I
am looking for a Catherine/Katherine/Katharine (unknown maiden name) married to an
Aldridge who may have married my 2nd great grandfather in their
later years. Katharine was born in
Maryland in 1788, but in 1860 she is widowed and living in Delaware County,
Indiana. I have found court records of a
divorce between her and a James Parks who is possibly my second great
grandfather. I’m not yet sure this is my
ancestor (who is James Galloway Parks, born 17 June 1791, supposedly in
Virginia, possibly West Virginia - or not!) Can't find his parents, either.
My
James G. Parks was widowed after the death of my second great grandmother,
Eliza Jane Clevenger (first husband Isaac Thornburg) Parks, possibly about 1863. Eliza was born in Ross
County, Ohio in 1809 to John Thomas Clevenger and Nancy Maria Stothard. As a widow of Isaac Thornburg, she married
James G. Parks on 13 May 1845 in Delaware county, Indiana. James was 55; she was 36. (Their son, Isaac James Parks (1849-1904), was
my great grandfather.)
I
haven’t been able to find the death date/place of either James G. Parks or
Eliza Jane. Eliza probably died around
1863 or earlier, and the James in the court documents married a Katharine
Aldridge 19 May 1863. I have searched
for Katharine’s maiden name (using all different spellings) and have come up
with some possible former husbands, one being a Mr. Handley, and the other
Edmund Aldridge who is the only Aldridge I can find in the Delaware County, Indiana area during that time period. But I can’t find her maiden name. I’ve not found any marriage records on
Katharine other than the marriage record of 1863 in Delaware County, Indiana,
to a James Parks, as well as the court proceedings documenting a
not-very-amicable divorce and restraining order situation in the 1864-1867 time period.
Would
appreciate any assistance on the Aldridge name in Delaware County, Indiana.
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