Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1898 — Three Divorces Friday. [ARTICLE]

Three Divorces Friday.

Friday was divorce day in the circuit court and Judge Thompson turned off three of them before dinner, but we are not prepared say that it was not a very good day for divorces, either. The wives were the plaintiffs in every case, and all of them live in Rensselaer or Marion township. Mrs. Jennie Tree was divorced from Andrew H. Tree. They were married Nov. 6, 1895, and he went to Nebraska, Sept. 7, 1897. They formerly lived in Wheatfield. Tree seems to have been a worthless fellow, who worked little ’ and drank much. He did nothing for her support, would call her very abusive names, and knocked her down on one occasion. They have no children. She now lives in Rensselaer and works as a domestic. She was given back her maiden name, Mason. She belonged to a much respected family of Gillam township. Mrs. Julia A. Jennings was another of the divorce plaintiffs. Her husband was Alonzo Jennings and he now lives in Boong county. They were married Feb. 19, 1889 and separated July 19th, 1891. Failure to support was the grounds, and the divorce was granted her. She was given the custody of her two children, a boy of 7 and a girl of 6. Her maiden name was Saidla arid she lives with her father, Isaac Saidla, on the Stackhouse place, north of town. Mrs. Nora Lynch was divorced from Edmond Lynch. They formerly lived at Pana, HI. They were married Feb. 10, 1894 and separated May 1, 1894. She was given the custody of her two year old son. She lives in Rensselaer, and her father is Ira Norris.