1912-042: Agnes Schaub by etc vs. Floyd Schaub

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In this divorce suit, Agnes Schaub described her married life to Floyd Schaub. Agnes ran away to Bristol at the age of 15 in order to get married to Floyd. The couple moved around a bit before ending up in a coal camp in Switchback, West Virginia. Schaub is described as "more fiend than man" and left Agnes to her own devices when she came down with typhoid. Agnes recalled that without the intervention of the Hungarians in the camp, she would have died. Deposition by her mother mentions Italians and African Americans in the camp.

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