The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-27
publication thereof to-wit:

office of the Clerk of the District
Court aforesaid the petition Of a. T.
Weldon alleging that the said Julia
Ann Summers, absentee, was
daughter of John and Eliza Sum
mers, and that her mother Eliza
Summers was the sister OF Larkln
Mcdaniel. late resident OF 9ecatudI
that the said Julia Ann Summers,
absentee, left Decatur County, Iowa,
about the year 1868; that the said
Eliza Summers died in Labette
County, Kansas, in the. year 1876,
and left as her sole and only heirs
at-law, Julia Ann s sur GaSn aS sTm-
mers, and two other children, as pc
titioner is informed, whose, names
are unknown to him; that the sad
Larkin Mcdaniel, single. died in
testate in Decatur County, iowa
on or about the day Of Febru,
airy, 1915, leaving as ms sol nen anu
lei, of Harlem, Montana; A. T: Vel
don. Davis city, Iowa; John Weldon,
Gainesville, Missouri; Frank Amy,
Medford Oregon; Larkin McDaniel,
Bay City, Texas; Andrew McDanlel,
Tar River, oklahoma; Permelia
Summers. absentee, address IN
known, (probably dead); William
Summers, address unknown, lprob-
ABLY dead); John Summers. address
unknown (probably dead). and two
other children of the said Eliza Sum
mers whose names are unKnoWn'
that the part Of the estate fSat wo or t ee
to and belong to Julia Ann Summers,
William Summers, John, Summers,
and the two children, whose names
and addresses are unknown would be
about 100000 or 100000 each;
that the said Julia Ann Summers, ap-
sentee, has concealed her Wnereao7
bouts for a period of more, than 40
years; that the estate and property
left by Larkin Mcdaniel was and is in
money, is in Decatur County, Iowa,
end is in the possession of the ,peti,,
toner, the duly appointed, ,quaNfled
and acting administrator OF the es-
tate of Larkin MCDANIEL; that the the
and spent considerable money under.
the order of court in trying to locate
and find the. heirs of the said Eliza
Summers, deceased; that so far as is
known the following are the sole and
only heirs-at-law of the said Julia
Ann Summers, absentee, JOhn NC
Iarkin Mcdaniel, Andrew Mcdaniel,
Permelia Capps and A. T. Weldon,
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 saio
absentee and her heirs named herelh
and published in the Leon Report
err" 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 9rl" tinn
notice; that the proof OF publlcatl0n
and service of said notice shall be
made in manner and for the time or,
dered. and at the expiration OF sad
time. be filed with said petition, and
thereupon, if said absentee fails TO-
appear the court shall hear the PROOF
presented and If satisfied with the
truth of the facts set forth in the pc
tition- concerning said absentee, shall
order Letters of Administration up
on the estate of said absentee to IS
sue as though she were known to be
dead and that the court may declare
said party legally dead, and may
hear proof and determine VINO the
legal heirs of said absentee are and
their respective interests in said es-
tate, and for such other and further
order as the court may find necessary
and proper.
To ali of which you will take due
notice and govern yourselves accord
Signed in open court this 14th day
of March, 1917
H. X. Evans,
Judge Third Judicial District OF
Iowa.
TO all of which all persons named
and interested will take due notice
and govern themselves accordingly.
G., w. HOFFMAN,
and V. r. McGINNlS,
E32-St attorneys for Petitioner.