Miscellaneous Cass County, Illinois Divorces - Granted
DATES are when newspaper was published. No dates for actual divorce was finalized are listed. All divorces were granted in Cass County, Illinois - source, The Cass County Historian, March 2001
| VIRGINIA GAZETTE Aug. 20, 1875 - Rebecca vs Samuel ARMSTRONG Aug. 27, 1875 - Elizabeth vs James SCOTT Sept. 3, 1875 - Elizabeth vs Anthony HILL Feb. 6, 1880 - Fannie and Silas WILLCOTT, her maiden name restored to BOSTON April 27, 1880 - Airi vs Zimri KIRKMAN Aug. 27, 1880 - Sarah vs Ira INGRAM Aug. 27, 1880 - Catherine vs John ROHN Sept. 3, 1880 - Sarah vs William MINIER Sept. 3, 1880 - Mary vs John CROW Sept. 3, 1880 - Thomas vs Rachel CAMPBELL Feb. 18, 1881 - Julie vs Nathan CLAYTON Feb. 18, 1881 - Allie vs George KING Feb. 18, 1881 - Phebe vs. Robert McNEELY Feb. 18, 1881 - Laura vs Owen SHOWALTER Sept. 2, 1881 - Amos vs. Lucy J. GARNER Sept. 2, 1881 - Paris vs Lodema F. BRANDOM Feb. 10, 1882 - Frances vs. James SOWREBY Sept. 5, 1884 - James vs Virginia CHILTON Sept. 5, 1884 -William vs Katherine SPIKER Sept. 5, 1884 -Fred vs Mary A. DENNIS Sept. 5, 1884 - John vs Virginia HEDSETH Aug. 28, 1885 - Joanne vs Nick KELCH April 16, 1886 - Mary vs Sanford MAGILL, she given custody of child April 16, 1886 - Wilhelmina vs Henry BRANDT, she given property April 17, 1902 - Mary vs Frank L. LEBKUECHER April 17, 1902 - Amanda vs James MILLER Oct. 3, 1903 - Elva vs Hamilton (Jim) JUCKETT Oct. 3, 1903 - Martha vs Harrison BENSON Oct. 3, 1903 - James M. vs Anna CARR Oct. 9, 1903 - Sarah vs Joseph McGLASSEN Oct. 9, 1903 - Della vs Henry McMURTY Oct. 9, 1903 - Anna vs. John C. SALLIE Oct. 9, 1903 - P.F. vs Elizabeth COOPER Oct. 9, 1903 - Ellen vs Charles SHOEMAKER Oct. 9, 1903 - George vs Lena CARLS Oct. 9, 1903 - Pearl vs William MAINS Oct. 9, 1903 - Charles vs Alice MATHEWS April 10, 1908 - Eva vs Orland LOMAX June 20, 1911 - Lou vs James NEAL June 20, 1911 - Maggie vs John Henry SAWN Mar. 24, 1911 - Fred vs Emma RUBY Mar. 24, 1911 - Mary vs Wheeler WOODS Mar. 24, 1911 -Charles vs Mary COLE Mar. 29, 1912 - Cora vs George O. HAPPY |
VIRGINIA ENQUIRER Feb. 11, 1876 - Arthica vs Charles CLARK, married November 26, 1857, children, Katie, 5 and Lorett, 8 Feb. 18, 1876 - Sarah vs Edmond NESBITT Aug. 25, 1876 - Martin vs Mary TARVIN Aug. 25, 1877 - John vs Mary RICKERT Aug. 25, 1877 - Robert vs Joanna NEWMAN Sept. 8, 1877 - Henry vs. Mary FREW Mar. 8, 1878 - Robert vs Maranda JOHNSON Mar. 8, 1878 - Ruth vs Robert McAULEY Mar. 8, 1878 - Henry vs Elizabeth SELLECK Feb. 15, 1879 - Helen vs Nimrod McPHERSON, her maiden name restored to IRWIN and given custody of child Sept. 6, 1879 - Nora L. vs John COOKSON Feb. 10, 1883 - Elizabeth vs James L. MILLER Sept. 1, 1883 - Polly (nee SUTTON) vs Brooking SAMUELS Aug. 20, 1887 - Levi vs Jane RAY Aug. 20, 1887 - Joseph vs Lena CLARK Jan. 17, 1901 - William vs Ella THOMAS Jan. 17, 1901 - John P. vs Eliza DICK Feb. 14, 1885 - Ida vs John MOTT Feb. 14, 1885 - Abbie vs John DONALDSON, she given custody of child Feb. 14, 1885 - Louisa vs George BURACKER DIVORCES - Divorces were granted for various grounds including adultery, cruelty, desertion, habitual drunkenness, drug addiction, failure to support and incompatibility. States differ in their divorce laws. Women often found it difficult to care for themselves and their children after divorce because of limited employment for women. Mary Crow was listed in the 1880 Cass County Census as a servant in the home of the Marcellus LEWIS family in Beardstown. |
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