The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1883-01-12

| early part of this year the senior member of
the firm, and the only child of the elder
| brother, died, leaving an estate valued at
| e1OO, 900. He left no will, but asked his
partner to employ some means to find out
the descendants of his uncles children. who
were somewhere in America. The barris ter
/ whom 1 met at dinner, was retained by the
surviving partner, and l was told to make
every effort to find the heir.
! 1.-THE search at first" said Mr.. Boland
"seemed almost frutIess. 1 knew that the
man whose descendants 1 was looking for
arrived in this country about 1873 or 1884.
/ After that l knew nothing about them. l
have in my office great quantity of old di-
rectories of all the principal cities of the
world. OF some of the leading cities in this
/ country 1 have the first directory that was
ever issued. Well, began a search through
these old directories. 1t seemed an endless
Job at first. as 1 would search persistently
through directory of one city without ind
ing any name that was yearly like the one 1
wanted. 1 thought at one time that the
brother might have changed his name when
he arrived in this country. But my persist
ence was rewarded when 1 searched through
a directory of this city for 1905. l knew the
name was right at once, because it comprises
two family names, for instance, one like Ed
wards Pierrepont. From year 70 year
found trace of il again. l kept up the search
until within few years, but the name did
not again appear in any of the directories.
"An insuperable number of difficulties
then arose. The brother might have died
without children, or perhaps he only left
daughters whose married names could not
be traced. l finally went back to the old
1905 directory and took several names of
persons who lived adjoining the place where
the brother kept a store. traced one fam
lily name up to the present date, and went to
an old man about seventy FIVE years OF age
to see if 1 could learn anything about the
people l was looking for. To myRfeat sur
prise, az well as joy, 1 learned STAT khis man
was boy ten years old when thszbrother,
whose descendants,I, was hunting.6p; lived
in the same street. He remembered the
family well, and said that they emigrated
from New York shortly after the purchase
of the territory of Louisiana. The two FINN
lies kept up correspondence until the time
of the war, when It was broken off because
of radical rebel opinions held by the family
which went to Louisiana. This man gave
me the name of the place where they were
in 1869, and finally sent to Louisiana 60 find
the family We have had a large circle of
friends in Louisiana since we captured the
notorious Italian bandit, Esposto. BY the
way, it may be of interest to you to know
that EspOsito has been convicted in Italy
and sentenced to Imprisonment for life.
Through friends in New Orleans the family
was traced to a plantation in a neighboring
parish.
The mau in charge of the plantation was
found, and few questions in regard to his
ancestors soon proved that he was the
grandson of the younger brother who emf
grated to this country in 1873. He is a man
about hfty-oneEyears of age, was born in
Louisiana, and had one brother who lived
many bears in Chicago and prospercd there.
He died, without children, last year. The
man in Louisiana was well posted about the
quarrel between his grandfather and grand
uncle, and produced the document, a musty
worn-out looking piece of paper, which dis
solved the partnership between them, There
are other documents in his possession which
will prove his title to the estate beyond dis
pute. But, strange as it may seem, the man
did not take the interest in the matter which
you would expect Of man who suddenly
becomes heir to large estate. He said that
he was getting old aud had all the money
that he wanted for the rest of his life. He
wouldn't live off his plantation 70 all the
rest of the worlds wealth. He has three
children, however, all married, one of whom
lives with him. For the sake of the chill
dren, if no other reason, he will try to get
the proceeds of the estate"