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From: Lori <>
Subject: Re: Divorce in 1850s
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 22:03:44 -0500


Pat, sorry to put this on the list, but I don't know how to reply to you
directly. The surnames were both Walters. She returned to her maiden name after
divorce and I think of her as Ballou.

Lori

Lori wrote:

> Well, Pat, that would be great! It was Anna K. Ballou from Conrad Walters in
> 1857 or shortly after.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Lori
>
> "Patricia P. Hickin" wrote:
>
> > Lori, I'll try to check for you sometime soon if you'll send me the name.
> >
> > Pat
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Lori <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 5:41 PM
> > Subject: Re: Divorce in 1850s
> >
> > > Yes, Ohio County, WV. Wheeling area.
> > >
> > > Lori
> > >
> > > "Patricia P. Hickin" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Lori -- I'm not sure. There was a new state constitutiion in 1851 I
> > think
> > > > and whether divorces changed after that I don't know. Do you know the
> > > > county the person lived in?
> > > >
> > > > Pat
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Lori <>
> > > > To: <>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 3:05 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: Divorce in 1850s
> > > >
> > > > > I have an ancestor divorced in approx. 1857 from the Wheeling area of
> > WV.
> > > > Does
> > > > > this information still apply?
> > > > >
> > > > > Lori
> > > > >
> > > > > "Patricia P. Hickin" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I don't know about Ohio but in Virginia one obtained a divorce by
> > > > > > petitioning the state legislature, which would refer it to committee
> > > > > > (justice??) and if recommended etc would then pass a bill to effect
> > the
> > > > > > divorce. Many of these - read 150 years later -- are amusing but
> > there
> > > > was
> > > > > > plenty of pain then. In Virginia they are filed with other
> > legislative
> > > > > > petitions chronologically by county and are now in the Archives
> > Division
> > > > of
> > > > > > the Lib of Va.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Patricia Prickett Hickin
> > > > > >
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