Nancy,
Thanks for jogging my memory on the Baggs connection to Mary Caroline, wife
of Henry Church. I had forgotten I also found them in the census. I have
Emma Caroline Church Jackson's death certificate on which is stated her
mother's name was Caroline Landgraves. The mention of the Landgraves in the
other emails reminded me that I hadn't worked on this family for a while.
Thanks you for the info on the divorce? note. Emma was my great-grandmother
and I remember her well although I only saw her during summer vacations. I
believe that the information you gave me is accurate and is exactly my
family. The fact that it was Mary Catherine Landgraves will help me find
additional information I am sure.
Thanks
Sandy
-----Original Message-----
From: MmeDefarge [mailto:mmedefarge@attbi.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 6:34 PM
To: INMIAMI-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [INMIAMI-L] Henry Church
Hi, Sandy!
Well, life just got interesting! I DO have a Henry Church in my
database and I show him as the father of Emma Church born about 1864 in
Indiana. I show his wife as Mary Caroline, born about 1831 in Hesse
Damstadt, Germany - note I show her without a maiden name.
I have a marriage for Henry Church and Mary Caroline with the date of
June 11, 1863. On the WPA marriage index, she is listed as Mary Caroline
Baggs. I have her previous spouse as David Baggs and I have 3 children from
this marriage: Frances Baggs, born about 1850; Daniel Baggs, born about
1854 and John Baggs, born about 1856. I have a death date for David Baggs
as "before 1860" as Caroline appears on the 1860 census with their 3
children and Isabel (from one of David's previous marriages) without David.
The 1870 census for Peru Township shows Henry, Caroline and Emma plus the
two Baggs sons - Daniel and John.
The interesting part is from the Miami County Sentinel dated November
10, 1870 as follows and placed as - what we would call today a classified
ad: NOTICE - I will not be responsible of any debt contracted by my wife
Caroline Church - and all persons are forbidden to trust her, or give her
credit, except on her own responsibility. - HENRY CHURCH - dated 7 November
1870.
Now, I should clarify that my database is "pieced together" much like a
patchwork quilt from all my various sources and I'm sure it contains many
errors. Do you have any indication that your Caroline Landgrave was married
before? I don't have a marriage record for David Baggs and Mary Caroline.
And to make you feel better I don't have a book of Miami County marriages.
I have a microfilm of the WPA index and have, oh, so slowly, put them into
my computer, but, so far, just the marriages.
I also show a marriage for a Henry Church to Mary M. Tharp on June 28,
1858. On the 1860 census, it shows Henry and Mary plus a daughter
Henrietta, age 1 year. Presumably, they both died as Henrietta does not
appear in the 1870 census entry.
Don't know if any of this helped or if I just opened Pandora's box!
Nancy
List Administrator
Hi, Sandy!
Whew! I'm relieved you knew about the Baggs connection and that my info
is apparently correct. I try to be careful when matching people in the
database.
About the "divorce" notice - it wasn't really a divorce at that time.
I
call them "Abandonments". And Henry's was very polite. The majority of
them say that the wife has left the husband's bed and board without any
provocation! (Ha!) Some of them are from parents saying they won't be
responsible for their children's debts.
I didn't find anything about an actual divorce for Henry Church and Mary
Caroline Landgrave Baggs Church, but unless it was something sensational,
the newspapers didn't have a lot about divorces. They DID have what we
would today call a Notice by Publication, but that was when of the parties
had left the area.
Thank you for the information about Caroline's last name (she always
went by Caroline except for the marriage to David Baggs when she is listed
as Mary Caroline). I have corrected my database so she now appears as a
Landgrave.
Nancy