COURT DOCUMENT: Helen Rowe vs. I. Marcellis Rowe, Jackson County, Oregon

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Abstract of suit for a divorce

Helen Rowe, plaintiff, vs. I. Marcellis Rowe, defendant

Plaintiff and defendant married in Jackson County, Oregon, on 25 Dec 1879
and have been living there ever since. The plaintiff has been a faithful
wife but defendant has been guilty of habitual gross drunkenness
contracted since the marriage and continuing for more than one year
before filing for the divorce. For more than one year he has failed to
provide support and the plaintiff has had to rely on her own labor and
assistance of her friends and relatives.

The children are Lottie Rowe, aged eight, James Ray Rowe, aged seven,
Isabel, aged four, and Hazel, aged ten months.

The plaintiff is asking for a decree dissolving the marriage, for the
care and custody of the children, and that defendant pay the costs of the
suit. (Signed) C. W. Kahler, plaintiff's attorney

Abstracted from photocopy of original document obtained from Oregon State
Archives, Jackson County holdings