Hendricks County residents who graduated from Indiana University (1919)

source: A commencement program for Indiana University, Bloomington for June 11, 1919:

BROWNSBURG:
Lawrence E. Henderson - Bachelor of Science in Medicine

CLAYTON:
Elizabeth Candy - Graduate Nurse
Beth Reid - Graduate Nurse

DANVILLE:
Joel Bert Thomas - Master of Arts in Education

Adoption of Mark Aaron CHESTNUT (1970)

source: The Republican (Danville, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, January 22, 1970 - page 7, column 3:

According to a legal notice, in January 1970 there was a petition filed by Larry William Thomas in the Hendricks County Superior Court (case # A 70-2) to adopt Mark Aaron Chestnut, a minor. His biological father, Van Robert Chestnut, was listed as not a resident of Indiana. The case was scheduled to be heard in court on March 12, 1970.

Name change of Christina Maria PELL (1979)

As mentioned in Hendricks County Circuit Court Order Book 125 (August 1979 - October 1980), in November 1979, Christina Maria Pell petitioned the court (case # C 8 79-356) to change her name to Christina Marie Thomas. The petition was granted.

Name change of John Henry ASMANN (1940)

According to a Hendricks County Probate Court docket sheet, in October 1940 a petition was filed (case #6592) by John Henry Asmann to change his name to John Henry Thomas. The petition was granted.

Adoption of James Henry LEISMAN (1938)

According to a Hendricks County Probate Court docket sheet, in January 1938 Sylvester and Dorott Coffman filed a petition (case #6368) to adopt James Henry Leisman, a minor child. His mother, Dorothea Coffman, gave her consent; the residence of his father, Leslie J. Thomas, was unknown. The petition was granted, and his name was changed to James Henry Coffman.

Adoption of Judith Anne BECK (1937)

According to a Hendricks County Probate Court docket sheet, in September 1937 Morris C. and Anna Thomas filed a petition (case #6345) to adopt Judith Anne Beck, a minor child. Her parents, Everett and Eleanor Beck, both gave their consent. The petition was granted.

Josephine THOMAS granted divorce because of husband's robbery (1940)

As mentioned in Hendricks County Circuit Court Civil Order Book Volume 89 (9 June 1939 - 13 June 1940), in April 1940 Josephine E. Thomas was granted a divorce from Francis Leroy Thomas (case #15945). The court agreed with her complaint, which stated that Francis had been convicted of robbery and sentenced to Indiana State Prison and while out on parole, he had committed other acts of robbery and been returned to prison to serve out the remainder of his sentence. Josephine was given custody of their 5 children (Betty Thomas, born 18 March 1925; Robert Thomas, born 6 November 1926; Jo Ann Thomas, born 28 May 1928, Lola May Thomas, born 8 May 1931 and Carl D. Thomas, born 26 February 1938) and Francis was ordered to pay $5 a week in child support beginning 30 days after he was released from prison.

Anna KLIN judged to be feeble-minded (1923)

As mentioned in Hendricks County Circuit Court Civil Order Book Volume 72 (September 1922 - September 1923), in August 1923 Gayeton H. Sates filed a petition to have Anna Sophine Klin declared to be feeble-minded (which the law defined as idiotic, imbecile or moron). She was 13 years of age and her mother was dead and her father had abandoned her, and Sates could not properly care for her. Ernest Cooper and C.B. Thomas, both physicians, testified that they had examined her and recommended she be committed to the Indiana School for Feeble-Minded Youth in Fort Wayne. Judge Zimri E. Dougan granted the petition.

Adoption of Phyllis Lutitia HADLEY (1910)

From Hendricks County court records:

In February 1910, Clarkson B. and Alice E.H. Thomas filed a petition in Hendricks County Circuit Court to adopt Phyllis Lutitia Hadley, who was born 4 May 1906. Phyllis' mother was dead; her father, Earl Hadley, lived in Paonia, Colorado and gave his consent in writing.

The petition was granted.

Ethel THOMAS of Avon Files For Divorce (1935)

source: The Republican (Danville, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, March 14, 1935 - page 8, column 6:

TWO LOCAL SUITS ARE FILED IN LOCAL COURT
Two divorce suits were filed in the local clerk's office, Saturday. Both were by the wife and cruel and inhuman treatment are given as the grounds for divorce.

Claiming that her husband, Ben H. Thomas, threatened her with weapons and choked her, Mrs. Ethel Thomas asks for an absolute divorce from her mate of twenty-five years. The complaint states that they were married in 1910 and lived together until March 2. The Thomases lived on a farm near Avon.

NEWSPAPER TIDBIT: Guilford Township Teacher Sues For Salary (1900)

from the Jamestown Press (Jamestown, Indiana) – issue of Friday, June 8, 1900 – page 4, column 4:

The Teacher Won
The case of Alice E. Roberts vs. Oscar Hadley, trustee of Guilford township, Hendricks county, tried in the Hendricks circuit court last week, resulted in the finding for the plaintiff of $150.75, the amount of the salary for the term of teaching contracted for, although she was discharged by the trustee before her term was finished. The law does not allow the employment of married women as teachers, but this lady, then Miss Thomas, entered into a secret marriage with Mr. Roberts, a student then attending the Danville college, shortly after she engaged to Trustee Hadley as teacher, but the contract for her engagement as teacher had not been signed until after she was married. Hadley has asked for a new trial.