Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 231, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1911 — Colored Lady Granted Divorce From Indianapolis Husband. [ARTICLE]

Colored Lady Granted Divorce From Indianapolis Husband.

Ella Jackson, who has been working as a domestic in Rensselaer since last February, was granted a divorce from her husband! James Jackson, of Indianapolis, in the Jasper Circuit court this week. Her attorney, S. C. IrVin, presented the evidence to the court Cruel inhuman treatment was alleged. This was probably the flrßt divorce of colored people that ever occurred in this county.