Hannah M. Edgar Show v George Henderson Show (Journal 5 p463 - 12 Mar 1859; Roll 12 case number 32 - Mar 1859; roll 12 case number 33 - Mar 1859)
By Pamela Pattison Lash (updated 12 January 2021)
The couple was married in Lansing, Ingham Co, MI on 27 Jan 1853. They had a child, Edgar P Show, b 27 Apr 1856. Hannah charged George with extreme cruelty during the latter part of June 1858 when he kicked, beat her with his fists, bruised her, and took her away from her friends and relatives. After the child was born she was treated cruelly; she went insane and sought treatment in an asylum for lunatics in the North District, Ohio. On 27 Mar 1858 he struck and pushed her; then he denied her food and medical attention. Later he kicked her out and paid for a teamster to take her away. On 21 June 1858 he pursued her to a boarding house in Bryan and was violent when he found her. She stated she was a confirmed cripple. George owned property in Lansing, MI and 200 acres in Calhoun Co, MI.
While this divorce case was being heard, another case was brought to the Williams County Civil and Criminal Court (Roll 12 case number 32 - Mar 1859) by George H. Show who sued Thomas Kent, MD. George may have been from Seneca Co, OH. He charged that on 30 July 1858 Thomas procured and induced Hannah to go to Edwin J. Evans, JP, where George found her. Thomas then beat, wounded, and ill-treated George. This case was dismissed.
George H Show, the son of unknown parents, was born 26 June 1806, MD and died on 16 Jan 1877; he was buried in a cemetery located in Constantine Twp, St Joseph Co, MI. He married Mary Ann McCardle on 3 Jan 1837, Huron Co, OH. She died in 1852 and was the mother of Mercy E (1838-), Lewis Cass (1842-1921), Julia Maria (1844-1930), Estella (1846-), and George Henderson JR (1850 - 22 Dec 1874). George next married Hannah Edgar, daughter of Henry W Edgar and Charlotte Webb, born c1829 PA. Hannah was enumerated in 1850 in Lansing, Ingham Co, MI, as Hannah M 21 PA with her parents and siblings Dennis, Nelson W, Harriet, and Marshall. She was the mother of Edgar P Show, born 27 Apr 1856 in Bryan, OH; Edgar later died in Chicago, IL 8 Dec 1905. In the 1860 Brady Twp, Williams Co, OH federal census little four year old Edgar is living with Abram and Electa Wighman, not with his father and half-brother.
In the 1860 West Unity, Brady Twp, Williams Co, OH federal census p155b, GH Show was listed as 49 MD dentist and had son Henry 10 OH. After the divorce George married his third wife, Mary Jane Ritchie on 12 Nov 1863 in Indiana. In the 1870 White Pigeon, St Joseph Co, MI federal census one finds George Show 61 MD dentist with wife Mary J 33 OH.
1860 Brady, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M653_1052; Page: 149; Image: 304; Family History Library Film: 805052.
Edgar Show 4 OH living with Abram and Electa Wighman
In the 1870 White Pigeon, St. Joseph Co, MI George Show, 61 dentist Maryland, was enumerated with young wife, Mary J. 33 OH
George H Show 16 Jan 1877, Constantine Twp Cem, St Joseph Co, MI @71Y 6M 21D
1900 Bloomfield, Lagrange Co, IN
Show, EC P watch maker 44 (Apr 1856) OH-MD-PA with his wife, Loretta 44 IN and child
Edgar Carl Payne Show (1856 Brojon, OH – 8 Dec 1905 Chicago, Cook Co, IL; bur Greenwood Cem, Lagrange Co, IN; jeweler) 49Y 6M – I think the birthplace is Bryan, OH and it appears this Edgar is the son of Hannah and George H Show.
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