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Matrimonial Troubles Aired in Soldier Letter to War Dept
A Warren veteran preserved a wartime letter from Private Harry Smith at Camp Jackson, asking the War Department to grant a divorce or annulment from Mrs. Mabel Smith. He details a prior marriage, alleged absence of divorce, and mistreatment, seeking legal relief to remarry while serving in South Carolina during 1918.
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War Dept
Warren
Camp Jackson
War Department
King Lardner
Mabel Smith
Elegal
Inedianapolis
Ind
Harry L. Wilson
Judge Jones
Marrage
Know
M Larry L. Wilson
Mabel Fertis
Indianapolis
Marie Farrington
Chicago
Harry L Wilson
Act
Arlington Heights
Ricker
Soo
Tam
Owl
Hatsi, Wilson
Elizabeth
Barrington
Owen
Ruth Miller
Agai
Hany L. Wilson
Jher
Barrington TN
J. H. Smith
F.G. Smith
Justice of the
Mary Brown
South Cariier
United Statse
Harry Smith Campuckton