John B. Edwards vs. Sarah A. Edwards, Divorce Petition, Monroe County Civil Court Records, Box 981, Research Library, Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, Indiana. NOTE: The item below is the divorce petition and it is most likely NOT the only item in this file related to the divorce. There is no record of this marriage in Monroe County, Indiana. A divorce was granted to John Edwards in February 1922. John B. Edwards vs. Sarah A. Edwards, Complaint for Divorce, April 1920 The plaintiff complains of defendant and says that he is now and for more than two years last past has been a bona fide resident of the State of Indiana, that for the six months immediately preceding the filing of this complaint, he has been, and now is, a bona fide resident of Van Buren Township, Monroe County, Indiana. That the plaintiff and defendant were duly married on the 6th day of December, 1868, and lived together as husband and wife until the 14th day of February, 1913, at which time the defendant, without cause, abandoned the plaintiff and established a home of her own in Nodaway County, State of Missouri, and from and after said date has refused to live with or cohabit with this plaintiff and has ever since said time lived separate and apart from him Wherefore plaintiff demands judgment for divorce and all other proper relief. East & Regester, Attorneys for Plaintiff