The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-15
TIE DAILY GATE CITY
30, Township 6S. Range 3, lying south
and east of Lost Creek Levee.

30, Township ss. Range 3, lying south
and east of Lost Creek Levee.
Albert L. Brouse:
That part of Section 20, Township
6S, Range 3. lying south OF Green
Bay Slough.
That part OF Section SO, Township
6s, Range 8, lying south OF Green
Bay Slough and north OF the leyee.
except a small tract in the northeast
corner south of the bay excepted in
the deed from the Mississippi River
Power Company to said Albert l..
Brouse
All Of the property above described
being In Lee County, Iowa.
Carl Z. LANCE has refused on re-
quest to execute quit claim deed
more than twenty days before the
filing of this suit.
That the interests OF all OF the de.
PENDANTS are junior and inferior to
the interests and titles of the plain
tiffs herein.
That the plaintiffs are the owners
in fee simple of the real estate above
described and they and their prede-
cessors in title have had the open,
notorious, exclusive, uninterrupted.
adverse possession Of all OF said
property for the past twenty years
under color of title and claim Of
right.
That the interests and claims OF
lowing facts
Benjamin Adamson died in 1881
seized of the West half of the South
-
ter of Section II, Township IS. Rangs
3, leaving as his heirs
Catherine Carmen, whose husband
was Benjamin Carmen, daughter:
Hannah Morris, whose husband
was Jonathan d. Morris. daughter;
Susannah Moore, whose husband
was Charles A. Moore, a daughter;
Cassay Ann Flick, whose husband
was William Flick, granddaughter.
and
Sarah Jane Brown. a granddaugh-
ter. the two last being daughters Of
Charlotte e. Brown, a daughter of
Benjamin Adamson, who died before
he did:
Henry Adamson. a son:
Benjamin Adamson, a son;
Hester Ann Johnson, a daughter
whose husband was James Harrison
Johnson.
All of the interest of the above
named heirs and all interest that
had formerly vested in Benjamin
Adamson, deceased was by the
referees deed In the partition suit
among the heirs vested in Joseph
Adamson on October "a, 1855, by
deed recorded in Book 6, page 1858.
That the referees in said deed
conveyed the property last
above described by said deed and the
said Joseph Adamson by deed dated
November "a, 1855, and recorded in
Book 6, page 391, actually conveyed
he above described property to Mil
ward H. Rogers.
Jacob Ash died about May 6, 1879,
seized of an interest in the West part
If the Northeast quarter of Section
Il, containing 20 acres, more or less,
Ind the West part of the Southeast
quarter of Section IL. all in Town
ship 60, Range 8, containing in all
.05 acres, and leaving last will and
testament which was admitted to
probate in Lee County, Iowa.
AL of his heirs were made parties
o the proceedings brought in 1880
~ Henry Fostering and others to
PARTITION said property and the en-
ire interest in the said premises
ormerly owned by Jacob Ash passed
o Henry Fostering by the referees
Iced in said case recorded in Book
u, page SO.
Jacob Ash left all this property to
he heirs of Magdolen Raber Ash,
ormerly Magdolen Raber, as fol-
ows: Daniel Ash, Solomon Ash, the
leirs of Mary Williams, the heirs of
Jhristana Kelly and Catharine Deer
luff.
P. b. Babcock on July 16, 1852, &C.
luired tax deed to Lot l, in Sec
ion rs, Township 68, Range 3, and |
he interest he had in said property |
DIN in the deed.
The heirs of the wife Of the said |
,. H. Babcock were Emmett Babcock, |
son, now deceased, and Emma C.
liel, a daughter. The heirs of the |
aid Emmett Babcock are Charles !
oseph Babcock, a son, and Adlet e. |
iaas, whose husband Is Charles l.. !
haas, and Charity B. Fisk, his daugh- |
ers.
All Of the above named heirs ex.
ept Adlet e. Haas and Charity. b.
Tsk have executed deeds conveying !
heir interest in said property.
All of the interest in said property
ormerly vested in P. H. Babcock is
ow the property Of the plaintiffs
erein.
James H. Bacon, prior to his death
n June 20, 1882. acquired title to
last half Section Fl,
West half Of the Northwest quar-.
or of Section 81,
East half of the Southwest quarter
f Section 81.
Northwest quarter of Section %,
North half of the Northeast quar-
or of Section %,
Lot i, Southeast quarter OF the
Tortheast quarter Of Section %,
Lot in Fractional Southeast quar-
or of Section %,
North half of the Northeast quar-
sr Of Section 20,
East half of the Southeast quarter
{ Section 20, and other property in
ownship 6S, North of Range West
nd he is the same person whose
state under the name of j. H. Bacon, Il
as probated in the Circuit Court OF J.
70 State Of Iowa in and for I,ee l.