Ida Issadore Boughner, Divorced Again and Possible New Marriage

I continue with the life of my Great-Great Grandmother Ida Issadore (Boughner)(Debolt) Ladd. The years from 1925 when John and Ida Ladd vacationed in Put-In Bay, Ohio and the day she died 7 July 1944 are not completely clear or completely documented at this point. I am continuing to unravel this section of her life. What I do know is that John T.R. Ladd and Ida I. Ladd divorced again sometime between 1925-1930, this time for good. I believe I can narrow down the time frame of their divorce to 1925-1927 because of some new found evidence that Ida was married to another man, Ephriam Turner Beatty, on 5 May 1927 in Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma. I located a reference to a marriage for Ephriam Turner Beatty to an Ida I. Ladd on 5 May 1927 in Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma online at the database: http://www1.odcr.com/search.php, which is a database of court records for Oklahoma. I have requested a copy of the actual record from the Creek County Court Clerk and hopefully when I receive the record, it will confirm or deny my suspicions. I contacted an Ephriam Turner Beatty researcher that I found on Ancestry.com and asked him if he knew of this marriage and he said that he didn't but was interested in finding out if the marriage is between his Ephriam Turner Beatty and my Ida I. Ladd. This Beatty researcher tells me that Ephriam was a carpenter and blacksmith and that he owned a wood shop in Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma. If this marriage is proven, this will make a total of 4 marriages for Ida, 2 of them to John T.R. Ladd. Also, if this marriage is proven, I will also have to locate a divorce for Ephriam and Ida because by the 1930 census Ida is living back in Mahoning County, Ohio and listed as widowed. Since Ephriam died in 1938, they almost had to divorce. I will report my findings on this marriage and divorce as I have proof.

Ida Issadore (Boughner)(Debolt) Ladd is listed in the 1930 Peidmont Drive, Youngstown City, Mahoning County, Ohio U.S. Federal Population Schedule Census that was enumerated on 11 April 1930. She is in the household of her daughter and son-in-law, Bertram and Cecil O'Neale. Ida is listed as being age 68, a widow, that she married for the first time at age 18, can read and write, speaks English and was born in Ohio.

It is uncertain at this point why Ida moved back to Ohio from Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma. From the 1930 census until her death in 1944, I have no records for her. That period of time is something I need to concentrate on to fill in the blanks.

The photo I am including with this post is of Ida Issadore (Boughner)(Debolt) Ladd. I do not know when this photo was taken, however, by looking at the photo of Ida I would say it was taken late in her life. I would guess that she was in her 60's or 70's in this photo.

My next post will continue with Ida's death and burial.

Ida Issadore Boughner Happier Times, Seemingly

The journey and marriage of Ida Issadore Boughner to John T.R. Ladd continued after their remarriage in 1921. I was given 2 original post cards from a distant cousin named Mary-Jo Arn, a great-granddaughter of Ida. Mary-Jo and I connected over the internet and have shared information. When Mary-Jo's mother died she found a large collections of family memorabilia in her attic and has been going through it over the past few years. Mary-Jo has sent me selected items and photo's that pertain to Ida and her children of which I am very grateful.

Two of the items that she has sent me are 2 post cards. Both of them are from the Put-In Bay area of Ottawa County, Ohio. They were from John and Ida Ladd to Ida's daughter and son-in-law Joe and Mollie Arn, the grandparents of Mary-Jo Arn who gave me these post cards.

The first post card is of "Jolly Quartette at Put-In Bay, O" and depicts 4 bathing beauties. On the others side of the post card there is message from John T.R. Ladd that says "Put-In Bay, I am on wings of love, J.T.R. Ladd". The post card is addressed to Joe Arn, North Jackson, Ohio. The post mark on the card is 15 August 1925.

The second post card is a picture post card and was never written on or mailed. The photo is of John T.R. Ladd and Ida I. Ladd and they look like they are sitting in a boat. I believe that this is actually a prop at a photographers studio or a photographers booth at Put-In Bay. It even says on the boat prop "Put-In Bay". Looking at the faces of John and Ida, they don't look very happy and John certainly doesn't look like he is on "the wings of love" as he mentioned in the other post card.

John and Ida were still living in Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma during this time and I suspect that they decided to vacation at Put-In Bay, Ottawa County, Ohio in 1925. After this trip things must have gone sour because by 1930 Ida would be a divorced woman again. The story continues in my next post.

Ida Issadore Boughner Remarries John Talbert Renow Ladd

Continuing to document the life of my Great-Great Grandmother Ida Issadore Boughner we find that after her divorce from her second husband John Talbert Renow Ladd on 4 June 1920 the couple remarries on 24 January 1921. Thinking about the timing of this divorce and remarriage I find that the final divorce decree was filed on 4 June 1920 and the divorce was not to be truly finalized according to the divorce papers until 4 December 1920, 6 months after the final decree. This means that John and Ida remarried 2 months after their divorce was finalized. I have always been perplexed by this action on the part of my Great-Great-Grandmother. If the accusations that she made against John T.R.Ladd in the divorce were true, why would she remarry him? I hope to find the answer to that question as my research continues.

John and Ida remarry on 24 January 1921 at Ida's residence in Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma. They were married by H.W. Woods, Pastor of Christian Church of Sapulpa. The two witnesses listed on the marriage record are Mrs. H.W. Woods, wife of the minister and Miss Ina Ladd. Miss Inda Ladd is the daughter of John T.R. Ladd from a previous marriage. According to the marriage record John T.R. Ladd is age 63 and Ida I. Debolt is age 68. When Ida received the divorce in 1920 she asked to be restored to her previous name of Ida I. Debolt. So, on this marriage record she is listed as Ida I. Debolt.

I am including the marriage record from 24 January 1921 with this post. The life of John T.R. Ladd and Ida I. Ladd continues in Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma, at least for a time. I will continue the journey in my next post.

Ida Issadore Boughner Files For Divorce

I continue with the life of my Great-Great Grandmother Ida Issadore Boughner. At this point in her life she has moved out West to Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma to start a new life for herself. She has met and married John Talbert Renow Ladd on the 1st of May 1915 in Creek County, Oklahoma. In the 1920 Sapulpa Township, Creek County, Oklahoma U.S. Federal Population Schedule Census John and Ida Ladd are living at 18 East Dewey Street. They are both listed with the occupation of manager of a second hand retail furniture store. I have wondered if they actually owned this second hand furniture store or if they managed it for someone else. Something I need to dig into more.

Also in 1920, Ida files for a divorce from John T.R. Ladd on May 3, 1920, only 5 years after they were married. According to the Divorce Petition #8339 filed in Creek County Distirct Court, Ida's reason for divorce is due to "extreme cruelty toward the said Plaintiff. That said Defendant has been quarrelsom, morose and abusive towards the Plaintiff and continually finding fault with the Plaintiff as though she were a hired servant, and the conduct of the said Defendant has become unbearable to the Plaintiff and the Plaintiff cannot continue to live with the said Defendant as her husband". The divorce was finalized on June 4, 1920.

I find it terrible that Ida moved all the way out to Oklahoma to start a new life after the early death of her first husband and marries someone that she finds that she can't even live with. I never met or knew Ida personally as she died long before I was born, so I do not know what kind of character she had or if she was an honest person. I would hope that she was a fine and upstanding person but one never knows their own relatives, especially those that they never met. So, with that said, I also wonder if this was just Ida's story and if she could have exaggerated at all. Possibly John was not the best husband but was he so bad that they needed to divorce? Well, as you will see in my next post Ida must have reconsidered because she remarried John almost exactly to the day a year later of when the divorce was finalized.

The photo I am including with this post is of John Talbert Renow Ladd. It is a little grainy but it is only 1 of 3 photo's I have of him. I do not know when this photo was taken or where it was taken.

Ida Issadore Boughner Goes West!

I continue to chronicle the life of my Great-Great-Grandmother Ida Issadore Boughner. After the death of her first husband, John T. Debolt, the family story is that she was invited by her daughter to come out to Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma. So, Ida went out for a visit sometime between the years 1907-1915. While there she met and married John Talbert Renow Ladd, also known as John T.R. Ladd. They married on 1 May 1915 according to their marriage record. Also according to the marriage record, Ida gave her residence as Clarksburg, West Virginia. Evidently, she had not completely made the move out to Oklahoma by this time but she soon would. The relationship of Ida and John T.R. Ladd seems to have been a roller coaster ride. Within 6 years they would marry each other two different times and also divorce each other two different times.

I can only imagine how lost Ida must have felt after losing her first husband of 27 years and the father of her children. I have often wondered if John T.R. Ladd was the first man to show Ida attention and she gravitated toward it. Needless to say their relationship was very rocky and according to the first set of divorce papers, Ida accused John T.R. Ladd of being abusive. Not sure why she married him again if the charge of abuse was true but she remarry him within a year of divorcing him. I have yet to obtain a copy of the second divorce but it occured sometime between 1921-1930.

I am including a copy of Ida and John T.R. Ladd's first marriage record.

My next post will continue the saga of the Ida and John T.R. Ladd's lives together.

Ida Issadore Boughner Loses Her Husband

Continuing with the life of Ida Issadore Boughner, my great-great-grandmother on my paternal side. I need to mention here that the posts I am making consists of the research that I have completed to date. I have many holes of missing information that I need to fill in with more research but I wanted to lay down her life as I know it.

John T. and Ida Issadore Debolt continued to live in the Wetzel County, West Virginia area up to the year 1907. The year 1907 was a tragic year for the Debolt family. John T. Debolt died on 21 August 1907 in Clarington, Monroe County, Ohio. It is uncertain at this time when the Debolt family had moved to the Monroe County area, if they did move there. I have considered the possibility that they could have been visiting family when John died. More research into that aspect needs to be done.

There is no surviving death certificate for John T. Debolt and I have not found a death announcement in the newspapers. The family story is that he cut his foot during a major flood that took place in August 1907 and that he died from blood poisoning. I continue to try to find information to confirm this story. I will detail John's life in a future post thread. I can only imagine how this death effected the family. The Debolt's had 7 children and at the time of John's death, Ida would have been left with 3 of those children that would have been minors ranging in age of 8-15 years old. Their only son, Stephen Thaddeus Debolt was 15 at the time of his father's death and knowing the wrong turns that Stephen took in his life and his own tragic and mysterious death, I wonder if his father's death and absence in this life made a profound impact that caused his life to be so tragic.

I am posting a photo of John T. Debolt. This is the only known image of John that has been documented to date. I believe that this image was created around 1900-1905 date range.

In my next post I will start to document Ida's new life in Creek County, Oklahoma!

Ida Issadore Boughner Marries John T. Debolt

I continue with the life of my great-great grandmother Ida Issadore Boughner. In my previous post I stopped at the marriage of Ida to my great-great-grandfather John T. Debolt on 31 December 1880 in Monroe County, Ohio. I am not certain where the couple married but most likely at Ida's parents home or the local church. I hope to find out that piece of information as my research continues.

The next record I find my Great-Great-Grandparents in is the 1900 Magnolia District, Precinct #2, Wetzel County, West Virginia U.S. Federal Population Schedule Census. Between the time of their marriage on the last day of the year 1880 and the 1900 census that was enumerated on 4 June 1900, Ida had given birth to 7 children and all 7 children were still living according to the census data. In this 1900 census Ida has given her month and year of birth as August 1862 which adds to the circumstantial evidence that she was most likely born 5 August 1862.

On 3 April 1903, Ida buys land from John and Mary Stender in Wetzel County, West Virginia. I have a copy of the deed and I find it interesting that the purchase was completed by Ida alone and not in anyway connected with her husband John T. Debolt. I have always felt that Ida was a strong willed woman and could handle just about anything on her own but I am sure there is a reason behind the fact that Ida is buying property by her name alone. I do know that her husband John was involved in politics at the time and was a County Court Commissioner in 1903. Possibly he did not want any sense of impropriety with the purchase of this property, something to try to find more information about. She buys a town lot #43 in the city of New Martinsville. The lot is situated on the South end of Locust Street. It should be noted here that the Stender family in Wetzel County, West Virginia have been acquainted with the Debolt family for years and even took in one of the Benjamin Debolt children to raise back in the 1850's after the death of his wife. That is a story for another post!

Ida's life continues from this point and in my next post I will explain the tragic death of her husband in 1907.

Ida Issadore Boughner, My Great-Great Grandmother

Okay, I couldn't decide which ancestor to start with so I just decided to start with the one that I am working on at the present time. So, here we go:

Ida Issadore Boughner was born 5 August 1862 in the community of Clarington in Salem Township, Monroe County, Ohio. She was the daughter of Stephen Thaddeus Boughner and Mary Amelia Ward. There are no surviving birth certificates for Monroe County, Ohio for 1862, so I have not been able to obtain original proof of her birth. However, all other documents that I have found gives the same date of birth.

The first record that I find Ida listed is the 1870 Cameron Post Office, Clarington-Salem Township, Monroe County, Ohio U.S. Federal Population Schedule Census dated 16 July 1870. She is listed as age 7 years old, born in Ohio and attending school. She is in the household of her parents and one other sibling.

The second record that I find Ida listed is the 1880 Cameron Township, Marshall County, West Virginia U.S. Federal Population Schedule Census dated 5 June 1880. Ida is listed as age 18 and in the household of Thomas and Elizabeth Johnston as a cook/servant. There is also a Noah Cox listed in this household, age 23 and a farm hand. It is uncertain if Ida or Noah have any family relation to the Johnston family, this aspect is something I am pursuing. Marshall County, West Virginia is just across the border from Monroe County, Ohio and the two counites are neighbors although in different states. I would like to find out the story or explanation as to why Ida was with the Johnston family as a cook. Most likely it was just a job that she took but I am always interested in any stories associated with such moves.

On 31 December 1880 Ida Issadore Boughner married for the first time to John T. Debolt. The couple were married in Monroe County, Ohio by Michael Boughner, Justice of the Peace. Michael Boughner was also Ida's uncle, the brother of her father. I would love to locate a wedding photo, wedding announcement in the newspaper or something similiar. I have a copy of their marriage record from Monroe County but it doesn't tell much. The marriage license was applied for on 14 December 1880 and the actual marriage was performed on 31 December 1880.

I am going to stop here and continue tomorrow with the life of Ida Issadore (Boughner) Debolt, my great-great grandmother on my paternal side. I am including a photo of Ida that I have, it is not the original but a copy. I do not know the date of the photo or if there was an occasion associated with this photo. This is my favorite photo of her amoung the few that I have of her.

Until tomorrow....

In The Beginning......

Well, I have finally done it! I have started my own genealogy blog and I will admit it's a little scary. I do have a vision of what I would like this blog to be and I hope that I can bring that vision into reality. I have over 20 years worth of genealogy research in my filing cabinets and office closet and I personllay research over 20 different surnames. On top of all that I have over 5 years experience as a Professional Genealogist and with that comes many lessons, experiences and research tips that I would like to share on this blog. I guess the best way to start is to just dive in and start. I hope the readers of this blog will find what I share interesting and maybe even helpful to them with their own genealogy research journey.