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  JOHN H. DAWSON. No will mentioned. Request for probate, Nov. 19, 1872; widow, Rebecca A. Dawson; administrator, L. A. Scoggin, her father; appraisers, Marshall Ross, J. D. Smith.

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  JAMES B. HARMON, Oak Creek Pct., d. Oct. 12, 1872. No will. Widow, Ruth Harmon. Administrators, J. D. Smith, Lincoln, Nebr., appointed Dec. 14, 1872; Ruth Harmon appointed Mar. 5, 1879. Surviving children (Feb. 28, 1879), Emily J., aged 14; Francis, aged 11; Garky A., aged 9; James U., aged 7; Sarah E., aged 6. From Oct. 10, 1876 to Nov. 19, 1877, Mrs. Ruth Harmon was living at Bartlett, Iowa. Appraisers, Joseph Z. Briscoe, Alba Brown. Real estate in Town 11 North, Range 6 East.

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  BETHIA [BETHIAH] S. FIELD. Will, Dec. 9, 1871; opened for probate, Aug. 5, 1872. Husband, Wescott R. Field. Children, Anna B. Philpot, , wife of James E. Philpott, Allan W. Field, Genie Field, all of Lancaster Co. Witss., Anna B. Philpott, Allan W. Field. Administrator, James E. Philpott.

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  CHAS. A. KNIGHT, unmarried, d. at Lincoln, Dec. 3, 1872. Father William Knight of Lenawee Co., Mich. No will. Administrator, A. C. Rickets. Appraisers, N. G. Franklin, C. Louis Franklin.

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  JOHN HENRY GILL, d. Dec. 3, 1872. Will, Nov. 23, 1872. Widow, Sarah. No mention of children. Witss., George Longton, J. W. Lowrie. Administrator, Sarah Gill. Real estate in Town 8 North, Range 5 East.

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  JOHN MENKE, Highland Twp., d. Jan. 7, 1873. Will (in German language), Bohlenberg, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, Oct. 1, 1861. Wife, Geshe Margarethe Holljediers, then dec'd about 4 years. Children, dec'd daughter, late wife of Wicke Theilen, who had three children living [1861]; John Diedrich Menke of Bohlenberge; John Frederick Menke in America. Probate, Feb. 10, 1873. Heirs [1873], John Diedrich Menke, John Thielen, John Frederick Menke.

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  JOHN P. LAUGHLIN, of Hugo, Douglass Co. No will. Widow, Phoebe. Children, Tipton P., Mina. Administrator in Lancaster Co., William Bays. Appraisers, John H. Watkins, Isaac Warrall.

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  TAMEDGE CRANDALL, lumber dealer of Lincoln, d. Feb. 23, 1873. No will. Widow, Alice F. Crandall. Children, Julius F., aged 17; Alice A., aged 12. Business partner, E[dwin ?] H. Tuttle. Administrator, Alice F. Crandall. Appraisers, Alphonso S. Godfey, H. 0. Griggs.

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  CAROLINE PETTIT, d. Jan. 9, 1873. Will, Jan. 9, 1873. Widower, S. N. Pettit. No children mentioned. Bequests to brother, Hiram McIntyre, to Carrie W. Sessions, to Mrs. E. S. Jones, to Rev. R. C. Talbott, to M. H. Sessions. Witss., J. M. Jameson, M. W. Wilcox. Administrator, M. H. Sessions.

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  WILLIAM LOUX, Olive Branch Twp., d. Apr. 14, 1873. No will. Widow, Katharina [Catherine]. Children, Willie and Josephine, minors. Administrator, Herman Spellman. Appraisers, John Herman Weilage [Weigala], Henry Kramer.

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  JOHN DEHART, Lincoln, d. at Lincoln, Apr. 30, 1873. No will. Widow, Lelia. No children mentioned. Administrator, Nahum S. Scott. Appraisers, J. J. Butler, S. S. Royce. The widow applied for a widow's pension at Holdrege, Nebr., in 1914.

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  JOHN W. DAVIS, Yankee Hill Twp., d. at Yankee Hill, May 11, 1873. No will. Widow, Esther [Ester] A. Davis. Children, Oliver P., Lorenzo K., Lyman C., Robert H., Adelia May, Loretta F., William F., Milton P., Walter B. Final decree, Aug. 20, 1919.

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  GEORGE L. STATES, d. June 2,1873. Will, May 29,1873. Widow, Eliza. Children, George F[rank], Gustavus J., Adaline A., Thomas B., Mary E., Elmer E., John G., Jane. Administrator, Eliza States. Witss., J. K. Van Demark, James Kelly. Homestead in Town 12 North, Range 5 East. Final decree, Mar. 10, 1928. Eliza States d. between Mar. 4, 1893 and Sept. 28, 1927. Frank States d. leaving a dau. Lillian then about 7 years old, who later m. P. R. Glassburn and was living in Lincoln in 1927. Elmer in. and had children. Adaline m. ---- Johnson. Mary m. ---- Baxter. In 1927 Jane was unmarried and all other children were dead.

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  JAMES M. JAMESON, contractor and builder, Lincoln, d. at Lincoln, June 17, 1873. Widow, Carrie M. Children, William N., aged 12; Carrie M., aged 10. Administrators, Carrie M. Jameson and Edward A. Morgan. Appraisers, H. J. Walshe, James R. Fairbank, R. 0. Phillips. The widow removed from the state about Aug. 15, 1873. She appeared before a Notary at Erie, Pa., Sept. 13, 1873. Dec'd had a pew at Church of the Holy Trinity [Episcopal]. Business partner, W. H. B. Stout.

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  LESTER CLINTON DOLLEY, Rochester, N. Y., d. at Rochester, N. Y., Apr. 1, 1872. Will, Aug. 22, 1866. Widow, Sarah R. A. Dolley. Child, Charles S., minor, "in case I shall leave no other child or children me surviving." Sister, Maria E. Sanford. Paris C. Dolley and Estelle Dolley, minor children of Dec'd brother Dr. Paris C. Dolley. Administrators, Sarah R. A. Dolley and Wm R. Hallowell of Rochester, N. Y. Witss., John Stewart and Alx. Allen, both of Rochester, the latter living at Leotona, 0., Apr. 19, 1873.

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  THOMAS W. TAYLOR, Lincoln, d. at Lincoln, May 30, 1873. No will. Widow, Eliza. Child, Lulu Fay, aged 1 year. Administrator, Eliza Taylor. Widow Eliza Taylor afterwards m. Whitney J. Marshall, who d. before Dec. 21, 1908; widow was then living at Mendota, Ill. Dau. Lulu Fay Taylor m. C. C. Burr and was living, Dec. 21, 1908, at Madison, Wis. Final decree, Jan. 2, 1909.

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  SAMUEL GUY. No will. Widow, Mary Guy. Children, Thomas Guy, William Guy, John Guy, Mary Thomas, Augusta Wade. Grandchild, Parker G. Crippen, only child of Elizabeth Crippen, Dec'd. Administrators, Absalom K. White, up to May 2, 1876, at about which time he removed to Clear Creek Co., Colo.; afterwards, H. H. Wilson. Appraisers, Lyman Frost, Barthalemew Cox. Real estate, Town 10 North, Range 7 East. Order for gravestone, design: "S. Guy Borned March 17th 1790 aged 83 yer 2 monthe & 24 day Died June 12 1873" Martha Guy, named in complaint against William Guy, Sept. 1, 1874, apparently his wife.

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  R. T. NAPOLEON, Lincoln, d. May 14, 1873. Will, May 12, 1873; opened for probate June 9, 1873. "my crippled daughter Margarett Anuttru [?] - - - my daughter Sarah May to be given to ['Adam and' interpolated] Louisa Bax her ['Uncle and' interpolated] Aunt ---- my son William." Witss., Adam Bax, J. W. Wood. Administrator, M. H. Sessions of Lincoln. Appraisers, W. W. Holmes, W. W. Wilson.

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  HENRY C. CAMPBELL. Died Aug. 5, 1873. Will, Aug. 4, 1873, filed for probate, Aug. 11, 1873. Widow Frances [Sally] F. Campbell;

children, Walter C. Campbell, Delia [Adelia] [Dick] F. Campbell, Thomas H. Campbell. Administrators, John D. Lottridge and Casper E. Yost. John D. Lottridge, guardian for Delia F. Campbell. Wit., Lyman A. Harmon, Wallace N. Abbey, S. P. Stoddard. Will not found. Appraisers, Munson Downs, Enoch Yost. Partner in firm of Holly & Campbell, general merchandise, Lincoln, Nebr. Partner in firm of Parks & Campbell, North Platte, Nebr. Warden of State Penetentiary. Real estate in Washington, Dodge, and Burt Counties.

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  H. HALLY [HALEY]. No will. Died Oct. 4, 1873. Administrator, N. S. Harwood. Appraisers, W. H. Bluett, W. W. Holmes. No heirs mentioned.