The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-01-30


The object Of this suit is 10 procure decree OF
said Court for the sale OF certain real estate sit
uaicd in said cunty, whereof William r. Reese
died sciscd and possessed aud for general relief
The bill states:
1. That a certain william L. Reese. late Of the
town OF Chesapeake City, In Cecil county aud
State OF Maryland was in his life seised aud 20.
scsscd OF certain valuable real estate situated in
said town. which was conveyed unto him by
benjamin Davis aud wife, by their deed dated
January 2sth iSSh. aud recorded among the lund
record books OF said County In Iibcr H. X. T..
No. l, Folio 10 &C. as appears by certified copy
thereof filed herewith as part hereof. markc cd
Exhibit ". r. X. No. H.. and being so scised
and possessed thereof. OF about the 22nd day
OF April, in the year lssj, dcrarted this life in
testRte. leaving surviving him his widow Esther
A. Reese, who departed this life in the month Of
October. 1907; and the following children and
only heirs at law: til Hannah Roulk, nee. Reese.
a daug htcr wife ot Joseph Foulk ~ Sallc {.
Lindsey. nee Reese. daughter. wife OF Henri 4.
Lindsey. 90 Grovinia Hickman. nee. Reese, a
daughter, wife of Andrew {. Hickman, both OF
whom have since departed this life intcstate.
leaving as their only children and heirs at law
Es,er 4. Grub, wife OF Frank Gtubb Susan
IiartinE, wife Of Allen IIartinR; Edward Hick.
man whose wife Is Hickman. Sarah
Hickman and William Hickman: til William ".
Pierce, the only child and heir at law OF Rosetta
Pierce, nee. Reese, wife OF Joseph {. Pierce the
said Rosetta Pierce having died intestate before
the death Of her said father, William r. Reese.
survived by her said husband. Joseph {. Pierce
who has since departed this life and that the
said William W. Pierce departed this life, mites
tate, March 9th 1905, sciscd aud possessed OF an
undivided interest in and 10 the said real estate
which descended to the said Joseph Earle Pierce
and William Reese Pierce, his only children aud
heirs at law, subject 10 the dover interest therein
of their mother the surviving widow OF the said
william ". Pierce. the female plaintiff. Jennie
&. Pierce.
,. That the said Sarah Hickman and william
Hickman and the said Joseph Earle Pierce aud
William Reese Pierce are infants. under the age
OF twenty one years.
!. That the said Saiiic {. Lindsey and Henri
4. Lindsey, her husband, reside in Cecil county
Foulk. Esther A. Grubb, Frank Grubh. Susan
IinriinH. Allen IIartinR, Sarah Hickman aud
William Hickman reside in the State Of Della
ware and the said Edward iick man and
Hickman. his wife. reside in the City of Phila.
delphia, in the State Of Pennsylvania. or else
where beyond the jurisdiction OF this Court.
I. That the said real estate cannot lie divided
without loss or injury 10 the parties interested
therein,
The hill prays for the passage Of o decree oi
said Court for the sale Of the real estate aforesaid
whereof the said William r. Reese died sciscd
and possessed aud for general relief.
II Is thcrcupon this ilth day OF January. in the
year 100 ordered that the plaintiffs, by causing
copy OF this order TO lie inserted III some news.
paper published In said Cecil County once in
each OF four successive weeks before the ilth day
OF February next. give notice TO the said absent
defendants OF the object aud substance OF this
bill and warn them to appear in this Court IN
person OF 10y solicitor on or before the End dny
OF March next to show cause II any they have,
why decree ought not to he passed prayed.
MANLY DRESNEN.
True copy-Tcst CLERK
lajnnSt MANLY DRENNEN. clerk