Iowa Old Press

Quad-City Times
Davenport, Iowa
Wednesday, Sept. 1, 1875

An Eloping Family.
Elopement runs in the Wilhite family, of Texas county, Mo.  Sallie Wilhite ran away some years ago, with her brother-in-law, Aaron Davis; he, however, returned to his wife, and she married a Mr. Neely, who eloped and left her.  Two years ago, her cousin, Ezekiel ran away with a Mrs. Winland, both parties leaving families.  Last month, Aaron Davis’ son, a boy of 19, ran away with his mother’s sister, a woman of 30, and to complete matters, his father ran away again with his sister-in-law, Sallie. 

[transcribed by LZ, Nov 2019]