John Welsey Vandeventer

The said plaintiff, John W. Vandeventer says that he is and has been a bon fide resident of said county of Dickinson and state of Kansas for more than one year last past.

And the said plaintiff further says that on or about the day of March A.D. 1882 in the County of Greene and state of Indiana he was married to said defendant Dilian Vandeventer and that he has ever since conducted himself toward said defendant - as a faithful and true husband; yet said plaintiff, says that said defendant - disregarding her duties of a wife toward said plaintiff, has been willfuly absent from and wholly abandoned said plaintiff for more than one year last past without any cause of justification therefore on the part of said plaintiff.

Your petitioner therefore prays that he may be divorced from said defendant and that the marriage relations heretofore existing between said plaintiff and said defendant may be dissolved, and that he may recover his cost herein. Stambaugh & Hinds Attys for plaintiff. State of Kansas, Dickinson county

SS: John W. Vandeventer, of lawful age being find duly sworn says that he is the plaintiff named in the foregoing petition, that he knows the contents of said petition and that all the statements therein contained are true. John W. Vandeventer (his mark).

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th day of May A.D. 1885. T.E. Deivuf, Notary Public. Petition filed 27 Jun. 1885.