Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-12
BEQUEATHSS1,OOO
FOR ROAD REPAIR
VIII of Byron $. Kendall Canoe Greek,
Provides Interest Be Spent on
HilIsdale Highway.
LEAVES Long LIST OF HEIRS
Over $50 First and Second Cousins TO
Get Estate ii They Have Less
Than $1,000 Now.

/ The largest list of legateeS and heirs
at-law in any estate that has ever gone
/ through the probate court OF Rock Is
/ land county, accompanied the petition
for probate of the will OF Byron Smith
/ Kendall. Canoe Greek, which was filed
with Probate Clerk Leo J. Deisenroth
yesterday afternoon. There are over
! $50 first and second cousins of the
testatrix, in addition TO Iegatees. Hear
/ ing is set for Aug. is at 10 a. m
! The will was drawn Sept. s, 1912,
! and dispOSeS of an estate consisting OF
! 100 acres of land, valued at consider
| ably over $3.50 an acre and some per
| sOnal property. Under the terms of
/ the instrument, the sum Of $1,000, TO
/ be known as the Byron Kendall Road
! fund, is ordered deposited at the Farm
/ ers & Mechanics bank, Hillsdale, the
| interest Of which at 4 per cent is to be
used by the commissioners of Canoe
/ Greek township for the express pur-
/ pose Of repairing the road leading from
! Hnlsdale TO Poplar Grove school house
1 and from Poplar Grove school house
/ south to Canoe Creek bridge.
Helps Aid Societies.
/ To the Ladies' Aid societies OF the
HinsdaIe and Yuma Methodist churches
+ is given the interest from $500 which
/ is TO be placed on deposit at the Farm
/ ers < Mechanics bank, HiIlsdale, and
I Will be known as the RebecCa Kendall
/ fund.
AS much as is needed of $500 is di-
/ rected spent for the purpose of cover
/ ing over the graves Of the kendallS in
the Bethesda cemetery, Canoe Creek,
with foot of concrete. The word
: Kendall" is 10 be placed on the con
! crete in letters OF bronze or aluminium
at least one foot in length. The bal
ance is to remain on deposit at the
+ Hillsdale bank, to keep the cemetery
. lots in repair.
The sum of 500 is bequeathed to
Mrs. Flora Wilson Burgess, LoyeIand.
Col. and the balance Of the estate
share and share alike is left TO first
and second cousins whose real and
personal property totals less than 81
900. Relatives who file suit to break
the will are barred from its provisions.
Edwin /. Hanson is named executor.
List of Heirs.
Complete list Of Iegatees and heirs
at-law surviving MIR. Kendall, who died
at Moline March 30 last, follows:
Commissioners OF highways of Ca
noe Greek township, Iegatee, HiIIsdale;
John +. Butter, commissioner of high
ways, legatee, Hillsdale; Fritz Fran
son, commissioner Of highways. Iega-
tee. HillsdaIe; Wallace Stephenson.
commissioner OF highways, Iegatee
HiIlsdale; Ladies' Aid society of Hills
dale, legatee; Methodist church, Hills
dale, legatee: Mrs. Charles W. Wake.
president. Mrs. DunIeavy, secre-
tary; Mrs. +. L. Hanson, treasurer,
legatee, Hillsdale; Ladies' Aid society
Of Yuma Methodist church, legatee,
HiIsdale: Mrs. Frank L. Wake, presi-|
dent, Miss Kathryn Mead, secretary,
legatees. Port Byron: Mrs. George
Wainwright, treasurer, legatee, Hills
dale; Bethesda Cemetery association,
legatee. HillsdaIe; j. H. Dillin, presi-
dent +. II. McMurphy, secretary, Iega-
tee, Hillsdale: Mrs. Flora Wilson Bur
CESS, c. 0. Mrs. Grace Wilson. Iegatee.
LOVeland, Col; Mrs Marilla Barney,
first cousin, Denver, Col; Dr. Murray
Barney, second cousin, Denver, Col;
Bishop Barney, second cousin, Denver,
Coll Ralph Barney, second cousin, :
Denver, Col; Clinton Barney. second
cousin, Denver, Col; Anna Barthese.
second cousin, Denver. Col; COrnelia
Mills, first cousin, Ontario. Cal; Frank
Mills, second cousin, EIIenburg. Wash |
William Mills. second cousin, Cabool. |
Ark, Nathan Mills, second cousin, On
tariO, Cal; Mrs. Marilla Bradford, sec
Ond cousin, Terminal Island. Cal:
Curtis Mills, second cousin, EIIenburg.
Wash, Oscar Mills, second cousin, Og-
den. Utah; Mrs. Theresa Baldwin, first
cousin, EIdred, Ill; Ruth Baldwin, sec
Ond cousin, Eldred, H.; Peter Baldwin. /
second cousin, Eldred, Ill: d. f. Bald |
win, second cousin. Decatur, Ill: A |
W Baldwin, second cousin, Maple |
Farm of Midlothian, FINLEY, Park, Ill; |
Mrs. Bertha VIM, second cousin. |
Hardtner. Kas.; John Baldwin, second |
cousin, Turley, Okla; J. w. Baldwin, |
second cousin, TuTley, Okla; Mrs. Ada |
hlsling, second cousin, TurIey. Okla
Mrs Name CrOnin, first cousin, Mem /
phls, Tenn; Miss Anna Cronin, second |
cousin, Chicago; Jerry X Cronin, sec
ond cousin, u. 5. radio station, navy
yards, Norfolk, Va; Miss Barbara Cro-i
min, second cousin, Memphis, Tenn;
Mrs. Mary McCallum, second cousin,
Memphis, Tenn; Miss Catharine Gro
min, second cousin, Memphis, Tenn:
Mrs. Norma Bartholomew, first cousin.
Ill. Mrs. Nina SeeIey, sec
ond cousin, Whitehall, III; Miss Ida
Kendall, first cousin, Whitehall, III.
Allen Kendall, first cousin, Whitehall.
Ill; Bentley Kendall. first cousin,
Whitehall, Ill; Mrs Minnie X. Nc
u, - 1 K {
Mrs. Mamie +. Graham, second cousin.
Pine Blum, Ark; Mary j. Wilson, first
Los Angeles, Cal; Grace r.
Sweeney, second cousin, Rock Island;
Ersklne ". Robinson, second cousin.
Rock Island; &. Frank Robinson, sec
ond cousin, Chicago; L. Leon Robin
son. second cousin, Rock Island Elsie
tunnel, third cousin, Des Moines. Ia: Ii
'harles NJ Wiesler third cousin, Rock
Island Frank j. Wiley. second cousin.
camden, Maine; Charles / Wiley, sec
Dnd cousin, Camden, Maine; Ephraim
G. Wiley second cousin. Camden.
Maine; Augusta Titus, first cousin, APP
DletOn, Maine, Mrs. Eva Kenney. sec
)nd cousin, Appleton. Maine; Mrs. Ida /
Norwood, second cousin, Union, Maine:
Raymond Heating, second cousin, Wo-
burn. Mass, Mrs Jessie Newbert- 4
Weymouth, Mass. Edwin Heating,
first cousin Thomaston, Maine; Mrs. Il