The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-05-18

ever obtained a divorce from hi
wife,"
81 will not answer any question
relative to his family, as / do no
want to mix myself up in
FAMILY DIFFICULTIES"
"Where was Martin married."
Lexington, KY"
"What was Mrs. Irons nader
name?"
cit was Brown"
The reporter then proceeded to Mrs
Irons place, five miles west of Rich
mond, Mo. She made the following
statement:
81 was born in Kelkeith, Scotland,
June 81, 1882. My maiden name
was Mary Brown. My father was
Robert Brown and my mothers maid.
en- name was Jeanette Jeffries.
was married to Martin Irons in Lex
ington, KY, by j. X. Lyle, d. D..
in the presence of Amelia Brown, on
July %, 1852"
"Do you know the name of Martin
Irons parents p
eyes. He was born In Dundee,
Scotland, in 1888. His fathers name
was Martin Irons; his mothers name
was Beanie Irons. He had two broth
ers and two sisters. Amelia Brown,
who was present at my wedding, is my
step-sister."
"Where did you 60 after you were
married."
eve resided at Lexington, KY,
about three weeks, when we started
for New Orleans, where my brother
and Mr.. Irons went into the saloon
and restaurant business. After re-
manning in Cincinnati three months
we returned to Lexington, KY, when
Mr.. Irons went to work for Mr.. Hem
inway in a hemp factory, looking after
machinery, where he-lost the second
finger of his left hand. We then
moved back to Cincinnati in the
spring of 1858, when he worked for
my brother as a machinist. Shortly
after this he went to work in sewing
machine shop. From there We went
to Newport. KY, where we remained
several weeks, Mr.. Irons still working
in sewing machine shops. We went
from there to jamestown. KY, where
Mr.. Irons worked in the hemp facto-
nv. We remained there until the fall
of 1854, when we went to Lexington,
Ky, where he went to work in the
machine shops. In 1856 We went to
Hannibal, Mo-, and from there, as he
could not find work, Mr.. Irons went
to St. Louis, where / think he
WORKED AS A MACHINIsT.
"In 1856 we went to Lexington,
Mo-, where Irons went to work for
McGrew & Morrison in the foundry.
We left Lexington, Mo-, in 1859,
going to Liberty, Mo-, where l lived
dnring the war. From Liberty We
went back to Lexington, Mo-, in the
fall of 1866. From Lexington we
went to Knoxville, Mo-, in 1867,
where Mr.. Irons worked in a sawmill.
We left Knoxville in 1870. going to
the place where l now live, five miles
southwest of Richmond, Mo-, adjoin-
ing Thomas A. Brown on the west.
"When did you separate from your
husband?"
SIN 1876 ! left him and have not
seen him since we separated. He has
not since then sent me enough money
to support myself and family"
"Have you ever been divorced
from Mr.. Irons?"
''No; but received letter from
him stating that if l wanted a divorce
he would not appear against me
Since then | have learned that he has
married again. do not know the
woman be married last.
"Was Mr.. Irons kind parent and
husband"
mo; he was very cruel"
mention a case in point"
"He once brought woman of lewd
character II the house. | do not
know who she was. took my chill
dren and we went into another room,
leaving Mr.. Irons and the woman to
| learned the next day
that the woman was one of bad char
acter"
g "You say you were never divorced
from Mr.. Irons; have you any mar
riage cettifcate?"
Mrs. Irons produced the document,
which read as follows:
"This Is TO certify that Martin
Irons and Mary Brown were with
their own consent this date =
LAWFULLY JOINED TOGETHER
in holy bonds of matrimony, which
was solemnized by me, a minister of