The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-04
Mr.. Richard Ten Brock. Marriage

The Louisville Courier Journal is an
nouncing the marriage to Mr.. Richard
Ten Brock of Mrs. II. d. Newcomb,
widow OF the late President of the Louis.
vile and Nashville Railroad, simply adds
that the event NATURALLY created great
sensation in Louisville society" The
affairs OF both Mr.. Ten Brock and Mrs.
Newcomb have lately been brought to
the attention of the public by two very
notable lawsuits, which were watched
with much attention IN the West. Ii
D. Newcomb was married, years ago, to
a Miss Cornelis Reed, daughter of u
well.known Kentucky family. After
the birth of several children Mrs New
comb developed evidences of insanity.
and during the temporary absence of
her nurse one day she threw her child
rem one by one from an upper window of
her husbands house. Two were killed
outright, and two escaped comparatively
unourt. Mrs. Newcomb was sent TO
private insane asylum at Somervllle,
Mass, where she still remains, her NAL
ady being pronounced lncursble. Some
FIVE years ago Mr. Newcomb, then being
quite an old man, and having procured
a divorce, was married to Miss Mary
Cornelia Smith, daughter of = wealthy
Louisville banker and herself one of the
most beautiful and accomplished young
ladies in Louisville society. This
marriage excited much comment in
Louisville at the time. At Mr.. New.
combs death, three years ago he divided
his fortune, amounting to nearly a2.OOO,-
600, between his second wife, two young
children by this marriage and son by
the frst-now Vice-President OF the
Louisville and Nashville rosd-leaving
an annuity to the divorced wife suttici-
ent for her maintenance. This son con-
tested the will on the ground that the
second marriage was Invalid. 1t was
proved in the trial that the State Legis-
iature had hurriedly passed bill max
in Z insanity ground tor divorce; that
shortly atterwsrd Mr.. Nuwcomb pro-
cured his divorce under it, and then
that the Legislature and repealed the bill.
The Char cellor held that the divorce
proceedings were informal and that the
second marriage was void, but, on the
ground of equity, that the two children
by this marriage should not be consider
ed illegitimste. The progress OF the case
was attended by much social excitement
in Louisville, and wherever the parties
were known, the proceedings being re-
ported very full in the Louisville, Gin
cinnati and Nashville papers. This in
trrest, the Courier journal intimstes,
has been greatly intensified by Mrs.
Newcnmb's-or Miss Smiths, the court
having decreed that she was not entitled
to the ether name recent marriage.
Sir. Ten Brock, who is man sixty
years old or more, is best known rs one
y: the two gentlemen who took several
American horses to England number
of yesv ago. While abroad he
married Miss Anderson, a Kentucky
heress, and after ner death IN Ne"
York, her relatives contested her will,
by which she lett her fortune TO Mir.
Ten Brock, claiming that 1t WAS ob.alnei
by fraud and duress. Mr.. Ten Brock
gained this suit, however, but is now I'M
derstood TO be again poor man. His
second wife received several thousand
dollars by special clause in Mr.. New
combs will, the result of the suit only
deprivipg her of her dover and reducing
her share by the dover granted to the
insane wife. Several years since Mr..
Ten Brock was shot by Louisville
LAWYER aud supposed to DO kllled-h's
obituary being published in several
Eastern ,urnsls-but he has since en-
tlrely recovered from the wound.