This is the family story as I know it from being told several times by older family members:
Mary Ida (known as Ida) married Jacob Hahn and they had one son - Irvin. The husband left the area (speculation was whether due to something illegal or job hunting) and told Ida he would contact her as soon as he could and send her some money. This would have been in the mid 1880's. Anyway time went on and she did not hear from him. Per the marriage license of her and John Stover, she divorced Jacob earlier in 1889 for desertion. She went on to marry John Stover in 1889. She and John had several children of their own.
The story continues that her parents (Lazarus and Elizabeth Wolfe) did not like Jacob Hahn. When they had both died and the house was cleaned out, a box of letters from Jacob Hahn to Ida were found unopened in the attic.
There is no clear indication that Mary and Jacob ever saw each other again after he left, and I have not done a lot of searching yet to see what or where I can find information on him. Both Mary and her son Irvin are buried at Terre Hill Cemetery in Terre Hill, PA.
Fact: Her marriage license to John Stover states she was divorced due to desertion.
Fact: She was 8 months pregnant with their first child when she and John married.
08/08/2017 update: The first name of Mr. Hahn was supplied by the divorce papers of 1889 and from Irvin's obit.
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