> I have reached a dead end. I am looking for the divorce date for Della > (Lona Della) Mustard SLOAN (my Gr Grandmother) b.9/23/1874 Hartford > City, IN. d. 6/13/1926 Montgomery Cty, OH. and Antonio (Tom) SLOAN > my Gr Grandfather b. 3/29/1868 Madison Cty, IN. d. 11/18/1926 Miami Cty, > OH. > m. 11/20/1895 Blackford Cty, IN. > > Della is the daughter of Catherine Jane Mustard and Robert Calvin > Mustard. > > Then I would like to find the marriage of Della Mustard SLOAN and Frank > Kelly. > > The 1920 Shelby Cty, OH census lists Della, Tom and family. In 1917 > there was a divorce action filed in Shelby County Probate Court. The > action was dismissed in 1917. Della and Tom's youngest son (of 8 > children) was born in 1918. > > Tom SLOAN's death certificate 11/18/1926 from Miami County, OH. states > that he had been a resident of Piqua (Miami Cty, OH) for 2 years. > > Della died 6/13/1926 in Montgomery Cty, OH. Her death certificate > informant was her husband, Frank Kelly. The name on her tombstone is > Della Sloan Kelly. > If I hadn't found her tombstone, I would have never known that she > remarried. > > SOMETIME between 1920 when I have Della and Tom on a Shelby Cty, OH > census and 1926 when she died, there had to have been a divorce and a > remarriage. To narrow it further, since Tom's death certificate states > he had been a resident of Piqua (Miami Cty, OH) for 2 years, it means > that he was not living with Della and the rest of his family from 1924 - > 1926. > > Della was living in Dayton, OH (Montgomery Cty) at the time of her death > and was taken to and died of a fractured skull at St. Elizabeth > Hospital, Dayton, OH and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Dayton,OH. > For these reasons and because I can find no record of a divorce or > remarriage in Shelby or Miami > County I believe she may have divorced Tom and married Frank Kelly in > Montgomery Cty, OH. > > If anyone has any information about Lona Della Mustard SLOAN who married > a Frank Kelly between 1920 - 1926, please contact me. I would > appreciate it very much! > > H. R. Pence