hazel Squibb, restored.

LAMBERT, Minerva J. / LAMBERT, Charles
88487. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 13, 14. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Minerva J. Duncan, restored.

MAWHINERY, Edith N. / MAWHINERY, Hymon L.
88392. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 14. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Thomas Edward Mawhinery.

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PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

SPENCER, Minnie L. / SPENCER, Harvey
88450. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 15. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Zelma Spencer age 15 and Irene Spencer age 11.

MYERS, Clarence / MYERS, Maggie A.
88650. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 15. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

MARLEY, Rennia / MARLEY, Thompson
88358. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May book 146 p 15, 16. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Dan Francis Marley age 6 and Elenora Marley age 6. Defendant pay $15 per month for support of children.

OWSTON, George D. / OWSTEN, Dora W.
88403. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 16. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

PULLUM, William / PULLUM, Grace
88420. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 16, 17. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

PEACOCK, Tobey / PEACOCK, Grace M.
88448. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 17. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

NORWINE, Myrtle Feezel / NORWINE, William H.
88648. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 17, 18. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Myrtle Feezel, restored.

SPENCER, Grace / SPENCER, Roy
88541. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 book 146 p 18. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Grace Smith, restored.

STACY, Mary Marjorie / STACY, Flaud
88442. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 18. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, James Paul Stacy age 19 months.

SIMPSON, Charles / SIMPSON, Katie
88624. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 19. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

VERCH, Gladys, an infant by next friend, J.L. Hindman./ VERCH, Willie
88345. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 19. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Gladys Dorebecker, restored.

WILLIAMS, John Thomas / WILLIAMS, Mary Esther
88486. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 19. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

105

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

WARD, Joseph / WARD, Judah
88544. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 20. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

BRADLEY, Mary / BRADLEY, Earl J.
87784. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 20, 21. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Mary Burt, restored.

EVERETT, Ruby Lucille, a minor, by next friend, O.E. Gorman / EVERETT, Vernon F.
88430. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 21. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Ruby Lucille Potts, restored.

DANIEL, Maude / DANIEL, Harry
88360. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 21, 22. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Maude Cromer, restored.

MOSLEY, Ella / MOSLEY, John
87996. Div 2. Final Decree 15 May 1925 Book 146 p 22. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Ella Ralston, restored.

KIMBLE, Annie Elizabeth / KIMBLE, James J.
88538. Div 2. Final Decree 16 May 1925 Book 146 p 24. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Holloway, restored.

GIBBENS, Dell J. / GIBBENS, Lester Arthur
88388. Div 2. Final Decree 16 May 1925 Book 146 p 26. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

WRIGHT, R.B. / WRIGHT, Claudia
88429. Div 1. Final Decree 16 May 1925 Book 143 p 474. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

BATH, Elva Opal Hampton an infant, by next friend, Bessie May Davis./ BATH, Loyd Oscar
88603. Div 1. ANNULLMENT. 16 May 1925 Book 143 p 475. Default. Trial by Court. Decree annulling marriage. Court finds that on 13 April 1925, the Plaintiff and Defendant were minors, Plaintiff being of the age of 15 years and Defendant being 20 years of age and that they are first cousins, the father of Plaintiff and mother of Defendant being brother and sister, and that the said marriage is contrary to and prohibited by the laws of the State of Missouri. Plaintiff maiden name, Elva Opal Hampton, restored.

CORNETT, Anna M. / CORNETT, Grant
88629. Div 1. Final Decree 20 May 1925 Book 143 p 481. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Anna M. Hand, restored.

LINDBERG, Ethel M. by next friend, Janie Earnhardt / LINDBERG, Robert L.
88570. Div 2. Final Decree 19 May 1925 Book 146 p 30. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Defendant pay Plaintiff $25 attorney fee. Nat W. Benton, guardian ad litem, allowed sum of $5 for his services. Maiden name, Ethel M. Earnhardt, restored.

106

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

SWEETIN, Marie, by next friend, Alma C. Roper./ SWEETIN, Richard E.
88518. Div 2. Final Decree 19 May 1925 Book 146 p 30. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. Charles L. Chandler, guardian ad litem, allowed sum of $5. Maiden name Marie O'Connell, restored.

HOUK, W. / HOUK, Virginia May
88564. Div 2. Final Decree 19 May 1925 Book 146 p 32. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

KEITH, Annetta M. / KEITH, W.A.
88661. Div 1. Final Decree 20 May 1925 Book 143 p 481. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Annetta M. Koehler, restored.

BRESHEAR, Lillie / BRESHEAR, William C.
87342. Div 2. Motion to modify Decree. 23 May 1925 Book 146 p 40. "It is considered, adjudged and ordered by the Court that the Judgment and Decree recorded in Book 143 at page 94 be and the same modified by striking therefrom the allowance awarded Plaintiff for the sum of $15 per month for the support of their minor child." (see page 77)

BROUSSARD, Esther Leo / BROUSSARD, John Morgan
88434. Div 2. Final Decree 21 May 1925 Book 146 p 35, 36. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

YOUNG, J.H. / YOUNG, Catherine
88540. Div 2. Final Decree 22 May 1925 Book 146 p 37. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

COATS, Eva J. / COATS, Albert
88331. Div 2. Final Decree 22 May 1925 Book 146 p 37. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Defendant pay Plaintiff sum of $25 as attorney fee.

CUMMINS, John H. / CUMMINS, Georgia D.
88322. Div 2. Final Decree 23 May 1925 Book 146 p 40. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

GARRISON, George R. / GARR150N, Ethel
88587. Div 1. Final Decree 23 May 1925 Book 143 p 484. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Perry Eugene Garrison age 9 and Denny D. Garrison age 2 years. Defendant awarded care and custody their minor daughter, Duretta Maxine Garrison age 6 years.

SMITH, Letha. M., an infant, by next friend, B.A. Herndon / SMITH, ROY R.
88453. Div 1. Final Decree 28 May 1925 Book 143 p 496. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

DAVIS, W.G. / DAVIS, Meda
88614. Div 1. Final Decree 1 June 1925 Book 146 p 46. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

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