Divorces in Shoshone Co., Idaho

Divorces in Shoshone County

Divorce Granted
Elma C. Wilson, Mullan, was granted a divorce from James E. Wilson on grounds of cruelty in district court yesterday.
Source: Spokane Daily Chronicle, January 8, 1936
Submitted and transcribed by Sandra Davis

Two Divorces Sought in Wallace Courts
WALLACE, Idaho, Nov. 23 - Joyce E. Coburn charged cruelty in a divorce suit filed here Friday against Penrod M Coburn. They were married in 1949 at Kellogg.
Clara Irene Smith brought suit against Gordon J. Smith, also charging cruelty, and she asks custody of their three children. The Smiths were married at Coeur d'Alene in 1942.
Source: Spokane Daily Chronicle - November 24, 1952
Submitted and transcribed by Sandra Davis

Divorce Is Granted
Mildred Box gained a divorce from Edwin J. Box on grounds of cruelty, and was awarded custody of two children. They married at Everett, Wash., in 1929.
Source: Spokane Daily Chronicle - May 5, 1941
Submitted and transcribed by Sandra Davis

Alleging extreme cruelty, Mrs. Sarrah Virginia Sanders filed suit this morning to divorce William Arthur Sanders. She asked for the custody of a daughter.
Alleging extreme cruelty, Genevieve H. Ingram filed suit Tuesday to divorce Carl R. Ingram. She asked custody of a daughter.
On similar grounds, Donna Ruth Pruitt was divorced from Frederick Martin Pruitt, to whom she was married June 18, 1937, in Wallace. She was awarded custody of a daughter.
Source: Spokane Daily Chronicle - May 22, 1941
Submitted and transcribed by Sandra Davis

Asks That Marriage Be Called Off
Wallace – William F. Dunlap has just filed an application in the district court seeking to have his marriage with Laura Dunlap, wife number two, declared null and void. The petition states that at the time of the marriage Dunlap had a former wife living.

Dunlap's double blessedness arose from the face that he took the word of a friend and failed to investigate for himself. Wife number one resided in Spokane and made application for a divorce. Dunlap made inquires of a friend who told him that the divorce proceeding were scheduled to be tried the next day. Not desiring to make any defense, Dunlap presumed that he had been made a single man and soon after married again. Later he learned that the divorce proceedings in Spokane had been postponed. His second wife learned of this and she packed up her belongings and left for parts unknown. In the meantime the divorce has been granted to the first wife.
Source: The Ontario Argus (Ontario, OR) - May 15, 1913
Submitted and transcribed by Jim Dezotell

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