Laura divorced her first husband, Cullen Pridgen, around 1909-1910.
Sources
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML9V-PYQ : accessed 10 December 2019), Laura Hyde in household of Eugene Hyde, Toisnot, Wilson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 112, sheet 1B, family 13, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1137; FHL microfilm 1,375,150.
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMS-1X9B : 28 November 2018), Cullen Pridgen and Laura Hyde, 21 Jan 1909; citing Wilson, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMS-1SRD : 28 November 2018), Cullen Pridgen and Laura Hyde, 21 Jan 1909; citing Wilson, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMS-LS55 : 28 November 2018), Cullie Pridgen and Laura Hyde, 21 Jan 1909; citing Wilson, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28T-9T2L : 28 November 2018), George R Bowers and Laura Hide, 13 Nov 1912; citing Martin, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 2,447,668.
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9J-FZLD : 28 November 2018), George R Bowers and Laura Hide, 13 Nov 1912; citing Martin, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
"North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7XYD-8P6Z : 25 October 2019), Laura Hyde Bowers in entry for Mary Elizabeth Bowers, 1913; citing Birth, Williamston, Martin, North Carolina, United States, North Carolina State Archives, Division of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 102380331.
"North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHPL-683 : 8 December 2014), Laura May Hyde Bowers in entry for Margie Ree Bowers, 02 Oct 1920; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 9, p. 150, Martin, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X375-XBK : accessed 10 December 2019), Laura Bowers, Taylor, Wilson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 6A, line 16, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1729; FHL microfilm 2,341,463.
"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR3T-JPC : 11 February 2018), Laura in entry for Chester A. Shumate and Mary Eliz'Th Bowers, 22 Dec 1930; citing Danville, Virginia, reference p47 rn 1708; FHL microfilm 2,048,487.
"North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPD4-HQ8 : 17 July 2017), Laura Bowers, 11 Feb 1935; citing Elm City, Wilson, North Carolina, fn 1794 cn 115, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,102.
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK5X-TH9W : accessed 10 December 2019), Laura Hyde Bowers in entry for Mrs Margie Bowers Elliott, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States, 23 Nov 1998; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Sun News, The, born-digital text.
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKRW-PWFP : accessed 10 December 2019), Laura Hyde Bowers in entry for Bennett Brimhall and Viola Married Dell Junior Brimhall, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 22 Sep 2009; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Deseret News, The, born-digital text.
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