Talking While Sleeping Leads to Divorce
John William McRae was born July 8, 1881 in New Albany, Indiana. He was the eldest child of William Rice McRae and Sarah 'Sallie' Cooper. John married Lula Hoover on December 13, 1905. At this time, John was living in Carmi, White County, IL while Lula was from Griffin, Posey County, IN. Not too many days into their marriage (the first newspaper article was published on December 29, 1905), John was dreaming or half asleep when he started talking about Kansas. This peaked Lula's attention, and she started asking more questions. As it turns out, John had previously married a Miss Lou Gillahan on March 18, 1903 in Johnson County, KS. While in Kansas, John went by the name Will. In the spring of 1904, John and Lou had a child together, Raymond. By that fall, John went back home to Griffin, IN. When he returned home, he told people he was single while others he told he was divorced. In November 1905, John wrote to Lou in Kansas and asked for a divorce. The next month is when he ...