The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-05-01
Original Notice.

and for Decatur County. February
Term, 1919.
Original Notice and Order for the
Publication Thereof.
In the matter of the Estate of
- Summers, Absentee, (Being
son or daughter, given or Christian
TO John Mcdaniel, John Weldon.
drew Mcdaniel, Permelia Caps,
Julia Ann Summers, William Sum-
mers, John Summers and All 9th
er Unknown Heirs-at-law, Devil
sees and Legatees Of Eliza Sum-
mers, Julia Ann Summers, Will
and Of the Above Named Absentee:
BE IT REMEMBERED That on
this 14th day of March, 1919, it be
ing a regular day of the February,
1919 Term of the District Court
aforesaid this cause came on for
hearing upon the petition of A., T.
Weldon for an order OF this court to
prescribe the notice and order. the
same published in the matter of the
of -----Summers absentee, Chris
tian or given name unknown, but
son or daughter of John and Eliza
Summers) and the court on reading
said petition and being duly advised
in the premises orders that the fol-
lowing notice be and hereby is pre-
scribed, and an order be and hereby
is made as to the publication thereof
to-wit:
That there is now on file in the
office of the Clerk of the District
Court aforesaid the petition of A. T.
Weldon alleging that the said --
Summers, absentee, was son or
daughter of John and Eliza Sum-
mers; that the mother Eliza Sum-
mers was the sister of Larkin Nc
Daniel, late a resident of Decatur
that hath the said said NV Summers, alb
Kansas; that the said Eliza sum
mers died in Labet.e County, Kan
sas, in the year 1876 and left as her
sole and only heirs-at-law. Julia Ann
Summers, William Summers, John
Summers and Summers,
absentee, and one other. child whose
said Larkin Mcdaniel, single, died
intestate in Decatur County. Iowa,
on or about the goth day OF Septem-
Der. 1915, leaving as his sole and on
ly heirs-at-law, John Mcdaniel Of
Harlem, Montana; A. T. Weldon, Da-
Wis City, Iowa; John Weldon, Gaines
vile, Missouri; Frank Amy, Med
ford, Oregon; Larkih Mcdaniel, Bay
River, Oklahoma; Permelia Capps,
Byron, oklahoma; Julia Ann Sum-
mers, address unknown, (probably
dead); William Summers, address
unknown (probably dead); John
Summers, address unknown, (prOb-
ably dead; Summers, absen-
tee, address unknown. and one o..her
child of the said Eliza Summers,
known; that the part of the estate
of the said Larkfn Mcdaniel that
would go to and belong to Julia Ann
Summers. William Summers, John
Summers, ---- Summers, absen.
tee, and the other child, name and
address unknown of Eliza Summers,
would be about 100000 or 100000
each; that the, said Sum
her whereabouts for a period Of
more than 40 years; that the estate
and property left by Larkin McDan-
iel was and is in money, is in Deca-
tur County, Iowa, and is in the
possession Of the petitioner, the duly
appointed. qualified and acting adj
ministrator of the estate OF Larkin
made diligent search and spent con.
siderable money under the. order of
court in trying to locate and find the
heirs of the said Eliza Summers, de-
ceased; that so far as is known the
following are the sole and only
heirs-at-law of the said -- Sum
mers, absentee, John MCDANIEL,
Frank Amy, John Weldon, Larkin
Mcdaniel, Andrew Mcdaniel, Per-
melia Capps and A. T. Weldon, petit
toner.
It is further ordered that the with
in and foregoing Is the notice pre-
scribed by this court in said cause;
that the same be addressed to said
absentee and his heirs named herein
and published in the Leon Report
err" a newspaper of general circula>
ton in Leon, Decatur County, Iowa,
for a period of eight consecutive
weeks, and that said notice be served
personally on all of the heirs residing
within the State Of Iowa in the man
ner and for the length of time as Is
required for the service OF original
notice; that the proof of publication
and service of said notice shall be
made In manner and for the time or
dered, and at the expiration OF said
time, be filed with said petition, and
II said absentee falls to;
appeAr the court shall hear the proof
UfoeeAted and IL satfeded with the