The divorce decree

 

Davidson County, TN. Circuit Court. 24 Sep 1887.

Thanks to the helpful team at the Metro Archives in Nashville, above is a copy of the divorce decree in the case of Fred E. Day and Agnes Day, issued in September 1887. This confirms Fred paid the court costs for the divorce and Agnes failed to answer the complaint. Most probably she did not answer because she was no longer in the relationship, on tour out of state, and may not have had notice the divorce had been filed. There's not much else to go on.

The Tennessean. 7 Aug 1887.

The Circuit Court Clerk's Office also wrote back to me that they do not have records going back earlier than 1925. The courthouse burned twice and was flooded during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Any records that do exist would be with the Metro Archives (see above). Now I wait for the Marion County Clerk in Indiana to see if there's more information from the start of Agnes and Fred's relationship.