Greene County Records

Abstract of Divorce Records 1911 - 1920

Greene County Archives' Bulletin Number 7 May 1989
[pp. 166-180]


GREENE COUNTY, MISSOURI, CIRCUIT COURT DIVORCES

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

BOYD, Claud K. / BOYD, Mabel A.
9220. Div 2. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 33. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. Hei is nnocent and injured party. Married 16 December 1915.

BOND, Roxie / BOND, Fred
79148. Div 2. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 34. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 25 August 1914. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of her minor children, Allie and Helen Bond.

MEDLEY, Leona E. / MEDLEY, Samuel L.
79347. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 466. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 20 January 1916. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor child Lester Medley.

SHEPPARD, Luella / SHEPPARD, Robert Henry
78963. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 466. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 28 January 1912.

ALCORN, Pearl / ALCORN, R.G.
79317. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 467. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 26 December 1917. Maiden name, Pearl Wright, restored.

HARMAN, William / HARMAN, Cora B.
79314. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 467, 468. Trial by Court. Default for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 5 October 1909.

166

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

ALLEN, Dave / ALLEN, Ruth
79291. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 468. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 11 June 1917.

BREYMAN, Grace / BREYMAN, Frank
79353 Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 468. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 18 February 1898.

BOATNER, Pauline / BOATNER, Leo
79199. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 469. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 30 March 1916.

BRASHEARS, Lizzie / BRASHEARS, Robert D.
79337. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 469. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 31 October 1907.

BREESAWITZ, Stella / BREESAWITZ, Louis E.
79237. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 469, 470. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 7 December 1917. Maiden name, Stella Williams, restored.

BARNETT, Clara E / BARNETT, Herbert F.
79311. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 470. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 29 June 1913. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor child, William Herbert Barnett.

BOSLEY, Elizabeth C. / BOSLEY, C.A.
79255. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 470, 471. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 15 June 1911. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor child, Margaret Adele Bosley. (Cornelius A. Bosley married Elizabeth Sawyer).

BRACKINS, D.A. / BRACKINS, Martha E.
79373. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 47i. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 5 June 1917.

CHALMERS, Robert B. / CHALMERS, Emma
79361. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 471, 472. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 24 December 1887. (R.B. Chalmers married Emma Christman).

DECKER, Beulah / DECKER, James I.
79339. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 472. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 1 April 1919. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of her minor child.

FOUSEK, Jaroslav / FOUSEK, Emma
79176. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan 1920 Book 127 p 472, 473. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married in September 1903.

GOWER, Arrie B. / GOWER, Everett
79377. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 473. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 7 July 1919. Maiden name restored to Plaintiff.

167

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

GARRET'T, Fern C. / GARRETT, Cecil W.
79405. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 473. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 24 September 1919. Maiden name, Fern C. Bates, restored.

GRUMBLES, Ruth R. / GRUMBLES, Elbert R.
794277. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 473, 474. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 16 January 1917.

GRIFFITH, Charles / GRIFFITH, Cecal
79269. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan.1920 Book 127 p 474. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 16 May 1918.

HAMBLETON, Nettie / HAMBLETON, Ebbon S.
79267. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan.1920 Book 127 p 474, 475. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 11 June 1917. Maiden name, Nettie Stone, restored.

HANCOCK, Doshie / HANCOCK, T.M.
79227. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan.1920 Book 127 p 475. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 23 December 1906.

LEEPER, Charles L. / LEEPER, Sadie
79321. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan.1920 Book 127 p 475. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 3 June 1911.

LAMBETH, Melvin L. / LAMBETH, Janie
79169. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan.1920 Book 127 p 476. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 3 September 1913.

MUSGRAVE, Everett E. / MUSGRAVE, Pearl
79289. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan.1920 Book 120 p 476. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 24 December 1918.

LILLY, Mary, by Otis / LILLY, Floyd.
Patterson, next friend
79341. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan.1920 Book 120 p 477. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. Sbe is innocent and injured party. Married in year 1915. Maiden name, Mary Russell, restored.

MARTIN, Harriet E. / MARTIN, Jerome B.
79351. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan.1920 Book 127 p 478. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 25 September 1916. Maiden name, Harriet E. Persell, restored.

MILLER, Lillie / MILLER, John Leonard
79191. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan.1920 Book 127 p 478. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 29 July 1911. Maiden name, Lillie Simon, restored.

McKINLEY, Pearl / McKINLEY, Dan
78182. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan.1920 Book 127 p 479. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 14 April 1914.

168

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

SWEARENGIN, Effie / SWEARENGIN, Hugh
79185. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 479, 480. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married in 1894. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of her minor children, Herbert, Delbert and Oma Swearengin. Defendant pay $15 per month alimony and support.

NORRIS, Lillie / NORRIS, Edward
79283. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 480. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 11 March 1917.

MAYFIELD, Veta, by her next / MAYFIELD, Orville
friend, Joe L. Anderson.
79383. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 480, 481. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 3 January 1918. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor child, Lou Hubert Mayfield.

OVERSTREET, Thomas W. / OVERSTREET, Retha
79273. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 481. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 17 June 1908. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor children, Ruth and Vernon Overstreet.

PERDONER, Ellen / PERDONER, Ben W.
79190. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 481. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 15 May 1915. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of rninor child, Mary Ruth Perdoner.

PERKINS, Lyda Gertrude / PERKINS, Ira
79331. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 482. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 7 April 1917. Maiden name, Thyda Gertrude Waddell, Restored.

PHILLIPS, Mary / PHILLIPS, Frank (F.A.).
79295. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 482. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 22 September 1906. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor child, Opal A. Phillips. (Frank Phillips married Mary Baxter 22 September 1907).

PRESTON, Maggie / PRESTON, Roy
79302. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 483. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 23 December 1917. Maiden name, Maggie Jarrett, restored.

PRIEST, Mary B. / PRIEST, William M.
79200. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 483. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor child, Billy Priest, Jr. Married 19 January 1915.

RUSSELL, E.M. / RUSSELL, S.H.
79162. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1900 Book 127 p 484. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 7 February 1912.

RUSSELL, Benjamin F. / RUSSELL, Ruth W.
79223. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1900 Book 127 p 484. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 16 August 1916.

169

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

SPENCER, Alice L. / SPENCER, Silas M.
79207. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan 1900 Book 127 p 484, 485. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocentand injured party. Married 4 April 1895. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of three minor children, 2 girls aged 2 yrs and 10 yrs, respectively and one boy aged 14 yrs. Maiden name, Alice L. Mathews, restored.

SEALS, Nellie H. / SEALS, James F.
79257. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1900 Book 127 p 485. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 24 October 1909. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor children, Ralph Franklin Seals and Glen Sherman Seals and Earl Eugene Seals. (James F. Seals married Nellie Fields).

STAFFORD, Mabel E. / STAFFORD, Henry
79303. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan.1900 Book 127 p 485, 486. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 31 May 1913. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of her minor children, Henrieta and Virginia Stafford. Defendant pay Plaintiff $30 per month alimony.

STIFFLER, Beatrice I. / STIFFLER, Charles C.
79287. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan.1920 Book 127 p 486. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 4 February 1918. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of her minor child, Florence May Stiffler.

THOMAS, William Lash / THOMAS, Ruth
79279. Div 1. Final Dec 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 486, 487. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 25 December 1912.

TALBERT, Eula L. / TALBERT, Edward Y.
79263. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan.1920 Book 127 p 487. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 28 August 1914.

VOGHT, Henry P. / VOGHT, Elsie May
79205. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan.1920 Book 127 p 487. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 23 February 1913.

LEFEVERS, J.W. / LEFEVERS, Bessie
79335. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan.1920 Book 127 p 488. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 6 October 1919.

SISSON, Sarah E. / SISSON, Oscar P.
79355. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan.1920 Book 127 p 488. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 15 July 1902. (Oscar P. Sisson married Sarah E. Boland).

VALE, Gladys I. / VALE, Perle L.
79313. Div 1. Final Decree 15 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 489. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 4 March 1918. Maiden name, Gladys I. Walker, restored.

HOOVER, J.R. / HOOVER, Neoma
79312. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan.1920 Book 128 p 36. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 17 September 1913. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of Cleora Lenora Hoover, minor child.

170

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

LEE, Mary O. / LEE, Sherman J.
79258. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 36. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 28 June 1912. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor children, Odessa and Hubbard Lee.

RYBNIKAR, Eunice / RYBNIKAR, Frank J.
79340. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 137. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 20 January 1915. Maiden name, Eunice Grigsby, restored. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor child born of this marriage.

BRASHEAR, James A. / BRASHEAR, Mate
78974. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 38. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 2 October 1915.

CRUMLEY, Jenetta / CRUMLEY, Elwood
79150. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 39. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 25 April 1914. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of Pauline Crumley.

MOSS, John M. / MOSS, Minnie
78968. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 39, 40. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married In January 1918.

McCULLOUGH, Angie / McCULLOUGM, Cear
79062. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 40. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married in March 1906. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor children, Clarence, Lester and Lillian McCullough.

ANDERSON, Evelyn / ANDERSON, Charles C.
79238. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 40. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 27 August 1918. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor child, Even WIllis Anderson.

ARMSTRONG, Della Z. / ARMSTRONG, Guy T.
97275. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 41. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

HARRISON, Sarah Belle / HARRISON, Robert L.
79152. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 41, 42. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 12 July 1883. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor child, Eula G. Harrison.

CRITTENDEN, Isabelle / CRITTENDEN, Lawrence
79264. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 42. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 3 September 1918. Maiden name, Isabelle Ferguson, restored.

EAGON, Vena / EAGON, Tom
79300. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 42. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 4 April 1917. Maiden name, Vena Fuhr, restored.

171

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

GREGORY, Carrie M. / GREGORY, Barney M.
79292. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan 1920 Book 128 p 43. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 27 May 1894. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of her minor children, Teddy and Ruth Gregory.

GRAY, Ruth J. / GRAY, Rufus G.
79304. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 43. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 26 Decerriber 1900. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor children, William and Nathaniel Gray. (Rufus Gray (col). married Rutha Farris (col).).

HEWITT, Ida I. / HEWITT, W.M.
79250. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 44. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 4 April 1913. Maiden name, Ida L. Stevenson, restored.

HAUN, Ada / HAUN, Clarence W.
79378. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 44. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 12 August 1919. Maiden name, Ada Rogers, restored.

JONES, Nettie / JONES, Dudley
79332. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 44, 45. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 6 August 1919.

JONES, Mary A. / JONES, John
79308. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 45. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 16 Nov 1881. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor child, Paul Jones.

JOHNSON, Susie / JOHNSON, Oscar K.
79246. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 45, 46. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 10 November 1912. Maiden name, Susie Gillian, restored.

KUYKENDALL, Fred / KUYKENDALL, Katie
79226. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 46. DefaLilt. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 12 August 1914.

LUKE, Louise / LUKE, Blanc
79346. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 46. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 25 April 1918.

MULDROW, May / MULDROW, Milton T.
79222. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 47. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 2 June 1901.

MORRIS, Cordie C. / MORRIS, George W.
79296. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 47, 48. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 23 December 1911. Maiden name, Cordie C. Camp, restored.

MORELEY, Al / MORELEY, Stella
97252. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 48. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 1 September 1910.

172

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

NEWBERRY, G.W. / NEWBERRY, Jennie
79288. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 48. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 17 Septeniber 1917.

OATMAN, William R. / OATMAN, Peralie
79362. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 49. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 5 May 1912.

O'NEAL, Donna / O'NEAL, Ralph
79342. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 49. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 10 May 1919.

REEVES, George F., an infant, by / REEVES, Ruth
next friend, Carrie L. Reeves
79256. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 49, 50. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. Plaintiff is innocent and injured party. Married 11 July 1919.

ROBBERSON, Lillian Bayes / ROBBERSON, Roy F.
79294. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan 1920 Book 128 p 50. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 4 August 1917.

STOVALL, Hattie / STOVALL, Allen
79266. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 50. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 30 November 1918. Former name, Hattie Evans, restored.

TWIGGER, Roy / TWIGGER, Mildred
79284. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 51. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 17 October 1917.

THOMAS, Ruby / THOMAS, Everett
79354. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 51. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 19 September 1917.

WRIGHT, Vida / WRIGHT, John
79208. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 51, 52. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 1 January 1916. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor child, Edward Wright.

WELLS, Ina M. / WELLS, George D.
79328. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 52. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. "Defendant has disregarded his duties as husband of said Plaintiff and has committed adultry since the Plaintiff's marriage as alleged in Plaintiff's petition. Court finds allegations to be true. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff wholly without means of support. Defendant earning $250per month. Court orders Defendant pay Plaintiff $100 per month to support herself and child born of this marriage.

PERKS, Mazie / PERKS, William
79272. Div 2 Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 53. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 25 June 1914. Former name, Mazie Depree, restored.

173

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

PULLUM, Will / PULLUM, Flossle
79224. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 53, 54. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. Plaintiff is innocent and injured party. Married 21 March 1902. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor child, Earma Pullam. (Will Pullum (col). married Flossie Herndon (col).).

VINEYARD, Lulu / VINEYARD, John A.
79318. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 54. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 6 July 1910. Maiden name, Lulu Tebeau, restored.

SALTS, Lucy A. by John Schmook, / SALTS, Arch A.
her next friend.
79030. Div 2. Final Decree 16 Jan 1920 Book 128 p 55. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. Plaintiff is innocent and injured party. Married 19 Jan 1919.

HOEFER, Margaret / HOEFER, J. Fred
79371. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 493. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocentand injured party. Married 5 December 1884.

BAKER, Edward S. / BAKER, Eunice
79408. Div 2. Final Decree 19 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 61. Decree for Defendant on Crossbill. Defendant innocent and injured party. Married 3 September 1902. Defendant awarded care and custody of minor child, Ralph Barr. (Edward Baker married Una Hendrex).

BAILEY, Ellis E. / BAILEY, Minerva
78908. Div 2. Final Decree 19 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 62. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 12 October 1893.

MORRIS, Martha / MORRIS, William W.
79345. Div 1. Final Decree 24 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 502. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 3 August 1889.

MARKS, E.A. / MARKS, Mary A.
79398. Div 2. Final Decree 26 Jan 1920 Book 128 p 63. Decree for Defendant on Crossbill. Defendant innocentand injured party. Plaintiff petition dismissed. Married 31 December 1908. Defendant awarded care and custody of minor children, Lucile, Earl, Carl and Marguerite Marks. Plaintiff pay $70 per month support.

ANDREWS, Ione / ANDREWS, Jake
79352. Div 2. Final Decree 26 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 63. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 19 September 1919.

LEMONS, Effie M. / LEMONS, Riley B.
79350. Div 2. Final Decree 26 Jan. 1920 Book 128 p 68. Default . Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 23 November 1907. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor children, Thelma, Gladys and Mildred Lemons.

HUBBELL, Elsie May / HUBBELL, Curtis
79381. Div 1. Final Decree 26 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 504. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 15 January 1904. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of her minor children, O'Rean and Curtis Hubble.

174

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

McINTURFF, Pearl / McINTURFF, Otis
79172. Div 1. Final Decree 26 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 504. Default. Default f or Plaintiff. $25 per month alimony (other data missing).

NEWTON, Eura M. / NEWTON, Faris H.
79189. Div 1. Final Decree 26 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 505. Decree for Plaintiff. She is -innocent and injured party. Married 20 July 1909. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of her minor child, Pauline Newton. Defendant pay alimony of $25 per month.

GOODNIGHT, Lulu / GOODNIGHT, George
79281. Div 1. Final Decree 27 Jan. 1920 Book 127 p 506. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 30 March 1904. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of her minor children, Pearl and Doyle Goodnight.

TRAVERS, Anna / TRAVERS, John
79270. Div 2. Final Decree 31 Jan 1920 Book 128 p 72. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 24 February 1918. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of her minor child, John Travers, Jr.

WALTON, Nellie A. / WALTON, Adelbert H.
79234. Div 2. Final Decree 2 Feb. 1920 Book 128 p 74. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 24 June 1912.

BRUNSON, Leonard J. / BRUNSON, Stella Mae.
79348. Div 2. Final Decree 3 Feb. 1920 Book 128 p 77. Decree for Defendant on Crossblll. She is innocent and injured party. Defendant awarded care and custody of minor children, Mary Frances, Anna Lucile and Edith Elizabeth Brunson. She is awarded $75 per month for support.

TRANTHAM, Paralee / TRANTHAM, Lee M.
79251. Div 1. Final Decree 5 Feb. 1920 Book 127 p 520. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 1 November 1891. (L.M. Trantham niarried Paralec Womack).

WILSON, Nora Bell / WILSON, Albert S.
79262. Div 2. Final Decree 6 Feb. 1920 Book 128 p 78. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. Sbe is innocent and injured party. Married 13 November 1912. MaIden name, Nora Bell Adams, restored.

NEIL, Flavel / NEIL, Thomas
79356. Div 2. Final Decree 7 Feb. 1920 Book 128 p 79. Default. Decree for Defendant on Crossbill. He is innocent and injured party. Married 28 March 1914. Defendant awarded care and custody of minor children, Junior, Harry and GenevIeve Thomas.

MASON, John M. / MASON, Mary B.
79156. Div 2. Final Decree 7 Feb. 1920 Book 128 p 79, 80. Trial by Court. Decree for Defendant on Crossbill. Defendant is innocent and injured party. Fonrier name, Mary B. Anderson, restored.

CHAPPELL, Irie / CHAPPELL, Eugene
79055. Div 1. Final Decree 19 Feb. 1920 Book 127 p 533. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 3 September 1906.

175

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

WHITE, Anna May / WHITE, Willard Douglas
79268. Div 2. Final Decree 8 Mar. 1920 Book 128 p 109. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 25 November 1896. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of mInor children, Eval and Everett White.

FITCH, Lydia / FITCH, James W.
79091. Div 1. Final Decree 27 March 1920 Book 127 p 562. Decree for Defendant on Crossblll. Plaintiff petition dismissed. Defendant is innocent and injured party. Married 30 September 1915.

DELANEY, Pearl (refer to page 134) / DELANEY, James B.
54923. Div 1. 3 Apr. 1920 Book 127 p 574. Motion to modify decreed as to custody of minor child, sustained. Plaintiff, Pearl Delaney, has been duly served with notice of said motion and she has entered her appearance to the hearing thereof, the Court proceeds to hear the evidence relating thereto. Thomas J. Delaney, Sr., the paternal grandfather of said minor to whom his care and custody was confided in the original Decree for Divorce, died on first day of February 1920, and it further appearing to the Court that said Cordie B. Delaney is a fit and proper person to have the care and custody of said minor and best interests of said minor will be subserved thereby. It is ordered, considered, adjudged and decreed by the Court that care and custody of minor, Thomas J. Delaney, Jr., be awarded to Cordie B. Delaney. Original divorce was 18 January 1918.

KEET, Edith C. / KEET, Josiah E.
79676. Div 1. Final Decree 11 May 1920 Book 127 p 579. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 18 June 1914.

BROCKMAN, Anetta M. / BROCKMAN, Oscar
79470. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 582. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. She is hereby given and vested with title to certain articles of furniture and house furnishing goods, to wit: Living room: wall mirror, table lamp, victrola, davenport, round center table, one rocker, one armchair, one large rug, two small rugs, one sewing stand. Dining room: dining table, buffet, six chairs, one rug, teawagon. Bedroom: mahogany suite, bed ccmplete, dresses, dressing table, chiffonier, one small rocker, one straight chair, one fiber rug, dressing table bench. Ivory bedroom suite: bed complete, dressing table. (Oscar Brockman married Annetta Marie Koehler 1 Feb. 1911).

COKIN, Diamond May / COKIN, James C.
64212. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 582. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married in 1918.

STITES, Nell / STITES, I.N.
79591. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 583. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 21 May 1915. Maiden Name, Nell Huffman, restored.

JONES, Manuel / JONES, Amelia
79160. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 585. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 1 August 1915.

KAPLAN, Eva / KAPLAN, Jay A.
79307. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 585, 586. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 3 August 1918. Former name, Eva Jarrett, restored.

176

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

PARKER, Florence May / PARKER, Harvey L.
79181. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 586. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 2 August 1917.

ARMSTRONG, Elijah / ARMSTRONG, Millie Jane
79607. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 587. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 2 August 1892.

BURCH, Lilly / BURCH, Gardner
79510. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 587, 588. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 21 February 1907. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor children, Leo and Earl Burch. (G.O. Burch married Lillie Garner 21 September 1907).

BROWN, Maggie / BROWN, Floyd
79505. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p. 588. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 19 January 1906.

ELLMAN, David / ELLMAN, Esther
79511. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 588. Judgment and Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. He is awarded care and custody of dependent children: Eva Rose age 13, Victor age 11 and Florence age 8 years of age.

BRAY, John / BRAY, Carrie
79445. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 589. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married in 1905. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor child, Dale Bray. (John Bray married Carey Yocum 29 Nov. 1904).

BEDELL, Maude / BEDELL, Albert
79647. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 589. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 5 March 1901. Plaintiff awarded care and ustody of minor children, Agnes, Claude and Herbert Bedell. (Albert Bedell (col). married Maude Hancock (col).).

CRIST, Leo / CRIST, Maud
79527. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 590. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married in May 1919. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor child adopted by said Plaintiff and Defendant.

BAXTER, Charles F. / BAXTER, Minnie
79551. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 590, 591. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. is innocent and injured party. Married 10 October 1908. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor children of said Defendant and Plaintiff.

CARMER, Iva May / CARMER, Oscar E.
79535. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 591. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 24 December 1917. Maiden name, Iva May Carden, restored.

DAY, Ethel / DAY, Harry
79611. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 591, 592. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 14 November 1918. Maiden name, Ethel Tannehill, restored.

177

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

DACY, Margaret M. / DACY, Henry
79539. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 592. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 25 April 1899. Maiden name, Margaret M. Guinn, restored.

EASLEY, Florence J. / EASLEY, Ernie
79517. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 592. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 2 March 1913. Defendant pay Plaintiff $25 per month alimony.

FRY, Celia A. / FRY, John
79565. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 593. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 20 July 1918. Maiden name, Celia A. Archer, restored.

WATKINS, George / WATKINS, Orpha
79571. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 593, 594. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 4 April 1914.

AURENTZ, C.R. / AURENTZ, Emma
79555. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 594. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 28 September 1911.

GROSS, Iva M. / GROSS, Walter E.
79575. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 594, 595. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 14 December 1914.

HALL, Estie / HALL, Raymond
79545. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 595. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 22 August 1919

HAYWOOD, LeRoy / HAYWOOD, Naomi
79477. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 595, 596. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 1 June 1918.

HAGUEWOOD, Chloe / HAGUEWOOD, W.F.
79653. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 596. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 19 April 1913. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor children and sum of $60 per month alimony.

HOMER, Joseph M. / HOMER, Marie
79649. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 597. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 23 March 1919.

ISLEY, Louie F. / ISLEY, Gracie
79499. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920. Book 127 p 597. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 17 February 1917.

LONGWELL, Fanny / LONGWELL, Thomas M.
79525. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920. Book 127 p 598. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married in September 1910. Maiden name, Fanny Pettiegrew, restored.

178

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

McCLELLAN, Minnie W. / McCLELLAN, William
79503. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920. Book 127 p 598. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 5 August 1918. Maiden name, Minnie W. White, restored.

GOODWIN, Lillian E. / GOODWIN, Edward G.
79625. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 599. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 24 December 1903. (Edward Jewett Goodwin married Lillian Elaine Ross).

MEDLEY, William F. / MEDLEY, Minnie M.
79617. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 599. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 25 May 1904. (William F. Medley married Mrs. Minnie Palmer 25 May 1905).

MEYERS, Ollie / MEYERS, Paris
79522. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 600. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 3 September 1910. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor children.

PARSONS, Crettie / PARSONS, Cyrus
79589. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 600. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 22 November 1912. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor children.

SUMEC, E.L. / SUMEC, Effie F.
79651. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 600. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married in 1897. (Ellas L. Sumac married Effie Whitlock 4 March 1896).

STEBBINS, May Peek / STEBBINS, Claude H.
79567. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 601. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 3 January 1904. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor children. (Claud Stebbins married May Peek).

GREEN, John L. / GREEN, Sarah L.
79469. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 602. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 2 February 1918.

TRANTHAM, Herman H. / TRANTHAM, Vinnie
79530. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 602. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 7 June 1914.

THOMAS, Pearl / THOMAS, V.L.
79639. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 603. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 22 July 1919. Maiden name, Pearl Walker, restored.

WELLS, P.P. / WELLS, B.H.
79635. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 603. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 11 April 1917.

WEAVER, Wealtha May / WEAVER, Frank Richard
79533. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 604. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 12 May 1915. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor child.

179

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

WARNER, Marguerite / WARNER, Freeman
79475. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 604. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 1 Feb 1911.

WEEKS, Jennie / WEEKS, Robert B.
79507. Div 1. Final Decree 13 May 1920 Book 127 p 605. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 18 November 1918.

PULLEY, Sarah I. / PULLEY, John W.
79338. Div 2. Final Decree 14 May 1920 Book 128 p 125. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 18 May 1913. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor child, Vida Clemens,of said plaintiff and Defendant.

ADAMS, Sonnie / ADAMS, Cora
79660. Div 2. Final Decree 14 May 1920 Book 128 p 126. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. Plaintiff innocent and injured party. Married 8 September 1903.

ASHER, Charles / ASHER, Ethel Owens
79502. Div 2. Final Decree 14 May 1920 Book 128 p 126. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married 24 March 1917.

COOK, Oscar / COOK, Alva
79550. Div 2. Final Decree 14 May 1920 Book 128 p 127. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Married November 1917.

DAVIS, Beulah H. / DAVIS, Chas. E.
79556. Div 2. Final Decree 14 May 1920 Book 128 p 128. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 15 October 1916. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor child.

CATES, Cora / CATES, Robert
79626. Div 2. Final Decree 14 May 1920 Book 128 p 128. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 1 January 1899. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of Pearl, Harvy, Beulah, Elsie and Lucile Cates.

FORSHEE, Claude N. / FORSHEE, Mamie
79496. Div 2. Final Decree 14 May 1920 Book 128 p 129. Decree for Plaintiff. Crossbill dismissed. He is innocent and injured party. Married 24 December 1914.

JONES, Anna M. / JONES, John C.
79538. Div 2. Final Decree 14 May 1920 Book 128 p 129. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 3 July 1914.

KELLER, Effie Pearl / KELLER, Albert L.
79508. Div 2. Final Decree 14 May 1920 Book 128 p 129. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 11 November 1913.

LAMBORN, Mary / LAMBORN, Sparks
79540. Div 2. Final Decree 14 May 1920 Book 128 p 130. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 25 September 1919. Maiden name, Mary Dunn, restored.

LEE, Malissa Irena / CUNNINGHAM, Charley
alias LEE, Luther
79552. Div 2. Final Decree 14 May 1920 Book 128 p 130. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Married 25 AprIl 1915. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of minor child, Georgia Virginia Lee.

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