The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-29

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| wort. Ida LOCKER. since deceased
and Anna Haigis.
William LOCKER has since died un.
married and without issue, leaving
his nephews and neices as his only
heirs and his death being prior to
the enactment of the Collateral In.
Iowa.
Othniel LOCKER left another grand
daughter Betsey Ashby, who has
since died leaving as her heirs, her
children, Martin Van Ashby, oliver
Ashby, George Ashby, Alice Ashby
and Ida Ashby.
All of the grandchildren OF the
said Othniel LOCKER above named.
with the exception of Helen Gibbs,
parted with all of their interest in
the above described land and the
heirs of the said Helen Gibbs parted
with their interest and The said title
is now all vested In the plaintiffs
therein.
The firm of Miller and Fry pur-
chased large tracts OF land in Sections
26, %, 2S, 3S. 81 and 35 all in Town
ship 6S. Range g.
Said firm was composed of Fred
erick b Miller, sometimes called and
written F, B. Miller and Joseph f.
Fry and all of the interest of the said
firm or either OF the members thereof
in and to any and all parts of said
Sections, above described is now
vested in the plaintiffs herein.
Wherever the names +. B. Miller or
Frederick B. Miller occur in connec-
ton with the titles to real estate in
Townships 6S North Of Ranges 2 and
3. West. they refer to one and the
same person
Enoch Morgan died intestate and
widower about 1853 seized of the
West half of the Southwest quarter of
Section %, Lot 3 in Section 26 and
Lot in Section 27 all in Township
6S, Range 8, leaving as his only heirs
his children, Edward Morgan, Thomas
Morgan, James Morgan, Eleanor Frost
and John Morgan.
Edward and Thomas Morgan died
during the Civil War, unmarried and
without issue.
Eleanor Frost and John Morgan
conveyed their interest in said prop
erty to General S. Grant but the deed
was lost or destroyed before record
ling.
James Morgan conveyed his interest
in the above described property to
Daniel McCannon and all of their In
terests are now vested in the PLAIN
tiffs herein.
John Morgan has since died leaving
the following children, F. w. Morgan,
J. D. Morgan, c. III. Morgan, MRS. w
M. Vance, Mrs. G. l.. Vance, Mrs. G. G..
Chinn and two grandchildren, the chill
dren of son, Harvey, who died be-
fore his father.
| That General S. Grant took posses
sion of all of the above described
property and he and his grantees have
lheld possession for more than thirty
years last past and said possession is
|now vested in the plaintiffs herein.
John Morgan on December 1, 1S41,
received a patent from the United
States Government to the West half
[of the Northeast quarter of Section
III, Township 6S, Range and on Feb
ruary &c, 1850 by deed recorded IN
Book 4, page 503 conveyed the West
half OF the Southwest quarter OF the
Northeast quarter of said Section IL
to BENJAMIN Adamson but through an
error the property was described as
the Southwest quarter. of the West
half Of the Northeast quarter OF said
Section IL.
The said Benjamin. Adamson took
possession of the twenty acres as
first described above and he and his
heirs and grantees have held. posses
sion of said property since said date
| and said possession and title are now
the property of the plaintiffs herein.
Richard Prichitt prior to March Is,
1879 conveyed to his son William
Prichett Lots 1, 2 and in Section ~
and the Southeast quarter OF the
Southeast quarter Of Section % all III
Township 6S, Range 3, but said deed
was lost or destroyed before record
ing. The said William Prichett at
said date entered into the possession
of the above described property and
he and his grantees have held posses
sion ever since and said possession Is
now vested in the plaintiffs herein.
| Richard Prichett has since died
leaving as his heirs besides his son,
William Prichett, above named
Elizabeth Prichett, John Prichett,
Jane Prichett, since deceased, I'M
married and without issue, and Mary
Prichett who married Jonathan Wilde,
both of whom are now deceased.
Edwin Fl. Rand on January 30, 1875.
acquired title to Lot in Section "a,
West half of Lot 2 in Section "a,
containing 1920 acres, Northeast quar-
ter of the Northwest quarter or Sec
! ton "a, Northwest quarter OF the
Northeast quarter OF Section "a, South
east quarter of the Southwest quarter
of Section q all in Township 6S,
Range 8, but through mistake OF the
maker of the deed his name Is given
as Edward Rand. His name is given
! in the transfers of this and other prop
erty as Edwin H. Rand and r. H. Rand
but wherever the names b. ii. Rand,
Edward H. Rand, Edwin Fl. RAND, Ed
ward Rand or Edwin Rand appear In
the titles to property in Township 6S.
North Ranges and 3 West, they refer
to one and the same person.
Milward H. Rogers, Sr., in his last
will and testament duly probated in
lee County, Iowa, intended to devise
to Johnson Rogers, Jr., and Harry
Rogers the West half Of the South
west quarter of the Northeast quarter