Allen County OhArchives ..... Divorce Petitions and Decrees, Allen Co., 1898, 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Woerner judyw0113@yahoo.com January 23, 2006 ************************************************ From the Lima News Divorce Petitions and Decrees Common Pleas Court August 13, 1898 William Ferguson was granted a divorce from Anna Ferguson this afternoon by Judge Richie. September 10, 1898 Judge Robb has granted a divorce to Elizabeth Wurstner from her husband Alois Wurstner. She charged him with cruelty and habitual drunkenness. The custody of a child was given her. February 21, 1899 Divorce Suit. Elizabeth Reitnauer of this city filed a petition for divorce. Plaintiff alleges that she was married to defendant at Bower's Mills, Penn., 1877 and that five children were born as a result of said union. She further charges that her husband left this city in 1892, and has never returned. She therefore asks for a divorce. Wants a divorce. Ima Brenneman has filed a petition asking for a divorce from Stephen Brenneman. She says they were married May 26, 1898, and have one child two months old. When she was in a critical condition defendant took her to her father's home and there abandoned her. She asks for alimony and divorce.