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Darrtown man discovers sister-in-law is a bigamist
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLES REPORT WOMAN HAS SIX LIVING HUSBANDS
In 1906, Edward Bacon of Darrtown, while seeking legal custody of his ten-year-old niece, learned that the girl's mother, Ida Mae Knapp Spivey was married to SIX men, two of whom were brothers, George Spivey and John Spivey.
Click the following links to see three 1906 newspaper accounts...
Research has uncovered a 1938 news article that tells of a similar, two-day event held at Darrtown’s Lutheran Church.
Click the following link to see the Dayton Daily News article.
The news article was more than the customary announcement that the local schools were reopening after Christmas vacation.
January 1 marked the beginning of a new year (1919) and Darrtown, as well as much of the rest of the world, was recovering from the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.
The newspaper reported that the Darrtown school had been closed for "the greater part of the time for the last TEN weeks."
The original news item has been reproduced at the two following links.
The above words appeared as a headline of a January 1st, 1919 newspaper item.
The Journal News, Wed, January 1, 1919, page 4 DARRTOWN SCHOOLS ARE OPEN AGAIN. The Darrtown public schools are again open. On account of influenza conditions, these schools have been closed the greater part of the time for the last 10 weeks. Health conditions in the village and township are now reported as practically normal once again.
