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     Esther M. Tyler was born on 1 April 1899 in Rosedale, Queens Co., New York.^2,3 She married Donald Francis Bergh, son of Louis De Coppet Berg and Grace Bunker, on 25 October 1918 in Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York.¹ They divorced in October 1920 in Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada.⁴ She died in August 1984 at age 85.⁵
     After their marriage she and her husband Donald spent some time in Puerto Rico. While there several items were stolen from their lodging, mostly clothing.⁶ They returned home in May 1919, sailing on the SS Coamo from San Juan on 14 May, and arriving in New York City on 19 May.³

     Mary Fletcher Rivers was born on 17 March 1905 in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tennessee.^2,3 She married first Ivie M. Farrar on 4 October 1922 in Bedford Co., Tennessee.⁴ She married second Donald Francis Bergh, son of Louis De Coppet Berg and Grace Bunker, on 15 May 1928 in Cleveland, Bradley Co., Tennessee.^1,5 They probably divorced in June 1932 in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tennessee. (From newspaper articles dated 15 and 16 June, Mary filed for divorce and Donald responded, but nothing further has been found to confirm that they actually divorced.)^6,7 She married third Alvah Combs on 11 August 1945 in Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.^8,9 She died on 10 November 1970 in Fulton Co., Georgia, at age 65.^10,9 She was buried at Chattanooga Memorial Park in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tennessee.⁹
     She graduated from Chattanooga High School in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tennessee,¹ and worked as a legal stenographer/secretary.^11,9
     After their marriage she and her second husband Donald left Tennessee for his home in New York, stopping for ten days in Washington, D.C., with plans to sail for Europe in mid-June for a several-month stay.¹ They are listed in Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York, in the 1930 census, living as roomers in the household of Nora Hall.¹¹

     Eliza White Vick was born on 10 December 1801 in North Carolina.³ She married Henry A. Morse, son of Anthony Morse and Huldah Taylor, on 10 March 1822 in Warren Co., Mississippi.^1,4 She died on 31 March 1890 at the home of her daughter Mrs. E. V. Glover in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, at age 88 from "old age."^5,6 She was buried on 1 April 1890 at Firemens Cemetery (now Cypress Grove Cemetery) (Vault 1484) in New Orleans, according to her burial record; however, there's a Find A Grave memorial for her, with a photo of the marker, at Masonic Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans.^7,8,9
     She and her husband Henry may have moved to New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, for a short time after their marriage. They were listed as being from there when they sold land in Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi, to John W. Hyde, et. al., on 10 May 1824 for $800.¹⁰ Later that year, however, they were living in Vicksburg when on 17 September 1824 Henry, "in behalf of his wife Eliza," bought land there from her father's estate for $160.^11,12
     They moved to Texas, then a Mexican province, perhaps as early as the fall of 1828, when on 2 October Henry put their brick house in Vicksburg up for sale or rent.¹³ On 30 January 1829 she and Henry sold a house and land in Vicksburg for $10 and "diverse other causes and considerations."¹⁴ On 23 May 1829 Henry gave power of attorney to William Vick for his affairs during his absence from the county, but the record doesn't indicate where he was going.¹⁵ On 18 January 1830 she and Henry sold the land in Warren Co. that Henry had acquired from the federal government in 1826, for $850.¹⁶ They sold several other parcels of land in Vicksburg in 1830 and 1831, and they are named as being of Warren Co., Mississippi, in those deeds¹⁷, but they do not appear in the Warren Co. tax rolls for 1830-1835.¹⁸ Further, news articles on 30 December 1831 and 26 December 1832, in which they're listed as defendants in law suits against various parties, say that they were then living out of state.^19,20
     In 1830 they joined the colony established by Stephen F. Austin in southeast Texas. On 22 March 1830 Thomas F. McCaleb wrote to Austin in New Orleans "introducing Henry Morse, of Mississippi."²¹ They arrived in the colony in April, along with their three children and three "other dependents." Henry's occupation was listed as farmer, and he took the required oath of allegiance to the religion and laws of Mexico on 17 May.²²
     They apparently left Texas within a few years. Eliza was listed as being of New Orleans when on 31 March 1834 she renounced her dower rights to land in Vicksburg that her husband Henry sold to John W. Vick on 19 September 1827.²³ And their daughter Emily was born in New Orleans on 9 May 1834.²⁴
     They were back in Warren Co., Mississippi, by August 1835, when their 12-year-old son Henry Jr. died there "at his residence, Old River" on 17 August.²⁵
     On 17 November 1837 she and Henry put their 900-acre plantation on Old River north of Vicksburg up for sale.²⁶ There were apparently no buyers, and on 17 April 1839 they took out a $31,100 mortgage on the property in Warren Co. with the Mississippi Union Bank.²⁷ On 19 September 1839 they sold their mortgaged land on the Old Yazoo River, and seven slaves, to William Vick for $2960, plus $14,264 to be paid by Vick covering various notes and certain court judgments against him.²⁸ Henry also sold to William their household furniture, three cows, three calves, two horses, and two drays, for $600 and "further consideration of certain large sums of money assumed [by him] ... on my account."²⁹
     The bank released them from their mortgage on 4 December 1839³⁰, and on 12 June 1840 William Vick sold back to Eliza the furniture and livestock, and six of the seven slaves, that he had bought from them the previous September.³¹
     By 1849 she and Henry had moved to New Orleans, and she is listed there in the 1850 census, when Henry was in California, with her children Emily, Alexander, and Lucinda.³² She has not been found in the 1860 census, after her husband's death. Historian James Perrin (Eliza's 3rd great-grandson) speculates that during the Civil War, after New Orleans fell to Union forces in 1862, she may have moved to her daughter Eliza (Morse) Parham's home near Amite in St. Helena Parish (now Tangipahoa Parish), Louisiana, which was still held by Confederate forces. She and her son Henderson were there in May 1865 when her son Alexander returned home after the war.³³
     She's listed in the New Orleans city directory in 1866 at 581 Annunciation St., and in 1867 living with her son Alexander at 63 Josephine St.³⁴ Alexander died in 1867, and she moved to Amite, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, by 1870, when she was enumerated there in the census with the occupation "keeps boarders." Living with her was her widowed daughter Lucinda Hollis and Lucinda's children Eliza and Fanny Hollis.³⁵ On 6 June 1878, when she applied for a pension based on her husband Henry's service in the War of 1812, she was back in New Orleans, at the corner of Camp and 2nd St. She returned to Amite by July 1879⁴, but has not been found in the 1880 census. (She is not listed there with her daughter Eliza's family in 1880.) She's listed in the 1886 New Orleans city directory living with her son Henderson at 5 Livandais St.³⁶ He died that same year, and she is not listed in the 1888 or 1889 directory. In 1890 she was living with her daughter Emily at 221 Carondelet in New Orleans.³⁷
     Henry and Eliza were slaveholders in both Mississippi and New Orleans. In the Warren Co., Mississippi, tax rolls, Henry was taxed for two slaves in 1825³⁸ and 1829³⁹, eleven in 1836⁴⁰, four in 1838⁴¹ and 1839⁴², and five in 1845.⁴³ Eliza was taxed for four slaves in 1842⁴⁴ and 1843⁴⁵, six in 1844⁴⁶, and five in 1848.⁴⁷ In the 1840 census their household included seven slaves - one male under 10, two males 24-35, two females under 10, and two females 24-35.⁴⁸ In 1850, when Henry was in California, Eliza is listed in the slave schedule in New Orleans with seven slaves - five males (ages 50, 28, 30, 7, and 4), and two females (58 and 8).⁴⁹
     On 6 June 1878 she filed for a widow's pension based on her husband's service in the War of 1812. But she didn't know his rank, unit, or dates of service, and stated that any papers he had confirming his service had been lost, and her application was finally rejected on 30 August 1879. In a letter dated 22 August 1879 to N. W. Fitzgerald, a lawyer in Washington, D.C., who was handling her claim, she wrote "I have given you during the last year all the information you required of me as far as I could considering the length of time elapsed. ... I am grieved that the Government of the United States is not more disposed to do justice to the poor soldier who suffered in prison for about two years. ... Now Mr. Fitzgerald, is this justice in the eyes of God, or Man? ... I cannot furnish you any more evidence; let it drop; and think only of what it might have been."⁴

     Annie Elizabeth Frith was born on 12 November 1846 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.² She married Henderson Anthony Morse, son of Henry A. Morse and Eliza White Vick, on 13 August 1868 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.^2,1 She died on 13 July 1870 in Winnsboro, Franklin Parish, Louisiana, at age 23.^3,2 She was initially buried in Winnsboro, then reinterred on 28 December 1870 at Cypress Grove Cemetery (Vault 1484) in New Orleans.⁴

     Mary Josephine Stubinger was born on 10 December 1844 in New Iberia, St. Martin Parish (now Iberia Parish), Louisiana.^6,1 She married Henderson Anthony Morse, son of Henry A. Morse and Eliza White Vick, on 3 March 1872 in New Iberia.² She died on 14 June 1899 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, at age 54 from chronic myelitis.¹ She was buried at Masonic Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans.⁷
     She and her husband Henderson are listed in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, in the 1880 census, along with their children Alice, Henry, Eliza, and George.⁸

     Eliza Huldah Morse was born in 1827 in Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi.^4,5 She married first John Greenway Parham, son of James Parham and Elizabeth Greenway, on 27 November 1844 at her father's home in Warren Co.^6,3,7 She married second Martin Haney, son of John Haney and Julia Foley, on 28 March 1865 in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana.^8,1,9 She died on 5 April 1889 in Amite City, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, after a long illness.^10,11
     On 21 October 1830, for natural love and affection, her uncles John A. Vick and William Vick gave slaves Henry, about 26, and Anne, about 22, to her and her brothers Henderson and Henry. At the time Henry was 7, Henderson was 3, and Eliza was about 3.¹²
     In 1849 she and her first husband John moved to New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.¹¹ They are listed there in the 1850 census, with their son Henry, and with John's sons William and Eugene from his first marriage.¹³ They moved to Amite City, St. Helena Parish (now Tangipahoa Parish), Louisiana, in 1860¹¹, and are listed in the census that year in St. Helena Parish, along with their children Henry, Rosa, Junius, and Lucinda. John's son William was also still with them.¹⁴
     She and her second husband Martin are listed in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, in the 1870 and 1880 censuses. Martin's name is listed correctly in 1870, and while it's reasonably certain that this is his household, most of the information for the others is either wrong or incomplete, and may have been given by a neighbor who didn't know the family well.¹⁵ In 1880 Eliza's daughter Lucinda (age 20) was listed with them, as was William Parham (46), son of Eliza's first husband John from his previous marriage. Also listed with them were two boarders.¹⁶

     John Greenway Parham was born on 5 November 1800 in Hicksford (now Emporia), Greensville Co., Virginia.⁵ He married first Rebecca Frances Maria Merritt on 21 July 1825 in Greensville Co.^2,6 He married second Eliza Huldah Morse, daughter of Henry A. Morse and Eliza White Vick, on 27 November 1844 at the bride's father's home in Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi.^1,7,2 He died on 25 July 1862 at his home near Amite City, St. Helena Parish (now Tangipahoa Parish), Louisiana, at age 61.⁴ He was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi.⁸
     He graduated with an M.D. degree on 5 April 1825 from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania. His dissertation topic was "Autumnal Fever of Greensville."⁹
     He and his first wife Rebecca moved to Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi, sometime before 1830, when he was first listed there in the county tax rolls.¹⁰ He is listed there in the 1830 and 1840 censuses, and his wife Rebecca is presumably the female listed with him age 20-29 in 1830 and 30-39 in 1840.^11,12 He had an extensive medical practice in Vicksburg, dealt heavily in real estate, and was active politically.⁴ In 1837 he ran for the position of state senator from Warren Co., but lost by a vote of 652-527.¹³
     In 1849 he and his second wife Eliza moved to New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.⁴ They are listed there in the 1850 census, with their son Henry, and with John's sons William and Eugene from his first marriage.¹⁴ They moved to Amite City, St. Helena Parish (now Tangipahoa Parish), Louisiana, in 1860⁴, and are listed in the census that year in St. Helena Parish, along with their children Henry, Rosa, Junius, and Lucinda. John's son William was also still with them.¹⁵
     At one point he was being considered as a nominee for mayor of New Orleans, but he declined.⁴
     He was a slaveholder, with 41 listed in the 1830 census (24 males and 17 females, 13 of whom were children under age 10), and 36 in the 1840 census (21 males and 15 females, with 8 under age 10).^11,12 When he moved to New Orleans in 1849, he hired out some of his slaves to work on the levee.⁴ He's listed with eight slaves in 1850¹⁶ and fifteen in 1860.¹⁷

     Martin Haney was born in July 1842 in Co. Tipperary, Ireland.^3,4 He married Eliza Huldah Morse, daughter of Henry A. Morse and Eliza White Vick, on 28 March 1865 in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana.^1,5,6 He died on 1 August 1906 at the home of Charles C. Heyl in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, at age 64 from "cerebral congestion." He had been suffering from stomach problems for about nine weeks, and traveled to New Orleans for treatment shortly before his death.^7,8 He was buried on 4 August 1906 in the Charles C. Heyl family tomb at St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery in New Orleans.³
     He came to the United States with his parents, and brothers Michael and John, in 1850, arriving at Passamaquoddy (aka Eastport), Washington Co., Maine, on 30 September.^9,10 The family settled in Niagara Falls, Niagara Co., New York, where he worked as a grocery store clerk for five years, and in a curiosity shop for one year.²
     He moved to Louisiana in 1859, settling first in St. James Parish.² He soon afterward moved to St. Helena Parish, where he was enumerated in the 1860 census working as a slave overseer for George Moore.^11,12
     He served briefly with the Confederacy during the Civil War, enlisting in New Orleans on 1 December 1861 as a private in Co. C of the Orleans Light Horse Cavalry. He was honorably discharged on 20 May 1862 without seeing any significant action.^13,14,2
     At some point after the war he moved to Amite City, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana,⁸ and he his wife Eliza are listed in Tangipahoa Parish in the 1870 and 1880 censuses. Martin's name is listed correctly in 1870, and while it's reasonably certain that this is his household, most of the information for the others is either wrong or incomplete, and may have been given by a neighbor who didn't know the family well.¹⁵ In 1880 Eliza's daughter Lucinda (age 20) was listed with them, as was William Parham (46), son of Eliza's first husband John from his previous marriage. Also listed with them were two boarders.¹⁶ In 1900, after Eliza's death, William Parham was still with him in Tangipahoa Parish, listed as a boarder, along with a housekeeper, Julia Wheat.⁴
     He served as a member of the Police Jury (the local governing body) in Tangipahoa Parish from 1873 to 1885, including as its president for a time. He was re-appointed in 1886, but chose not to continue. He was also chairman of Courthouse Commission^2,3, and from 1888 to 1892 was his parish's representative in the state legislature.¹⁷
     He accumulated a "fair-sized fortune" as a planter and in the sawmill business.⁸ He was "charitably inclined, but extremely secretive" about it.³ When parts of Amite City were destroyed in a fire, he gave interest-free loans to those affected.⁸
     In his will, dated 18 July 1905 and filed on 8 August 1906, he left $500 each to his executor and to his estate attorney, and directed that his funeral expenses were not to exceed $250. The remainder of his estate was to be divided equally between six people, including Junius Parham and Rosa (Parham) Frank, children of his wife Eliza from her first marriage.¹⁸

     William G. Hollis was born on 27 May 1828 in Rutherford Co., Tennessee.^3,4 He married Lucinda Bowditch Morse, daughter of Henry A. Morse and Eliza White Vick, about 1859 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.^1,5,6,7 He died on 9 March 1869 at home in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, at age 40 from "brain fever and lung disease."^8,9 He was buried at Greenwood Cemetery (187 Violet Magnolia Hawthorne) in New Orleans.¹⁰
     On 1 September 1856 he was issued land patents by the federal government for two tracts totaling about 84 acres in Ouachita Co., Arkansas.^11,12 He is listed in the 1860 census with his wife Lucinda (named as "Lou") in Camden, Ouachita Co.⁴ His occupation is listed as merchant.⁴

     Nathaniel T. Ponder was born in Georgia about 1830, based on his age listed in the 1850-1880 censuses, probably on 16 May. (The census entries imply a birth year from 1828 to 1832, the Bradley genealogy says 16 May 1828, and his cemetery marker says 16 May 1833.)^5,6,7,8,4,3 He married first Louisa H. Bradley about 1855 (based on the age of their son William in the 1860 census).^9,10,6 He married second Lucinda Bowditch Morse, daughter of Henry A. Morse and Eliza White Vick, on 9 October 1872 in Calhoun Co., Arkansas.¹ He died on 20 June 1893 from "consumption of the bowels."² (His death date is from his widow Lucinda's 1902 application for a pension based on his military service. However, his cemetery marker says 9 August 1897.)³ He was buried at Lakeside Cemetery in Camden, Ouachita Co., Arkansas.³
     On 11 October 1858 he was issued a land patent by the federal government for 39.73 acres in Ouachita Co., Arkansas.¹¹ He is listed in Camden, Ouachita Co., in the 1860 census, with his first wife Louisa and their children William and Cora.⁶ In the 1860 slave schedule for Camden, he's listed with a male age 56, and a female age 17.¹²
     He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, enlisting on 15 March 1862 at Camden as a private in Company I, 18th Arkansas Infantry, for three years.¹³
     The regiment first traveled by steamer to Memphis, Tennessee, then moved about 50 miles north to Fort Pillow. During the trip, and at Fort Pillow, they were stricken with a measles epidemic, with more than a quarter of the regiment either dying or being discharged. On 26 April, after about two weeks at Fort Pillow, they moved back to Memphis, then to Corinth, Mississippi¹⁴, where Nathaniel was appointed as the regiment's hospital steward on 25 June.¹³
     They were engaged at the Battle of Corinth on 4 October 1862, with heavy casualties. The regiment's commander Col. John Daly, was killed, and only 43 men in the regiment were present at the end of the day, out of a little over 300.¹⁴ Nathaniel was one of those captured during the battle, but was paroled nine days later and rejoined his unit.¹³
     They were next sent to Port Hudson, Louisiana, where the short-handed 18th Arkansas was consolidated with several other regiments. On 22 May 1863 Port Hudson was attacked by Union forces. The initial attack failed, and led to a 48-day siege. On 9 July the Confederate forces surrendered to Union Gen. Nathaniel Banks. They were again paroled, and the enlisted men returned to Arkansas, eventually joining Col. Thomas Dockery's cavalry brigade and seeing action during the Union's Camden Expedition in southern Arkansas in the spring of 1864. They later became part of the 2nd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment, moving to Minden, Louisiana, in early 1865, then to Marshall, Texas, by mid-April. They formally surrendered near the end of the war, on 26 May 1865¹⁴, although the 1902 pension application by Nathaniel's widow Lucinda says he was discharged on 7 May.²
     He's listed in the 1870 census in Carroll Twp., Ouachita Co., Arkansas, as a widower, with children William, Joel, and Lila.⁷
     He's listed with his second wife Lucinda in Bradley Twp., Ouachita Co., in the 1880 census, along with their daughter Emma, Lucinda's daughter Eliza from her first marriage, and Nathaniel's children Joel and Lillie from his first marriage.⁸
     Early in life he worked in the medical field, listed as a physician in the 1850 census and as a druggist in 1860, and as noted previously was a hospital steward during the Civil War.^5,6,13 However, he's listed as a farmer in the 1870 and 1880 censuses.^7,8

     Emily Vick Morse was born on 9 May 1834 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.^4,5,6 She married John George Glover, son of John Joseph Glover and Agnes Jane Cammack, on 8 May 1851 in New Orleans.^1,4 On 4 May 1867 Emily petitioned for separation and eventual divorce.^7,8 After a lengthy series of court hearings (see below), the divorce was finalized on 3 June 1869 in Orleans Parish.⁹ They apparently reconciled, however, as they remarried on 6 February 1879 in Orleans Parish.^3,10 She died on 29 January 1892 in New Orleans at age 57 from a liver abscess.^11,12,4 She was buried at Cypress Grove Cemetery (left vaults) in New Orleans.¹²
     She and John are listed in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, in the 1860 census.¹³ In the 1860 slave schedule John is listed there with three males ages 24, 22, and 20, and five females ages 20, 18, 17, 12, and 4 months, with three slave houses.¹⁴
     Based on court records, their divorce was contentious, and the proceedings lasted over two years. Emily's 4 May 1867 petition said that her husband John was a habitual drunkard and addicted to morphine and opium, and that when drunk he had been violent against her, and publicly defamed her reputation. She stated that there was a considerable community estate named Sicily Island in Catahoula Parish that was acquired mainly through her own efforts, that John was worth nothing at the time of their marriage, and that he had added or inherited nothing during their marriage. She asked for a separation, dissolution and settlement of the community property, custody of their five children, and a divorce after the required legal delay. She also asked for $250/month alimony, an injunction preventing him from disposing of their community property or contracting community debts, and that she be allowed to live with her brother H. A. Morse.⁷
     The inventory of the property in Catahoula Parish was filed on 16 May 1867. The Sicily Island plantation was appraised at $12,821.40, and contained 600 acres with 120 acres under cultivation, 75 in cotton and 45 in corn, plus a house and cabins. There was also a sawmill, and various livestock, farm equipment, and household furnishings. John was also renting property known as the Tew place, and had $996 in equipment there.¹⁵
     On 22 May 1867 John filed a motion asking to be allowed visitation with their children.¹⁶ On 7 June Emily responded, saying she had no objection to him seeing them if they want, when he is "in proper condition, and at a proper place," but that they refused to see him "of their own accord."¹⁷ On 19 August Emily was ordered to relinquish custody of the children every Saturday at 9 AM so they could be taken at John's expense to the residence of T. A. S. Doniphan, where John was to be allowed visitation until 10 PM.¹⁸ Emily objected on 23 August on the grounds that Doniphan and his family were inimical to her, and that the city of New Orleans was unhealthy in summer, and proposed a different location near her for visitation.¹⁹
     John responded to Emily's request for alimony on 7 June 1867, asking that it be dismissed on the grounds that he had no means to pay it, and was unable to get employment. He claimed that although he owned the plantation in Catahoula Parish, it was used as collateral for loans, and that "by the action and at the instigation" of Emily, G. B. Wardlaw had possession of the property and was refusing to allow creditors to take possession, and that creditors had thus sued him for possession. He also accused Emily and Wardlaw of sabotaging a contract for rental of his sawmill that would have provided $1000/month. He said Emily had secured a large amount of their community property, had bought a large amount of clothing, and had sufficient money from their community property to support herself and the children for some time. He said "he has furnished her liberally with everything she desired, and has impoverished himself in so doing," and that what he had supplied her, "if carefully and properly administered," was sufficient for her support for more than a year.²⁰
     The next day, on 8 June, John responded to the rest of Emily's suit generally denying all allegations, with some qualifications. He said that if he was ever guilty of excessive drinking or use of stimulants, it was caused by Emily, "who has acted in a manner improper and unbecoming in a wife and mother," and that she does everything she can to "provoke and exasperate" him. He said he had always treated her kindly and affectionately, and if he ever did otherwise, "which he does not admit," it was caused by her excesses and abusive conduct. He claimed to have brought $4000 to the marriage, and that she brought nothing, and that he had provided all she and their children required, both necessities and luxuries, as best he could. He blamed his current condition on her reckless extravagance and wastefulness, and said that the only reason for her suit was that he was no longer able to meet her excessive demands.²¹
     On 12 July 1867 the court ordered John to pay alimony of $150/month.²² A writ was later issued to the sheriff of Catahoula Parish to enforce the payment of alimony, then totaling $450 for the months of June through August.²³ On 23 September John testified that he couldn't pay any alimony because he had no income, and he was prevented by a court order from selling any of their community property. He also claimed that Emily was then better off, making $100/month.²⁴ On 2 October John filed for bankruptcy^25,26, and the next day the court ordered that as a result all proceedings against him for payment of alimony were suspended.²⁷
     Hearings on Emily's original petition were held on 7 April 1868, with depositions by Dr. B. H. Moss, who had known John for many years²⁸, Anna T. Noelle, who lived with John and Emily from October 1866 to May 1867²⁹, Louis A. Reed, a neighbor³⁰, and Emily's mother Eliza W. Morse.³¹ All confirmed that John was a habitual drunkard, and violent when drunk. On 25 April the court ruled in favor of Emily, granting the legal separation, dissolution of the community property, and custody of the children. Emily was to receive the alimony previously ordered, and John was to pay all costs of the suit.³² On 13 July the court ordered that John's bankruptcy status was to have no effect on the payment of alimony.³³
     Additional hearings were held in January 1869 about the payment of alimony. When a notice about the hearings was delivered to John's attorneys they refused to accept it, and said that after a diligent search John could not be found.³⁴ On 23 January Emily testified that she was destitute, that her salary as a schoolteacher was insufficient and she had gone heavily into debt, and that she'd been forced to sell what little jewelry and silver she had.³⁵ The court ruled for Emily, and a writ was issued against John ordering the payment of $2785.³⁶
     On 1 May 1869, after a year had elapsed since the 25 April 1868 judgment granting the separation, Emily filed a supplemental petition for a final divorce, reserving her rights to alimony, claims for settlement of the community property, and custody of her children Lillie, Mary, Matilda, Laura, and Emma. The petition was granted on 3 June, and John was ordered to pay all costs of the suit.³⁷
     John has not been found in the 1870 census, after their divorce, but Emily and their children are listed in New Orleans along with six additional adults, apparently boarders, including a dentist, a civil engineer, and a retired lawyer.³⁸ An 1871 New Orleans newspaper ad says "A few desirable persons can find pleasant rooms and good accommodations at the Saucier House, at Pass Christian, now occupied by Mrs. Emily V. Glover."³⁹
     In the early 1870s Emily filed a $2850 claim with the Southern Claims Commission for gold, a horse and buggy, and groceries confiscated by Union forces during the Civil War, and for false imprisonment. The claim was disallowed in 1879.^40,41
     In the 1880 census, after they remarried, she and John and three of their daughters are listed together in New Orleans, along with nine boarders, plus a cook and two servants.⁴²