Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-11-23

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to said real estate adverse to the es-
tate and title of the plaintiffs.
That plaintiffs have been for more
than ten years last past in the act
tual continuous, visible, notorious,
exclusive, hostile and adverse pos
session of said real estate under a
claim OF right and color of title
thereto, which has been at all times
under claim of absolute ownership,
and adverse to the claim of any of
| the unknown defendants or unknown
claimants of said real estate. That
plaintiffs are unable to state definit-
/ ly what claim or interest said I'M
known claimants or unknown de-
PENDANTS have or claim to have in
said real estate, but that wherever
| interest they may have or claim to
to have therein, or any part thereof,
plaintiffs aver that the same Is claimed
| adverse to the right, title and inter-
est of plaintiffs in and to said real
| estate. That the said unknown
| claimants and unknown defendants,
or part of them, base their claim to
| title or interest in the real estate
| above described either as grantee,
legatee, devisee, assignee, or heir at
law of the defendants hereinafter
named, or some of them, or through,
or as the surviving spouse, grantee,
legatee, devisee, assignee, heir at
law or legal representatives of one
| or more of the said defendants. That
| said Henry Jameson at one time
| owned Lot 35 of said Section 16, hav-
ing acquired title by deed from Dav-
| id Edgerton, and thereafter conveyed
all his title therein to G.. w. Deeds
and Artimecus Deeds, executing said
deed under the name of w. ii. Jane
son. That thereafter said Artimecus
Deeds executed deed to said premises
unto j. S. Burns, under the name of
A. Deeds; that said j. s. Burns and
wife on April 26th, 1878, conveyed
said premises unto the defendant
John Rhoads, who executed deed
therefor October 22nd, 1880, unto
Johnson Divelbiss, under the name of
John Rhodes; That said Johnson
Divelbiss on Feb. 22nd, 1881, conveyed
said premises unto G. w. Chase, un-
der the name of Johnson Divelbliss;
that the defendant, Nathaniel Ham
lin, acquired title to Lot 80 in said
Section 16 by patent, and on June
10th, 1857, conveyed same unto Mary
FETISH, Admin. of the estate of William
B. Fetish; that said Mary FETISH on
May 18th, 1874, executed deed there
for unto Samuel Major under the
name of Mary M. Fetch. That John
Frost obtained title to said premises
by deed dated December 21st 1873,
from Samuel Major, and thereafter
tconveyed all his interest therein un-
to Christia Ann Chase. That the de-
PENDANT, Nathaniel Hamlin, received
deed to Lot 40 in said section 16 by
a deed from Washington Bartlett and
on March 21st 1873, conveyed same
unto Josephine B. Lewis, under the
name of N. Hamlin. That on Nov.
22nd. 1878, said premises were sold
under tax deed to Charles Van Cord
Ter, plaintiffs grantor, and all the
interest of said Josephine B. Lewis
and husband was thereby Invested.
That ]. w. Whitney received deed
therefor dated Feb. 22nd, 1881, from
Address Parker and on October 9Th,
1882, executed deed therefor under
the name of w. ]. Whitney unto
George w. Chase, through whom
\ plaintiffs derive title. That William
Walker received Patent from the
tQovernment dated January goth,
1866 for a portion of said premises,
land still claims title thereto. That
Hattie A. Strenahan received deed
flor said premises January 9th, 1877,
from Fred Bectold and wife, and
thereafter executed deed therefor un-
Ito Andrew Burns under the name OF
lHallay A. Strenahan. That Moses
IF. Shinn acquired tile to portion OF
said real estate by Original Entry
lfrom the Government and on March
Sth, 1856, conyyed said premises un-
Ito w. H. H. Bowen, who on Feb. a.
1857, executed deed therefor under
the name of VIM. III. H. Bowen and
wife unto Norman Archer; that Isaac
Jansen received deed to said real es-
tate April End, 1866, from John Ev-
erett and wife, and on April 29th,
1871, conveyed the same unto John
Gates. That on September 18th,
l1S77, said John Gates and wife con-
veyed said premises unto Mrs. Hat
tie A. Strenahan; that said Mrs. Hat
tie A. Strenahan executed a deed for
said premises, dated August 18th,
1876 unto Andrew Burns, under the
name OF Hallay A Strenahan and
husband. That plaintiffs claim title
to said premises through the said
Andrew Burns. That Samuel G. Hay
l WdTu ODldlucu W l<Ol n III
said section 16 on Dec. 22nd, 1866, and
on July 18th, 1867, executed deed
therefor unto Levi Zaner under the
name of s. G. Hayward and wife;
that said Levi Zaner and wife on Jan.
4th, 1868, executed deed therefor un-
to Hannah Jameson, who thereafter
on Feb, It'll, 1876, executed deed
for said premises to the defendant,
Alice Dugon. That whatever title or
interest said Alice Dugon and hus-
band has in said premises the same
is junior and inferior to plaintiffs til
tie therein. That Daniel Baily on
April 18th, 1866, received deed for the
NA Eh NWA NWA in said section
Fl and on February 18th, 1866, exc
cuted deed therefor to Levi Zaner
under the name of Daniel Bailey. That
Alvin .Herrick received deed for said
premises ON Nov. ~, 1870, and on May
22nd, 1874, executed deed therefor
unto Emerson E. Herrick, the wife of
said grantor failing to join in said
deed. That Alice Huland on June
18th, 1888, received deed for said
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