<petition><petition_analysis_number>20185404</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20185404</petition_url><state>Alabama</state><county>Talladega</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>20</file_day><file_month>12</file_month><file_year>1854</file_year><filing_court>Chancery</filing_court><end_day>23</end_day><end_month>12</end_month><end_year>1854</end_year><ending_court>Chancery</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>2</total_people_count><repository>Talladega County Judicial Building, Talladega, Alabama</repository><abstract>In a related petition, Lydia Rowden, suing by her next friend William McPherson, prayed for a divorce from her husband, Isaac Rowden, who is confined in a lunatic asylum.  She also prayed for a division of the marriage property, which includes seventeen slaves.  She now asks the court that a guardian ad litem be appointed to protect his interests of her husband.</abstract><subjects><subject>Divorce</subject><subject>Diseases (mental)</subject></subjects></petition>