Multnomah County OR Archives Divorce.....Howland, Cora A - Howland, Edwin February 10, 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheron Faynor nitwittwin@hotmail.com August 30, 2007, 11:42 pm Oregonian February 11,1893 The Howland Divorce case Mrs. Cora A. Howland was granted a divorce yesterday from Edwin Howland on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment,failure to provide and convivtion of a felony. This case was before the court for some time. The parties were married in Portland in 1888. Howland was then a soldier stationed at Vancouver Barracks.Shortly after his marriage he deserted the army, and force his wife to support him.He eluded the officers until 1891, when he was captured and sentenced to two years in the United States prison at Alcatraz Island, California File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/multnomah/vitals/divorces/howland11gdv.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb