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Surnames: JOHNSON, HAYS, AYRES / AYERS
Classification: Query
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I'm researching the family of Gideon JOHNSON, who moved to Morgan County from Ohio
before 1830. Gideon brought with him his first wife, Delilah HAYS, but they seem to have
divorced, and he remarried to Edith (JESSUP?). The children named in his will would cover
those born to Delilah and those born to Edith.
I've contacted Indiana State Library, who checked their State papers for the divorce,
with no luck. Does anyone know where else divorce papers might be located? I gather
they're not in the courthouse prior to 1851, and this one would have been about 1837.
The couple are believed to have been Quaker, but a kind woman in Morgan County who checked
their records didn't find it in Heiss.
I'm beginning to despair of ever finding them, but since both partners remarried
(Delilah to Ansalom Ayres, 20 Dec. 1838 -- haven't been able to locate the record of
Gideon & Edith's marriage), I'm assuming this wasn't just a separation.