This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Matkins Classification: Marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5666 Message Board Post: Cameron Herald – Thur., 6 March 1902 Divorce Citation - Nannie Matkins, plaintiff vs. Wm. G. Matkins, defendant, Cause No. 3862, Milam County District Court, filed on Feb. 24, 1902 - Petition alleges couple were married on May 24, 1891 and lived together as man and wife until Feb. 10, 1901 when plaintiff left defendant on that date. Plaintiff was in poor health and physically unable to perform all the household duties and had no assistance and defendant came home and found her sick in bed and then and there cursed and abused her and told her she was not sick, was a damned hypocrite and too lazy to do anything. On that date, defendant was cruel and unkind to plaintiff and addressed her in opprobrious epithets and threats of personal violence. The plaintiff has one child by defendant, a girl, and plaintiff asks for custody of the child.