"Early Kaskaskia, Illinois Newspapers 1814-1832" by Lola Frazer Crowder, Frontier Press, Galveston, 1994 p. 18 "John Jenkins, Union County, announces that his wife, Delphy, has left him. They were married in February or March of 1817. She was supposedly the widow of Mr. Mesar. He warns the public from trading with her."