The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-02-04
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
TATE OF MISSOURI,

IL vi OAAAOA AOlNs
STATE OF MISSOURI,
COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE.
In the matter Of the estate of George
A Masterson, supposed to be dead.
In the Probate Court Of LAFAYETTE
County, Missouri. Adjourned No
vember Term, 1920, January 10th,
1921.
Now at this day comes Henry C.
Chiles and files in this court his ap-
pllcatiOn in writing, verified bv aft
davit, praying that letters of admin
~istration be issued to him upon the
estate of the said George A. Master
son and alleging that the said George
a. Masterson is supposed to be dead,
which application being seer and
heard by the Court and the Court
being satisfied that said applicant
would be entitled to such letters if
the supposed decedent were in fact
dead, it is ordered by the Court as
follows:
To George A. Masterson, supposed
to be dead:
You are hereby notified that Henry
G. Chiles has filed an application ver-
flied by affidavit in this Court pray
ing that letters of administration up
on your estate be issued to him. In
said application it is alleged that YOU,
George A. Masterson, have been alb
sent for seven consecutive years, and
more, from your last known domicile
within this state, to-wit; Lafayette
County, Missouri; hat you George A.
Masterson having been a resident of
Lafayette County, Missouri, have
gone from and not returned to said
State Of Missouri for seven consec-
utive years, and more; that you
George A. Masterson have entirely
disappeared and that you have not
been heard of or from by the Judge
of the Probate Court Of Lafayette
County, Missouri, having jurisdiction
over your estate, or by the persons in
terested in such estate or by any of
your relatives or family for seven
consecutive years and more, and that
you were last heard of in the year
1898, at which time you the said
George A. Masterson were at and
resided in Spokane, Washington
Said application states that because
of such long absence and because of
the failure Of said relatives, family
and Judge of Probate Court to hear
of or from you the said George A.
Masterson you are supposed to BIZ
dead, and you r supposed to have
died without children, widow, or de-.
cendants, leaving as your only heirs
at law Ernest A. Masterson, your
brother, and Mollie v. Livingston anC
| Stella e. Turner your sisters. Sale
application states that the estate Of
you the said George A. Masterson con
| sists of your interest in the proceed!
Of the sale Of land Of which Afford
jackson Masterson and Jacob S
I Masterson died seized, sold in parti
ton, the proceeds of which sales ar,
in the hands of the Sheriffs Of La
7 fayette and Bates Counties, Nilsson
+ ri, who made such sales and also tn
distributive share of you the sal,
, George A. Masterson of the persona
estate Of the said Jacob S. Master
son, deceased, in the hands CT VIII
} lam A. Masterson, administrator o
s said estate, and that the administra
ton Of said estate was in this Court
Said application states that if you
the said George A. Masterson, wer
in fact dead the petitioner would b
entitled to letters Of administrator
for the reason that said person
claiming to be your only heirs at la'
: have waived their rights to admin
lister upon your estate and requisite
the appointment of petitioner, sal
waivers and request being filed wit
said application and marked Exhih
its A, B and c.
Wherefore by reason Of the pre-
misses notice is hereby given and.
alive, you are hereby notifiedthat o
Z Monday the 28th day Of Februar,
1921, at the February term, 1921, {
this Court, the Court will hear ev
I dence concerning your alleged absenC
and the circumstances and duratio
thereof.
. And it is further ordered that
copy hereof be published according (
law in The Lexington Intelligence
a newspaper published in Lafayett
County, Missouri, once a week Il
four consecutive weeks. the last pull
y LEGATION to be at least two weeks bt
fore the said day of hearing, Febrt
; airy 28th, 1921,
STEPHEN N. WILSON,
Judge Of the Probate Court of Lafa!
cite County, Missouri.
NSEAL)
A True Copy From The Record.
Witness my hand and the seal
the Probate Court Of said Lafayetf
e County, Missouri, this 10th day
! January, 1921.
u (SEAL)
Al MARTHA 3. MARQUIS,
Clerk Of the Probate Court of Ii
County, Missouri.
s January IA, 1921.
VI TRUSTEES SALE.
,o Whereas, Alex Schlegel and MAJ
J. Schlegel, his wife, by their certa.
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