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Poseyville News, Poseyville, IN, 22 May 1903
Cousins Seek A Separation
Find Marriage is Illegal Under the Statutes of Indiana
After having been married for eight years, Ulysses Learner and his wife, Mattie Learner, have discovered that because they are first cousins their marriage is illegal. In the Howard supreme court, the husband filed a complaint asking that the married be annulled. Mr. and Mrs. Learner, though loving each other as well as on the day when they stood before the altar, have separated. They are country people, and eight years ago, when they were married, they did not know that they were violating the law. To them has been born one child, and it is for his sake that they have asked the court to give them a legal separation. The proceeding is most unusual, the case being the first of its kind ever filed in Howard county.
The article also appeared in the Logansport Reporter, Logansport, IN, on 12 May 1903, the Galveston Leader, Galveston, IN and the Hartford City Telegram, Hardford City, IN, on 13 May 1903, and in the Menton Tri County Gazette, Menton, IN, and the Ligonier Leader, Ligoneir, IN on 14 May 1903. It was in the Bloomington Courier, Bloomington IN and The Worthington Times, Worthington, IN on 15 May 1903 and in the Cynthiana Argus, Cythiana, IN on 16 May 1903. Then it was printed in the Farmland Enterprise, Farmland, IN, on 22 May 1903.

This may be Ulysses in 1910:
Kokomo Ward 5, Howard, IN, Hh 80
U. N. Leaner, 42, married 6 years, b. IN, father b. Ohio, mother b. IN. Fireman, Glass House
Harriet, wife, 41
Margaret Myers, dau, age 16 [stepdaughter?]

1920 Census. Kokomo Ward 5, Howard, IN, Hh 374
Ulyssess Learner, 52, b. IN, parents b., IN, Laborer, Glass factory
Harriet, wife, 51
Margaret Myers, stepdaughter, age 26

The Kokomo Daily Tribune
Wenesday, 23 Sep 1925, p.15
and
Wed. 7 Oct 1925, p.21
Notice of Benefits from the Department of Public Works, City of Kokomo
Assessment of benefits accrued to certain real estate, dated 21 Sep 1925.
Ulysses Leaner, Lot 148 Conradt's Addition - $1.00

The Kokomo Daily Tribune
Saturday, 2 Apr 1927
"The City of Yesteryear"
25 Years Ago
Ulysses Learner, recently returned from Oklahoma, purchased the Nation feed and livery barn at Union and High Street.

1930 Census. Center Twp outside Kokomo, Howard, IN, Hh 391
U A. Leaner, age 62 married 1st at age 23, b. IN, Farmer
Lena, wife, 51, married 1st time at age 23, b. Switzerland. She immigrated in 1901 and has been Naturalized

1940 Census. Center Twp, Howard, IN, Hh 82
Lived in same house in 1935
Ulysses Learner, 72, b. IN
Lena (absent), wife, 60, b. Switzerland, Laundress, Home laundry
Smidling, William M., step-grandson, 15, b. IN
Smidling, Henry Charles, step-grandson, 15, b. IN

Brazil Daily Times, Brazil, IN
27 Sep 1943
19 Accidental Deaths Occur Over Week-End
...Ulysses Leaner of near Kokomo died from injuries received in a fall at his farm. The 75-year-old farmer fell from the hay mow in his barn.

Buried Crown Point Cemetery, Kokomo, Howard, IN.

Birth	24 Oct 1867	Indiana
Marriage	14 Jan 1896	Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana - Mattie M. Beals
Divorce	Bef 1900	Mattie M. Beals
Death	26 Sep 1943	Howard County, Indiana

Spouse	Mattie M. Beals (1871 - 1952)
Child	Rachel Learner (1891 - 1985)

Father	Benjamin Franklin Learner (1842 - 1925)
Mother	Mary Emily ADAMSON (1847 - 1929)
Sibling	Leavitt Charles "Levi" Learner (1869 - 1955)
Sibling	Lillian Learner (1871 - 1874)
Sibling	Ernest Ronald Learner (1874 - 1948)
Sibling	Pearl Harold Learner (1876 - 1913)
Sibling	Ellis Moulder Learner (1883 - 1962)
Sibling	Harry Wendell Learner (1886 - 1973)
Sibling	Donald Hartley Learner (1891 - 1970)
Sibling	Ruth Thelma Learner (1897 - 1990)