EARLY DIVORCE RECORDS, ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA

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06-27-1873
Solomon R. & Elizabeth Heidt
He returned from serving in the Confederate Army to find she had given birth to a child 
that was not his.  So, he left her in Georgia and came to  Florida.  Note, he married 
secondly, on 01-07-1874, to Elizabeth Powell.

11-23-1874
Charlotte & Thaddeus C. Gruber
They came to Florida from Iowa.  He left her to become a traveling physician, but never 
returned.

02-19-1878
Carrie & W.B. Randolph
They were married in Orange County 01-07-1875.  She had a prolonged conflict with her 
mother-in-law, but he refused to intervene.  In frustration, she bit him.  He then took 
her to the home of her father (Mr. Eppes) and left her there.

12-20-1878
William J. & Alice Hill
They were married in England in 1867.  He left her there to come to America, and 
subsequently discovered that she had remarried in 1876 to a Mr. Samuel Ellsen, claiming to 
be a widow.  She and Mr. Ellsen had a son in 1877.

11-22-1879
Mary & James Blitch
They were married in Orange County 02-17-1874.  She was a daughter of wealthy cattleman 
Jacob Summerlin.  Mr. Blitch accused her of adultery, but the court granted their divorce 
on grounds of the husband's extreme cruelty.  No details given.

09-27-1880
Thomas B. & Martha Yates
They were married in Orange County 10-25-1879.  Her maiden name was Fountain.  He claimed 
that she was a prostitute, and supposedly caught her with a customer by the name of Richard 
Brantley.  Mr. Brantley denied this assertion, but Mr. Harvey J. Middlebrooks testifed that 
he had frequently seen Mrs. Yates working at a house of ill repute.

01-14-1881
S.P. & Katie Hatch
She couldn't stand frontier life, and returned to her home state of Maine.

06-06-1881
Mary & Jerry Burn
He beat her and failed to provide support for their children.  Most heinous, he refused to 
summon a doctor which resulted in the death of one of the children.

06-21-1881
E.E. & Anne Belle Morrison
They were married in Orange County 08-07-1879.  Her maiden name was Laws.  She abandoned 
him and their only child.  He was granted sole custody.

10-03-1881
Martha & Henderson Washington
He had syphillis.

12-17-1881
Mary L. & George Amos
They were married in Orange County 11-19-1878.  Her maiden name was Hart.  He was an 
alcoholic and beat her when drunk, resulting in at least two miscarriages.

07-02-1883
Samuel H. & Elizabeth Luckey
They were married in Orange County 12-11-1872.  Her maiden name was Summerall.  They 
operated the Luckey Hotel.  She had an extramarital affair with the hotel's bartender 
Thomas Palmer, and returned to her native Georgia.  Mr. Luckey was granted sole custody 
of their five children.  He subsequently remarried, 12-21-1886, to Lydia E. Vredenburg.

10-12-1883
Needham & Mary Stokes
They were married in Orange County 09-15-1881.  Her maiden name was Fewax.  He accused her 
of adultery, and produced a witness by the name of Mr. John Owens.  Mr. Owens admitted that 
he and several other men had extramarital affairs with Mrs. Stokes.  Mr. Stokes subsequently
remarried 12-16-1885 to Josephine Jernigan.

11-23-1885
Emma & William Rudisil
They were married in Orange County 10-24-1882.  Divorce granted due to his impotence.