The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-18

truber, member of old Amish church
OF Charlestown, Iowa, old Amish
church of CAarlestown, Iowa, Mrs. M.
D. Weber, member of Mennonite
church of Franklin. Iowa, Mennonite
church of Franklin, Iowa, S. X. Miller,
Fred Wedrick and Michael Miller,
trustees OF Apostolic Christian church
OF Pulaski. Iowa, Apostolic Christian
church OF Pulaski Iowa, August Kreh-
bill, august Hirschler, John Snebley,
Eli Weber, trustees of Mennonite
church of Donnellson, Iowa, Mennonite
church OF Donnellson, Iowa. and also
against the heirs and husbands and
wives of any of the herein named or
described defendants, defendants.
To the above named defendants and
each of them:
4 You and each OF you, are hereby
notified that a petition is now on file
in the clerks Office of the District
Court of Lee county, Iowa, at Fort
Madison, in behalf Of the above named
plaintiffs, against you, and each of you,
and claiming Judgment and decree of
said court that the following de.
scribed real estate be partitioned and
that referees be appointed to partition
same and that the interest of these.
PLAINTIFFS and defendants be deter
mined and that the shares of the
p 'ntifs and defendants set out below
a in and te said real estate, be estab-
lished and confirmed and that a sale
of said premises be ordered and dis
tribution of the proceeds be made be-
4 tween said parties according
to their respective shares, and
that John Kimler, as guard
| ian of George Kimler, make
al accounting Of the rents, profits and
4 income of said real estate, and that
the statutory attorneys fees be allow
ed plaintiffs attorneys for their fees
in said action and for such other and
further relief as to equity and good
conscience belong and for costs of suit
the said real estate being the
Following to-wit: Ten (10)
acres described as follows
commencing 1853 chains due
south of the northwest corner Of
fractional section eight (8) in town
ship sixty-seven (67) north of range
six (6) west, Lee county, Iowa; thence
degrees east 1850 chains; thence
north SIG chains; thence west
1893 chains to the point Of
beginning. This property is a
part of lot a in said section.
Also ell of the northeast quarter Of the
southeast quarter of section nine Coy
and all of the southeast quarter of the
northeast quarter of section nine co.
lying south Of the north line Of the
Half Breed Tract, all being in town
{ ship sixty-seven (67) north of range
six co. west of the Fifth Principal
Meridian, Lee county, Iowa.
Said petition also alleges that Peter
, Rookie died in Lee county, Iowa. in
!, the year 1883 and that at the date OF
his death he was the unqualified own
!, err in fee simple in and to the afore
said real estate and that he left will
!, leaving said property to his wife
Catharine Rookie during her lifetime
) and after her death to his adopted
son, George Kimler, during his life
tie and that at the date of his death
if said George Kimler did not marry
) and have children, same should go to
the church to which said Peter Rookie
) belonged at the time of his death and
,, said petition further alleges that said
Catharine Rookie and said George
Kimler are both dead ard that said
George Kimler did not marry and left
no heirs and that the was no church
as provided by said will of Peter
Rocke, deceased, to inherit said prop
erty and that said property passed to
TIE Leirs OF Peter Rookie, deceased,
and that these plaintiffs together with
the following defendants inherited the
; aforesaid real estate and at the date
; of the death Of said George Kimler
said plaintiffs AMI said following de-
: PENDANTS became the absolute and UNI
qualified owners of the following un-
: divided interests in and to said real
estate as follows, to-wit: Plaintiff,
Chris Rookie, 1-42 Of said estate; de-
PENDANT Elizabeth Delhi, former wild
; ow of Henry Rookie, 1-18; John L.
: Rookie, her, son, 10; Catharine Rookie,
widow OF Jacob Rookie, 1-1S; her chill
, DR. =. Joseph Rookie, John Rookie,
Samuel Rookie and Mrs. Mary WED
rich, each 1-36; the children of Mrs.
Magdalena Very as follows: Barbara
: Garick, Anna Garick, Kate Filler
Jacob Very, Chris Very, and Lena
: Kesel, each LAP; and her grandchil-
: dren as follows: Agnes Alter and
Lena Dolen, each 1884; the children OF
Chris Kinsinger as follows: Chris
Kinsinger, Joseph Kinsinger. William
Kinsinger, Jacob Kinsinger, Peter
!, Kinsinger, and Samuel Kinsinger
each 1856; the children of Elizabeth
! Rookie, deceased, as follows: Francis
Holdefer, Barbara Bowers, Louisa
! Strahler and William Rookie, each
: 1-42; and her grandchildren, Susie
: Seymour, lips, and Lizzie Mcmillan
1-126; and their mother, Margaret
!, Rookie, the widow of John Rookie, the
: deceased son of Elizabeth Rookie
, 1-126, and Joseph Sears and William