George & Kate Solifelt's Divorce-Dauphin Co. Penn.(1869)

I found a Proclamation in Divorce to George T Solifelt several years back but I've finally found a newspaper personal that shows it was granted to his wife listed as Catherine A Solifelt. The Proclamation was published in the newspaper on December 9th  of 1868.  

Information from the proclamation

"Whereas Catharine A Solifelt, by her next friend David Pruner, plaintiff, did on the 23d day of June 1868, prefer  her petition to the Judges of our Court of Common Pleas of the County of Dauphin, praying for the causes therein set forth, that she might be divorced from the bonds of matrimony entered into with Gorge T. Solifelt:"

This was before the Honorable John J Pearson, President of our said Court at Harrisburg on the 27th of November, A.D. 1868

Below is my transcription of the newspaper personal which tells about the outcome of the case.

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Personal

Catharine A Solifelt vs. George T. Solifelt.--No. 223, August Term, 1868--Divorce--February 4, 1868--On motion of F.K. Boas, attorney for libellant, Court decree a Divorce in the above stated case, and order George T. Solifelt to pay the costs. Feb61t*

[Note: I believe there is an error in the February 4, 1868 date(above) and that it should be 1869.]

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Sources:
"Personal Catharine A Solifelt vs George T. Solifelt," Harrisburg Telegraph(PA), 6 Feb 1869, p 2, c 7; digital images, Newspapers.com(https://www.newspapers.com/article/harrisburg-telegraph-divorce-catharine-a/189501437/: accessed 21 Jan 2026).

"Proclamation in Divorce to George T Solifelt," Harrisburg Telegraph, December 9, 1868, p 3, c 7; digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/harrisburg-telegraph-proclamation-in-div/96980881/ : accessed January 21, 2026).