Sunday, April 25, 2010

More Problems for George Young

Poor George. Not a month after he got scammed out of a horse, we see this announcement:
George Young who lives in Ross township south of Ainsworth has made a satisfactory adjustment of the difficulties between himself and his wife by paying her a goodly sum in cash. To meet this payment he has decided to sell one of his farms at a sacrifice.
The wife in question was his second, Ophelia — his brother's widow, whom he had married in 1892.

A month after that, George was dehorning a steer one evening when the animal's horn got hooked in his mouth, splitting his lip and knocking out some teeth.

And then Ophelia divorced him anyway.

George had only a few years to live at this point, but we'll get to that later.

Sources:
♦ "General News Items." Hobart Gazette 12 Sept. 1902; 17 Oct. 1902.
♦ "Obituary." Hobart Gazette 12 Oct. 1906.

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