Henry Goodman (1815)

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Charlotte files for divorce Posted 23 Jun 2011 by KayeGregory21 Marriage: Date: 11 SEP 1838 Place: Monroe, Tennessee, USA Divorce: Date 30 Jun 1884 Place: Van Buren Co., Arkansas, USA Source: Citation Text: Charlotte and Henry Goodman got a divorce June 30, 1884 Case #5 File Box 162 Source: Details: Filed July 30, 1884 Al Riscoe, Sol for Plaintiff Charlotte Goodman vs Henry Goodman In Van Buren Circuit Court Citation Text: Charlotte Goodman plaintiff against Henry Goodman Defendant, Complaintin (Chancery?) The plaintiff for cause of active complains and says: That on the ----day of---ad at-----in the State of ---she (accuses??)to the defendant, that the plaintiff and defendant of-----this said marriage ---of this State and that the plaintiff now is and has been over years --- before the (commencement) of this active and actual ---of the State.That since the said-----the defendant has treated her in a cruel and ---manner, and since almost to the year----8-- has been an habitual drunkard and in his fits of of drunkenness has repeatedly committed acts of cruelty and violence upon plaintiff, and that the defendants----course of conduct towards the plaintiff with---intervals has been for a long period (uniformly) brutal and abusive, he being constantly in the habit of applying abusive (epithets) to her of threatening her with violence and attempting to strike her and it has become entirely unsafe for her to live with him that five years have not elapsed since the (con???) of said (ind???) That although the plaintiff has always conducted herself towards the said defendant as a faithful and obedient wife, the defendant disregarding his duties as a husband has been willfully absent from the plaintiff for the space of over years last past without any cause or justification th---- ----, so far as this plaintiff is (concerned?) That on the ----day of----18--- at the house of Mrs. McNiss in the City of Little Rock, the defendant committed adultry with a woman whose name is unknown to the plaintiff, That said adultry was committed without the consent, (con---), (privity??) or (proc-----) of plaintiff, That five years have not elapsed since the plaintiff discovered such adultry: and the plaintiff has not voluntarily cohabited with the defendant since such discovery. Witness for the plaintiff prays judgment that the bonds of matrimony between herself and defendant be dissolved and that a reasonable provision for the support of the plaintiff be made out of the property of the defendant. And for the costs of this action and attorney fees and in duty bound she will ---- and etc. Albert W. Rison(?) Sol for plaintiff Charlotte Goodman Plaintiff Against Henry Goodman Defendant Source: #S00343 Data:LETTER TO FRANK P VAUGHN FROM GEORGE W. MOORE Text: Hon Frank P. Vaughn Circuit Judge of the 6th Judicial District Dear Sir One Charlotte Goodman has entered suit for divorce against Henry Goodman. I was out in Texas the last days of July 1884 and saw Henry Goodman he says that he was to go to Texas and stay 2 years and she was to (sign this form), he asked me if she had enter such for divorce I could not answer him since I came home I have made inquiries and have found out she has. I also seen her (Charlotte Goodman) daughter and she says the same as Henry Goodman states I want to employ an attorney in the case but if necessary and mostly to be qualified also if you want any further proof from Mrs Cass Stafford Wm Johnson. I am sorry to own to you that the said Charlotte is my sister & the said Henry Goodman is a brother to my wife and I want justice done to them both, and if any person is entitled to a divorce it would be Henry Goodman and he is in Texas and is ignorant to what she is trying to do in going to court . Yours George W. Moore