Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-11-10
ORIGINAL NOTICE.
In the District Court Howard County,
Iowa, December term, 1911.
Christian Gronwoldt, Plaintiff,

Christian Gronwoldt, Plaintiff,
The unknown claimants of the swN OF sec
i. twp. 80, range H. west of the 5th p m.
Ozias f. Palmer, o. g. Wanless. Z. F..
Thomas Marsh & Lambert, Caleb F. Harris
Emily S. Harris, and the unknown heirs, de.
vsees, spouses, legal representatives. assign.
ees and successors In right Of the above
named defendants, and all claimants of said
premises, or any part thereof claiming by,
through or under the above named defend
ants or any Of them; Defendants.
To the above named defendants:
You and each of you are hereby notified
that there is now on file In the Office of the
clerk of the district court of Howard coun.
ty, Iowa, the petition of the plaintiff, Chris
tian Gronwoldt. claiming that he is the alb.
solute owner In fee simple title of the above
described real estate, to-wit: The swL OF
section s, township 80, range ~, west of the
9Th p. M: that he and his grantors, under
whom he claims title, have been for more
than ten years last past, and plaintiff Is now
In the actual, continuous, visible, notorious,
exclusive, hostile and adverse possession of
said real estate under color of title and claim
ofright. That he is credibly informed and
believes that the defendants make some
claim thereto adverse to his right and title
therein, but that in fact defendants have no
interest IN said real estate, and any interest
that may appear in the record title thereof
in them is cut OFF by conveyances and by
will and is abandoned and barred by the
statute of limitations: that the names of the
said unknown claimants and their resi-
dences are unknown to plaintiff and he has
sought diligently to learn the same.
That the apparent Interest Of the 'tfjnd-
ants ami the unkno..n c aimaEts under
each of ttem respectively is derived ~
reason Of tie fo. Iowin col ditions of the
reco d title, and the mode )f devolution
thereof in each instance as Is hereinafter
stated; to-wit. The defendant Ozias E. Pal
mer became owner of the x Of the said
premises and conveyed the same to Thomas
r. Davies. but signed his name O. f. Palmer
In said conveyance, and the said Ozias E.
Palmer and o. +. Palmer are one and the
same person.
The defendant .. G. Wanless acquired
title to the VIZ Of said premises and convey
ed the same to w. D. barrow, but signed his
name Oliver G. Wanless in said conveyance
and said o. 6. Wanless and oliver 6. Wan
less are one and the same person.
That the defendant f. F. Thomas became
the owner of an undivided half OF the en- OF
said premises and he conveyed the same TO
defendant Caleb F. Harris, but in said con-
veyance signed his name Edward F. Thomas
and that Edward F. Thomas and f.. F..
Thomas are one and the same person.
That the defendant Marsh & Lambert was
CO. partnership, its members being l.. T.,
Marsh and S. S. Lambert, and 1t acquired
title to the VIZ of said premises and after
wards dissolved, and its property became
the property of its individual members
named and they conveye the said WI of
said premises to A. p. Hewett.
That the defendant Caleb F. Harris, who
also writes his name end If one and the
same person with Caleb Fiske Harris &C.
CURED title to the eh Of the abve described
real estate in 1852, Dand he died testate seized
thereof In 1881, leaving list will and tesla
ment by which all his property, including
the above described, was devised to his wife,
the defendant, Emily s. Harris, whose name
is also written Emily Stephenson Harris.
and said Emily Stephenson Harris and
Emily S. Harris are one and the same per-
son. and she and her heirs acquired title to
the e1a Of said premises by virtue Of the will
of said Caleb F. Harris. That said Emily S.
Harris died intestate at the same time and
In the same catastrophe with her husband
the defendant Caleb F. Harris, and her heirs
thus acquired title to said e% OF said premi.
SEES. That she left heirs, but their names and
residences are unknown to plaintiff and he
has sought diligently to learn the same.
THAT they have abandoned any right or title
they might appear by the record to have in
said premises and permitted same to be con.
veyed by the heirs of Caleb F. Harris the
plaintiffs grantors who took title to the
same in ignorance of any right or claim OF
said heirs and paid therefor and have been
in possession thereof, MS above stated, and
the rights OF the said unknown heirs OF
Emily S. Harris have been forfeited, aban
doned and barred by the statute of limita.
lions.
That at the time OF his death Caleb Fiske
Harris left as his sole heirs the following
one brother Stephen Harris and Francis
Chambers Harris. who was grandson of q
brother Cyrus then deceased and whose son
the father of Francis Chambers Harris was
also deceased, and the following named
childre of his sister Eliza Green Smith also
decea ed, to-wi Eliza II. Smith, Sarah
smith, Florence Smith and Maria NJ. vii
liams all of whom conveyed said premises
to Henry c. Salisbury, but in fact said heirs
had no interest, unless they acquired some
by quit claim deed from James McGregor
and Charles Rye, who at on ; time had some
claim on the said premises and conveyed
+. n, m the heirs Of e.. r. Harris. deceased,