The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-09-22

! OOA1Ib DIN 4OEn.
| JOHN SNYDER,
| THOMAS SNYDER,
! CLIFFORD A. SNYDER,
NETTIE E. GIBBONEY,
! SUSAN SIMON,
THOMAS EDISON ETMON,
LILLIAN SIMON,
| CHLORINANNA SIMON, and/or
all the unknown spouses if any of
said Defendants,
/ NETTIE E. GIBBONEY, Executrix
of ANNIE SNYDER HOUPT, or her
successor,
! NETTIE E. GIBBONEY, Trustee
of
SUSAN SIMON,
THOMAS EDISON SIMON,
! LILLIAN SIMON, and
CHLORNANNA SIMON, or her
successor, and/or all the unknown
and absent heirs and next of kin of
| JOSEPH HOUPT, also known as
JOSIAH HOUPT; and/or all the
absent and unknown surviving
| spouses, heirs and next of kin of
any of the above named Defendants
who may have died.
The object of this suit is to obtain
a decree for the sale of the real es-
tate hereinafter described and to
have a Trustee appointd by the
Court to effect such sale and to dis
tribute the proceeds among the par
ties thereto according to their re-
spective interests.
The Petition states in substance
that:
First: That Joseph Houpt also
known as Josiah Houpt, departed
this life on or about the 10Th day
! if December, AID. 1920, intestate,
being, at the time of his death,
seized and possessed of certain real
estate, situate in Washington Coun-
ty, State of Maryland, and being all
! that tract of unimproved mountain
land, situate in Election District No.
16, and being a part of the same
tract of land which was conveyed
by Christian Rowland to George
Young by deed dated February 9th,
1866 and by him conveyed to Jacob
Grossnickle by deed dated Deem
Der Goth, 1867 and recorded in Liber
| L.BN. No. 2, Folio All, and therein
described as Lot No. l beginning at
q DlCIh Oclh 41CC Oll Vic fCOb SlNAC
of the County Road leading from
Smoketown to Myersville, the tract
of land herein conveyed being a
part of said Lot No. and described
as follows Beginning at stone
pile IN the West side of said Public
Road on the closing line of tract
conveyed to GroSSniClIle by Young
and q perches from the aforesaid
Black Oak Tree and running thence
South 81 degrees West 20A perches;
thence South 8 degrees East 25h
perches; thence North As degrees
East 81 perches; thence South 70
degrees East 2 perches to the afore-
said County Road; thence with said
road to the place of beginning, CON
| TAINING as now laid out, two and
seven-eighth (2B) acres of land,
more or less, SAVING AND Elk
CEPTING that part of said tract
which was sold and conveyed to the
Hagerstown and Frederick Railway
Company by deed dated the 3rd
day of September, AID. 1904, and
recorded in Liber No. 121, Folio 1911,
another of the Land Records of said
Washington County; being the same
real property which was conveyed
to the said Joseph Houpt by deed
from Catherine Grossnickle, et.al,
dated the 9th day of February, 1883,
and recorded in Liber No. 85, Folio
584, which deed is hereby referred
to and made part hereof.
Second: That the said real prop
erty descended to, became and is
now vested in the following heirs
at-law of the said Joseph Houpt,
namely Leorah J. Irving, widow,
Grace Shoop, widow, Blanche l.
Maddran, now intermarried with
Richard 7. Maddran, being children
of the said Joseph Houpt; Harry E.
Reese, now intermaIried with Gene
We've Reese, David j. Reese, I'M
married, being all the children of
Emma Reese, deceased child Of
Joseph Houpt, who departed this life
intestate "a widow on or about Az
gust, 1915; Nellie M. Martz, now in
termarried with Harry E. Martz,
Della E. Moser, now intermarrled
with Weaver Moser, Rolo E. MoSer,
now intermarried with Bruce Mos
er, Luella ]. Smith, widow, being
all the living children of Annie
Bowman, deceased child of the said
Joseph Houpt, who departed this
life intestate and widow on or
about and Louis
Faulders, widower, and Solomon
Faulders, now intermarried with
Esta Faulders, Frank Faulders, now
intermarried with Daisy Faulders,
Virgil L. Faulders, now intermar-
ried with Catherine E. Faulders,
Roger Faulders, unmarried, Susie n.
Shaw, now intermarried with JAG
OBJ Shaw, being the surviving widow
er and children of Ada l. Faulders,
(who departed this life intestate on
or about the 18th day of December,
1945) being deceased child of the
said Annie Bowman; Elmer j..
Rowe, now intermarried with Eva
Rowe, Lewis Rowe ,widower, Charles
w. Rowe, now intermarried with
Annie Rowe, Wilbur S. Rowe, un-
married, Ethel R. Palmer, now IN
termarried with Sylvester Palmer,
Oneada E. Purdham, now intermar-
ried with Virgil Purdham, being all
the children of Clara Rowe, who
departed this life on or about the
18th day of February, 1914, mites
tate, being a child of the said Joseph
Houpt, the husband of the said
Clara Rowe at the time of her