A Shelbyville, Indiana, newspaper
FRIDAY, JAN 2, 1931
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BLUE  RIDGE  BOY  HURT
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Reloaded Shotgun Shell Causes Gun To Explode
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          Edward Debaun, son of  John Debaun  of Blue Ridge, is recovering from an injury which he received Wednesday when, with two or three of his youthful friends, he discharged a shotgun containing a shell which the boys had reloaded with BB’s looking for “big game.”  The gun was blown to pieces, one of the fragments lodging in young Debaun’s left arm.  None of the other boys were hurt.
Submitted by Janet Franklin

A Shelbyville, Indiana, newspaper
Unknown Date
Couple to Celebrate 50th Anniversary
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Contributed by Melinda Moore Weaver
Note:  From the Weaver family Bible.  I'm sure that they were connected to  Luphama DeBaun Weaver.

The  Shelby  Republican
Thursday November 21, 1924
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          William DeBaun has been granted a divorce from Mary F. DeBaun by Judge Harry C. Morrison, in the Shelby Circuit court. The custody of their child was granted to the father.
Contributed by Barb Huff

The  Shelby  Republican
Thursday August 14, 1924
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BOTH  PARTIES  SEEK  DIVORCE
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William DeBaun Filed Suit Short Time
Before Wife Took Similar Action
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WIFE  ASKS  AN  ALLOWANCE
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          William DeBaun, who lives on the Clem Sever farm in Liberty township, has filed a complaint for a divorce in the Shelby Circuit Court against  Mary F. DeBaun. He asks for the custody of their son, William, age twenty-two months. McDaniel & Myers are attorneys for the plaintiff.
          The couple was married September 11, 1921, and separated August 4, 1924. Mr. DeBaun charges that his wife refused and failed to keep their home clean and that she also failed to clean his clothing and the clothing of the child. He also alleges that she would meet married men and other men and go for automobile rides with then at night and would meet men at their home while he was away at his work. The husband says that his wife corresponded with a number of men.
          A short time after Mr. DeBaun had filed the suit, Emerson Brunner, attorney for Mrs. DeBaun, appeared at the office of the clerk of the circuit court to file a divorce complaint for Mrs. DeBaun, a petition in which she asks for the custody of their child and an allowance of $5 a week for support.  A cross-complaint will be filed later by the wife, it is understood.
          Mrs. DeBaun is now living with her mother, Mrs. Eliza McDonald, one and one-half miles south of Waldron. She charges that on the night of August 4 her husband took their child from her in Waldron and abandoned her, telling her to “go where she d--- pleased.”
Contributed by Barb Huff

The  Shelbyville  Republican
Monday, April 22, 1918
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         Millard Debaun  and  Charles Poole, residents of Shelby township, appeared in the court of  H. C. Ray, justice of the peace, Saturday evening, to answer to charges of assault and battery.  The men are brothers-in-law, and according to the story, swapped a few words and blows on the road last Thursday.  Debaun came here and filed against Poole, and Poole did the same by Debaun.  Debaun appeared and entered a plea of guilty and paid a fine and costs of $9.65.  Poole entered a plea of not gulty.  He was acquitted.  Elmer Bassett  was Poole's attorney.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelbyville  Democrat
Wednesday May 11, 1910
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DEBAUNS  SEPARATED
SOON  AFTER  MARRIAGE
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Henry L. DeBaun Well-Known in
Northern Part of Shelby County,
Filed Suit For Divorce
In Johnson Circuit Court
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          Henry L. DeBaun  today instituted divorce proceedings in the Johnson circuit court against his wife, Jennie P. DeBaun.  The complaint was filed by Attorney D.L. Wilson, who will represent the plaintiff when the merits of the case are given an airing in open court.  The DeBauns are well known in the northern part of this county, where each has visited on numerous occasions.  The plaintiff is a son of  John DeBaun and has lived with his father on a farm south of Acton since the separation from his wife.
          The complaint states that the couple were married in Johnson county on February 10, 1908. According to the complaint it was not long after the marriage that the defendant began to treat the plaintiff in a cruel and inhuman manner and such actions of the defendant toward the plaintiff were kept up continually throughout the short period of their married life.  Mr. DeBaun avers that the actions of his wife were such that he could not live in peace and the couple separated on July 4, following their marriage in February.  The plaintiff says that his wife refused to cook his meals and that he was forced to perform the duties of a domestic in the household.  Mr. DeBaun prays the court to grant him an absolute divorce.

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Johnson County, Indiana Marriages
Henry L. Debaun  &  Jennie P. Perkins
February 10, 1908
Book 11    Page 21
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Contributed by Barb Huff

The  Shelby  Democrat
May 7, 1896
Page 3
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          Sarah A. Debaun, the seventeen-year-old daughter of  Edward Debaun, of Washington township, Saturday, through her attorney,  John A. Tindall, preferred paternity proceedings against  Charles Fair, son of  Hill Fair, also of Washington township.  Young Fair was arrested by  Constable Sullivan  and taken before  Squire Kenton, who fixed his bond $200 for his appearance in that court on Wednesday, May 13.  The bond was given.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming.

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