Person:Della Brown (12)

Della and her sister, Rosa, married brothers: John Glenn Medaugh and William Melva Medaugh.

Divorce from Glenn

The Lima Sunday News, Lima, Ohio, February 1, 1925, page 3

Marital Bark Hits Rock over "Pretty Girl"

"There is a pretty girl in his office," said Della F. Medaugh of Spencerville, at the divorce hearing before Judge Fred C. Becker, Saturday against her husband, John F. [G.] Medaugh, a coal dealer of that town. "He told me on several occasions that he wanted a divorce so that he could marry her."

Plaintiff added that her farm of 40 acres was mortgaged for $2500 so that defendant could run his coal business. The home was mortgaged and Medaugh was on the verge of bankruptcy. Foreclosure, she said, was threatened on the properties, on which she gave joint notes.

Sept. 14 last, he charged her while drunk with unfaithfulness and always did so when under the influence of liquor. A son, Russell Medaugh, a postmaster, and a daughter [Rhea], a school teacher, gave testimony in corroboration.

The court granted a divorce, awarded plaintiff her household goods and share in other properties, the custody of the children and made an order of the defendant to pay $3 per week for support of the minor children.

Transfer of 40 Acres to Russel and Gaylord

Van Wert Times Bulletin, 25 Aug 1955, p 20

Della F. Medaugh to Russel A. Medaugh and Gaylord C. Medaugh, 40 acres, section 13, Willshire township.

Obituary

19 Sep 1970, The Lima News, Lima, Ohio

DELLA F. MEDAUGH

Spencerville - Mrs. Della F. Medaugh, 95, of here died 8:30 a.m. Friday in the Lima Convalescent Home.

Born June 10, 1875 in Van Wert County, she was the daughter of Samuel A. and Maria Kesler Brown.

Surviving are a son, Gaylord C. of Spencerville; two daughters, Mrs. Clyde (Coila) McGillvary of 2699 W. Breese Rd., Lima, and Mrs. Charles (Carolyn) Marbaugh of Newark; a sister, Mrs. Ferne Anderson of Pontiac, Mich., eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday at Cowan and Son Funeral Home, Van Wert, Rev. Wesley H. Pummell officiating. Burial will be in Spencerville Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7:00 p.m. tonight.

Della's Grave

JGM II's 1921 bio, p 1

JGM II's 1921 bio, p 2

Image:JGM II - 1921 Biographical Sketch.pdf

Della with Russel, Rhea, Carl & Coila

Della

June 10, 1945 with Coila, Russel, Della, Carl and Carolyn

June 10, 1945 with Lois, Della, Coila and Ruth

Brown-Medaugh families c 1930

Image:Brown Medaugh Group, c 1930.pdf

c 1930 Della and some of her family

Image:Della Brown Medaugh Family, c 1930.pdf

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service).
2. ↑ Medaugh, John G., in Van Wert, Ohio, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule.
3. ↑ Medaugh, John G., in Allen, Ohio, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   ED 59, 13B, 374, 15 Jan 1920.

   Spencerville, Spencer Township, Allen County, Ohio. Living on Canal Street. HOH: John G Medaugh, 43; h/o DELLA F MEDAUGH, 44; f/o Rhea M., 22, b. in Indiana, Carl G, 10, b. in Ohio, Carolyn, 5, b. in Ohio. Della's brother, John W Brown, 51, single, also living in household.

4. ↑ Medaugh, Russel A. , in Allen, Ohio, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   ED 42, fn 450.

   Della F. Medaugh, 54, divorced, living with her son, Russel A. & his wife, Lois. Her daughter, Carolyn G., 15,, is also in the household. Father b. in Pennsylvania. Mother b. in Ohio.

5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 Allen, Ohio, United States. 1910 U. S. Census Population Schedule.

   Glenn, Della, Russel, Reah, Coila & Carl living in household in Spencer Township, Allen County, Ohio.

6. ↑ Marbaugh, Charles E., in Allen, Ohio, United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   ED 2-52, fn 384.

   Della F. Medaugh, 64, is listed as a widow in this census, although she was divorced from her husband, John "Glenn" Medaugh. She is living with her daughter & son-in-law, Carolyn & Charles E. Marbaugh, in the 7th Ward in the city of Lima.

7. ↑ Della F. Medaugh, in Find A Grave.

   The headstone includes Della & her unmarried daughter, Rhea, who was killed in an auto accident. Row 21