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Source: Barre Gazette - Massachusetts
Date: July 17, 1857
CRIMINAL CALENDAR.
     At the recent term of court in Carroll County, Ohio, Rev. Joseph Barclay, was found guilty of the seduction and breach of promise of marriage to Elizabeth Sharp, and muleted in damages to the value of $5000.
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)( Genealogy Bank)
Source:  Gazette - Telegraph
Dated: Dec. 3, 1898
Died on the Train Young Lady from Ohio Died Last Evening on a Midland Train near Divide.
    
The body of Miss Rose Freeman, a young lady about 21 years of age, was brought to the city last night on the Midland train arriving shortly after 10 o'clock and was taken to Fairley's undertaking establishment.  The young lady had died on the train while near Divide.  She was returning home at Malvern, Ohio
     Mrs. Freedman had spent several weeks at Grand Junction in the hope of an improvement in health but had received little benefit and was returning to her home.  She was accompanied by her brother _. P. Freeman.  They had some friends in this city.  The body has been embalmed and will be taken east this afternoon on the Rock Island.
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)( Genealogy Bank)
Source: Montgomery Advertiser - Alabama
Date: June 17, 1916
Runaway Girl is Being Sought by Anxious Father Fourteen Year Old Girl Elopes with Husband of Her Sister
     Local police authorities have received a poster from L. G. Stewart of Carrollton, Ohio, offering a reward of $100 for the arrest and return of Martha Leona Stewart, his daughter, who eloped from Carrollton, June 3, with Charles C. Wheatley, and was last seen the same day in Canton, Ohio.  The authorities also are requested to notify Sheriff George Gailbraith of Carrollton of any information in regard to the girl, who is but 14 years of age.
     There is a story of heart interest behind this matter-of-fact statement to the police.
     A communication from Carrollton to The Advertiser states that the man Wheatley married Nellie Stewart, April 10, 1916, and eloped the following June with her 14 year old sister.
     The letter states that the family naturally is prostrated and has not the funds to properly prosecute the case.  The parents are most anxious to discover the whereabouts of the daughter.
     The circular containing the reward contains a likeness of the young girl and also one of Wheatley toether with a good description of both.
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)
 
 
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