Divorces in Sedgwick County Genealogy Trails Kansas

SEDGWICK COUNTY, KANSAS DIVORCES

MOORE, CAROLYN VS MOORE, J. E.

Woman Seeks Decree, Alimony

$1,000 permanent alimony

$50 per month temporary alimony.

$35 per month permanent support money for their daughter until she becomes 18 years odl.

Those items are sought by Mrs. Carolyn Moore along with a decree of divorce from J. E. Moore, in her application filed Tuesday in district count. She charges her husband with neglect. They were married at Wellington, Kas., on August 14, 1916 and have a daughter, Louise Moore, 14 years old. Mrs. Moore signs a poverty affidavit, lacking $15 to put up as security for costs of the action. Clemment F. Clark is her attorney. (Wichita Beacon, Wednesday, January 27, 1932)

TROY, DELTA (ARCHER) VS TROY, FORREST

Mrs. Delta Troy, Wichita, sues Forrest Troy, Derby, charging neglect, alleging she has had to support herself. They were married in Wichita on January 4, 1926. Mrs. Troy seeks her former name of Archer. Amidon, Hart, Porter & Hook are her attorneys. (Wichita Beacon, Wednesday, January 27, 1932)

ADAMS, JOHN K. ~ ADAMS, AUGUSTA

John K. Adams vs. Augusta Adams; the decree was granted upon the grounds of gross neglect of duty and abandonment. (Wichita Eagle, April 6, 1888, page 5)

SNYDER, A. W. ~ SNYDER, NETTIE

A. W. Snyder vs. Nettie Snyder; divorce granted on grounds of abandonment. The parties to the suit were married June 8, 1879, and in April, 1886, the defendant left the plaintiff and refused to return. (Wichita Eagle, April 6, 1888, page 5)

WHITNEY, J. H. ~ WHITNEY, MARTHA M.

A divorce suit which has attracted some attention on account of the prominence of the parties concerned was decided yesterday by Judge Reed. The plaintiff, Martha M. Whitney asks for a legal separation from her husband, J. H. Whitney and in her petition alleges that he has been guilty of habitual drunkenness, adultery and extreme cruelty. The parties were married at Cabot, Washington county, Vermont in 1872 and appear to have lived in different parts of the United States. His honor after hearing the testimony granted the decree for divorce and also followed the plaintiff alimony which will amount it is thought to about $20,000. (Wichita Eagle, April 11, 1888, page 5)