Matilda Rutledge was born 4 April 1813, in Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina, a daughter of Richard Rutledge and Winifred Patience Elizabeth Bland Smith. Matilda was baptized 21 February 1844 by John Brown in Perry County, Alabama and she was confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She emigrated to Nauvoo in 1846, and then later to Utah in 1862. She remained a faithful member for the balance of her life.
Spouse 1: Samuel Baird - 4 September 1830 - Perry Country, Alabama. They were married 5 Sep 1830 in Perry County, Alabama. They had ten children - 4 boys and 6 girls.
They owned a large plantation and 120 slaves at the time they joined the Church. After joining the Church they sold the plantation and set the slaves free at great expense. The family bought a house boat and moved by river.
Samuel was a brick mason, but according to family records, a brick once fell on his head and due to the injury he could not climb up and down thereafter. He then went to the river and worked on the boats while Matilda kept the family in St Joseph. It is said Samuel became a Captain on a river-boat.
They had ten children - 4 boys and 6 girls. The first 4 children were born in Marion, Perry, Alabama. They were:
Suzannah born 7 Jul 1832
Richard Alexander born 21 Nov 1833
Matilda born 15 Apr 1836 and died Sep 1836 (5 mo.)
Eliza Jane born 29 Oct 1837
Then 3 children were born in Hamburg (Old), Perry, Alabama:
Julia Ann born 22 Apr 1839
Andrew Jackson born 13 Jun 1841
Sarah Elizabeth born 27 Dec 1842
Then Joseph Smith Baird was born 15 Aug 1844 in Marion, Perry, Alabama. Then Brigham Young was born 6 Feb 1846 in Hamburg (Old), Perry, Alabama.
Their tenth child was James Hyrum born 5 Feb 1848 on a river-boat, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois.
In 1838, following the signing of Missouri Executive Order 44, many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints fled persecution in Missouri and found shelter in Quincy. Joseph Smith later led his followers 40 miles (64 km) upstream to Nauvoo, Illinois in hopes of finding a permanent home. The family lived in Nauvoo for about three years and then moved to St Joseph, Missouri. The the St Joseph LDS Branch records of 1850, Samuel Baird is listed as an Elder. His wife Matilda and six children are also listed. Matilda and Samuel list ten children in their family records at the time, so some of them were not at home.
Matilda and Samuel Divorced 30 April 1854 in St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri after he had been absent from his family for at least two years, probably working still on the river with boats. He wrote at times admonishing the children to be good to their mother, and for their mother to be lenient toward him. The last letter (which is still in the family) from May 22, 1859, states in part, "Tilda you know I heard you pray in public and in secret too. Do so again and again and learn out little ones to do so too... Children all of you, here is your old father's hand for love and friendship until we all meet next even if it is in the world of spirits."
It is thought that Samuel was unable to withstand the persecution that LDS Church members suffered, and he declined to cross the plains. Samuel was excommunicated from the church in the early 1850's. He died in a yellow fever epidemic in 1860 in New Orleans, Louisiana. There was contact made with a nurse there and she informed his son Brigham that Samuel had yellow fever during a yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans. There were so many that died of it that they dug one large grave and buried all the people in this unmarked grave. No records were kept of those who died. It is believed Samuel was one of those who died and was buried there.
Two sons, Andrew Jackson Baird and Joseph Smith Baird served in the Civil War for the Union as members of Company "A", 13th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry, from 25 August 1862 to 26 June 1865. Andrew died 9 June 1923, Salina, Salina County, Kansas. Joseph died 17 November 1897, Olex, Gillion County, Oregon. They probably never joined the L.D.S. Church.
Children Susannah, Richard Alexander, Julia Ann, Brigham Young, and James Hyrum immigrated to Utah arriving in 1863. Eliza Jane Baird Lincoln, age 19, died 10 February 1857. Sarah Elizabeth Baird Miller, age 20, died 4 August 1863. Both daughters died at Palermo, Doniphan County, Kansas.
Spouse 2: William McFarlin Greer, 27 June 1854, in Buchanan County, Missouri. They were divorced 21 December 1858 in St. Joseph, Missouri. The divorce possibly took place because he refused to cross the plains to Utah. No children.
Her immigration to Utah was with a relatively small company of Saints in a wagon train pulled by ox teams that left from Atchison, Atkinson County, Kansas in the Spring of 1863 and arrived in Utah in the fall of that year. Brigham, age 17, drove the ox team most of the trip. James, age 15, also crossed the plains with his mother.
Spouse 3: Third marriage was to Hayden Wells Church and she was sealed to him on 15 October 1870 in the Salt Lake Endowment House. He had participated with the conversion of the family in the 1840's. He had previously married two other women and his marriage to Matilda was his second polygamous marriage. After the marriage, Hayden left for his second mission to the Southern States where he died 27 September 1875 and was buried in Shady Grove, Hickman County, Tennessee. He had completed other missions for the Church.
Matilda first settled in Sessions Settlement in Davis Co., Utah (1869), which later became Bountiful. On 15 Oct 1870 she married and was sealed to her third husband, Haden Wells Church in the Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Utah. He had participated with the conversion of the family in Alabama in the 1840's. He had previously married two other women and his marriage to Matilda was his second polygamous marriage. After the marriage Hayden left for his second mission to the southern states where he died 27 September 1875 and was buried at Shady Grove, Hickman, Tennessee.
Matilda lived most of the remainder of her life in Bountiful and Centerville, Davis County, Utah with her son James. Matilda died 19 Sep 1876 in Centerville, Davis, Utah of "paralysis" in her 64th year and was buried in the Bountiful City Cemetery, Bountiful, Davis, Utah.
[S64] Probate Office of Perry Co., Alabama, No. 467, p. 366.
1820-1832
copy of marriage license - Samuel & Matilda
[S65] Marriage Records of Perry Co., Alabama, (Montgomery Co., Alabama Archives), #467, p. 366.
Matilda Rutledge & Samuel Baird
Montgomery Alabama Archives
[S63] Buchanan Co., Missouri Chancery Ct Order Bk, Book D, p. 262, 561, 575.
"plaintiff without a reasonable cause hath wilfully deserted & abandoned defendant & absented himself from defendant for the space of 2 yrs previous to the commencement of this suit and that defendant is the innocent & injured party... & have the custody & control of all her said children free from defendants [sic] interference...
dated 30 Apr 1854, divorce of Samuel & Matilda
Spouse 1: Samuel Baird - 4 September 1830 - Perry Country, Alabama. They were married 5 Sep 1830 in Perry County, Alabama. They had ten children - 4 boys and 6 girls.
They owned a large plantation and 120 slaves at the time they joined the Church. After joining the Church they sold the plantation and set the slaves free at great expense. The family bought a house boat and moved by river.
Samuel was a brick mason, but according to family records, a brick once fell on his head and due to the injury he could not climb up and down thereafter. He then went to the river and worked on the boats while Matilda kept the family in St Joseph. It is said Samuel became a Captain on a river-boat.
They had ten children - 4 boys and 6 girls. The first 4 children were born in Marion, Perry, Alabama. They were:
Suzannah born 7 Jul 1832
Richard Alexander born 21 Nov 1833
Matilda born 15 Apr 1836 and died Sep 1836 (5 mo.)
Eliza Jane born 29 Oct 1837
Then 3 children were born in Hamburg (Old), Perry, Alabama:
Julia Ann born 22 Apr 1839
Andrew Jackson born 13 Jun 1841
Sarah Elizabeth born 27 Dec 1842
Then Joseph Smith Baird was born 15 Aug 1844 in Marion, Perry, Alabama. Then Brigham Young was born 6 Feb 1846 in Hamburg (Old), Perry, Alabama.
Their tenth child was James Hyrum born 5 Feb 1848 on a river-boat, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois.
In 1838, following the signing of Missouri Executive Order 44, many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints fled persecution in Missouri and found shelter in Quincy. Joseph Smith later led his followers 40 miles (64 km) upstream to Nauvoo, Illinois in hopes of finding a permanent home. The family lived in Nauvoo for about three years and then moved to St Joseph, Missouri. The the St Joseph LDS Branch records of 1850, Samuel Baird is listed as an Elder. His wife Matilda and six children are also listed. Matilda and Samuel list ten children in their family records at the time, so some of them were not at home.
Matilda and Samuel Divorced 30 April 1854 in St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri after he had been absent from his family for at least two years, probably working still on the river with boats. He wrote at times admonishing the children to be good to their mother, and for their mother to be lenient toward him. The last letter (which is still in the family) from May 22, 1859, states in part, "Tilda you know I heard you pray in public and in secret too. Do so again and again and learn out little ones to do so too... Children all of you, here is your old father's hand for love and friendship until we all meet next even if it is in the world of spirits."
It is thought that Samuel was unable to withstand the persecution that LDS Church members suffered, and he declined to cross the plains. Samuel was excommunicated from the church in the early 1850's. He died in a yellow fever epidemic in 1860 in New Orleans, Louisiana. There was contact made with a nurse there and she informed his son Brigham that Samuel had yellow fever during a yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans. There were so many that died of it that they dug one large grave and buried all the people in this unmarked grave. No records were kept of those who died. It is believed Samuel was one of those who died and was buried there.
Two sons, Andrew Jackson Baird and Joseph Smith Baird served in the Civil War for the Union as members of Company "A", 13th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry, from 25 August 1862 to 26 June 1865. Andrew died 9 June 1923, Salina, Salina County, Kansas. Joseph died 17 November 1897, Olex, Gillion County, Oregon. They probably never joined the L.D.S. Church.
Children Susannah, Richard Alexander, Julia Ann, Brigham Young, and James Hyrum immigrated to Utah arriving in 1863. Eliza Jane Baird Lincoln, age 19, died 10 February 1857. Sarah Elizabeth Baird Miller, age 20, died 4 August 1863. Both daughters died at Palermo, Doniphan County, Kansas.
Spouse 2: William McFarlin Greer, 27 June 1854, in Buchanan County, Missouri. They were divorced 21 December 1858 in St. Joseph, Missouri. The divorce possibly took place because he refused to cross the plains to Utah. No children.
Her immigration to Utah was with a relatively small company of Saints in a wagon train pulled by ox teams that left from Atchison, Atkinson County, Kansas in the Spring of 1863 and arrived in Utah in the fall of that year. Brigham, age 17, drove the ox team most of the trip. James, age 15, also crossed the plains with his mother.
Spouse 3: Third marriage was to Hayden Wells Church and she was sealed to him on 15 October 1870 in the Salt Lake Endowment House. He had participated with the conversion of the family in the 1840's. He had previously married two other women and his marriage to Matilda was his second polygamous marriage. After the marriage, Hayden left for his second mission to the Southern States where he died 27 September 1875 and was buried in Shady Grove, Hickman County, Tennessee. He had completed other missions for the Church.
Matilda first settled in Sessions Settlement in Davis Co., Utah (1869), which later became Bountiful. On 15 Oct 1870 she married and was sealed to her third husband, Haden Wells Church in the Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Utah. He had participated with the conversion of the family in Alabama in the 1840's. He had previously married two other women and his marriage to Matilda was his second polygamous marriage. After the marriage Hayden left for his second mission to the southern states where he died 27 September 1875 and was buried at Shady Grove, Hickman, Tennessee.
Matilda lived most of the remainder of her life in Bountiful and Centerville, Davis County, Utah with her son James. Matilda died 19 Sep 1876 in Centerville, Davis, Utah of "paralysis" in her 64th year and was buried in the Bountiful City Cemetery, Bountiful, Davis, Utah.
[S64] Probate Office of Perry Co., Alabama, No. 467, p. 366.
1820-1832
copy of marriage license - Samuel & Matilda
[S65] Marriage Records of Perry Co., Alabama, (Montgomery Co., Alabama Archives), #467, p. 366.
Matilda Rutledge & Samuel Baird
Montgomery Alabama Archives
[S63] Buchanan Co., Missouri Chancery Ct Order Bk, Book D, p. 262, 561, 575.
"plaintiff without a reasonable cause hath wilfully deserted & abandoned defendant & absented himself from defendant for the space of 2 yrs previous to the commencement of this suit and that defendant is the innocent & injured party... & have the custody & control of all her said children free from defendants [sic] interference...
dated 30 Apr 1854, divorce of Samuel & Matilda
Matilda Rutledge was born 4 April 1813, in Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina, a daughter of Richard Rutledge and Winifred Patience Elizabeth Bland Smith. Matilda was baptized 21 February 1844 by John Brown in Perry County, Alabama and she was confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She emigrated to Nauvoo in 1846, and then later to Utah in 1862. She remained a faithful member for the balance of her life.
Spouse 1: Samuel Baird - 4 September 1830 - Perry Country, Alabama. They were married 5 Sep 1830 in Perry County, Alabama. They had ten children - 4 boys and 6 girls.
They owned a large plantation and 120 slaves at the time they joined the Church. After joining the Church they sold the plantation and set the slaves free at great expense. The family bought a house boat and moved by river.
Samuel was a brick mason, but according to family records, a brick once fell on his head and due to the injury he could not climb up and down thereafter. He then went to the river and worked on the boats while Matilda kept the family in St Joseph. It is said Samuel became a Captain on a river-boat.
They had ten children - 4 boys and 6 girls. The first 4 children were born in Marion, Perry, Alabama. They were:
Suzannah born 7 Jul 1832
Richard Alexander born 21 Nov 1833
Matilda born 15 Apr 1836 and died Sep 1836 (5 mo.)
Eliza Jane born 29 Oct 1837
Then 3 children were born in Hamburg (Old), Perry, Alabama:
Julia Ann born 22 Apr 1839
Andrew Jackson born 13 Jun 1841
Sarah Elizabeth born 27 Dec 1842
Then Joseph Smith Baird was born 15 Aug 1844 in Marion, Perry, Alabama. Then Brigham Young was born 6 Feb 1846 in Hamburg (Old), Perry, Alabama.
Their tenth child was James Hyrum born 5 Feb 1848 on a river-boat, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois.
In 1838, following the signing of Missouri Executive Order 44, many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints fled persecution in Missouri and found shelter in Quincy. Joseph Smith later led his followers 40 miles (64 km) upstream to Nauvoo, Illinois in hopes of finding a permanent home. The family lived in Nauvoo for about three years and then moved to St Joseph, Missouri. The the St Joseph LDS Branch records of 1850, Samuel Baird is listed as an Elder. His wife Matilda and six children are also listed. Matilda and Samuel list ten children in their family records at the time, so some of them were not at home.
Matilda and Samuel Divorced 30 April 1854 in St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri after he had been absent from his family for at least two years, probably working still on the river with boats. He wrote at times admonishing the children to be good to their mother, and for their mother to be lenient toward him. The last letter (which is still in the family) from May 22, 1859, states in part, "Tilda you know I heard you pray in public and in secret too. Do so again and again and learn out little ones to do so too... Children all of you, here is your old father's hand for love and friendship until we all meet next even if it is in the world of spirits."
It is thought that Samuel was unable to withstand the persecution that LDS Church members suffered, and he declined to cross the plains. Samuel was excommunicated from the church in the early 1850's. He died in a yellow fever epidemic in 1860 in New Orleans, Louisiana. There was contact made with a nurse there and she informed his son Brigham that Samuel had yellow fever during a yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans. There were so many that died of it that they dug one large grave and buried all the people in this unmarked grave. No records were kept of those who died. It is believed Samuel was one of those who died and was buried there.
Two sons, Andrew Jackson Baird and Joseph Smith Baird served in the Civil War for the Union as members of Company "A", 13th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry, from 25 August 1862 to 26 June 1865. Andrew died 9 June 1923, Salina, Salina County, Kansas. Joseph died 17 November 1897, Olex, Gillion County, Oregon. They probably never joined the L.D.S. Church.
Children Susannah, Richard Alexander, Julia Ann, Brigham Young, and James Hyrum immigrated to Utah arriving in 1863. Eliza Jane Baird Lincoln, age 19, died 10 February 1857. Sarah Elizabeth Baird Miller, age 20, died 4 August 1863. Both daughters died at Palermo, Doniphan County, Kansas.
Spouse 2: William McFarlin Greer, 27 June 1854, in Buchanan County, Missouri. They were divorced 21 December 1858 in St. Joseph, Missouri. The divorce possibly took place because he refused to cross the plains to Utah. No children.
Her immigration to Utah was with a relatively small company of Saints in a wagon train pulled by ox teams that left from Atchison, Atkinson County, Kansas in the Spring of 1863 and arrived in Utah in the fall of that year. Brigham, age 17, drove the ox team most of the trip. James, age 15, also crossed the plains with his mother.
Spouse 3: Third marriage was to Hayden Wells Church and she was sealed to him on 15 October 1870 in the Salt Lake Endowment House. He had participated with the conversion of the family in the 1840's. He had previously married two other women and his marriage to Matilda was his second polygamous marriage. After the marriage, Hayden left for his second mission to the Southern States where he died 27 September 1875 and was buried in Shady Grove, Hickman County, Tennessee. He had completed other missions for the Church.
Matilda first settled in Sessions Settlement in Davis Co., Utah (1869), which later became Bountiful. On 15 Oct 1870 she married and was sealed to her third husband, Haden Wells Church in the Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Utah. He had participated with the conversion of the family in Alabama in the 1840's. He had previously married two other women and his marriage to Matilda was his second polygamous marriage. After the marriage Hayden left for his second mission to the southern states where he died 27 September 1875 and was buried at Shady Grove, Hickman, Tennessee.
Matilda lived most of the remainder of her life in Bountiful and Centerville, Davis County, Utah with her son James. Matilda died 19 Sep 1876 in Centerville, Davis, Utah of "paralysis" in her 64th year and was buried in the Bountiful City Cemetery, Bountiful, Davis, Utah.
[S64] Probate Office of Perry Co., Alabama, No. 467, p. 366.
1820-1832
copy of marriage license - Samuel & Matilda
[S65] Marriage Records of Perry Co., Alabama, (Montgomery Co., Alabama Archives), #467, p. 366.
Matilda Rutledge & Samuel Baird
Montgomery Alabama Archives
[S63] Buchanan Co., Missouri Chancery Ct Order Bk, Book D, p. 262, 561, 575.
"plaintiff without a reasonable cause hath wilfully deserted & abandoned defendant & absented himself from defendant for the space of 2 yrs previous to the commencement of this suit and that defendant is the innocent & injured party... & have the custody & control of all her said children free from defendants [sic] interference...
dated 30 Apr 1854, divorce of Samuel & Matilda
Spouse 1: Samuel Baird - 4 September 1830 - Perry Country, Alabama. They were married 5 Sep 1830 in Perry County, Alabama. They had ten children - 4 boys and 6 girls.
They owned a large plantation and 120 slaves at the time they joined the Church. After joining the Church they sold the plantation and set the slaves free at great expense. The family bought a house boat and moved by river.
Samuel was a brick mason, but according to family records, a brick once fell on his head and due to the injury he could not climb up and down thereafter. He then went to the river and worked on the boats while Matilda kept the family in St Joseph. It is said Samuel became a Captain on a river-boat.
They had ten children - 4 boys and 6 girls. The first 4 children were born in Marion, Perry, Alabama. They were:
Suzannah born 7 Jul 1832
Richard Alexander born 21 Nov 1833
Matilda born 15 Apr 1836 and died Sep 1836 (5 mo.)
Eliza Jane born 29 Oct 1837
Then 3 children were born in Hamburg (Old), Perry, Alabama:
Julia Ann born 22 Apr 1839
Andrew Jackson born 13 Jun 1841
Sarah Elizabeth born 27 Dec 1842
Then Joseph Smith Baird was born 15 Aug 1844 in Marion, Perry, Alabama. Then Brigham Young was born 6 Feb 1846 in Hamburg (Old), Perry, Alabama.
Their tenth child was James Hyrum born 5 Feb 1848 on a river-boat, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois.
In 1838, following the signing of Missouri Executive Order 44, many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints fled persecution in Missouri and found shelter in Quincy. Joseph Smith later led his followers 40 miles (64 km) upstream to Nauvoo, Illinois in hopes of finding a permanent home. The family lived in Nauvoo for about three years and then moved to St Joseph, Missouri. The the St Joseph LDS Branch records of 1850, Samuel Baird is listed as an Elder. His wife Matilda and six children are also listed. Matilda and Samuel list ten children in their family records at the time, so some of them were not at home.
Matilda and Samuel Divorced 30 April 1854 in St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri after he had been absent from his family for at least two years, probably working still on the river with boats. He wrote at times admonishing the children to be good to their mother, and for their mother to be lenient toward him. The last letter (which is still in the family) from May 22, 1859, states in part, "Tilda you know I heard you pray in public and in secret too. Do so again and again and learn out little ones to do so too... Children all of you, here is your old father's hand for love and friendship until we all meet next even if it is in the world of spirits."
It is thought that Samuel was unable to withstand the persecution that LDS Church members suffered, and he declined to cross the plains. Samuel was excommunicated from the church in the early 1850's. He died in a yellow fever epidemic in 1860 in New Orleans, Louisiana. There was contact made with a nurse there and she informed his son Brigham that Samuel had yellow fever during a yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans. There were so many that died of it that they dug one large grave and buried all the people in this unmarked grave. No records were kept of those who died. It is believed Samuel was one of those who died and was buried there.
Two sons, Andrew Jackson Baird and Joseph Smith Baird served in the Civil War for the Union as members of Company "A", 13th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry, from 25 August 1862 to 26 June 1865. Andrew died 9 June 1923, Salina, Salina County, Kansas. Joseph died 17 November 1897, Olex, Gillion County, Oregon. They probably never joined the L.D.S. Church.
Children Susannah, Richard Alexander, Julia Ann, Brigham Young, and James Hyrum immigrated to Utah arriving in 1863. Eliza Jane Baird Lincoln, age 19, died 10 February 1857. Sarah Elizabeth Baird Miller, age 20, died 4 August 1863. Both daughters died at Palermo, Doniphan County, Kansas.
Spouse 2: William McFarlin Greer, 27 June 1854, in Buchanan County, Missouri. They were divorced 21 December 1858 in St. Joseph, Missouri. The divorce possibly took place because he refused to cross the plains to Utah. No children.
Her immigration to Utah was with a relatively small company of Saints in a wagon train pulled by ox teams that left from Atchison, Atkinson County, Kansas in the Spring of 1863 and arrived in Utah in the fall of that year. Brigham, age 17, drove the ox team most of the trip. James, age 15, also crossed the plains with his mother.
Spouse 3: Third marriage was to Hayden Wells Church and she was sealed to him on 15 October 1870 in the Salt Lake Endowment House. He had participated with the conversion of the family in the 1840's. He had previously married two other women and his marriage to Matilda was his second polygamous marriage. After the marriage, Hayden left for his second mission to the Southern States where he died 27 September 1875 and was buried in Shady Grove, Hickman County, Tennessee. He had completed other missions for the Church.
Matilda first settled in Sessions Settlement in Davis Co., Utah (1869), which later became Bountiful. On 15 Oct 1870 she married and was sealed to her third husband, Haden Wells Church in the Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Utah. He had participated with the conversion of the family in Alabama in the 1840's. He had previously married two other women and his marriage to Matilda was his second polygamous marriage. After the marriage Hayden left for his second mission to the southern states where he died 27 September 1875 and was buried at Shady Grove, Hickman, Tennessee.
Matilda lived most of the remainder of her life in Bountiful and Centerville, Davis County, Utah with her son James. Matilda died 19 Sep 1876 in Centerville, Davis, Utah of "paralysis" in her 64th year and was buried in the Bountiful City Cemetery, Bountiful, Davis, Utah.
[S64] Probate Office of Perry Co., Alabama, No. 467, p. 366.
1820-1832
copy of marriage license - Samuel & Matilda
[S65] Marriage Records of Perry Co., Alabama, (Montgomery Co., Alabama Archives), #467, p. 366.
Matilda Rutledge & Samuel Baird
Montgomery Alabama Archives
[S63] Buchanan Co., Missouri Chancery Ct Order Bk, Book D, p. 262, 561, 575.
"plaintiff without a reasonable cause hath wilfully deserted & abandoned defendant & absented himself from defendant for the space of 2 yrs previous to the commencement of this suit and that defendant is the innocent & injured party... & have the custody & control of all her said children free from defendants [sic] interference...
dated 30 Apr 1854, divorce of Samuel & Matilda
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