Divorces F - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Source: Crawfordsville Review 9-24-1898

There has been another healthy batch of applications for divorce filed in the circuit court this week. Walter Fallen is tired of Della and wants a legal separation. He alleges that she is a most faithful devotee at the shrine of Bachus and during these “joyful” hours she makes his home a hell on earth.
Mary J. Miller complains that David, her husband, walks arm in arm with the green-eyed monster, jealousy and is constantly looking for trouble. She further alleges that he has treated her in an inhuman manner and on various occasions has accused her of being immoral and unchaste.  She asks for an absolute divorce.
The short comings of Archie Young are next held up to public view by his wife, Ida. She says Archie is a beastly sort of a fellow, that he is drunk about five-fifths of the time  and has never provided the necessaries of life. The complaint further sets forth that on one occasion Archie threw a flat iron and a trunk tray at her wooly head and when she fled from his presence he amused himself by tearing up her clothes and breaking the furniture and dishes. Ida supplements her complain with an appeal for $100 alimony.

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The divorce suit of Ella Farmer vs. George Washington Farmer, came up in the circuit court to-day. Ella swore that George had deserted her and failed to provide likewise. Whereupon the court cleared its throat and pronounced the piercing words which cut the matrimonial bonds asunder. George Washington Farmer & Ella Farmer (Ella Lamb) - thanks to Kim H

Source: Crawfordsville Review, Thursday Jan 20, 1916

A petition for allowance was filed in the circuit court yesterday by Mrs. Leona A. Coltrain of Darlington. Several days ago, Claude R. Coltrain of Darlington brought suit for divorce alleging she found fault with him and would not live on a farm he had rented. In the petition she denies his allegations saying he deserted her and that she was forced to go and live with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Ferguson of Boone Co. The wife claims that the plaintiff's father, John D. Coltrain is worth $30,000 and that her husband has an expectancy of $10,000. SHe prays the court for $5 weekly during pendency of action and for $150 to prepare to fight the case. Mrs. Coltrain is represented by A. J. Sheeby. His lawyers are McAdams & Jones of Lafayette - kbz

The case of Edna Fisher versus Ira Fisher for the recovery of $10,000 expended by the plaintiff in support of seven children which she had taken several years ago when she left her husband at Darlington, was compromised Saturday outside of court, the plaintiff accepting $2,500 as settlement. The case was an unusual one as the defendant was a Dunkard preacher and the evidence was at times highly sensational. As there were indications that there might be a compromise effected Judge Jere West adjourned court Saturday afternoon. - kbz

Source: The Crawfordsville Journal, January 26, 1924

Ira Fisher, a farmer living in Sugar Creek township, was granted a divorce from his wife, Edna E. Fisher, in the Montgomery county circuit court this morning. The complaint alleges that Mrs. Fisher left the Fisher home some time in October of 1913, and that since that time she has never lived with Mr. Fisher. She is at present living in South Bend. Mrs. Fisher has had the custody of the Fisher children since the time of the separation. - kbz

Annie Flannigan has been granted a divorce from August Flannigan. August made no appearance and all the rude things said about him are uncontradicted. They must be true. - Kim H

Mrs. Alice Foreman went searching around for Judge Sellar this morning and when she found him she had him to write out a complaint asking for a divorce from her husband, John Foreman. John, after great abuse basely deserted her two years ago and is now living in Marion. - thanks to Kim H

A divorce suit of a sensational nature which has been hanging fire in Scott Twp for some time was duly filed in the Circuit Court this morning by LJ Coppage, who appears for the plaintiff, William F. FRAME. Frame is one of the most prominent citizens of Scott Twp and comes from one of the most prominent families as does his wife who was a Miss Doyle. Frame is wealthy and is a good sober man. His wife has also been considered straight until lately, when suspicious circumstances caused rumors of a very shady nature to get afloat. Frame at first refused to believe them but finally accepted them as true and approached his wife on the subject. He accused her of being too intimate with one Tom HUSTON a hired man who was living on the place. The alleged intimacy as claimed began two years ago and for the last six months has been notorious. When Mrs. Frame was accused by her husband she denied it stoutly and took it so much to heart that about two months ago attempted to commit suicide by taking a very large dose of poison. She was discovered before she died; however, and by hard work was saved. The matter was hushed up and for the time being everything moved smoothly on. The intimacy it is charged began again, however and the result was the filing of the suit by Mr. Frame this morning. The case will be bitterly contested as Mrs. Frame protests her innocence and proposes to prove it to the satisfaction of all. The pominence and previous good character of all parties makes the case a deplorable one and it is to be sincerely regretted that it ever found it s way into the courts.-- kbz
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FRANCIS, Fred - Iva
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal, April !, 1914

Yesterday in the Circuit Court, Elva C. Friend was divorced from William Friend, it being shown to the satisfaction of the court that she needed no such friend. The gentleman is a non-resident and wholly made default, rendering the matter comparatively easy. The mother was given the custody of the child, Mary, three years old - kbz

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John A. Fruits was before Judge West last week asking for a divorce from Mary L. Fruits. He states that she had been quite cruel to him and had on one occasion knocked him down with a stick of stove wood. She was always bullying him about and threatened him with violence so that he led a life of terror. He was granted the divorce and one would naturally suppose that he would rest awhile before again venturing on the stormy sea of matrimony. But he evidently likes the excitement for the clerk’s office was hardly open next morning before he appeared with a gladsome smile and two silver dollars to take out a license to marry another woman.