Lillie Patton vs. Leonard Patton, Divorce Petition, Monroe County Civil Court Records, Box 980, 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. The divorce was granted to Mary in September 14, 1920. Lillie Patton vs. Leonard Patton April 1920 That the plaintiff and defendant were duly married on the 7th day of October 1914, and lived together as husband and wife until the 9th day of April 1920, since which time they have not lived or cohabited together. That on the 8th day of April 1920, and at various other times thereafter, the defendant has been guilty of cruel treatment, to wit: this defendant cursed this plaintiff at different times and places calling her all kinds of vile names. Also, he has struck this plaintiff with his fist knocking her down and beating her face black. That on the 9th day of April 1920, by the judgment of the mayor's court of Bloomington, Indiana, duly given and made, convicted of the crime of assault and battery. That the plaintiff is now, and has been for more than two years last past, a bona fide resident of the State of Indiana, and for more than six months last past a bona fide resident of the County of Monroe in said state. Therefore the plaintiff asks that the bonds of matrimony heretofore existing between the plaintiff and defendant be dissolved, that plaintiff be granted a divorce and all other proper relief. James B. Wilson, Attorney for Plaintiff