The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-02
MANIA FOR MARRYING.
A Wyoming Siren Seven Times Married and
Never Divorced.
A Bride of sixteen, in 1868, Is Now Living
With Her Seventh Husband, Every
One of the Seven Being
alive and Well.

LANDER, wy. T., August 30.-In the spring
of 1865, on the Cache la Poudre River, in
Northern Colorado, there was married Miss
Mary Hopkins to Mr.. James Theobald. The
bride was barely sixteen, and no one who
witnessed the wedding would have guessed
that she was to soon develop an absolute
mania for the marriage ceremony; and yet
so it was. The bride of that day is now liv-
inc with the seventh man who has responded
with her to the marriage service, and every
one of these seven men are to-day alive and
well, and from none of them has the woman
been divorced, while the ceremoney in every
case has been duly performed by Justice or
preacher.
A few short months satisfied Mrs. Theo-
bald that her husband did not suit her and
soon his place was vacant. The sound of his
retiring footsteps had scarcely died away be-
fore his wife began to make preparations for
new marriage. In the neighbOrhood was
a young man by the name of Johnson, and
to mis- assistance Mrs. Theobald appealed
They went to Fairmount, in the same State,
anu we're there married before Justice of
the Peace. AZ iou. as the recollection of
the ceremony lasted il was honeymoon for
the renewed bride, but when that !ou1 re-
membrance began to fade she began to plot
for its revival. Johnson went the way OF
Theobald, and then the fair enthusiast paid
a visit to the town of Longmont Here she
found a man named Davis ready to further
her views. The services of minister were pro-
cured, and once again the words of the
marriage ceremony fell like sweetest
music well remembered upon her ear. The
Siarpy man and his blushing bride decided
to seek home further West, and they came
to Lander, arriving in the fall Of 1873. By
the fall Of 1874 Mrs Davis had become aware
that the time for another marriage service
was RAPIDLY approaching. Mr. Davis re-
furned t. Colorado to look after business
matters. They were very important, Tor he
is looking after them yet. Mrs. Davis selected
as her partner in the blissfQl time coming a
private soldier OF the neighboring garrison
ut Fort Washable. The Chaplain performed
the ceremony, and Mrs Cox leaned lovingly
upon her soldier spouse, radiant with the pc
culiar Joy of the occasion. Time passed on,
and the company to which Cox belonged
was ordered TO duty at another point. He
went. leaving his wife behind. This troubled
the lady but little. The desire to hear the
matrimonial formula was again asserting
itself in terms that could not be stilled-
Returning TO Landers Mrs. Cox looked
about her with eyes OF a cOnnoisseur, and
speedily pitched upon robust and well-to-
DO young ranchman by the name of Reed as
her next conductor along the enchanted
path. The burly ranchman was nothing
10th, and the loving twain wendell their way
TO the nearest Justice and were quickly made
one. All went well until the insatiate de-
mand for another wedding again listened
to. Petty annOyances were resorted to as
usual TO induce Reed to go, but this time the
husband proved obdurate, and a pitched bat
tie was necessary to open his eyes, or rather
only one of them, for blow from the lady's
fist Theoretically closed the other as 10 the
kind of woman he had married. In place OF
his going, however, the order was reversed
and she went taking with her the ranch
hired man. The happy fugitives made for the
Big Horn country, and the report of theiI
marriage there has just been received.