The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-15
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time acquired the remainder of the fee
simple title to- the said tract
On February 20. 1912, Joseph FryS
secured tax deed to the said prop
erty, said deed being recorded ins
Rook 33, Page 6. At said time he en9
tered into possession of said property
and said title and possession are now
the property of the plaintiffs herein.
More than eight years have elapsed
since the sale Of the said property for.
delinquent taxes on which the above
described deed is based and the said
Milward T. Rogers and his heirs are
now estopped from claiming any inter-
est in or to the above described real
estate or any part thereof
August Schubert and John Pletscher9
on December s. 1894, acquired taxi
title to the Northwest quarter OF Sec-
ton 2S, Township 6s. Range 3. At the
date of the delivery OF the said deed,E
August Schubert was the owner OF tho
East half of said quarter section and
John Pletscher was the owner of the
J West half. Each of said parties cone
! veyed to the other his interest in the-
/ half Of said quarter section already
owned by the otner party but said
deeds We're never recorded and are
now lost or destroyed.
! George Sheppard died intestatsI
seized of the West half of the South-
east quarter OF Section IS, Township
! 6S, Range 3, and other property leave
| ing as his heirs, his widow, Phoebe
Sheppard, since deceased, and the fol-
lowing children William N SHEPPARD,
Addison B. Sheppard, Cynthia Al
Sheppard, John II. Sheppard, Sarah
r. Kent, and one grandchild, Mary I'll
Layton, the child of n deceased daugh.
| ter
! At the death of the said George
Sheppard the children made an oral
partition Of his real estate and the
property above described was by
said partition allotted to all OF the
above named heirs except William N.
Sheppard, and the said heirs took pos.
session OF this tract and the said
William N. Sheppard took possess
sion OF the tract allotted to him
William N Sheppard has since died
intestate leaving as his heirs, his chill.
dren, Liddle, since deceased.
w. J. Sheppard, Annie e. Liddle,
Crabtree, since deceased, I'll.
III. Sheppard, Sarah Andrews and
Mary J. Antleman.
Crabtree left as her only
heirs. Chas. Crabtree. her husband.
and three children, Frank Crabtree,
Kent L. Crabtrfee and Edith Crabtree,,
----- Liddle left as her heirs.
her children. William Sheppard Lfddle,
Annie Masters, Hattie Liddle, Carrie
Niccum. George Albert Liddle, since
deceased, F1osse Sailing, Ina Shull,
Bessie Liddle and Guy Howard Liddle.
Maude Liddle Is the wife of William
Sheppard Liddle. Monroe Masters III
/ I, - yxvx>
M. Niccum Is the husband of Carrie
Niccum Polly Liddle is the widow OF
George Albert Liddle and has since
married Carl Hall and is now Polly
Hall, James T. Sailing is the husband
of Flossie Sailing, Robert F. Shull is
the husband Of Ina Shull
George Albert Liddle left as his
heirs, his widow, above named, and
the following children, Alva H. Liddle.
Earl r. Liddle Glen L. Liddle, George
A. Liddle and Carl r. Liddle.
Adelheid Stempel acquired title to
5.G5 acres OF the South part of Lot
in Section 80 and 24.60 acres of the
North part of Lot in Section 80, In
the partition decree in the estate OF
Christian William Stempel and 27.26
acres Of the West part of Lot 8, Sec
ton 80 by deed from Ernst Lange, all
Of said property being in Township 6S.
Range 3.
The said Adelheid Stempel or her
heirs have conveyed all of their In
terest in said property and said inter.
est Is now vested in the plaintiffs
herein.
Adelheid or Adelaide Stempel mar
ried Franz Koehler and died prior to
January 81 1876 leaving as her only
heirs, her hus band, Franz Koehler and
her children. Therese Koehler now
anderson, Alma Koehler, now Rem
shaw, Ida Koehler, Oscar Koehler,
Hugo Koehler. Emil Koehler and Ade-
laide or Adelheid Koehler
Adolph Stempel through the decree i
of partition of the estate Of Christian
William Stempel acquired title to the;
South 7 acres Of Lot 2 and the south
22.35 acres Of Lot l all in Section 80,
Township 6S, Range 8.
He is the same person as AdoIphus
Stempel and Adolph G. Stempel who
acquired an interest in this property
from H. F. Stempel and all of hts m.
terest in said real estate has been
and is now vested in the.
plaintiffs herein.
Adolph G. Stempel above described
has since died leaving as his heirs,
Ewald Stempel and wife on June 15,l
1878 by deed recorded in Book T. page
521, conveyed to Paul and Herman
LANCE all of his interest in the South
east quarter of Section 20, Township
6S, Range 8, and other property inter.u-
Ing to convey all of his interest IN Fl
the property set off to Louisa LANCE. ~
For dover, as the widow of Christian Il
William Stempel, in the partition Of Il
his estate, but through an error IN a
drawing the deed it was made to read
'all the share of Omar Stempel-'
Ewald Stempel has since died leav-
ing as his heirs two sons, William
Stempel and Robert Stempel.
Hugo or Fl. C. Stempel in the decree y
Of partition Of the estate of Christian
William Stempel was allotted tho Il
north 24A acres of Lot and the East
acres of Lot all in Section 3d. e