Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-04-08
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A HOOSIER WOMAN's NUMEROUS MARITAL
EXPERIENCES.
Mrs. Nellie C0rwin Now in the Divorce Our
Seeking to Have tie Bonds Which Unite her 10
Husband No. 6 Legally Severed.

is Mrs. Mary Corwin, who has entan-
eled five men in her matrimonial net
in the last twenty years, whom
she disposed Of one by one, chiefly
through the medium Of the divorce court.
Her frequent marriages and divorces v
furnished a great deal of amusement to the
people here, which increases as she shows
no sign of letting up in her pursuit Of an
ideal husband.
She has been no respecter of persons IN
her hunt for q life partner who would suit
her taste, and high and low, rich and poor,
the famer and the townsmap, all have been
tested and found wanting. Thus she has
accumulated a marital experience that
would make her %less-fayored sisters turn
green with envy.
Mrs. Corwin has disposed Of five hus-
bands and has a suit pending for divorce
from No. 6, TO whom she was married No
vember Z, 1887. She is passably fair, not
fat, and fully 40, though she denies the
latter. Her first appearance on the scene
as a blushiDg bride was September !, 1867,
when she was married at the residence OF
her father, Jacob Howery, q wealthy farmer
of this county, now deceased, to VIM. K.
Usher, the ceremony being performed by
Justice of the Peace Zlchariah Patterson.
Usher left her about one year after their
marriage, and May "a, 1869, he received
en- absolute divorce.
December 81, 1872, she welded William
J. Nugent, and lived with him three
years before she discovered that he was not
the man for whom she was looking
Finally, in May, 1915, she instructed her
lawyers to file a complaint for divorce,
which was done, and the case was set for
trial May "a, 1875. The day came and
the defendant made no appearance, neither
did plaintiff. The case was carried over to
the October term, when she appeared and
dismissed the suit. The company having
reconciled their differences. What be
came of him afterwards is another mys.
terry, as the records fail TO throw any light
upon the question.
Her two first husbands were farmers,
and disposing of them she decided TO seek
fresh fields md pastures new" and moved
to this city. Here she met her third hus-
band, John II. Little, an emplOye on the
J Jacksonville, Madison and Indianapolis
Railroad, near the station on which road
she had taken up a residence. John was
a stout. built, red-headed, and not bad
looking mar. February -, 1880, Justice
higgins united them. For three years
-, 49,, ,-nonn 4 20 liun innethrr q Ifpr A faof-
ion aud then Mollie again appeared before
her lawyers and demanding a divorce,
which was secured March 8, 1883.
She speedily had her eye on husband No.
4, in the person of Lincoln j. Van Bus
kirk, a good looking young fellow much
her iunior in years, and April Is following
her divorce she married him. Mollic
mataged to endure her last and youngest
husband longer than any Of her previous
ventures-over four years-but this time
came. and June 4, 1887, she filed another
suit for divorce. Lincoln was not in
clined to submit TO being thus summsrily
disposed of, and q few days later filed q
cross-comp'aint, in which be. charged
Mollie with clipping with one Charles Sat.
tie TO Chattanooga, TEMP, where he al.
legged; they spent several days. One Of
the local papers mentioning this allega-
ton received the following unique letter
from Mollie on her return:
Mr.. FdiiW: You are altogether Mis-
taken in nee Beeing at Chattanooga Tenn
ms l was to see my Sister it is strange j
Cant 60 on q visit unless / go with some
man nom I think you ought TO Garrett your
mists kes as it Falls with Respect now !
wish you Cold Print Some More lies ss /
have not Bin South Bat what is it your
Bisnets if i was but i was not.
MOLLIE VAN RUsKIRK.
Her married lite with Van Buskirk ended
October Is, 1857, when he was granted a
divorce on his cross complaint and Mollie
was once moro a free oma
For three weeks Mollie enjoyed the
sweets of single life, hut she finally de-
cided that it YVES too lonesome and began
to look around for another husband. She
found him in the person Of Joseph Corwin,
n young carpenter, and November Z, 1887,
they were made one by the Rev. John
Reece, a Baptist minister. In the list Of
questions applicants for matrimony are re-
Quired to answer now in this State is one
giving the age OF the bride and groom.
And Mollie gave her age this time as %,
but she soon tired of Joseph, and March 20,
1888, she filed a suit for divorce, charging,
among other things, that Joseph displayed
too much fondness for the society Of other
women, and this suit is no W pending.