Greene County Records

Abstract of Divorce Records 1921 - 1928

Greene County Archives' Bulletin Number 8 August 1989
[pp. 108-120]


GREENE COUNTY, MISSOURI, CIRCUIT COURT DIVORCES

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

MCCALL, M.M. / MCCALL, Telitha
88532. Div 2. Final Decree 1 June 1925 Book 146 p 46, 47. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

WADE, C.W. / WADE, Dora D.
88379. Div 2. Final Decree 3 June 1925 Book 146 p 48. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

BENCH, Lina / BENCH, John
88580. Div 2. Final Decree 4 June 1925 Book 146 p 51. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Ira Dale Bench age 8 years. (see item bottom of page)

SCOTT, Lou / SCOTT, W.H.
88387. Div 2. Final Decree 4 June 1925 Book 146 p 51. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

FAULKNER, Bonnie G. / FAULKNER, Thelma
88553. Div 1. Final Decree 4 June 1925 Book 143 p 500. Trial by Court. Decree for Defendant on Crossbill. She is innocent and injured party. Defendant awarded care and custody of their minor child, Bernnie Dean Faulkner age 2 months. Plaintiff pay Defendant $10 per month for support of child.

BLACK, Ethel M. (see page 101) / BLACK, Carl V.
87402. Modify Judgment. 6 June 1925 Book 143 p 501. Judgment modified to read: Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Robert Black age 5 and Howard Black age 7 years. It is further ordered by the Court that Defendant pay Plaintiff the sum of $200 as temporary alimony and further sum of $40 per month for support of above named minor children.

ETHRIDGE, Nellie Irene / ETHRIDGE, Fred
88590. Div 2. Final Decree 6 June 1925 Book 146 p 53. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

RHODES, Clora H. / RHODES, Thurman
88266. Div 2. Final Decree 15 June 1925 Book 146 p 61. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

JENKINS, Frances B. / JENKINS, Charles I.
88750. Div 2. Final Decree 17 June 1925 Book 146 p 63. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. minor child of this marriage, Bettie Rose Jenkins age 4, awarded to its grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jaye Brite for period of one year. Defendant shall have visiting rights.

BENCH, Lina / BENCH, John
88580. Div 2. Decree modified. 20 June 1925 Book 146 p 66. Change to read: It is further ordered bv the Court that Defendant shall have the custody of said child on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings of each week, from 7 to 10 o'clock and it is further ordered by the Court that neither Plaintiff nor Defendant shall remove the said child from the jurisdiction of this Court.
(see item near top of this page)

108

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

GARDNER, D.E. / GARDNER, Burnie Lee
88288. Div 2. ANNULLMENT. 20 June 1925 Book 146 p 66. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. "On 7 April 1921, the Defendant requested Plaintiff to go with him in his automobile to a small town in Polk County, Mo., and after they had started, told her that he had obtained a license, and that Plaintiff and Defendant would be married that evening; that there had never been a courtship by Defendant of Plaintiff; their acquaintance was only a casual one, and the only suggestion of marriage prior to that occasion was a jesting one at a school gathering, when several young men, including Defendant, proposed to the young ladies they happened to be talking to at the time, which proposals were all accepted in the same spirit, and the Defendant at that time, as a joke proposed to Plaintiff, who, as did the other young ladies, accepted, and gave the matter no thought further. The Plaintiff had never been spoken to relative to the marriage, except in jest and told Defendant she could not marry him. That Defendant by threatening to kill himself and by flourishing a revolver and by driving the car at a rapid rate and threatening to wreck the car with Plaintiff and Defendant in it, so menaced and frightened Plaintiff that she consented to the marriage and while her will was so overcome and paralyzed by fear she was driven to the house of a minister and the marriage ceremony said. That the marriage was never consummated, that Plaintiff never lived with Defendant and the only tie binding them is the said ceremony solemnized under duress and fear." The marriage was set aside, annulled and voided and for naught held or esteemed. Maiden name, Dollie E. Vaught, restored.

ATKINS, Martha J. / ATKINS, D.J.
88334. Div 2. Final Decree 22 June 1925 Book 146 p 68. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. Defendant pay Plaintiff $25 per month alimony and further sum of $50 attorney fee. Former name, Martha J. Marsh, restored.

MEYERS, Clarence M. / MEYERS, Maggie A.
88650. Div 2. Final Decree 23 June 1925 Book 146 p 68. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

SHULTZ, Albert / SCHULTZ, Julia
87778. Div 2. Final Decree 6 July 1925 Book 146 p 81. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

SCARBROUGH, Frances Alletha, by next friend, Hettie H. Bradley / SCARBROUGH, Othel G.
89093. Div 1. Final Decree 14 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 549. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Frances Alletha Bradley, restored.

OGDEN, Pearl / OGDEN, William
88929. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 556. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Cleo Ogden age 10.

WALKER, Mona P. / WALKER, Miles N.
89039. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep 1925 Book 143 p 556. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Mona Potter, restored.

JONES, Bessie M. / JONES, Everlee M.
88601. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 557, 558. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Wilfred Jones age 10 and Robert Lee Jones age 7.

109

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

ACTON, Ettie Loree / ACTON, Reed
88685. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 558. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Helen Acton age 11, Wilma Acton age 10 and James Reed Acton age 7. Defendant pay Plaintiff sum of $20 per month for support of children.

BROWN, Commodore B. / BROWN, Fannie B.
88815. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 558, 559. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

BURNETTE, Millie Jane / BURNETTE, Claude C.
88609. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 559. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Millie Jane Tanner, restored.

KELSO, Flossie / KELSO, Solon
88803. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 560. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Denzil Kelso age 5 and Gilbert Wayne Kelso age 3. Custody of said children shall be awarded to their Paternal Grandparents, H.T. Kelso and wife, during the school term each year. Defendant pay Plaintiff $30 per month for support of children.

CROWE, Sydney / CROWE, Earl
89013. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 560. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Charlene Crowe, age 9 years.

CREED, Ruby, by next friend, Austin Ryan. / CREED, Horace
88780. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 561. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Ruby Ryan, restored.

BURLESON, Mary Ellen / BURLESON, Hubert R.
88883. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 561. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

DUNLAP, Eulah / DUNLAP, Alex H.
88674. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 562. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Frances Dunlap age 7 years and Gertrude Dunlap age 4 years.

DAY, Bessie Ellen / DAY, William Herschell
88706. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 562. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Herschell Day, Jr., age 5; Leonard Eugene Day age 3 and Raymond Day age 15 months. Defendant pay $15 per month support.

DICKENS, Clinton / DICKENS, Lola F.
88839. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 563. Default. Decree for Plaintiff He is innocent and injured party.

DEMPSEY, C.M. / DEMPSEY, Bessie M.
88813. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 563. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Defendant awarded care and custody of their minor children, Lee Dempsey age 16, Helen Dempsey age 14 and Alice Dempsey age 10.

110

PLAINTIFF DEFENDANT

ELLIOTT, Yewell / ELLIOTT, Roy
88913. Div 1. Final decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 564. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child. Betty Irene Elliott age 9 months.

FRANKE, Nona Maye, by next friend, Ethel Viola Elick. / FRANKE, I.C.
88819. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 564, 565. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Nona May Elliott, restored.

FRYER, Lula E. / FRYER, R. Lester
88671. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 565, 566. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Lula E. Brittain, restored.

GARGIS, Josephine / GARGIS, Thomas
88979. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 566. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

HUNT, Floyd A. / HUNT, Lucy O.
88881. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 566, 567. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

KEELING, Gurtha / KEELING, James
88889. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 567. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody their minor child, James William Keeling, age 2 years.

KNAPP, Leota / KNAPP, S.A.
88931. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 567. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Dale Knapp age 11 years.

KELLEY, Ethel Grace(See pages 67 & 99) / KELLEY, Fred
89073. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 568. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Kathleen Kelley age 10, Daniel Kelley age 9, Wilma Kelley age 7 and Donald Kelley age 5. Plaintiff recover from Defendant the sum of $50 per month for the support of the above named minor children, same to be paid monthly.

MILLER, Louise P. / MILLER, J.P.
88773. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 568. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Louise P. Gladson, restored.

TAYLOR, Daisy N. / TAYLOR, Benjamin I.
88735. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 569. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

SMALLEN, Helen May / SMALLEN, J.C.
88901. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 569. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Helen May Parker, restored.

STEININGER, Mollie I. / STEININGER, Joseph W.
88905. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 570. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

111

PLAINTIFF DEFENDANT

PIKE, Lena / PIKE, Ray
88734. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 570. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Lena Looney, restored.

RUCKMAN, Inez F. / RUCKMAN, Ralph E.
88935. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 571. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Inez F. Raney, restored.

HART, Joseph A. / HART, Ruth E.
88770. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 571. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

RUBISON, Joe / RUBISON, Lillie E.
88939. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 572. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

RHODES, Ethel / RHODES, Ed
88784. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 572. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

SINGLETON, Dorothy / SINGLETON, William S., Jr.
88821. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 572, 573. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Dorothy Wilhite, restored.

SULLIVAN, John / SULLIVAN, Edna
88759. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 573. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

STEWART, Irene / STEWART, Oliver
88765. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 574. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Eugenia Mae Stewart and Dorthy Louise Stewart.

TILLER, Mary, by her next friend, Greta Gregory. / TILLER, Ben
88947. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 574. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

WEST, George E. / WEST, Jessie
88927. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 574, 575. Default. Decree for plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

WILLIAMS, Maggie / WILLIAMS, C.M.
88817. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 575. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

RABOURNE, Alice R. / RABOUNNE, William L.
88825. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 575, 576. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded their minor children, Earl L. Rabourne age 19, Amy L. Rabourne age 18 and Oris N. Rabourne age 15.

WOMMACK, J.M. / WOMMACK, Maude
88925. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 576. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

112

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

BROWN, Opal L. / BROWN, Lester M.
88809. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 576, 577. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Opal L. Gist, restored. Defendant pay Plaintiff $25 attorney fee.

BUNYARD, Osie / BUNYARD, Carl
88897. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 577. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, William Frazier Bunyard age 5 years.

STEVENS, L. formerly Ilia STAYANOFF / STEVENS, Helen L. formerly Helena ILIEVA nee VASILEVA
88915. Div 1. Final Decree 17 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 578. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Tena Stevens age 8, John Stevens age 8, Anna Stevens age 6 and Lillie Stevens age 4. (later Decree 2 Oct. 1925.)

EDWARDS, Thelma / EDWARD5, Lee
88849. Div 1. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 579. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

STAFFORD, Claude C. / STAFFORD, Helen
88951. Div 1. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 579. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

APPLEBY, Evelyn L. by her next friend, Alpha Martin. / APPLEBY, Richard Earl
88105. Div 1. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 580. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Evelyn L. Martin, restored.

HARRIS, Emma / HARRIS, Parrish
88949. Div 1. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 580. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Emma Nobles, restored.

TRIPLETT, Ella C. / TRIPLETT, J.R.
89059. Div 1. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 581. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Robert Triplett age 13 and Wilma Triplett age 12. Plaintiff recover from Defendant the sum of $50 for support.

HIGGS, Isom / HIGGS, Carrie
88845. Div 1. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 581, 582. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

CROTHERS, O.C. / CROTHERS, Etta
88027. Div 1. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 582. Trial by Court. Decree for Defendant on Crossbill. She is innocent and injured party.

BUSCH, Clara Belle (RITTENHOUSE) minor, by next friend Nannie S. Rittenhouse / BUSCH, William G.
88933. Div. ANNULLMENT. 18 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 582. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. Annulling Marriage. Married on 16 June 1924, Plaintiff was a minor, being of age 18. Married without consent of her parents or guardian. Annullment approved. Maiden name Rittenhouse, restored.

113

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

SIMMONS, Jessie / SIMMONS, Vernon C.
88940. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 97. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Virgil T. Simmons, Earl H. Simmons and Arvilla Jewell Simmons.

GARRETT, Peter / GARRETT, Mary C.
88154. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 98. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

CRANE, E.C. / CRANE, Lois
88936. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925. Book 146 p 98. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

VAUGHAN, Elizabeth / VAUGHAN, J.F.
88232. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 99. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Elizabeth Harrington, restored.

BURNS, Florence / BURNS, Robert E.
88834. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 100, 101. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

BODANSKE, W.C. / BODANSKE, Blanche
88882. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 101. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

BLACKBURN, Martha E. / BLACKBURN, Granville B.
88900. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 101, 102. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Martha E. Stilson, restored.

BROWN, Oscar / BROWN, Nora
88932. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 102. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Defendant awarded care and custody of their minor child, Imelda Brown, age 5.

MCALVAIN, Myrtle M. / MCALVAIN, Robert Lee
88600. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 102, 103. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Myrtle M. Ferguson, restored.

BESS, Leta H. / BESS, Burl B.
88898. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 103. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Burl B. Bess age 4 and Marjorie Elizabeth Bess age 11/2.

BURKE, Gene / BURKE, Marcella
88864. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 103. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

JONES, G.E. / JONES, M. Josephine
88796. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 103. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

CARTER, Louella B. / CARTER, Howard
88798. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 103. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Mildred Carter age 7 and Eugene Carter age 16 months.

114

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

CAMPBELL, Irene / CAMPBELL, Eri T.
88866. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 105. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Care and custody of their minor children Eurma Campbell age 6 and Juanita Campbell age 4 awarded to Plaintiff.

CHILDRESS, Myrtle / CHILDRESS, C,W,
88972. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 105, 106. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Myrtle Sanders, restored.

CLAYPOOL, Iva M. / CLAYIPOOL, S.M.
88868. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 106. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Mary Alice Claypool age 3, Bobbie Joe Claypool age 2 and Harold Wayne Claypool age 4 months.

COOPER, Anna / COOPER, C.C.
88886. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 106, 107. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Anna McElwain, restored.

COONEY, Annie G. / COONEY, Robert J.
88888. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 106, 107. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Annie G. Nichto, restored.

CHAPMAN, George H. / CHAPMAN, Ida
88828. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 107. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

DEEDS, Henry / DEEDS, Stella
89000. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 108. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

DOUBLEDAY, William T. / DOUBLEDAY, Birdie Lee
88926. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 108. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

EMERY, Mary A. / EMERY, S.D.
88996. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 108, 109. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Mary A King, restored.

GILLILAND, Zena, by next friend, Lizzie L. Workman / GILLILAND, Charles E.
88890. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 109. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Zena Wood, restored.

EDGE, Eliza P. / EDGE, J. Paul
88910. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 109, 110. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Golden Edge age 15, Helen Edge age 14, Floy Edge Age 12 and Eugene Edge age 9. Plaintiff recover from Defendant the sum of $1000 as alimony in gross.

GALLAGHER, W.F. / GALLAGHER, Lula May
89002. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 110. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

115

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

HODGE, Bessie / HODGE, J.P.
88912. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 110, 111. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Bessie Davidson, restored.

JOHNSON, Arthur J. / JOHNSON, Lola Jane
88876. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 111. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

KATES, Jessie / KATES, William Robert
88982. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 111, 112. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

KIRSH, Carl B. / KIRSH, Etta Eola
88934. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 112. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

KELLEY, Sherman / KELLEY, Pearl A.
89062. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 112. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

WIMBERLY, Enoch C. / WIMBERLY, Martha
88902. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 112, 113. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. Plaintiff innocent and injured party.

LUTTRELL, Minnie / LUTTRELL, Rosco
89080. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 113. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Chestine Luttrell and Loy Ollie Luttrell age 11 and eleven months respectively.

MORTON, Ina / MORTON, Arthur
88820. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 113. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

MASON, Thelma Maine / MASON, J. Russell
88914. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 113. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, R. Richard Mason age 2 years. Defendant pay Plaintiff the sum of $15 per month child support.

NEWTON, Elmer L. / NEWTON, Eula
88988. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 113. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

RUBLES, Eunice / RUBLES, E.J.
88946. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 113. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Eunice Golden, restored.

SEIMS, Oma / SEIMS, Henry T.
88862. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 113. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded $50 as alimony. Maiden name, Oma Mayfield, restored.

SEGER, John G. / SEGER, Evelyn
88924. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 114, 115. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

116

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

SIMMONS, Anthony / SIMMONS, Clara Brown
88808. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep.1925 Book 146 p 115. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

SMITH, Alice / SMITH, Augustus
88894. Div 2. final Decree 18 Sep. 1925. Book 146 p 115 Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

SHOCKLEY, Ida Iline / SHOCKLEY, Earl W.
88892. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 115, 116. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Ida Ilene Dashney, restored.

TULLIS, Ada / TULLIS, John N.
89066. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 116. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

WEBSTER, Rosalene Dolores, by next friend, W.K. Inmon / WEBSTER, Clarence Edgar
88922. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 117. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, William Earl Webster age 15 months.

O'NEAL, Charles L. / O'NEAL, Caddie Lee
88176. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 117. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Charles T. O'Neal age 7 years.

CONKLIN, Charles R. / CONKLIN, Eunice L.
88904. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 117. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

MORRISETT, Mazie Marie / MORRISETT, Howard
88976. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 117, 118. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Darrell Morrisett age 20 months and Eugen Morrisett age 4 years. Plaintiff awarded $25 per month for child support.

REED, Effie M. / REED, Clarence
88896. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 118. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Effie M. Smith, restored.

SHERMAN, Wahneta / SHERMAN, John R.
88870. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 118. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Constance Beatrice Sherman age 7 years and Gwendolyn Mae Sherman age 4. Plaintiff awarded $30 per month child support.

MITCHELL, Pearl / MITCHELL, Earl Shelton
88521. Div 2. Final Decree 18 Sep. 1925 Book 146 p 119. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Former name, Pearl Henderson, restored.

MCELWEE, Mary A. by next friend, Marion T. Kelley / MCELWEE, Clarence R.
88449. Div 1. Final Decree 19 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 584. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Mary A. Kelley, restored.

117

PLAINTIFF / DEFENDANT

STANIFORTH, Lewise B. / STANIFORTH, Sneed G.
88917. Div 1. Final Decree 19 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 584, 585. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Mary Susan Staniforth. Defendant pay Plaintiff $50 per month support and care of child.

BASS, Sampson E. / BASS, Georgia May
88799. Div 1. Final Decree 19 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 5861/2. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, George E. Bass age 3 years.

CAMPBELL, Maude A. / CAMPBELL, John Roy
88764. Div 1. Final Decree 25 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 588. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

MCNUTT, Daisy Boyd by next friend, Mrs. Bessie Boyd / MCNUTT, Walter
88891. Div 1. Final Decree 26 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 595. Decree for Divorce. Plaintiff innocent and injured party. Charles L. Chalender is legally appointed guardian ad litem for said Defendant. Maiden name, Daisy Boyd, restored.

ALLEN, Gertrude / ALLEN, John J.
88944. Div 2. Final Decree 26 Sep 1925 Book 146 p 133. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Gertrude Davidson, restored.

KATES, Mollie / KATES, George W.
89009. Div 1. Final Decree 26 Sep. 1925 Book 143 p 595. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. Plaintiff is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Mollie Richardson, restored.

STEVENS, L., formerly Ilia STAYANOFF (see page 113) / STEVENS, Helen L. formerly Helena ILIEVA nee VASILEVA
88915. Div 2. Judgment and Decree. 2 Oct. 1925 Book 146 p 138. The Court after hearing the evidence herein being satisfied that the Defendant is the innocent and injured party and is entitled to the relief prayed for in her answer and Crosspetition herein and being further satisfied that Plaintiff is not entitled to the relief prayed for in his petition, doth order, adjudge and decree as follows: That petition be dismissed and she is restored to all rights and privileges of an unmarried person; that Plaintiff, L. Stevens, have and he hereby is given custody and care of the children, to wit: Tena, daughter age 8; John, son, age 7; Anna, daughter, age 6 and Lilly, daughter, age 4; that said children will be kept in the state of Missouri.

THORNBURG, Edna, whose full name is Rhoda Edna THORNBURG, a minor, by next friend, Hattie Carter THORNBURG, Bernis
89006. Div 2. Final Decree 3 Oct. 1925 Book 146 p 139. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Maiden name, Rhoda Edna Carter, restored.

MATTHEWS, Boyd / MATTHEWS, Mary
89068. Div 2. Final Decree 3 Oct. 1925 Book 146 p 139. Decree for Defendant. She is innocent and injured party. Defendant awarded care and custody of their minor children, Dorothy Matthews age 3 years and Glen Matthews age 6 months.

LONG, J.L. / LONG, Willie
88533. Div 1. Final Decree 10 Oct. 1925 Book 143 p 605. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

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BINGAMAN, Sarah F. / BINGAMAN, John F.
89038. Div 2. Final Decree 19 Cct. 1925 Book 146 p 150. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Opal B. Bingaman, age 15 years. Defendant pay Plaintiff $10 per month child support.

PAYNE, Mary Ann Rebecca / PAYNE, William J.B.
88880. Div 2. Final Decree 20 Oct. 1925 Book 146 p 151. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Gene William Payne age 4 and Freda May Payne age 5. (see Book 146 p 176)

LEE, George L. / LEE, Clara W.
88990. Div 1. Final Decree 2 Nov. 1925 Book 143 p 615. Trial by Court. Decree for Defendant on crossbill. She is innocent and injured party.

BALSWIN, W.H. / BALDWIN, Fannie
89079. Div 1. Final Decree 4 Nov. 1925 Book 143 p 617. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. Plaintiff innocent and injured party.

BLACK, Frank, by his guardian & Curator, Louise Black./ BLACK, Minnie
89031. Div 1. ANNULLMENT 4 Nov 1925 Book 143 p 617. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. Court finds that on 17 Feb. 1925 Plaintiff was adjudged a person of unsound mind and insane and that for these and other reasons alleged in Plaintiff's petition, the said marriage consumated Aug. 14, 1924, should be annulled and for naught held and set aside.

O'NEAL, C.E. / O'NEAL, Mary
88893. Div 1. Final Decree 5 Nov. 1925 Book 143 p 619. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. Plaintiff is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor child, Bob Jack O'Neal age two years.

WALKER, Julia B. / WALKER, Paul V.
88973. Div 1. Final Decree 5 Nov. 1925 Book 143 p 619. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Pauline Beatrice Walker and Frances Frederick Walker. Defendant pay sum of $50 per month support and maintenance of children. Plaintiff have and recover from Defendant alimony in sum of $1000 in lieu of all dower and other marital rights.

WALLIS, Emma S. / WALLIS, Tuck Henry
88669. Div 1. Final Decree 5 Nov. 1925 Book 143 p 619, 620. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody their minor children, Erma Wallis age 15, Frances Wallis age 12, Pauline Wallis age 9 and Gennive Wallis age 6.

BENCH, Lina (see page 108) / BENCH, John
88580. Div 2. Modify Decree. 9 Nov 1925 Book 146 p 170. Plaintiff motion to modify Decree sustained and Plaintiff awarded absolute custody of the child, Ira Dale Bench.

PRAWL, Mary F. / PRAWL, Roy S.
88974. Div 2. Final Decree 28 Nov. 1925 Book 146 p 182. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Lawrence A. Prawl age 12, Henry F. Prawl age 10, Louise Alpha Prawl age 9 and Carl LeRoy Prawl age 8. Defendant pay $25 per month child support.

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CLUXTON, Bessie W. / CLUXTON, Donald C.
89280. Div 2. Final Decree 28 Nov. 1925 Book 146 p 183, 184. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party. Plaintiff awarded care and custody of their minor children, Donald K. Cluxton age 13 and Claudius M. Cluxton age 12. Defendant pay $750 alimony and further sum of $50 attorney fee.

CLARK, Cresa / CLARK, John (Ned)
88859. Div 1. Final Decree 5 Dec. 1925 Book 147 p 14. Default. Decree for Plaintiff. She is innocent and injured party.

VAN MATRE, A.T. / VAN MATRE, Effie.
88903. Div 1. Final Decree 19 Dec. 1925 Book 147 p 36. Trial by Court. Decree for Plaintiff. He is innocent and injured party.

BUCKNER, Minta L.(refer to page 95) / BUCKNER, Levi A.
88143. Div 1. Motion to review Decree. Motion sustained 9 Jan. 1926 Book 147 p 46. Plaintiff have and recover from Defendant sum of $7 as support money for her minor child. Same to be paid as above set out $7 per month for support of minor child.

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