The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
MATRIM0NY in INDIANA
IN PAST YEAR DIVORCES WERE Ii
PER CENT. OF MARRIAGES.
Figures Showing the Operations of
Cupid and Chaos I'm All the
Counties of the state.

"My study OF the number or marriage IL
censes issued and the number of divorces
granted in the various counties of this
State for the year beginning June 80. 1900,
and ending June 30. 1901 said State Stats
tician Johnson yesterday, makes me very
certain that ii is entirely too easy for per-
sons To get marriage licenses and divorces
in Indiana Some restrictions should be
placed about the marriage contract that
would add 10 its responsibility. Perhaps. If
1t were less easy to get married. the num-
Der of divorces would fall off. My figures
show that in many counties of Indiana the
divorces average from 16 to 20 per cent. of
the marriages. The total number or Ill
vorces granted in the State is 13 per cent.
of the total number of marriages. That is
entirely too great a per cent
Mr.. Johnson's figures are complete with
the exception of Cass, Delaware, Floyd,
Greene. Morgan. Upton. Vanderburg,
Wayne and White counties. in which the
officers whose duty 1t is 10 furnish statis-
tics were careless. The figures follow:
Adams county, licenses 202, divorces q; Al
len. licenses ga. divorces 119: Bartholomew,
licenses 2f7, divorces %; Benton, licenses
III, divorces s: Blackford. licenses la. di-
vorces 35: Boone. licenses PAS, divorces 81;
Brown, licenses So, divorces s.; Carroll, Ii
censes ODD. divorces %: Clark. licenses 1.4S9.
divorces AZ: Clay. licenses 422, divorces al;
Clinton. licenses 3O6, divorces AS: Crawford.
licenses 1S9. divorces II; Daviess, licenses
go. divorces %; Dearborn, licenses l3l, d.
vOrces 10; Decatur, licenses 1874. divorces 81;
De Kalb. licenses 2S6. divorces. So; Dubois,
licenses 80. divorces II; Elkhart, licenses
456, divorces &c; Fayette' licenses 10, d.
vorces Q; Fountain, licenses 24O. divorces %;
Franklin. licenses 137, divorces 9; Fulton,
licenses 173. divorces 81; Gibson, licenses
go, divorces &c: Grant. licenses 5S4, di-
vorces 90; Hamilton. licenses 322. divorces
81; Hancock, licenses 3l9, divorces As; Har-
rison. licenses IT'S. divorces IA: Hendricks.
licenses 17s. divorces Is; Henry. licenses 251.
divorces 40; Howard, licenses POI, divorces
50: Huntington, licenses 26I. divorces As:
jackson, licenses 255, divorces %; Jasper,
licenses 1873, divorces II: Jay, licenses 2SS,
divorces "a; Jefferson. licenses 277, divorces
q; Jennings, licenses 15S, divorces %; John
son, licenses 1876. divorces 10: Knox, Ii
lenses 357, divorces 81; Kosciusko, licenses
303, divorces %; Lagrange, licenses 129, d.
vorces Is; Lake, licenses 634, divorces 70;
Laporte, licenses 332, divorces 80; Lawrence,
licenses 256. divorces 20; Madison. licenses
SCI, divorces 1883; Marion, licenses 2,326. di-
vorces 431; Marshall. licenses 247, divorces
so: Martin, licenses 141, divorces 13; Miami,
licenses 276, divorces 81; Monroe. licenses
217, divorces %: Montgomery, licenses 27l.
divorces 40; Newton. licenses So. divorces 3;
Noble, licenses POI, divorces "a; Ohio. Ii
cenSeS 30; divorces :; orange, licenses 100,
divorces s: Owen. licenses 1874. divorces 16;
Parke, licenses 300, divorces A.: Perry, IL
censes go. divorces 10; Pike, licenses 20S,
divorces "a; Porter, licenses 102, divorces
49,; Posey, licenses 292, divorces %; Pu-
laski. licenses las, divorces Is: Putnam,
licenses 191. divorces "a; Randolph. licenses
277, divorces 25; Ripley, licenses Ia. divorces
IA: Rush. licenses 153. divorces 10; Scott,
licenses 80. divorces 6; Shelby, licenses PAP,
divorces 20; Spencer, licenses 2S2, divorces
90; Starke, licenses 105. divorces "a: Steu-
ben, licenses 176. divorces %; st. Joseph,
licenses 900. divorces 124; Sullivan, licenses
252. divorces 81; Switzerland, licenses 166,
divorces 10: Tippecanoe. licenses 374. di-
vorces rs; Union, licenses &C. divorces s.;
Vermillion. licenses 1872. divorces %; Vigo,
licenses 637, divorces 125: Wabash, licenses
Do. divorces AZ; Warren, licenses 1874. di-
vOrces IA; Warrick, licenses 252, divorces 80;
Washington, licenses 202, divorces 8; Wells.
licenses 256. divorces 80; Whitley. licenses
ISIS. divorces Is.
The fact that In Marion county the d.
vorces were 1917 per cent. of the marriages,
while in Clark county, the home OF lndi-
ana's famous "Gretna Green" the per-
centage Is a little less than 3. is not re-
garded as necessarily meaning that mar
riagcs made in Clark county are more apt
to stick than those made in this county.
The fact is 70 be taken into consideration
that the majority Of the licenses issued in
Clark county are to couples from Ken
lucky. concerning whose ultimate marital
felicity or infelicity the authorities OF In
diana have no means of knowing.