Lake County Ohio GenWeb
Thanks to Dale Craig, Lake County Historical Society Library Director for pointing out this wonderful source in the collection and the Society for allowing us to freely share it here.
The Lake County Historical Society holds the index cards from which this information was taken. Some spelling was corrected. Many of these couples are also listed in the index to Geauga County Divorces. The index seems to be fairly complete from 1822 to 1849, but there are entries from as late as 1898. Who did this index is currently unknown.
As always this is provided as a finding aid to the newspapers indexed here. Microfilm of these papers may be read at Lake County Historical Society Library or read and printed/downloaded at Morley Library in Painesville. The original court records for Geauga County will be found at the Geauga County Archives in Chardon, and those beginning in 1840 for Lake County residents at Lake County Common Pleas Court. Some of the court records are available at the LDS Family History Center in Kirtland.
| SURNAME | MALE | FEMALE | CONTENT | PAPER DATE | PG | COL |
| Baldwin | Thomas | Jemima | Divorce. Take notice whereas my wife Jemima has left my bed and board without any just cause or provocation, I therefore caution all persons against harboring or trusting her on my account, as I shall pay no debts of her contracting. Feb. 3, 1849 | Feb. 7, 1849 | ||
| Ballard | John M. | Mary | Petition for divorce | Mar. 27, 1844 | 3 | 3 |
| Ballard | Thomas M. | Mary | Notice is hereby given...this day filed her petition...July 8, 1844 | Jul. 10, 1844 | 3 | 3 |
| Barnes | Sam'l | Mary | Petition for divorce filed 1 June 1835 Supreme Court, Geauga County on grounds of extreme cruelty, threats of personal violence, and gross neglect | Jun. 5, 1835 | 3 | 4 |
| Barnum | David | Lydia | Petition for divorce and alimony. Extreme cruelty, habitual drunkenness, gross neglect of duty, & willful absence. 19 July 1854 | Jul. 26, 1854 | 3 | 3 |
| Benjamin | Vesey | Rebecca | Notice that she has left him and he will not be responsible for her debts. Of Perry | Dec. 28, 1827 | 3 | 5 |
| Benjamin | Vesey | Rebecca | same | Jan. 4, 1828 | 2 | 5 |
| Bliss | Loomis | Abigail | Petition for divorce on grounds of wilful absence since March 1835. | Jun. 20, 1839 | 2 | 6 |
| Brush | Edward | Mary | Petition that marriage contract be dissolved. Filed 2 Jun 1836 on grounds of wilful absence | Jun. 10, 1836 | 3 | 3 |
| Bump | Jerome | Ester | Divorce - Extreme cruelty & habitual drunkenness | Apr. 11, 1849 | 4 | 2 |
| Callow | John | Nancy | Elopement from my bed and board, my wife Nancy, without any just cause or provocation. Concord | Feb. 26, 1836 | 3 | 4 |
| Carson | James | Dorcas | Petition for divorce filed 2 June 1836 on grounds of extreme cruelty, gross neglect of duty, and habitual drunkenness | Jun. 10, 1836 | 3 | 5 |
| Clark | Michael | Katherine | Petition for divorce. J. H. Paine, lawyer | May 25, 1827 | 3 | 4 |
| Coles | William | Elizabeth | Petition for divorce on grounds of wilful absence and inconstancy, &c. | Mar. 5, 1845 | 3 | 1 |
| Coltrin | Zebedee | Julia Ann | Julia Ann has left her husband. Of Strongsville | Apr. 11, 1828 | 3 | 4 |
| Coltrin | Zebedee | Julia Ann | Petition for divorce filed 16 May 1833 Supreme Court, Geauga County, Ohio he has wilfully absented himself from said petitioner, wholly neglected to provide for her, for more than three years. | May 17, 1833 | 3 | 5 |
| Coman | George | Mary | Elopement. Mary, my wife, has left my bed and board without any just cause or provocation. Concord. | May 23, 1834 | 3 | 3 |
| Crafts | Daniel M. | Dorothy | Elopement from my bed and board without any just cause or provocation. Auburn, 11 January 1836 | Jan. 15, 1836 | 3 | 3 |
| Cram | Harvey | Nancy | Petition for divorce filed 24 January 1831 Supreme Court, Geauga County, Ohio on grounds of adultery and extreme cruelty | Jan. 25, 1831 | 3 | 5 |
| Crouch | Walter | Charlotte | Walter Crouch gives notice that his wife, Charlotte, has left him for the tenth time in nine years and that he will not pay any of her debts | Jan. 1, 1829 | 1 | 5 |
| Day | Iretus B. | Catherine | Catherine sues Iretus B. Day for gross neglect, extreme cruelty and adultery | Mar. 19, 1857 | 3 | 6 |
| Drew | Joseph | Elvira | Petition for divorce on grounds that he has for more than 3 years last past been wilfully absent | May 18, 1842 | 2 | 6 |
| Ferrier | Nelson | Mahala | Divorce - Neglect of Duty and Adultery Dec. 20, 1847 | Jan. 5, 1848 | 5 | 2 |
| Ford | Miles | Achsah | Petition for divorce | May 25, 1827 | 3 | 4 |
| Frary | John B. | Thirzy | Petition for divorce | Apr. 10, 1844 | 3 | 2 |
| Frary | John H. | Thirzy | Notice is hereby given that Thirzy Frary has this day filed her petition for a Bill of Divorce in said Court against said defendant who is hereby notified to appear in said Court on the next Term thereof and take cognizance of said petition----George E. H. Day, Atty, Apr. 6, 1844 | Apr. 17, 1844 | 3 | 1 |
| Fuller | Stephen E. | Julia | Divorce granted with custody of children (Court of Common Pleas) | Mar. 9, 1871 | 3 | 3 |
| Green | Philip | Martha | Petition for divorce on grounds of adultery | Jun. 23, 1837 | 3 | 1 |
| Higley | Josiah | Huldah | Hulda Higley has left her husband, Josiah Higley of Russell | May 2, 1828 | 3 | 4 |
| Hill | Jonathan | Amy | Petition for divorce on grounds of wilful absence for more than 3 years and adultery | May 26, 1837 | 3 | 5 |
| Hulburt | George N. | Julia Ann | Petition for divorce on grounds of gross neglect of duty and wilful absence for more than 3 years | Jul. 23, 1845 | 3 | 3 |
| Jackson | Luke | Marielt | Petition for divorce on grounds of being wilfully absent for more than 3 years last past [also see Lackoar] | Feb. 23, 1842 | 3 | 1 |
| Knapp | Job O. | Cynthia | Petition for divorce on grounds of wilful absence for more than 3 years | May 26, 1837 | 3 | 3 |
| Knapp | John O. | Cynthia | Petition for divorce on grounds of wilful absence for more than 3 years | Jun. 21, 1838 | 3 | 5 |
| Lackoar | Luke | Mariett | Petition for divorce on grounds that he has for more than 3 years last past been wilfully absent [also see Jackson] | Apr. 20, 1842 | 2 | 6 |
| Lattin | Wright | Ann | Divorce | Jun. 26, 1835 | ||
| Lilly | Silas | Betsey | Silas of Claridon gives notice that his wife, Betsey has left him | Jun. 23, 1829 | 3 | 5 |
| Lockwood | Hiram | Lois | Petition for divorce Supreme Court, Geauga County filed 30 April 1834 on grounds of wilful absence for more than three years | May 2, 1834 | 3 | 5 |
| McLallin | Ezekiel | Rachael | Divorce 1) gross neglect of duty, 2) extreme cruelty, 3) improper & immoral conduct, etc. | Jan. 10, 1849 | 3 | 3 |
| McManus | James | Elizabeth | Elizabeth McManus, late of Concord, Ohio, notified that James McManus filed for divorce Nov. 5, 1867- charge, adultery - L. Sterling, Atty. | Nov. 7, 1867 | 3 | 5 |
| Mead | Thomas | Annis | Petition for divorce | May 25, 1842 | 3 | 1 |
| Morian | John | Nancy | Petition for divorce filed 2 June 1836 on grounds of adultery | Jun. 10, 1836 | 3 | 3 |
| Newcomb | Flavel | Achsah | Petition for divorce filed 1 June 1835 Supreme Court, Geauga County on grounds of habitual drunkenness, extreme cruelty, threatening personal violence, and gross neglect | Jun. 5, 1835 | 3 | 4 |
| Nye | Sardis B. | Betsey | Elopement from my bed and board without cause or provocation, my wife Betsey. Sardis B. Nye, Concord | Jun. 19, 1835 | 3 | 5 |
| Parks | Hiram | Malissa | Elopement from my bed and board my wife Malissa. Hiram Parks, Troy, 7 January 1836 | Jan. 15, 1836 | 3 | 3 |
| Phillips | Abram H. | Margaret | Divorce - gross neglect and adultery | Sep. 27, 1848 | 3 | 4 |
| Pomeroy | Lucius | Fanny | Petition for divorce on grounds of wilful absence for more than 3 years, habitual intemperance, squandering his own and petitioners property, and making no provision for petitioner's support. Seeks guardianship of Orville M. Pomeroy, only child of the marriage | Feb. 24, 1837 | 3 | 6 |
| Quiggle | Peter | Margaret | Elopement. My wife Margaret has left my bed and board without any just cause or provocation. Hambden, 8 June 1831 | June. 14, 1831 | 3 | 4 |
| Reed | Mrs. | Divorce & Separation. Reed, Mrs. Of Buffalo - offered Painesville Telegraph readers reward of 3 white fish & a turkey (his year's provision for wife and child) for her husband who ran away with one Mary Thompson. | Jan. 22, 1829 | 3 | 2 | |
| Richardson | Larkin | Jane | Petition for divorce on grounds of habitual drunkenness and extreme cruelty | Jun. 14, 1838 | 3 | 5 |
| Roberts | Joram | Lucinda | Petition for divorce on grounds that said Roberts had a wife living when he married said Lucinda | Jun. 30, 1841 | 3 | 4 |
| Rowley | Erastus | Esther D. | Petition for divorce | May 16, 1828 | 3 | 3 |
| Rowley | Phineas | Jane | Petition for divorce on grounds of absence since 1 August 1833. | May 23, 1839 | 3 | 1 |
| Scott | Justin | Harriot | Petition for divorce Harriot Scott, alias Harriet Scott vs. Justin Scott on grounds of adultery, wilful absence for more than 3 years, and total neglect of duty | Mar. 31, 1837 | 3 | 5 |
| Shattuck | Nathaniel | Arathirsty | Petition for divorce on grounds of wilful absence and adultery | Jun. 9, 1837 | 3 | 2 |
| Shepherd | Levi W. | Julia | Petition for divorce on grounds of wilful absence and gross neglect of duty | Jun. 20, 1839 | 2 | 6 |
| Smith | Elkeny | Margaret | Divorce, Willful absence filed Jan. 24, 1898 [*found in Lake County Advertizer, in cupboard, indexed box of old papers] | Mar. 4, 1898* | 5 | 5 |
| Stebbins | Hosea | Minerva | Minerva Stebbins has left her husband, Hosea Stebbins. Of Chardon | Jul. 18, 1828 | 3 | 4 |
| Stratton | Hiram | Esther | Petition for divorce on grounds of wilful absence for more than 3 years | May 12, 1837 | 3 | 2 |
| Sykes | Benjamin F. | Eunice | Petition for divorce | May 14, 1825 | 3 | 3 |
| Trowbridge | William H. | Almeda | Petition for divorce on grounds of gross neglect of duty and adultery | Nov. 12, 1845 | 3 | 2 |
| Williams | Leonard | Olive | Petition for divorce | Jun. 8, 1842 | 3 | 5 |
| Wilson | Luke | Melissa | Petition for divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty, habitual drunkenness, and gross neglect of duty. | May 12, 1837 | 3 | 2 |
| Wooster | Benjamin | Louisa | Petition for divorce on grounds of wilful absence for 3 years | Jun. 20, 1839 | 2 | 6 |
| Wooster | Benjamin | Lovisa | Divorce Case | Feb. 11, 1840 | 3 | 2 |
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