Graham - Buckles Divorce 1860

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I have been trying to transcribe some records in addition to the letters. This divorce case was found online in the Munice/Delaware County Digital Resource Library. Thomas Newton Buckles abandoned his family and left for California in the company of his brother-in-law, James Madison Graham.



Rachel Buckles In the Delaware
vs Circuit Court
Thomas Buckles May Term 1860

David Nation
being duly sworn says that the
defendant in the above entr
tted cause is not a resident of
the State of Indiana, as he
is informed and believes.
David Nation
Subscribed + sworn to this
day of February 1860
M W Spilkes clk



Rachel Buckles In the Delaware
vs Circut Court
Thomas Buckles May Term 1860

David Nation
being duly sworn says that the
defendant in the above entr
tted cause is not a resident of
the State of Indiana, as he
is informed and believes.
David Nation
Subscribed + sworn to this
day of February 1860
M W Spilkes clk


State of Indiana In the Delaware
Delaware County Circuit Court
May Term 1860

Rachel Buckles Complaint
vs. for Divorce.
Thomas N. Buckles

Rachel Buckles complains
of Thomas N. Buckles and says
that she is a Bonified resident of
the state of Indiana, and has been
such for the last 36 - years, and
is and has been a bonafied resident of the
County of Delaware for the last
Eight years; that on the 4th day of
July 1844 She was legally
married to the said Thomas N. Buckles
defendant herein, that she contin
ued to live with her said husband
as his wife performing all and
singular duties imposed upon
her as such wife by the marriage re-
lation, until her said husband Left
herein, voluntarily abandoned her
on pretense of going to California,
for a short time and has been

and continued to remain absent
ever since: that during the time
since he left her she has been
compelled to support herself
by her own industry; that
the said defendant left her
wholy and entirely without
means wherewith to support
herself and family. that she
has been compelled, from
needcessity to sit up the greater
part of the nights, for weeks at a
time to Sewing, knitting and
weaving in order to keep herself
and family from comeing
to want.
The plaintiff further says
that she has five children the
product of her said marriage
with her said husband, the deft here
in, Named Francis Marion,
aged 15 years, Abram, aged 13 years,
Margaret _, aged 12 years, Elenor S,
aged 11 years, Thomas E aged
9 years. All of whom she
prays the care and custody. She
also says that she is possessed
of personal property of the value
of Three hundred dollars, her separate
property, earned and purchased

by her since the abandonment
of her said husband of her, which
she also askes the court to decree
to her in her own right.
She further states that her maiden
name was Rachel Graham.
She also prays the court to change
her name from Rachel Buckles
to that of Rachel Graham, and
to render judgment for Five
thousand dollars allimony
to forever dissolve the bonds
of matrimony here existing
between them; to Give her the
care, control and education
of her said children aforesaid,
and Grant such other and
further relief as the Court may
deem just and proper under
all the circumstances +C
[strike] Nation + Anthony [end strike]
plffs attys
and that her name
be changed to Rachel
Graham her maiden
name
Nation +
Anthony


Rachel Buckles Divorce
vs
Thomas N Buckles

Noa at this tome comes Pltff - by her
Attys Nation + Athony + the Deft -
by Whipley + Kilgore his Attys +
this cause being submit on complaint
__ure + proofs and the court being fully
advised in the promoses order and
adjudge that the bonds of matrimony
heretofore existing between said parties
be dissolved and that the title to the
following described personal property
be vested absolutely in the Pltff:
towit three cows + two co__es
six head of sheep seven head of
hogs and all the household + kitchen
furniture now in the possession [strike] and
that the custody of the children
herein be left to the further order
+ judgement of this court [end strike]
costs is the deff and that the
name of said plff be
changed to Rachel Graham
her maiden name

Trip of a Lifetime

In the summer of 1998 my sons were out of school and my daughter had just one more year of high school left. I thought (incorrectly) that it would be our last chance for a family vacation. My elder son, PJ, was unable to come and my younger son, B, would only be able to join us for one week. My mother and sister also wanted to go but Mom thought two weeks would be too much for her so she would wait and come with B. Also in our entourage was my daughter's high school boyfriend. Our destination? Hawaii!

This vacation was my favorite for several reasons. Hawaii was always someplace I wanted to see and never thought I would. Traveling with my children as young adults was both trying and yet fun. Being able to have my mother and sister, who had never traveled much was special.

The first week there were five of us and we stayed in two bedroom condos on the Big Island and Kauai. When Mom and B joined us the second week we rented a five bedroom house on the north side of Oahu.

I have a 400 page photo album of that trip with little notes written on each page. Eleven years later I still enjoy passing an afternoon flipping through the pages. I know you don't have time to sit and look over the entire album with me so I'll share just a few of the highlights of the trip.

We did a lot of hiking. Here we saw petroglyphs.

South Point. The rental car company had warned us not to travel here. We went anyway and stopped before the road dropped into the ocean. We saw windmills for the first time.

Every beach was different and offered new discoveries.

We raced with dolphins and learned to snorkel/snuba at Cook's Monument.

Volcanoes National Park. We hiked, were amazed and hiked some more. The park is just amazing.

We swam with giant turtles. The boyfriend decided to follow this one out from the beach and I swam after them to make sure he was safe. He was back to the beach long before me. I float like a cork but I'm not a strong swimmer.

Kauai was so different from the Big Island! Green and lush. Lots more hiking here.

The kids went kayaking for the first time. I would have spent the time they were off on their own worrying about them except .......

I was busy being terrified on my first, last and only helicopter ride.

Our rental home. The week there was fun and relaxing.

This was Mom's first time ever seeing the Pacific Ocean. A swim seemed in order. Mom's health was starting to decline at this point so this will forever be one of my all time favorite pictures.

Mom is a WWII Navy Veteran and being able to take her to Pearl Harbor was an honor. There is a picture that was taken there of her, my sister and I that I love but for the life of me I can't find my copy of it.

Mom was mostly content to sit on the deck while we were off doing other things. The deck was a favorite place for us all to gather and much laughter was shared here.

There was one other lifelong dream that Mom was able to fulfill. She and the kids all had their own helicopter rides. John and I were quite content to sit and await their return.

There many, many other things that we packed into those two weeks. Memories that I will forever cherish. When I told John that I'd be writing about our best vacation ever he immediately said, "Hawaii!" It turns out that this was not the trip he was thinking of. We returned a few years later but that's another story.

Laura CARTER - Surrogate Record

I have had several cousins contact me over the last couple of months about the descendants of William Hall 1740-1822 and Rheuhama Andrews or Andremer 1745-1821. I can't remember when I went to Ontario County Records and Archives to look at the Surrogate record of Laura Carter but here is the transcription I made of a small portion of the file. Laura was the granddaughter of William and Rheuhama. She never married and her immediate family predeceased her so her probate records were a gold mine for discovering some of the other descendants. I have added notes as to what I have discovered and what I think are the correct relationships.

To the Surrogate Court of the County of Ontario:

The petition of Samuel SOUTHWORTH and Montgomery S SANDFORD of the village of Geneva in said County of Ontario respectfully shows
That Laura CARTER late of the village of Geneva in said County of Ontario, deceased, died in the said village of Geneva on or about the 5th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety one being at that time a citizen of the United States and a resident of the County of Ontario. That she died having a last will and Testament, which bears the date - the - 12th day of April 1880 and a codicil thereto, which bears date the 25th day of November A.D. 1890 which affects, or purports to affect both real and personal property, and by which said Last Will and Testament the said decedent nominated and appointed Samuel SOUTHWORTH and Montgomery S SANFORD executors thereof: That the said decedent died possessed of real and personal property in the said County of Ontario, which does not exceed in value about $70,000. and that the following named persons are all the heirs at law and next of kin of the said decedent as far ??? as your petitioners can with - due diligence ascertain. The same and their places of residence are as follows, viz.,

That said decedent left no husband, child, descendant, Father, Mother, brother, sister or any descendant of any sister or brother her surviving. [Laura Carter was the daughter of Dr James Carter and Sarah Hall. She never married. She had a sister Harriet who predeceased her. I do not yet believe there were other siblings]

That as your as your petitioners are informed and believe to be true said descendant left no relatives of her surviving upon her paternal side and that her only surviving relatives are the descendants upon her maternal side. Your petitioners have made diligent inquiry from descendants surviving relatives, known to them, to ascertain the names and residences of said decedents surviving relatives, but cannot ascertain them all. So far ?? as they can ??? them , they are as follows:

Milantha MARSH and Wallace HALL of Phelps, New York only know descendants of John HALL her deceased maternal uncle. [John HALL had 5 children, however I have only learned the names of two, Olney HALL and Milantha HALL MARSH, the youngest. Olney Hall died in 1871 leaving four surviving children: John Edward HALL, William Wallace HALL, Helen Elizabeth HALL BRUSIE, and Mary Jane HALL CORWIN.]

Mary CRITTENDEN, Ypsilanti, Michigan only known descendant of Joseph Hall, her deceased maternal uncle. [Mary Hall b abt 1815 m William Salisbury CRITTENDEN s/o Osee CRITTENDEN & Sarah SALISBURY GLOVER. They lived in Lenawee Co & Jackson Co, MI. Joseph’s other children: Elizabeth d.1879, wife of Erastus BURT – some of her descendants mentioned below; Harriet d. 1876, wife of Sullivan HOLMAN – she was mistakenly listed as Laura’s aunt below; Othniel , not certain when he died, more below.]

Charles HOLMAN, Owasso, Michigan, Hattie WESTON, Alma, Michigan, Laura GARLOCK, Port Gibson, N.Y., Christina DENSMORE, Albion, N.Y., Howard BURT, Newark, N.Y., J. Hall BURT, West Kendall, N.Y., Othniel HALL, residence unknown ???? and other descendants of Harriet HOLMAN her deceased maternal aunt is petitioner unknown. [Charles HOLMAN and Harriet WESTON were children of Harriet HALL & Sullivan HOLMAN. Both Harriet b 1806-1807 & Charles b 1830 are buried in Oakhill Cemetery, Shiawassee Co, MI. Laura GARLOCK, Christina DENSMORE, John Howard BURT & Joseph Hall BURT were chil. of Erastus BURT & Elizabeth HALL. Elizabeth Hall BURT's cemetery record on the Orleans Co genweb page states that she was the daughter of Joseph HALL. Nowhere in the records of Laura CARTER is Elizabeth HALL mentioned. Othniel HALL was the son of Joseph m. Lamira Glover d/o Philander GLOVER & Polly MELVIN. His aunt, Ruhamah Hall, was her step-mother. He was in Lenawee Co, MI by 1840.]

Comfort HALL, Randolph, New York, Harriet BRIGGS residence unknown, Almira SWEET, Oil City, Pa. and others, to petitioner unknown, descendants of Samuel Hall, descendants of Samuel Hall, her deceased maternal uncle. [I think* Samuel’s children were Almira SWEET, Harriet BRIGGS, Comfort HALL, Othinal HALL, William HALL and Romina RAPPOLE. More research nedded.]

Lyman BAKER, Phelps, N.Y., Roswell BAKER, Knowlesville, N.Y., Alice JEFFERY, Tehama, California, Jessie BAKER, residence unknown, Benjamin F MEYERS, Ithaca, Michigan and others, to petitioners unknown, descendants of Persis BAKER her deceased maternal aunt. [Persis HALL m. Roswell BAKER, Sr. Lyman and Roswell Jr. were their sons. Their daughter, Philena BAKER m. John W. MYERS and their children were: Eliza MYERS m. Albert BOVEE; Benjamin F. MYERS, Philena MYERS m. Elijah BOVEE; Susan C. MYERS m. Marshall ISLES; and Mary P. MYERS. I do not know how Alice JEFFERY and Jessie BAKER are related.] [Edited 7 Aug 2009 to add: I now believe that Jessie Baker and Alice Jeffery were daughters of another son of Persis and Roswell Baker, Sr. The Orleans County genweb page lists a Ruel C. Baker, d. 1861, in Tanner Cemetery where other members of the family are buried. I found him on the 1860 in Tehama, Tehama, CA with daughters Alice Baker and Jesse McCutcheon. In 1850 he was in Jackson, Jackson, MI. On the 1870 census I found an Alice Jeffress in Red Bluff, Tehama, CA]

Reuhamma CORBIN, Albion, NY, Evelyn HIBBARD, residence unknown, Hannah CARLISLE, Albion, N.Y. and others, to petitioners unknown, descendants of Tamma Hall GLOVER, her deceased maternal aunt. [Tamesin aka Tamerson Hall m David GLOVER and they had 11 children; Eveline aka Evelyn m Jabez HIBBARD, Louisa m Daniel CARLISLE, Hannah who also m Daniel Carlisle after her sister's death, Orville m Julia CARR, Lewis m Elizabeth SEELIG, Malvina, William m Abigail ??, Rheuma m 1st Elijah SMITH m 2nd Joseph CORBIN, Sr, Reuben m. Charlotte ??, Mentoria and Milton. Evaline & Rheuma settled in Orleans Co, many moved on to Michigan]

Levi GROVER, Porter GROVER, Caroline P WHITNEY whose residences are unknown and others, unknown to petitioners, unknown descendants of Hannah GROVER, her deceased maternal aunt. [Hannah Hall was twice married, 1st to Asa Porter. Caroline P WHITNEY would be a child of this marriage. They had eight children including Caroline, two having died in 1845 and the rest I have not tracked down as yet. Hannah m 2nd Benoni GROVER with whom she at least six more children: Levi, Asa Porter, Thankful, Christina m. Russell BLAKELY,Augustus d. young and Alonzo.]

The descendants of Ruehama GLOVER her deceased maternal aunt, whose names and places of residence are to your petitioners wholly unknown. [Ruhamma m Philander GLOVER as his second wife. Her step-daughter, Lamira, m her nephew , Othniel Hall. See above. Ruhamma & Philander Glover had four children, Wellington A b 1815, Rev. Livingston M, Luther M, & Mary Jane]

Percy COOK, Minard COOK, John COOK whose places of residence are unknown to your petitioners, and other, to petitioners unknown, descendants of Sophia COOK her deceased maternal aunt. [Did they get Sophia and Sybil mixed up or did Sophia also marry a COOK?]

The descendants of William HALL, her deceased maternal uncle, whose places of residence are to your petitioners wholly unknown. [I have found nothing about William Jr. after the family left MA]

[Not mentioned were Abram Hall or Sybil HALL COOK.]

Your petitioners are unable to state whether any of the heirs at law of said Laura Carter are infants - or persons of unsound mind or ???
Therefore your petitioners pray that the said Last Will and Testament and codicil thereto may be proved and letters of testamentary granted thereon according to law and the above named and described heirs and next of kin of said decedent may be cited to attend the probate thereof: and for such other or further order in relation to the proof of said will and codicil or the service of said citation, as may be just and proper.
Dated July 14th 1891.

Signatures of S SOUTHWORTH
M S SANDFORD