PHELPS COUNTY DIVORCE CASES, BY PLAINTIFFS, 1857-1880 Recorded at the court house These records transcribed and placed here by Barbara Pugh Plaintiff Defendant Complaint Year Box Folder ADKINS, LYDA E. CHRISTESON, THOMAS J. BREACH OF MARRIAGE CONTRACT 1876 48 19 ALEXANDER, NANCY ALEXANDER GEORGE W. DIVORCE 1863 6 3 ANDERSON, MARY ANDERSON, HENRY DIVORCE 1873 35 5 ANDERSON, MARY ANDERSON, HENRY DIVORCE 1880 58 3 ASHER, HARRISON ASHER, M.E. DIVORCE 1880 58 33 AUSTIN, MOSES AUSTIN, MARTHA DIVORCE 1866 12 5 BACKTOLD, MAHALA BACKTOLD, FRANK DIVORCE 1869 19 5 BAKER, JAMES BAKER, HANNAH M. DIVORCE 1870 24 39 BARNER, MARTHA E. BARNER, JAMES DIVORCE 1874 37 3 BASSETT, ELIZABETH BASSETT, ROBERT DIVORCE 1876 47 42 BERSHIRS, REBECCA E. BERSHIRS, WESLEY DIVORCE 1874 37 21 BERTIAUX, FERMIN BERTIAUX, JULIA DIVORCE 1877 50 22 BICKHAU, MELINDA BICKHAU, HARDIN DIVORCE 1865 10 2 BOHANAN, EMOLINE BOHANAN, JAMES DIVORCE 1873 34 31 BOND, MELINDA BOND, RILEY DIVORCE 1866 12 8 BOSSERT, LYDIA A. BOSSERT, JOHN D. DIVORCE 1872 31 11 BOUSMAN, PHILLIP BOUSMAN, ELIZABETH DIVORCE 1875 43 20 BOWERS, RACHEL A. BOWERS, DANIEL DIVORCE 1869 21 21 BOYERS, AMANDA WAKEFIELD, HARRIS BREACH OF PROMISE TO MARRY 1870 25 23 BRADFORD, LUCY BRADFORD, PHILIS DIVORCE 1868 18 4 BRADLWY, MARY A. BRADLEY, WILLIAM A. DIVORCE 1880 58 22 BRAVINGTON, S.H. BRAVINGTON, HENRY DIVORCE 1866 12 9 BROOKSHIRE, S.A. BROOKSHIRE, M.E. DIVORCE 1866 12 10 BROWN, A.J. BROWN, LOUISA J. DIVORCE 1872 29 6 BROWN, AARON BROWN, CATHARINE DIVORCE 1868 18 5 BROWN, AARON BROWN, ELIZA DIVORCE 1866 12 11 BROWN, ELIZABETH BROWN, WILLIMA DIVORCE 1862 4 6 BROWN, MELISA BROWN, J.R. DIVORCE 1871 27 15 BROWN, WILLIAM M BROWN, SARAH Q. DIVORCE 1878 54 1 BUCK, EDMUND BUCK, GEORGIA DIVORCE 1870 23 10 BURK, FRANCIS BURK, JACOB DIVORCE 1868 18 20 BURK, HESTER H. BURK, RICHARD DIVORCE 1868 18 18 BURTON, S.M. BURTON, PERMELIA DIVORCE 1874 38 17 BURTON, SETH BURTO, FRANCIS R. DIVORCE 1873 36 28 BUTCHER, JOHN BUTCHER, MARIA DIVORCE 1865 10 5 CAGLE, NANCY J. CAGLE, ANDREW J. DIVORCE 1879 55 44 CAMPBELL, JAMES CAMPBELL, MARTHA DIVORCE 1881 59 12 CANAN, MARY CANAN, CHARLES DIVORCE 1879 57 30 CASTEEL, SARAH JANE CASTEEL, JAMES M. DIVORCE 1872 33 21 CLENDENING, SARAH C. CLENDENING, BOYD, P. DIVORCE 1873 34 20 COCHRAN, ESTHER FREEMAN, ISAAC BREAKING A PROMISE TO MARRY 1870 23 34 COLEMAN, DAVID COLEMAN, ANDREW PARTITION 1874 37 5 COPELAND, W.J. COPELAND, LUCINDA DIVORCE 1871 26 17 CORNARI, S.G.S. CORNARI, MARY DIVORCE 1880 58 42 COX, JAMES F. COX, ANNE MARIE DIVORCE 1871 26 9 COX, JOSHUA COX, NANCY DIVORCE 1860 2 9 CRABTREE, MOSES CRABTREE, NANCY DIVORCE 1877 51 12 CRAWFORD, JOSEPHINE CRAWFORD, ABLE R. DIVORCE 1874 41 23 CREELPAUM, MARY CREELPAUM, JACOB DIVORCE 1869 19 14 CREELPAUM, MARY CREELPAUM, JACOB DIVORCE 1869 19 13 CRIPPEN, W.R. CRIPPEN, C.E. DIVORCE 1867 13 20 CRUM, MARTHA J. CRUM, PETER F. DIVORCE 1880 58 56 CRUM, ZACHARIAH CRUM, MARIAH L. DIVORCE 1866 12 18 CULBERTSON, HARRIET CULBERTSON, BENJAMIN DIVORCE 1869 20 38 DAVIS, HENRY H. DAVIS, ANN DIVORCE 1868 17 30 DEAN, AARON DEAN, MARY JANE DIVORCE 1860 2 13 DEAN, HENRY DEAN, MARY ET AL LAND PARTITION 1869 20 25 DEAN, MOSES DEAN, MARY DIVORCE 1870 25 31 DENNY, NANCY E. DENNY, ELI DIVORCE 1876 48 21 DEVLIN, MARGARET J. DEVLIN, JAMES DIVORCE 1873 36 25 DISMER, VIRGINIA C. DISMER, FRANK B. DIVORCE 1879 57 24 DOTSON, MARGARET A. DOTSON, ROBERT M. DIVORCE 1875 43 9 DOTSON, W. DOTSON, M. DIVORCE 1867 13 24 DOUTHITT, ALMIRA DOUYHITT, JOHN DIVORCE 1880 58 35 DOWD, EMILY DOWD, JOSEPH S. DIVORCE 1879 56 43 DUNCAN, SUSAN DUNCAN, W.B. ALIMONY 1868 17 26 EDGAR, MARY E. EDGAR, JAMES P. DIVORCE 1872 31 27 ELLIS, DAVID ELLIS, SUSAN E. DIVORCE 1879 56 23 ELLIS, SUSAN ELLIS, DAVID DIVORCE 1880 58 21 ELWOOD, NANCY ELWOOD, FRANCIS DIVORCE 1875 44 1 FAUSEL, CHARLES FAUSEL, MARY DIVORCE 1872 29 10 FORD, GEORGE FORD, MARY DIVORCE 1864 8 17 FORD, GEORGE FORD, MARY DIVORCE 1865 10 27 FORD, MARY J. FORD, JOHN W. DIVORCE 1871 28 29 FOWLER, JOHNSON FOWLER, ANN DIVORCE 1876 49 54 FRENCH, SAMUEL FRENCH, NANCY DIVORCE 1869 21 11 FUNKE, JOSEPH FUNKE, LOUISA DIVORCE 1874 37 27 FUNKE, MARY C. FUNKE, F. LEOPOLD DIVORCE 1878 53 1 GARLAND, LUCIND GARLAND, JAMES G. DIVORCE 1876 49 1 GEISLEY, SARAH GEISLEY, WESLEY DIVORCE 1878 53 44 GIBSON, JAMES R. GIBSON, ELIZABETH O. DIVORCE 1868 17 23 GILMORE, MARY GILMORE, SAMUEL DIVORCE 1867 13 34 GORMAN, D.O. GORMAN, ELIZABETH DIVORCE 1864 8 21 GORMAN, MATTHEW ET AL GORMAN, MALISSA ET AL PARTITION 1866 12 21 GORMAN, ROANA M. GORMAN, THOMAS MAINTENANCE 1871 26 36 GRAYSON, ELISABETH WOLSEY, WILLIAM DOWER 1867 13 37 GRAYSON, ELIZABETH GRAYSON, B.F. DIVORCE 1860 2 16 GREEN, GEORGE W. GREEN, MARGARET A. DIVORCE 1876 49 28 GROFF, W.B. GROFF, S.J. DIVORCE 1866 12 24 GRUM, PETER F. GRUM, MARTHA J. DIVORCE 1879 55 3 HALBROCK, MARGARET HALBROCK, J.H DIVORCE 1864 8 23 HALE, MARTHA M. HALE, SAMUEL G. DIVORCE 1869 21 2 HAMILTON, M. HAMILTON, SYLVESTER DIVORCE 1867 13 41 HAMILTON, MARTHA J. HAMILTON, SYLVESTER DIVORCE 1866 12 25 HANCE, MATILDA HANCE, JOSEPH DIVORCE 1869 19 24 HARLAN, G.B. HARLAN, CHARLOTTE DIVORCE 1868 17 17 HATFIELD, JOHN HATFIELD, NANCY DIVORCE 1863 6 22 HAWKINS, WILLIAM ET AL MILLER, MARY A. & MILLER, LEA H. DOWER 1872 29 5 HEIMAMAN, WILLIAM HEIMAMAN, A. DIVORCE 1861 3 19 HICKS, MINA HICKS, CLAYBORN DIVORCE 1867 14 5 HILL, A.H. HILL, MARY ANN DIVORCE 1865 10 39 HILL, ELLEN J. HILL, THOMAS DIVORCE 1871 26 25 HILL, JAMES W. HILL, LOUISA A. DIVORCE 1869 20 21 HILL, JAMES W. HILL, LOUISE A. DIVORCE 1869 21 14 HOLLARD, ANDREW HOLLARD, MARY DIVORCE 1869 19 25 HOOD, DORAS M. HOOD, JAMES DIVORCE 1865 10 40 HOPKINS, A.J. HOPKINS, M.J. DIVORCE 1880 58 40 HOSS, LUCINDA HOSS, JACOB DIVORCE 1870 23 2 HOSS, SARAH HOSS, Z.T. DIVORCE 1868 17 14 HOSS, ZACHARY HOSS, LUCINDA DIVORCE 1872 29 26 HOWELL, BELINDA HOWELL, SETH M. DIVORCE 1873 36 36 HUFFNER, CASPER HUFFNER, LOUISA DIVORCE 1872 29 37 HUNT, LUCY L. HUNT, WILLIAM H. DIVORCE 1877 51 46 HUYETTE, U.L. HUYETTE, S.B. DIVORCE 1880 58 37 JAMES, HENRY Y. JAMES, MARY DIVORCE 1879 57 29 JAMES, REBECCA JAMES, C.A. DIVORCE 1865 10 45 JOHNSON, THOMAS M. JOHNSON, EVA JANE DIVORCE 1868 17 11 JONES, WILLIAM JONES, MARTHA DIVORCE 1869 19 30 JORDON, MARY J. JORDON, WYATT G. DIVORCE 1876 47 28 KARR, ALONZO KARR, MARY E. DIVORCE 1877 50 31 KARR, WILLIAM COURTNEY, JOHN CIVIL ACTION ON SEDUCTION 1872 32 22 KARR, WILLIAM KARR, MARY DIVORCE 1864 8 32 KEATON, MARY KEATON, WILLIAM I. DIVORCE 1869 20 22 KELLEY, WINNIE KELLEY, HARDY DIVORCE 1871 26 1 KILE, GEORGE KILE, ROSA ANN DIVORCE 1869 19 31 KIMES, EMMA R. KIMES, BOSTON, M. DIVORCE 1867 14 11 KIMZEY, ELIZA KIMZEY, HIRAM DIVORCE 1867 14 10 KINSEY, ELIZA KINSEY DIVORCE 1863 6 25 KINZEY, ELIJAH KINZEY, MARY DIVORCE 1864 8 37 KITCHELL, N.W. KITCHELL, CAROLINE DIVORCE 1873 36 6 KNUCKLES, MALINDA KNUCKLES, CAIN DIVORCE 1863 6 27 KRAUS, CHARLOTTE KRAUS, E.M. DIVORCE 1871 28 36 LATHEM, REBECCA LATHEM, HANNIBAL DIVORCE 1868 17 5 LAUN, LEONARD LAUN, FREDRICKE DIVORCE 1871 27 14 LAWRANCE, MARY LAWRANCE, JOSEPH DIVORCE 1865 10 50 LEE, MINERVA LEE, GABRIEL F. DIVORCE 1869 22 2 LEINAKER, JOSEPHINE LEINAKER, H.A. DIVORCE 1871 27 32 LENAN, MINERVA LENAN, ISAAC DIVORCE 1880 58 51 LENOX, LOUISA LENOX, DAVID W. DIVORCE 1866 12 36 LIGHT, JOHN LIGHT, JACOB ET AL PARTITION 1871 28 16 LOOS, MARY LOOS, FRED DIVORCE 1880 58 45 MAJORS, THOMAS MAJORS, MARY DIVORCE 1871 26 21 MALONE, FRANCIS MALONE, GEORGE DIVORCE 1860 2 29 MALONE, THOS MALONE, ELIZABETH DIVORCE 1860 2 30 MANNER, JAMES, E. MANNER, CAROLINE DIVORCE 1868 17 4 MANTINER, CHRISTIAN MANTINER, ELIZA J. DIVORCE 1868 17 3 MARSH, SUSAN MARSH, J.D. DIVORCE 1869 22 14 MARSH, SUSAN ET AL MARSH, SILAS ET AL PETITION FOR MAINTENANCE 1867 14 24 MARSH, W.E.D. MARSH, ANGELINE DIVORCE 1876 48 6 MATLOCK, MALVINA MATLOCK, JOHN DIVORCE 1870 24 24 MAUPIN, T.C. MAUPIN, JURUSHA DIVORCE 1864 8 45 MAYFIELD, JOHN MAYFIELD, LYDIA DIVORCE 1865 11 3 MCNATT, JAMES MCNATT, MARY B. DIVORCE 1876 48 41 METZGER, MINERVA A. METZGER, LOUIS F. DIVORCE 1872 33 13 MIKKELSON, CHRISTIAN GARVEY, RICHARD DAMAGE 1866 12 41 MILLER, HANAH MILLER, HOLERNAU DIVORCE 1869 19 40 MILLER, JOHN A. MILLER, ANNA DIVORCE 1869 22 12 MILLER, MELISSA MILLER, MICHAEL DIVORCE 1870 24 18 MILLER, PAUL MILLER, ANNIE DIVORCE 1881 59 10 MISELL, ANN MISELL, DANIEL DIVORCE 1865 11 10 MOACLAR, CORDELIA MOACLAR, JOHN DIVORCE 1863 6 36 MONTGOMERY, THOMAS J. MONTGOMERY, ELIZABETH F. DIVORCE 1877 51 18 MOORE, ALFRED MOORE, MARANDA DIVORCE 1865 11 12 MOORE, SARAH A. MOORE, EDWARD S. DIVORCE 1877 51 49 MULKEY, GEORGE W. MULKEY, ELIZABETH DIVORCE 1872 29 35 MURRAY, JOSEPH MURRAY, EVA DIVORCE 1879 55 46 NALL, SARAH NALL, JOHN N. DIVORCE 1866 12 44 NILE, ANNA L. NILE, WILLIAM T. DIVORCE 1871 27 21 ORCHAD, A.H. ORCHARD, M.J. DIVORCE 1878 54 23 OWEN, HENRY L. OWEN, MARTHA DIVORCE 1865 11 15 PARKER, PLEASANT PARKER, AVERY DIVORCE 1865 11 17 PATON, HENRY PATON, MARTHA DIVORCE 1876 48 17 PATRICK, ANDREW H. PATRICK, JULIA A. DIVORCE 1870 25 6 PERRY, CATHORINE PERRY, JOHN DIVORCE & ALIMONY 1872 32 10 PERRY, JOHN H. PERRY, LUCINDA DIVORCE 1870 24 33 PLUMMER, JOHN PLUMMER, RHODA DIVORCE 1876 49 5 POEKLINGTON, THORNTON POEKLINGTON, MARY A. DIVORCE 1871 28 15 POOR, EVA POOR, JAMES DIVORCE 1873 34 21 PORTER, JOHN S. PORTER, FANNY DIVORCE 1869 22 3 POWELL, ROBERT C. POWELL, NANCY DIVORCE 1864 9 31 PRIOR, JOHN PRIOR, LOUISA DIVORCE 1879 57 18 PRIOR, LOUISA PRIOR, JOHN DIVORCE 1875 42 35 RAINES, AUGUSTA RAINES, ZALE DIVORCE 1874 40 24 RAY, ABNER RAY, ISABELLA DIVORCE 1873 35 22 RAY, JESSE RAY, EMELINE DIVORCE 1876 47 35 RAY, JULIA RAY, NELSON DIVORCE 1870 24 9 REED, MARTHA E. REED, JOHN W. DIVORCE 1875 43 33 REICH, DORO REICH, GEORGE DIVORCE 1863 6 41 RICHARDSON, MARTHA RICHARDSON, GEORGE DIVORCE 1859 1 24 ROE, JAMES ROE, NETTIE DIVORCE 1869 22 15 ROWLAND, JANE ROWLAND, JAMES DIVORCE 1870 24 6 ROWLAND, SARAH ROWLAND, ARCHIBALD DIVORCE 1864 9 40 SANTEE, CHARLES M. SANTEE, JULIA M. DIVORCE 1872 33 28 SANTEE, JULIA M. SANTEE, CHARLES M. DIVORCE 1871 27 45 SAPPINGTON, WILLIAM I. SAPPINGTON, MARY J. DIVORCE 1867 15 21 SCHULE, MARY SCHULE, ADOLF SUPPORT & MAINTENANCE 1871 26 33 SCHULE, MARY J. SCHULE, ADOLF DIVORCE & ALIMONY 1872 29 22 SEXTON, MARY SEXTON, JOHN A. DIVORCE 1878 53 46 SHELTON, BELINDA SHELTON, THOMAS DIVORCE 1858 1 11 SHIPTON, MARTHA SHIPTON, FRANK DIVORCE 1878 54 9 SHIPTON, MARTHA A. SHIPTON, F.M. DIVORCE 1874 38 29 SIMS, EMMA P. SIMS, JOHN A. DIVORCE 1868 16 23 SKYLES, WILLIAM SKYLES, SARAH DIVORCE 1874 37 6 SMITH, J.W.T. SMITH, MARY E. DIVORCE 1867 15 27 SNODGRASS, HIRAM SNODGRASS, ELIZABETH DIVORCE 1863 6 45 SPANGLE, OLIVE E. SPANGLE, G.W. DIVORCE 1870 23 37 SPOON, JAMES SPOON, RUTH DIVORCE 1861 3 29 SPRATLEY, SAMUEL SPRATLEY, ELIZABETH DIVORCE 1878 54 26 STEPHENSON, SARAH STEPHENSON, JASON DIVORCE 1863 6 47 STRAIN, W.H. STRAIN, SARAH A. DIVORCE 1880 58 34 SULLIVAN, CATHERINE SULLIVAN, JOHN DIVORCE 1877 51 16 SULLIVAN, JAMES SULLIVAN, MARTHA DIVORCE 1868 16 4 SULLIVAN, OSBORNE SULLIVAN, PATSEY DIVORCE 1868 16 5 TALLANT, ALICE C. TALLANT, THOMAS DIVORCE 1878 53 13 TARRENT,JAMES TARRENT,FRANKEY DIVORCE 1867 15 33 THOMPSON, JAMES THOMPSON, MARGARET E. DIVORCE 1868 16 16 THOMPSON, MAGGIE THOMPSON, MORRIS DIVORCE 1873 36 33 TUNE, JAME TUNE, JACOB DIVORCE 1877 52 22 TURNER, MARY JANE TURNER, WILLIAM DIVORCE 1862 5 5 VAN FOSSEN, THOMAS D. VAN FOSSEN, LOUISA DIVORCE 1878 53 29 VANDEGRIFF, J.H. VANDERGRIFF, M.C DIVORCE 1869 20 17 VANDERGRIFF, J.H. VANDERGRIFF, M.C. DIVORCE 1869 20 17 VANKIRK, WILLILAM VANKIRK, MARY J. DIVORCE 1876 49 3 VANWORMER,AARON VANWORMER, MARGARET DIVORCE 1867 15 34 VOEDISCH, JOHN VOEDISCH, MARY DIVORCE 1868 16 17 WALTON, SARAH E. WALTON, WILLIAM DIVORCE 1868 16 15 WARNER, RICHARD WARNER, HARRIET DIVORCE 1879 56 34 WARREN, MARY A. WARREN, WILLIAM DIVORCE 1867 15 35 WHITES, SARAH WHITES, WILLIAM M. DIVORCE 1868 16 13 WICKLE, MARGARET WICKLE, W. DIVORCE 1863 6 49 WILCOX, H WILCOX. B.E. DIVORCE 1865 11 38 WILSON, NANCY WILSON, WILLIAM DIVORCE 1865 11 42 WILSON, NANCY WILSON, WILLIAM DIVORCE 1865 11 39 WISHON, DANIEL WISHON, NANCY DIVORCE 1867 15 37 WOOD, ELIZA J. WOOD, JOHN H. DIVORCE 1877 50 27 WOODBRIDGE, PEGGY B. WOODBRIDGE, WILLIAM H. DIVORCE 1867 15 41 WOODWARD, HENRY WOODWARD, FLORENCE DIVORCE 1871 28 17 WOOLINER, JOHN WOOLINER, MATILDA DIVORCE 1866 12 60 WOOTERS, ISIAH WOOTERS, MARY DIVORCE 1868 16 10 YORK, W.G. BROADWATER,JAMES DOWER 1867 15 43