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 1810 - Yes, date unknown
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| Name |
Clarissa Jones [1] |
| Birth |
1809-1810 |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
Yes, date unknown |
| Person ID |
I26095 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
28 Mar 2005 |
| Father |
Henry W Jones, b. 1782, Culpepper Co., VA  d. Aug 1849, Peoria Co., IL (Age 67 years) |
| Mother |
Sarah Zian, b. 1784-1785, Near The Juniata River In Pennsylvania d. Aft 1864, Peoria, Co., IL (Age 80 years) |
| Family ID |
F21726 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Aquilla Wren, b. 1803, Fauquier Co., VA d. 1844 (Age 41 years) |
| Marriage |
Jan 1826 |
Jackson Co., Ohio |
| Family ID |
F7179 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
22 Feb 2009 |
| Family 2 |
Amaziah Hart, b. Abt 1805, Kentucky d. Oct 1847, Illinois (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage |
29 Oct 1846 |
Peoria Co., Ill |
| Family ID |
F3182 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
22 Feb 2009 |
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| Notes |
Abraham Lincoln came to Peoria in 1844 to get involved in her sensational divorce case. Her first husband Aquilla Wren, former county commissioner, merchant and real estate owner was granted a decree after a finding by a jury that his wife Clarissa (Jones) Wren had been guilty of misconduct. Lincoln seems to have come into the case late in the term of court when he assisted Elihu H. Powell and William F. Bryan in their efforts to obtain a new trial.
Aquila Wren died during their divorce proceedings on Aug 15, 1844. She married Amiziah Hart in October 1946 and gave up her interest in the lawsuits against the Wren family. After Amiziah died in October 1947, within 8 months, she married again to Sanford White.
Had a brother in law named Seth Griffin.
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| For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site |
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| Sources |
- [S856] Daniel W. Stowell, In Tender Consideration, (http://www.press.uillinois.edu/epub/books/stowell/ch8.html University of Illinois Press).
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