WILLS OF CASCADE COUNTY GREAT FALLS, MONTANA
VOLUMES ONE & THREE
No record has been found of the Volume two of the Wills of Cascade County, Montana.
Retyped by Thelma L. Marshall indexed by Eddie Josey-Wilson and Evan Heisel Great Falls Genealogy Society Great Falls, Montana April 1996 ABSTRACTS OF WILLS
CASCADE COUNTY, MONTANA
1884-1909
VOLUME 1
BLACK EAGLE CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION GREAT FALLS, MONTANA ABSTRACTS OF WILLS
CASCADE COUNTY; MONTANA
VOLUME 1 ABSTRACTS OF WILLS
CASCADE COUNTY, MONTANA
BLACK EAGLE CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION GREAT FALLS, MONTANA
COPIED BY:
Mrs. Lou Siniff
Mrs. Theodore Cox
Miss Ella Nelson
Miss Grace Collins
Grace Dutton Collins, State Chairman
1 951 - 1952 RICHARD WRIGHT of Fairfield St., Philadelphia, U.S.A.
DATED: 3 Sep. 1888
WIFE: Elizabeth WRIGHT FATHER: James Wright
SISTERS: Charlotte Wright, Rebecca Wright (wife of James Wright)Maria Moore (wife of J.W. MOORE). BROTHERS: William, Arthur, late brother Edmund
EXECUTORS: Brother Arthur Wright, Wife Elizabeth Wright and sister Charlotte Wright.
WITNESSES: S. Harlan Price and Wm.H. Walker.
"Should I die in England I wish to be buried in the lot beside my father and mother, in the cemetery at Oday, Yorkshire in England. If I die away from England I wish a stone to be erected on this lot giving my birth and death dates."
JAMES STONE of Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana.
DATED: 27 March 1891
HEIR: In view of the fact that Thomas E. Brady has loaned me large sums of money and cared for me during this my last illness I bequeath to him all my properties, chattels and debts. He shall be sole executor to serve without bond. My homestead, south west quarter of the south west quarter of Section eleven (11) and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter and the north half of the southeast quarter of Section ten (10) in Township number nineteen (19) North on Range three (3) east. EXECUTOR: Thomas E. Brady
WITNESSES: F. Geo. Held Great Falls, Montana F.B. Gallagher Great Falls, Montana THOMAS L. GORHAM Town of Cascade, Cascade Co., Montana. DATE: 5 August 1890 PROBATED: 23 May 1891 DAUGHTERS: Mrs. Sarah F. Archer of Butte, MT; Lela V. Roberts of Cascade, Montana.
WIFE: Sarah A. Gorham BROTHER: Richard T. Gorham EXECUTORS Richard Gorham and Sarah A. Gorham. : George Stine (Stull), Cascade, MT. WITNESSES : John P. Dyas Great Falls, Montana Lot number twelve (12) in block number eight (8), in the town of Cascade. Thomas L. Gorham died on or about the 23rd April 1891 in Cascade County, Montana at the time of executing said will, he was 61 years or upwards.
JAMES STEWART TOO of Great Falls, Montana DATE: 26 June 1891 PROBATED: 26 July 1891 BROTHER: J. Kennedy Tod, banker in the city of New York' EXECUTORS: J. Kennedy Tod and Edward William Kelly of Great Falls. WITNESSES: Robert J. Williams, Ed. W. Kelly, & A.E. Dickerson.
J. JONATHAN GOON Cascade County, Montana DATE: 29 Jan. 1891 WIFE: Barbary Goon DAUGHTERS: Celia Rumsey, wife of Paul Rumsey SONS: Charles, Frank, Oscar, & Rufus. EXECUTORS: William P. Beachley, Ephraim M. Mitchell WITNESSES James P. Lewis, J.B. Newman, N.C. Randall, (all of Great : Falls, Montana. West half of the Southwest quarter and the west half of the northwest quarter of section 34, Township 20, N R 4 East in cascade County, Montana. DAVID RUSSELL MITCHELL of Great Falls, Montana DATED: 29 July 1891 PROBATED: 26 Oct. 1891 WIFE: Rena Mitchell EXECUTORS: Rev. Empson Cory, George Bridge of Great Falls, Montana WITNESSES: J. McCallum, Jas. Johnson, Herbert MacBeth.
WILLIAM M. HEALY of sun River, Cascade County, Montana DATED: 24 Oct. 1891 PROBATED: 30 Nov. 1891 WIFE: May M. Healy William Micheal Healy died 20 oct. 1891 EXECUTORS: WITNESSES: Arthur W. Delaney, Arthur B. Stone.
AUGUSTA M. BRINK Great Falls, Montana DATED: 16 July 1891 PROBATED: 23 Jan. 1892 HEIRS: Children of my brother: Peter Erick Brink who reside in Lunby Tielenix, Enkoping, Sweden. EXECUTORS: Arthur E. Dickenson, Daniel Tracy. WITNESSES: Don L. Willard, Ed W. Kelly.
CATHERINE LAMMBEIN of Wolfe Creek, Cascade Co., Montana DATED: 28 May 1891 HEIR: Sister May Amadeus (Sarah Theresa Dunn) EXECUTORS: Mrs. Thomas Moran, Mrs. Mary Moran WITNESSES: Kate Smith, Micheal Smith, John Hunter, all residing in St. Peter's Mission, Cascade County, Montana. JOSEPH W. CLARK Of Boston, Massachusetts & Pomfret, CT DATED: 29 Sep. 1873 PROBATED: 20 June 1892 WIFE: Eleanor Arnold Clark CODICIL dated 8 February 1889, mentions children EXECUTORS: Charles Van Brunt and Edward Sterges of Boston. WITNESSES: John w. McBurney, S.A. Dix, Wm, T. Kennedy WITNESSES TO CODICIL: Florence Angell, Katie R. Daily, and Margaret J. Collins
JAMES COYLE of Sand coulee, Cascade County, Montana DATED: 20 July 1892 PROBATED: 27 Aug. 1892 HEIR: Nelson Holbrook of Hoosak Falls, New York EXECUTORS: John Burke and Thomas Wheeler WITNESSES: Charles McGrady & Micheal Hunt of Great Falls, Montana.
NAPOLEON BONNIE Cascade County, Montana DATED: 3 Sep. 1892 PROBATED: 15 Oct. 1892 BROTHER: Isadore Bonnie "I being 45 years of age and unmarried" EXECUTORS: William J. Delaney WITNESSES: Alfred G. Ladd, M.D. and William R. Gety of Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana.
TIMOTHY McCARTHY Grafton, Cascade Co., Montana DATED: 2 Dec. 1892 PROBATED: 1 April 1893 WIFE: Mary E.McCarthy SISTER: Mary McNamara of Michigan BROTHER'S CHILDREN: Charles, Florence and Katie Bridget McCarthy. My deceased brother's wife Mary McCarthy, all living in Geyser, Montana. EXECUTOR: Silas A. Beachley WITNESSES: Thomas E. Brady, Hormidas Gravel of Great Falls.
-8- MRS. DELLA STRONG Cascade, Cascade County, Montana DATED: 10 Feb. 1891 DAUGHTER: Mrs. Nellie M. Wyatt SON: Byron F. Strong GRANDCHILDREN: Miss Maude Wyatt and Master Frank Wyatt of Fresno, California. Miss Pearl Strong and Frankie Strong of Helena, Montana. "Put in proper condition my burial place and the burial place of Walter G. Strong." EXECUTORS: Robert Vahgn, Matt Dunn of Great Falls WITNESSES: John H. Craig and Nannie L. Wright.
DAVID H. CHURCHILL Great Falls, Montana DATED: 15 Nov. 1886 PROBATED: 12 Aug. 1893 WIFE: Mary S. Churchill BROTHER: Thomas A. Churchill EXECUTOR: Thomas A. Churchill WITNESSES: Charles D. Hord.
MACK J. LEAMING Great Falls, Montana DATED: 11 Mar. 1893 PROBATED: 5 Sep. 1893 WIFE: Louisa F. Learning SONS: Alexander D. Learning (a minor), Mack Kneedler Learning, and Herbert W. Learning. DAUGHTERS: Mary Mastilda Learning and Nellie L. Church.
SISTER: Chany L. Wignall of LaPorte) Indiana. "To my son Herbert, my parchment certificate of membership
in the Military Order of Loyal Legion of the United States signed by General Sheridan ... and my gold insigna of said order. To my son Mack Kneedler, my cavalry sabre that I carried at the battle of Nashville, Tenn. December 15 & 16, 1884.
EXECUTORS: Fred C. Poole of Grafton, Montana.
WITNESSES:
-9-- JAMES BARBOUR NEWMAN, JR. Great Falls, Montana DATED: 17 June 1893 PROBATED: 27 Oct. 1893 WIFE: Fannie T. Newman DAUGHTERS: Alice and Lillie G. EXECUTOR: Fannie T. Newman WITNESSES: Lawrence R. Fortune, William F. Burgy, F. Geo. Hudt.
FREDERICKA EGLOFF Great Falls, Montana DATED: 21 Nov. 1893 DAUGHTERS: Bertha Egloff, Anna Rohde (wife of Emil Rohde of Milwaukee, Wis.) Sarah Jonas (wife of Frank W. Jonas of Madison, Wis.) SONS: August and Paul EXECUTOR: Bertha Egloff WITNESSES: Alfred G. Ladd of Great Falls, MT, Earnest W. Ringwald of Sweet Grass, Montana.
JULIA ANNA PRICE Sun River, Cascade County, Montana DATED: 19 Nov. 1889 DAUGHTER: Mrs. Julia Ellen Murray "I make no provision for any other of my children or any child which may hereinafter be born."
EXECUTOR: Julia Ellen Murray WITNESSES: William Ulm of Dodge County. Byne A. Robertson of Sun River.
JAMES B. CULLEY Cascade County, Montana DATED: 16 Jan. 1892 FATHER: John Culley MOTHER: Julia B. Culley BROTHERS: Jesse E. Culley, Levi Strong Culley, Thomas Culley and Newton Culley.
SISTERS: Hetty Jane Culley, Nancy Ellen Culley. Annie Belle Lee and Bessie Lee, daughters of James T. Lee. Ellen Lee (wife of James T. Lee).
EXECUTORS: James T. Lee WITNESSES: James P. Lewis, Will Hanks, Charles P. Welt. HERBERT P. ROLFE Great Falls, Montana DATED: 1 Sep. 1890 WIFE: Martha E. Rolfe also children EXECUTOR: Martha E. Rolfe WITNESSES: Silas A. Beachley.
JOHN MADDEN Geyser, Cascade County, Montana DATED: 6 Aug. 1895 SISTER: Agnes Kenny EXECUTORS: WITNESSES: M.L. Lynch & Micheal Byrnes, both of Geyser.
EDWARD LIPPINCOTT of Florence, Lewis & Clark County, MT DATED: 21 Nov. 1884 WIFE: Agnes A. Lippincott EXECUTOR: Agnes A. Lippincott WITNESSES Frank P. Stirling, Rudolf Van Tobel, both of Lewis and : Clark County, Territory of Montana.
ELIZABETH JANE BENOIT Cascade County, Montana DATED: 18 May 1896 HUSBAND: Joseph Alphonse Benoit EXECUTOR Joseph Alphonse Benoit : William J. Merrit, Fred Laftain, J.W. Williams, WITNESSES: all of Barker, Montana.
Cascade County, Montana GEORGE TIDDLE 2 Jan. 1897 DATED: Samuel Tiddle FATHER: "expense of sending my body to (not legible) Ontario,
for burial". Dr. R.T.R. Gordon
EXECUTOR: William G. Downing & William M. Cockrill. WITNESSES: EDGAR G. MACLAY Great Falls, Montana DATED: 15 Dec. 1895 WIFE: Blanche M. Maclay DAUGHTER: Theodora Maclay SON: Edgar Maclay BUSINESS PARTNER: John T. Murphy EXECUTOR: John T. Murphy WITNESSES: W.T. Pigott & W.P. Wren
THOMAS CORBALLY Great Falls, Montana DATED: 1 Dec. 1894 "I am unmarried and 48 years old."
COUSIN: Mary Agnes Corbally of Poughkeepsie, NY BROTHERS: Pat Corbally and John Corbally of New York City, and
John's son Thomas. SISTERS: Catherine Logan and Mary Walsh. EXECUTORS: P.J. Regan, S.H. Fletcher, & Thomas Vincund Corbally. WITNESSES:
MATTHEW FURNELL Great Falls, Montana DATED: 25 April 1896 WIFE: Della M. Furnell SONS: George Ray Furnell, age 13 years, Albert M. Furnell,
age 11 years. DAUGHTER: Florence M. Furnell, age 8 years. EXECUTORS: Della M. Furnell & Robert S. Ford WITNESSES: Barbara E. Dunn & Gowan Ferguson.
JAMES MITCHELL Cascade County, Montana DATED: 21 May 1896 WIFE: Jennie Mitchell Delia Goodman & Baby Goodman, ages 5 & 3, daughters of:
George & Julia Goodman of Goodman Coulee. EXECUTORS George Goodman and Ephraim Mitchell : George W. Taylor. WITNESSES -12- STEPHEN C. MARTIN Brookline, Massachusetts DATED: 23 Jan. 1893 WIFE: Anne Lyon Martin NIECE: Katherine Agnew Martin "With the right to carry on said business under the title which shall describe the person or persons carrying on
said business as the 'successor or successors' to Dr. Henry A. Martin & Son" EXECUTOR: my wife: Anne Lyon Martin & trustee: my uncle,
Stephen Ni.. Crasby WITNESSES: Clement K. Gay, Lizzie Bailey & Marion Perry.
JOHN GALLAGHER Belt, Montana DATED: 29 Mar. 1897 BROTHER: Charles Gallagher of Darragh, Pennsylvania SISTER: Letitia Gallagher of Trinidad, Colorado "I direct my executors to have a stone placed at the head
of my father's and mother's graves in St. Mary's cemetery in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
EXECUTORS: Patrick Gallagher, James Greeley & Micheal Hunt WITNESSES: John S. Cook, Timothy Kelly, both of Belt, Montana.
JOSEPH C. NILES Belt, Montana DATED: 27 April 1897 DAUGHTER: Jeremiah Johnson EXECUTOR: Jeremiah Johnson WITNESSES: Simon McDonald & Margaret C. Barnes.
CONRAD GEIGER Cascade County, Montana DATED: 29 Oct. 1897 FRIEND: John Z. Comer John EXECUTOR: Z. Comer WITNESSES: Edward Roche & Emma Commer.
-13- HEEDVIG TUFVESON Belt, Montana DATED: 10 June 1897 BROTHER: Per Tufveson of Belt. EXECUTOR: Per Tufveson WITNESSES: Theo Thronson, John Alofgran, both of Great Falls, MT.
MARION ALBERT KINSEY Cascade, Cascade County, Montana DATED: 24 May 1892 WIFE: Julia May Kinsey EXECUTOR: WITNESSES: James P. Lewis, John A.Largent & Ben E. Lapeyre Codicil to above: DATED: 11 Jan. 1897 SON: Samuel Jacob Kinsey, born since I made my will. EXECUTOR: Julia May Kinsey WITNESSES: Fred Albright & Rufus Jas. Hardy.
HERMAN WILDEKOPP DATED: 31 May 1897 WIFE: Lizzie Wildekopp CHILDREN: "To my children by my second and last marriage" Harry, Irene, and Marguriete WILDEKOPP My wife shall pay to my child Carrie Wildekopp.
EXECUTOR: Lizzie Wildekopp WITNESSES: Herman Nalbach & Jacob Schmidt.
BRIDGET KENNEDY Kalispell, Missoula County, Montana DATED: 7 Mar. 1892 BROTHER: Thomas Clines EXECUTOR: Thomas Clines WITNESSES: J.H.O'Connell & John T. Duffy. EDWIN D. HASTIE Sun River, Montana DATED: 15 Sep. 1898 BROTHERS: Burbin, Warren & Phillip Hastie of Fowler, Fresno, Calif. SISTERS: Lydia Kennedy of Fowler, Fresno CA & Lizzie Robertson of Des Moines, Iowa. "I desire that after the Masonic Lodge of Great Falls, assisted by the Sun River Lodge 1.00 F. take charge, have my body embalmed and shipped to Andrew Hastie, Carlisle, Warren County, State of Iowa." EXECUTOR: Robert S. Ford WITNESSES: W.P. Burcher, Perry Getts & I.E. Todd.
JAMES G. McLEAN Great Falls, Montana DATED: 26 Dec. 1896 MOTHER: Sarah McLean, she shall live with my children and have full charge of them
DAUGHTER: Sarah V. McLean BROTHER: Kenneth G. McLean GUARDIANS OF MY MINOR CHILDREN: Sarah McLean & Kenneth McLean. EXECUTOR: Kenneth G. McLean & Sarah V. McLean WITNESSES: Geo. P. Marsh & Howard S. Greene.
MAGGIE ALEXANDER Great Falls, Montana DATED: 23 Jan. 1899 STEP-MOTHER: Mrs. Harriet Alexander of Osawalomie, Kansas CHILDREN OF STEP-MOTHER: Eugene, Charles & Smith Alexander WITNESSES: Geo. Raban, Jennie Arnold & James A. Barnarad.
NATHAN F. PETTINGILL Great Falls, Montana DATED: 13 Apr. 1896 WIFE: Loretta H. Pettingill WITNESSES: Ella Mundy and Mrs. Wegner JOHN GLASS Great Falls, Montana DATED: 8 July 1897 CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE: Mrs. Delia B.Corbett of Minneapolis, MN Mrs. Margaret May Brawnson of Des Moines, IA Mrs. Hannah B. Senseba of State of Washington John T.C. Glass of State of Washington CHILD OF SECOND MARRIAGE: Ignatius Lapeyre Glass, age two years and seven months; my little daughter Margaret Mary Glass, age
ten months. WIFE: Catherine A. Glass EXECUTORS: Catherine A. Glass and her brother: Thomas F. Callagan. WITNESSES Thomas E. Brady & Benjamin E. Lapeyre. :
M. COMER DATED: 3 Mar. 1900 PROBATED: 14 Mar. 1900 HEIR: Alice M. Cowan EXECUTORS: Alice M. Cowan & John Z. Comer WITNESSES: Elizabeth Trotter & Myrtle Scott.
BENJAMIN BERNSTEIN Great Falls, Montana DATED: 8 July 1900 WIFE: Kate Bernstein EXECUTOR: Kate Bernstein WITNESSES: A. Nathan & Thomas C. King.
JOSEPH L. SICVERMAN Great Falls, Montana DATED: 18 Dec. 1895 MOTHER: Caroline Silverman of Gallipolis, Gallia Co., Ohio BROTHER William Silverman of Great Falls, Montana : William Silverman EXECUTOR: Jerry P. Leslie & Edward G. Hanson. WITNESSES:
-1 6- HARRY HUGHES Great Falls, Montana DATED: 9 Jan. 1900 FRIEND: John Blake of Monarch, Montana EXECUTOR: John Blake WITNESSES: Dudley Crowther & W.M. Cockrill.
WILLIAM H. THURSTON Cascade County, Montana DATED: 3 June 1899 HEIRS: Elizabeth J. McDaniel, wife of Myron M. McDaniel and in case she should die before me all properties are to go to her daughters, namely Estelle McDaniel Bradley, Marion Elizabeth McDaniel Lamott, Lizzie McDaniel, Rosa McDaniel, all living near Cascade, Montana EXECUTOR: Myron M. McDaniel WITNESSES: Blanche McCormick & J.C. Huntoon of Great Falls, Montana.
WILLIAM W. GARRETT DATED: 16 Jan. 1900 "To whom it may concern: In case anything should happen to me, I want all my estate to go to Miss Mary Hopkins of Great Falls, Montana. That is anything that belongs to me to be hers. WILLIAM W. GARRETT.
MARTIN SHIVERAH Cascade County, Montana DATE: 8 Jan. 1901 HEIR: Stephen Berube EXECUTOR: Stephen Berube WITNESSES: O.C. Gilloghy & C.V. Covinglan.
ELIZABETH D. BOSTON Cascade County, Montana DATED: 30 July 1901 PROBATED: 3 Sep. 1901 STEP DAUGHTER: Elizabeth A. Mills, wife of Charles H. Mills. DAUGHTER Mary A. Brioady, wife of Thomas Brioady and Fannie Boston. SON: James S. Boston and the issue of my deceased child. EXECUTOR: Mary A. Brioady WITNESSES: Will Burnell & Jas. A. McDonough. -17- MICHEAL FOLEY Belt, Montana DATED: 1 Aug. 1901 DAUGHTERS: Minnie S. Foley, age 16 years, Verna May Foley, age 14 years, & Vida R. Foley, age 12 years. EXECUTOR: George Talbot of Belt. WITNESSES: T.E. Healy, G.S. Browning & A.P. McAnelly.
REV. J.J. DOLS Great Falls, Montan DATED: 12 May 1895 HEIRS: Right Rev. J.B. Brondel, Library in Catholic Church in Great Falls, Catholic Knights of America. BROTHER: Hubert Dols of city of Stoddard, Holland, Europe. EXECUTORS: George Ryan and P.J. Regan.
EIVIND GORBOE Choteau, Montana DATED: 23 Aug. 1901 COUSIN: Thorolf G. Evenson EXECUTOR: L.B. Evenson WITNESSES: Edward Hirshberg & John E. Erickson.
JAMES A. NELSON Geyser, Montana DATED: 22 Aug. 1901 BROTHER: W.A. Nelson EXECUTOR: Miss Ida Largent WITNESSES: Alfred Chas. Stidwell & C.H. Benton.
HELEN G. LUDWIG Minneapolis, Minnesota DATED: 27 June 1898 HUSBAND: Ahah W. Ludwig, NEPHEW: Morris Carver of Paynesville, Ohio BROTHER: Frank A. Carver of Paynesville, Ohio EXECUTOR Ahah W. Ludwig : William J.C. Henry & Olive Veilex, both of Pasadena. WITNESSES: -18- MARY A. HARRIS Cascade County, Montana DATED: 15 Apr. 1901 NIECES: Alvena Swett, of Hanover, New Hampshire Luella pettee of Durham, New Hampshire NEPHEWS: Walter Swett of W. Canaan, New Hampshire, Byron L. Swett of Butler, NH, William C. Swett of Cheever, NH. Edgar Swett of Cheever, NH & William Charles Swett of Helena, MT " buried in Chestnut Cemetery, Cascade County, Montana by the remains of my deceased husband, John A. Harris." EXECUTOR: William J. Bicket of Helena, Montana WITNESSES: Chas. F. (F)Word & Messena Bullard CODICIL TO THIS WILL, DATED: 2 oct. 1901 HEIRS: Estella Bradley, daughter of J.H. Bradley. Esther Crum, daughter of G.H. Crum, Nieces & Nephews, grand nieces & nephews of my deceased husband, John A. Harris. WITNESSES: Messena Bullard & Emma Bradley.
JOHN S. SUTPHEN New York City DATED: 16 Mar. 1893 WIFE: Hyacinthc A. Sutphen DAUGHTERS: Amanda A. Pope, wife of James E. Pope Adeline E. Sutphen SON: John S. Sutphen, Jr. 'Western side of Broadway between forty seventh & forty eighth streets & the southern side of Forty eighth street between Broadway & Eighth Avenue in New York City. EXECUTORS: Hyacinth A. Sutphen, Amenda A. Pope, Adeline E. Sutphen and John S. Sutphen, Jr. WITNESSES: Edgar Storm & John Storm, both of New York City.
MARCIA H. McKEAN Lakeland, Washington Co., Minnesota DATED: 15 Mar. 1900 SONS: Sam McKean, Grow McKean & John Mckean of Oskkosh, Wis., "an undivided one third," FRIEND: Miss Annie Mattson of Lakeland, Washington Co., Minnesota EXECUTOR: Sam McKean WITNESSES: S.A. Reed, M. Wachter, M. Harrison all of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
-19- JERRE ABBOTT Boston, Massachusetts DATED: 9 Jan. 1894 WIFE: Ellen M. Abbott SONS: Gordon & Walter Abbott, both of Boston, MA "To Elizabeth S. Bannas of said Boston and Austin A.
Wheeler in the County of Middlesex and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
EXECUTOR: Gordon Abbott and Walter Abbott WITNESSES: Benjamin P. Lane, John G. Witherell & John P Spaulding CODICIL TO ABOVE: DATED: 9 mar. 1895 WITNESSES: Richard M. Hedges, Winthrop T. Hodges & Julius Bours.
ESTHER E. HODGSON Waukesha, Wisconsin DATED: 11 Oct. 1884 PROBATED: 29 May 1901 NIECES: Amelia R. Enos, Helen R. Enos, Esther Jane Enos, Hannah Fictelia Enos, Esther Eugenia Enos, Amy Amelia Enos and Dotha Belle Enos.
NEPHEWS: Henry C. Enos, Daniel F. Enos & Herbert Eugene Enos BROTHERS: Elihu Enos, Truman Enos, Eugene W. & Herbert Enos. SISTER: Hannah Fedelia Whorton, wife of William G. Whorton HUSBAND John Hodgson, deceased. Truman & Herbert M. Enos EXECUTORS: H.G. Truman & Saml Baird, both of Appleton Wisconsin. WITNESSES:
MARY SMITH 1 April 1902 DATED: George H. Smith HUSBAND: Mary Hanley MOTHER: Geoge H. Smith EXECUTOR: P.J. Rooney & H.S. Greene WITNESSES:
Great Falls, Montana JOHN B. QUICK DATED: 29 June 1898 PROBATED: 17 Aug. 1901 WIFE: Catherine Quick WITNESSES: Frank Klepetko, Minnie Klepetko & Ransom Cooper. -20- EMMA BOWERS Glasgow, Montana DATED: 7 June 1898 "In case of my sudden death I desire my money to be given to my Father and Mother if alive and if deceased, to my Brothers and Sisters, three brothers and two sisters, their name being Wilford and place of residence was Ingersoll, Canada. Said money being in Stockman's Bank in Benton, Montana and in Lewis Bank of Glasgow, Montana. My name now being Mrs. Annie Bowers. The money in Banks in the name of Emma Bowers. My certificate will show amount of Deposit. Stockmans National Bank, Benton. Should anything happen to me (Emma Bowers) the money I have in any bank as certificates and Bank book will show, I should like to be sent to some Bank in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada and have them advertise to these persons to be divided between them, William, Thomas, John, Mary & Eliza Wilford, five persons, the women may be married and have different names which I do not know. Emma Bowers (once Annie Wilford) To be shown to any bank where I have money. Ingersoll is where they used to live."
GEORGE BUDGE Neihart, Montana DATED: 1 2 Apr. 1902 BROTHERS: William Budge & John Budge of Grand Forks, ND NEPHEW: George Budge of Grand Forks, North Dakota EXECUTOR: William Budge WITNESSES: D.J. Condon & J.E. Kenkel
HENRY MIELACH 26 Mar. 1901 DATED: Clarence A. Mielach WIFE: Virginia DAUGHTER: Philip SON: William C. Lee & Delila Lee WITNESSES:
ANTHONY T. KOLDRUP Helena, Montana DATED: 21 June 1892 PROBATED: 2 Dec. 1902 WIFE: Anthony (later stated as Fannie) Koldrup EXECUTOR: Fannie Koldrup WITNESSES: Mrs. Annie Claflin & C.P. Connolly -21- JENNIE AUUEN Great Falls, Montana DATED: 10 Dec. 1900 ADOPTED SON: Clifford Gray ALLEN EXECUTOR: Public Administrator of Cascade County WITNESSES: G.W. DUNLAP & Chas. WEGNER.
J. G. ASPU M Great Falls, Montana DATED: 14 Nov. 1902 PROBATED: 14 Apr. 1903 SONS: Arthur William & Victor Emmauel DAUGHTERS: Esther Christina, Alma Amelia & Mrs. Ida Engdahl "Paul Ivarson of Great Falls to be appointed guardian for my minor children". EXECUTOR: John L. Engdahl, my son-in-law. WITNESSES: S.A. Anderson, Emma T. Carlson & E.A. Peterson.
ALEXANDER VENETZ Great Falls, Montana DATED 21 Sep. 1902 : Rosalia Venetz WIFE: "Names of the children to wit; Mary Venetz, Greger Venetz, Adolf Venetz, Amelia Venetz, Lizzie Venetz, Tilda Venetz, Matt Venetz, Lenea Venetz. Ida Venetz, Andrew Venetz, Edmund Venetz, all my children". EXECUTOR: Rosalia Venetz WITNESSES: Alex Wittmann, Jos Gilles, Frank Angermier & Gregory Venetz,
AIMERT GATES Cascade County, Montana DATED: 18 Mar. 1901 SONS: George Albert Gates, age 16, & Byron Ira Gates, age 13 EXECUTOR: yr. WITNESSES William H. Betts : Eugene Prior, & L.E. Stiles.
-22- Cascade, Montana JACOB SIEBEN DATED: 4 Dec. 1902 WIFE: Sylvia Sieben SON: Charles Grandson: Sieben EXECUTOR: Robert K. Sieben Sylvia Sieben WITNESSES: F.G. Arnett & J.Z. Brueggerb, both of Culbertson, Montana
CHARLES KEUUNER Great Falls, Montana DATED: 24 July 1903 WIFE: Mary Kellner EXECUTOR: Mary Kellner WITNESSES: Geo. Banks & R.F. Donald.
SARAH J. TRANUM Great Falls, Montana DATED: 25 Feb. 1904 HEIRS: Lucy M. Lamont & Mary Beckman EXECUTOR: Lucy M. Lamont WITNESSES: Richard H. Wright & Mary I. Ballon
FREDERAND UUDWIG ARNDT Houskin, Montana DATED: 12 Dec. 1903 All Try money to be sent to the children of my two sisters living in Germany. I leave nothing to my relatives in Amerika. EXECUTOR: William Lunstroth of Houskin, Montana WITNESSES: Ole F. Johnson & Engel J. Tofte
JOSEPH MURPHY Great Falls, Montana DATED: May 1891 WIFE: Mary S. Murphy EXECUTOR: Mary S. Murphy WITNESSES: J.B. Newman & Robert P.R. Gordon
-23- • JOSHUA C. EPUER Great Falls, Montana DATED: 7 Apr. 1902 WIFE: Hanna C. Epler DAUGHTER: May Epler Bower "I am of the age of 62 years"
EXECUTOR: Hannah Epler WITNESSES: Thomas J. Fausett & R.W. Berry.
MARIA I. CONRAD Great Falls, Montana DATED: 30 Sep. 1903 SONS: William G. Conrad & Howard Conrad DAUGHTERS: Ashby Conrad, Mary B. Price & Alice A. Adams GRANDCHILDREN: Charles, Katherine & Alicia Conrad, children of my son Charles, deceased. Mary A. Baker, daughter of my daughter Annie Baker, deceased. Mary & Lucille Conrad, daughters of my son Joseph H. Conrad, deceased. Margaret, daughter of Ashby & Caroline Conrad. "I am of the age of seventy six years"
EXECUTOR: Alice A. Adams WITNESSES: Wm. G. Downing & Sam Stephenson.
WILLIAM MUNROE Great Falls, Montana DATED: 21 June 1904 WIFE: Amanda L. Munroe EXECUTOR: Amanda L. Munroe WITNESSES: Frances Bennett & Richard Bennett.
WALTER GEORGE HALE Helena, Montana DATED: 14 Nov. 1901 WIFE: Josephine Adeline Hale EXECUTOR: Josephine Adeline Hale WITNESSES: Edward Horskey & Charles R. Garlow.
-24- GEORGE FRANK KNIGHT Eden, Montana DATED: 1 Aug. 1904 WIFE: Sarah Ann Knight DAUGHTERS: Margaret Knight Pryble, Effie Knight Ryan & Sadie Knight SONS: John Lewis Knight & George Edward Knight "Being of the age of fifty-three years"
EXECUTOR: Sarah Ann Knight WITNESSES: Catherine J. Roberts, Jas. A. McDonough, Robert Roberts.
ELLEN THOMPSON Great Falls, Montana DATED: 14 Dec. 1906 BROTHER: Patrick Thompson WITNESSES: R.P. Reckards & P. Kelly.
CHARLES e. JOHNSON Cascade Montana DATED: 3 Feb. 1902 BROTHERS: Philip T. Johnson of Garrett Co., KY, David Johnson of Kentucky, Cane H. Johnson, Isaac V. Johnson & Daniel Johnson. GRANDNIECE: Margaret Thomas Hanks, now attending school in Helena, MT. EXECUTOR: James J. Patterson WITNESSES: Iare Rasch & Frank P. Sterling.
SOMON S. DEAL DATED: 19 Sep. 1904 DAUGHTERS: Elsie M. Deal, Jessie S. Deal, Anna Deal, Clara Deal. "I wish to be buried beside my wife at Monarch, Montana" EXECUTOR: William Giesey WITNESSES: D.J. Condon, Notary Public for Cascade, Montana. KATE QUICK Great Falls, Montana DATED: 15 Nov. 1904 SONS: George Quick, William B. Quick & Richard H. Quick DAUGHTERS: Mabel Quick & Kate Quick EXECUTOR: Ransom Cooper WITNESSES: Margaret Trigg & Rosabel Goodwyn
MARY M. HEALEY Sun River, Montana DATED: 30 Dec. 1902 SONS: Michael Healy & Thomas Healy DAUGHTERS: Annie J. Hull & Mary V. OLson EXECUTORS: Annie L. Hull & Robert S. Ford. WITNESSES: W.P. Burcher, Frank W. Bull & Samuel T. Getts.
WILLIAM POWERS Lowry, Montana DATED: 28 Apr. 1904 "Being unmarried and sixty-one years of age I bequeath all my property, real or personal, to John McGinnis of Cascade, Montana." EXECUTOR: Joseph A. McDonough WITNESSES: A.H. Gray, A.R. Mettler & Jos. A. Donough.
PETER HANSSEN Belt, Montana DATED: 20 Feb. 1904 WIFE: Gertie Hanssen
"It is my will that my children and grandchildren shall have no share in my estate at the time of my decease, but that whole of said estate shall go to my wife." "age fifty eight years"
EXECUTOR: Gertie Hanssen WITNESSES: James M. Burlingame & Alex Stone.
-26- WILLIAM J. DELANEY Great Falls, Montana DATED: 28 Aug. 1905 WIFE: Nettie Caroline Delaney EXECUTOR: Nettie Caroline Delaney (He was a wholesale & retail liquor deal er.)
GEORGE TRAVIS, SR DATED: 9 Nov. 1905 (9 o'clock P.L.) WIFE: Eliza Ann Travis SONS: Thomas Frederick & George travis "That this ranch shall not be divided but kept in one body for
the benefit of all my children." EXECUTOR El iza Ann Trivis : WITNESSES: D.A. McLennan & Henry V. Evans.
MARY KELLNER DATED: 7 Sep. 1907 HEIR: Mrs. Grita Missuwait of Astpreussen, Germany WITNESSES: Minnie Gerber & Christina Barr.
DEL:PHIA A. FORD Choteau, Montana DATED: 19 Jan. 1904 DAUGHTERS Mary F. Clary, Augusta F. Mill & Annis F. Johnson : Robert L. Ford, John P. Ford & William H. Ford SONS: Mary F. Clary & Augusta F. Hill EXECUTOR: J. Scott Harrison & Genevieve Clary.
WITNESSES:
County of Kings, State of New York FRED J. MILLER DATED: 6 May 1892 PROBATED: 15 Mar. 1905 (Fred J. Miller departed this life 10 Mar. 1905) WIFE: Harriet S. Miller WITNESSES: Frances G. Miller, 732 Union St. Brooklyn, NY, W.J. Miller, Jr 15 Lincoln PL., Brooklyn, New York.
-27- UESTER CRANE Armington, Montana DATED: 25 Sep. 1907 WIFE Sara A. Crane DAUGHTER: Stella E. Lewis SONS: Arthur I. Crane, Sumner L. Crane & Clinton L. Crane EXECUTORS: Sumner Crane & Clinton L. Crane WITNESSES: Ella Crane & C.E.K. Vidal.
JOSEPH HATHORN Sand Coulee, Montana DATED: 20 July 1906 "My wife to have one half interest SONS: William Irwin Hathorn, Robert Irvine & Joseph McCluuoch Ha thorn SISTERS: (Hannah), Mrs. Peter Jenkin, of Isle of Whithorndolph,
Mary Ann Hathorn of Hawick, Scotland & Mrs. Peter McGua of The Several Devnore, Scotland. COUSIN: Thomas McCredie of Sorbie, Wigtonshire, . Scotland and Mrs.
William Halliday of Withorn, Scotland. EXECUTOR: My wife WITNESSES: Anna Eisenbast & Thomas Murray.
EUIXA GOODWIN County of Suffolk, Massachusetts DATED: 1 Feb. 1901 PROBATED: 10 Oct. 1906 FATHER: Ozias Goodin SISTERS: Mary C. Wadsworth, wife of Oliver P.Wadsworth and Lucy G. Wadsworth, wife of Alexander F. Wadsworth. COUSINS: Eliza C. Post, Mary B. Chapman, Jane E.C. Chapman, Emily D. Chapman, Margaret R. Chapman, Annie B.Chapman, Emily Gray, Marion P. Gray & Eleanor Ir. Jackson AUNT: Elizabeth P. Gray NEPHEWS & NEICES: Oliver F. Wadsworth, Lucy W. Sullivan, Elizaabeth W. Burgess, Richard G. Wadsworth & Philip Wadsworth. EXECUTOR: Alexander F. Wadsworth WITNESSES: George Elllis, Christopher C. Patten & George W. Greene. Heirs requested that Eliot Wadsworth be appointed executor in place of Alexander F. Wadsworth.
-28- JOHN C. HAYNES Boston, Massachusetts DATED: 20 Mar. 1902 PROBATED: 7 May 1907 WIFE: Fanny S. Haynes DAUGHTERS: Alice F. Holmes, Lizzie G. Rankin, Cora M. Crosby, Mabel S. Haynes, Margaret Pratt, wie of Fred Pratt.
GRANDCHILD: John Haynes Holmes BROTHER: James G. Haynes, deceased SISTERS: Almira J. Simpson, Clarissa D. DeBlois NIECE: Flora Raynes, wife of Fred Howe NEPHEW: Charles Haynes GRANDNEPHEW: Charles Edward Simpson, grand son of Almira Simpson COUSINS: Sarah O. Thayer, Elizabeth Thayer, Mary Fife of Epsom, New Hampshire, Frank Bartlett Haynes, Louisa Childs, child of my Aunt Polly Eveleth, deceased; Eliza Clip& Gargle Eveleth, children of AUnt Polly Evcflcth, deceased. - to widow of James B. Fife, son of Mary Fife, my cousin to Effie & Louisa, daughters of James b. Fife. to Sarah M. Ford, sister of my wife to Frederick E. Spear, my wife's brother to Belle Spear, wife of James M. Knapp, daughter of my wife's brother Charles w. Spear, deceased. to Melvina Ford, daughter of Mary Louisa Ford. to my friend, Mrs. Mary Ober Dow to Miss Sarah Elizabeth Miller to Ella F. Johnson, Sarah J. Johnson, Lucy Fillebrown, Richard Johnson, George Johnson, Charles Johnson, sons & daughters of Sarah F. Johnson, deceased. to Sarah Fillebrown & Mary Foster Fillebrown daughter of Lucy Fillebrown Mrs. Josie Meserve, granddaughter of Sarah Johnson Sadie Meserve, daughter of Josie Meserve Kate Laselle, wife of Frank Laselle of Berllin, MA Lamphor D. Laselle of Boston, son of Kate Laselle 1■•• ••■•1 Mrs.Adeliade Hibbard, daughter of Sarah M. Ford
Mrs. Lizzie Wade, widow of John K. Wade Fred O. Hurd, husband of my deceased daughter, Jenie
John C.Haynes Emerson of Biddeford, MA Mrs. Helen Hurd, of Boston, MA
Millie Fitzpatrick of Boston Jeremiah Fitzpatrick of Boston ■••■• •■•••• ..1 -29- cont. of John C. Haynes
Dr. Lucy Appleton of Boston Howard D. Fillebrown Lesta, wife of Alexander Miller of Boston Capt. Nathaniel Falker of Biddeford, ME Boston Young Men's Christian Union Boston Provident Association New England Hospital for Women & children Associated Charities of Boston Perkins Institution & MaSsachusettsAsylum for the blind Tuskegee Normal & Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institution, Hampton, Virginia Benevolent Fraternity of churches of Boston Unitarian Sunday School Society of which Rev. E.A. Horton is now President. Boston's Children's aid society Home of aged couples of Boston Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital of Boston Atlanta University at Atlanta, Georgia Calhoun Colored school, Calhoun, Georgia Free Religious Association of America American Unitarian Association Massachusetts Institute of Technology Every Day Church of Boston for Charity work; South Congregational Church of Boston for Charity work Berkely of Boston for charitable purposes John D. Long of Hingham, MA, Moses Williams of Brookline, MA and Charles F. Smith of Boston, MA Melvina Ford, daughter of my deceased sister Mary Louisa Ford William H. Ford TRUSTEES: John B. Long, Moses Williams, Charles F. Smith & Alfred Hemenway of Boston WITNESSES: John Noble, Jr, Addison J. Seward, Sarah L. Batcheldelder CODICIL TO ABOVE: 26 Feb. 1903 to Franklin Square House of Boston WITNESSES: Charles b. Barnes, Jr., Robert G. McClung, Sarah L. Batchelder SECOND CODICIL TO ABOVE: 5 Mar. 1906 having given fifty thousand dollars in cash to Franklin Square House, I revoke the first codicil. -30- cont. of John C. Wes
to Rev. George Perkins of Brookline, MA to Christie Violette of Boston WITNESSES: Fred O. Hurd, Rachael McLaughlin & J. Porter Russell John C. Haynes, music publisher, lived at 27 Bay State Road, died the third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, leaving the following heirs-at-law: Fanny S. Haynes Boston widow Alice F. Holmes wife of Marcus M. Holmes daughter of Malden
Lizzie G. Rankin Roxbury daughter wife of O. Gordon Rankin
Cora M. Crosby Camridge daughter wife of I.W. Crosby
Mabel S. Reisig Austria daughter wife of Capt. Konrad Reisig Edith Margaret Pratt Cohasset daughter wife of Frederick H. Pratt
ABBIE J. PORTER Great Falls, Montana DATED: 17 Feb. 1904 HUSBAND: Sheldon T. Porter SONS: Frederick A. Porter, Herbert Clifton Porter & James Garfield Porter
DAUGHTER: Abbie Jane Porter Holland STEP-SON: Byron B. Porter EXECUTOR: Herbert Clifton Porter WITNESSES W.W. Huntsberger & Julia O'Brien :
WILL:IAM, L. MARTIN Great Falls, Montana DATED: 6 Feb. 1908 SISTER: Minnie Martin of Kansas City, Missouri EXECUTOR: Charles Wegner, public Administrator WITNESSES: William Daily & David Brown
-31- LEWIS WILLIAM TAPPAN the younger of that name of Milton, county of Norfolk, State of Massachusetts DATED: 2 Aug. 1893 PROBATED: 26 May 1897 DAUGHTER: Olivia B. Tappan BROTHER-IN-LAWS: Thornton K. Lothrop & Moses Williams COUSINS: Elizabeth W. & Mary S.Tappan, children of my decesed uncle: John G. Tappan Mademoiselle Venier, my daughter's governess
COUSINS: J. Edward, Ernest & Mary, children of my uncle Josiah S. Tappan, Alice Kenway, widow and children of the deceased cousin William A. Kimball
John Homans II & Caroline Homans, Lucy Buckminster, wife of John Lowell Seniors Testamentary guardian for Oivia Tappan: ThointonK.Lathrop
EXECUTORS: Thornton K. Lathrop & Moses Williams WITNESSES: Russell S. Codman, Tucker Daland, William O. Appleton Lewis William Tappan died 7 Apr. 1897
JOSEPH MARTIN Great Falls, Montana DATED: 8 Dec. 1904 SON: William J. Martin of Great Falls, Montana "To my other children: Lizzie of Sand Coulee, widow of John J. Evans, Martha Reynolds & Mary Roberts & Helen Kuzer & Emma & Van Wareham (children of my deceased daughter Maggie) and Samuel Martin and Rosy McPherer, Emma Peande & Ludy Ables" EXECUTOR: William J. Martin WITNESSES: John A. Hoffman & Fred L. Hill
CORA GRAY Armington, Montana DATED: 17 Aug. 1908 DAUGHTER: Susie Depue of Grand Island, Nebraska HUSBAND: John Gray EXECUTOR: John Gray WITNESSES: Cecelia Reme, Emma Lindquist & J.A. McDonough
-32- MEUS NELSON Great Falls, Montana DATED: 4 Sep. 1908 WIFE: Selma Josephine Nelson DAUGHTER: Alice Hazel Nelson EXECUTOR: Selma Josephine Nelson WITNESSES: G. Nyyren & Sam Stephenson
WILLIAM STRAIN Great Falls, Montana DATED: 20 Feb. 1908 WIFE: Elsia Jane Strain BROTHERS: Herbert Strain, William Joseas Strain, Joseph Henry Strain & Dr. Earle Strain EXECUTORS: Joseph Henry Strain & Dr. Earle Strain WITNESSES: Geo. H. Asselstine & H.R. Ayer
ROSE MEISENBACH Great Falls, Montana DATED: 3 July 1908 CHILDREN: Edwin, age 11 years; Emma, age 8 and Roy age 5 years GUARDIAN for my children: Sophie Katcher, my sister EXECUTOR: Sophie Katcher WITNESSES: John N. Thelen, William Kacher & Bertha Herbolsheim
JOHN WITSIERS Knreville, Montana DATED: 20 Oct. 1906 DAUGHTER: Annie Vandenhoevel WITNESSES: Henai Anuegegt & Louis Vanden Heuvel
JEMISON L. PERKINS Cascade County, Montana DATED: 1 Mar. 1906 WIFE: Elsa O. Perkins BROTHER: Zachariah T. Perkins SISTERS: Susan E. Scoville & Maggie G. Wakeman HALF BROTHER: James L. Lee EXECUTOR: Elsa O. Perkins WITNESSES: Annie Stewart & Messena Bullard -. 33- HERMAN AFFUERBACH Great Falls, Montana DATED: 26 Aug. 1907 WIFE: Anna Afflerbach CHILDREN: Clotilde Afflerbach, age 15 years, Ruth Afflerbach age 13, Herman Afflerbach, age 9, Irmgard Afflerbach, age 6 & Rosalinde Afflerbach, age 4 years. TRUSTEE FOR CHILDREN: Henry P. Brown EXECUTORS: Henry P. Brown & Anna Afflerbach WITNESSES: Sam Stephenson & Willima G. Downing
ENGEL J. TOFTE Hauskin; Cascade County, MT DATED 8 Oct. 1908(: SISTER: Katie Tofte of Ossion, Iowa EXECUTOR: Chas. H. Campbell WITNESS: E. Augusta Ariss & J.W. Speer
EMILY ELIN SMITHERAM Keremeos, British Columbia DATED: 24 Mar. 1906 HUSBAND: Thomas Smitheram DAUGHTERS: May Belle Emily Smitheram, Lillian Hetty Smitheram SONS: Thomas Francis Smitheram & Arthur Smitheram EXECUTORS: Thomas Francis Smitheram & Arthur Smitheram WITNESSES: George A. Riddle & George Kirby
JEANNE AMBERNEY Great Falls, Montana DATED: 27 May 1908 FRIENDS: Henry Gaily & John Bucher EXECUTORS: Henry Gaily & John Bucher WITNESSES: J. Weinberger & Geo. Raban JOSEPH VANDEN HEUVEU Great Falls, Montana DATED: 5 Feb. 1909 WIFE: Margaret Vanden Heuvel DAUGHTER: Clarice Josephine Vanden Heuvel of Windom, MT BROTHERS: August Vanden Heuvel of Loretta, MN, Louis Vanden Heuvel of Knreville, Montana.
SISTER: Jane Vanden Heuvel of Uden, Holland EXECUTOR: Louis Vanden Heuvel
WITNESSES:
CUNE JAECKEU Great Falls, Montana
DATED: 1 June 1907
WIFE: Ida V. Jaeckel EXECUTOR: Ida V. Jaeckel
WITNESSES: W.O. SMITHSON, E.B. JUDD
JOHN GERSERTICH Great Falls, Montana DATED: 7 Apr. 1909 SISTERS: Annie Agnich of Calumet, MI; Marea Vertin of Butte, MT; Katarina Lemut and her son Peter Lemut of Vos Guljak, Ceuonvelj, Kraine, Austria
NEPHEW: John Kesner, Jr., son of my deceased sister Meg Kesner,
Joseph Kesner, son of my deceased sister Meg-Kesner.. EXECUTOR: Nick Wren Witnesses; George Kurent, Joseph Zumchich
LEWIS SANDER Cascade County, Montana DATED: 4 June 1909 BROTHERS & SISTERS: Mena Parchman, Frederick Sander, Henry Sander, Lucy Sander, all living in Germany EXECUTOR: John Hops Witnesses; E. Augusta Ariss, Superintendent Deaconess Hospital; B. P. McNair.
CONSTANTINE WEBER Cascade County, Montana DATED: 20 may 1909 MOTHER: Barbara Weber of Kirchentellinfurt, Germany HALF-BROTHER: Christian Weber of Godfield, Nevada EXECUTOR: William Albrecht. , WITNESS: T.H. LARKIN & PETER PAULUS. -35- MARGARET E. JOYCE Neihart, Montana DATED: 24 Mar. 1909 HEIRS: Lillian Joyce Edwards, Mamie Joyce Cody, Margaret C. Joyce, Alice Virgil Joyce. EXECUTOR: Margaret Cedelia Joyce
WITNESSES: C.E.K. Vidal
JOHN W. LELAND Helena, Montana
DATED: 9 Apr. 1892 WIFE: Mary Ann Leland EXECUTOR: Mary Ann Leland WITNESSES: Leroy Beveridge, J.M. Clements
AUSTIN C. GORMLEY Great Falls, Montana DATED: 17 July 1907 WIFE: Irene S. Gormley MOTHER: Julia Gormley DAUGHTERS: Margaret and Doris EXECUTOR: Irene S. Gormley WITNESSES:
THOMAS E. BRADY Great Falls, Montana DATED: 9 Sep. 1909 CHILDREN: Illian Lary Brady, William T.C. Brady, C. Lucille Brady "I do not leave any of my estate to Scholastique Chauvin, Eusebe Chauvin or Marcelline Pettit because I have provided for them in my insurance policies. This will provide for them in their old age."
EXECUTOR: Jacob Switzer & Scholastique Chavin, my mother-in-law. WITNESSES: C.E.K. Vidal & Beulah F. Jones
ROBERT POPE ROSS GORDON Great Falls, Montana DATED: 12 Dec. 1891 BROTHER: James Smith Gordon EXECUTOR: Ernest Cruthers & James Smith Gordon WITNESSES: J.A. Largent & James W. Freeman
-36 - Great Falls, Montana JOHN J. ELLIS DATED: 25 Jan. 1893 WIFE: Ida A. Ellis SON: Charles J. Ellis DAUGHTERS: Alice Ellis & Laura M. Ellis MOTHER: Jane Pierce, all of the property in Pike Co., Illinois EXECUTORS: Frank P. Atkinson & Jerre B. Leslie WITNESSES: John A. Hoffman & Chas. I. Jones "On this 16th day of April, 1903, I make this change on the margin hereof by directing that Stephen E. Atkinson of Great Falls, Montana be one of the executors hereof in place of Frank P. Atkinson named herein." WITNESSES: John A. Hoffman.
GEORGE ANDERSON Monarch, Montana DATED: 3 Apr. 1908 NIECES: Emma Anderson & Dora Anderson of Dublin, California EXECUTOR: Charles Wegner, public administrator WITNESSES: E. Augusta Ariss & Charles H. Campbell
EMILY D. BEERY Santa Barbara,: California DATED: 25 Dec. 1906 STEP DAUGHTER: Jennie B. Allyn of Chicago, Illinois BROTHER: Jabes Dickey & his daughter Carrie E. Dickey of Mansfield, Ohio.
EXECUTORS: Jabes Dickey & Joseph G. Allyn (husband of Jennie B. Allyn) WITNESSES: Lydia J. Harrison & Effie C. Harrison
ABSTRACTS OF WILLS
CASCADE COUNTY; MONTANA
1 904 - 1926
VOLUME ABSTRACTS OF WILLS
CASCADE COUNTY, MONTANA
1904 - 1926
VOLUME III
BLACK EAGLE CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION GREAT FALLS, MONTANA SAMUEL SINGER Great Falls, Montana DATED: October 1920 HEIRS: Wife: Dora F. SINGER Brother: Harry of Fargo, North Dakota SISTER: Lena SINGER SINYKIM, of St. Paul MOTHER: Clara SINGER, Minneapolis, Minn. CHILDREN: Leon F. SINGER & Josephine T. SINGER. EXECUTRIX: Dora F. SINGER EXECUTOR: Fred FLIGMAN WITNESSES: Minnie Helen STOCKER, of Great Falls & W.H. HOOVER of Great Falls, Montana
ANNA KOSTELAK Great Falls, Montana DATED: 15 Dec. 1920 HEIRS: Children: Mrs. Bertha THOMPSON, of Great Falls Mrs. Emma YOUNG of Great Falls, Montana Mrs. Georgia CHRISTIANSON of Great Falls Mrs. Nettie FREDA of Seattle Mrs. Edith MONTAN of Seattle Mrs. Irene DAVIS of New London, Conn. Mrs. Jennie BYWATER of San Coulie, Montana William KOSTELAK of Portland, Oregon Albert KOSTELAK of Great Falls Ida KOSTELAK of Great Falls EXECUTOR: AlberT KOSTELAK WITNESSES: R.E. CROWLEY & J.D. THOMPSON of Great Falls
ELLEN SCOTT Eden, Montana DATED: 21 June 1913 HEIRS: Husband,: Robert Scott Children: David Gilbert SCOTT, Lilly Elizabeth SCOTT, Marian Olive, Clarence Aldophus TILLOTSON, Gerald Raymond SCOTT and Alma Vernon SCOTT. EXECUTORS: Enoch Marvin DRINKARD of Lewistown, brother, in case of need for guardian, he is to serve as guardian. WITNESSES: Margaret LOGMAN and C.A. DRINKARD JOHN LLOYD JONES Ireland DATED 27 Nov. 1919 : Son John William JONES of Great Falls HEIRS Daughter: Mary Jane HOWELL of England : Nieces: Sarah HUGHES of England, Elizabeth GEMBERLING and Margretta LaFEBURE NEPHEWS: John Lloyd JONES & John THOMAS EXECUTORS: District registrar, H. LEWIS of England WITNESSES: Cardog ROWLANDS, R. ROBERTS, Perry Jones FRANCIS & DAVIES, solicitors, all of Devonshire, England.
EMIL ADOPHSON Great Falls, Montana DATED: 1 Jan. 1921 HEIRS: Ellia L. ADOLPHSON, wife and children
EXECUTORS:
FRED JOHNSON Cascade, Montana DATED: 19 Jan. 1920 HEIRS: RELATIVES: Alena C. NELSON of Sweden, Sigfried CARLSON of Cascade, Hanna JOHNSON, Ester JOHNSON, Annie JOHNSON of Great Falls, Sam JOHNSON, Erika JOHNSON & Gustava JOHNSON of Cascade, Montana EXECUTORS: E.B. PARSONS of Cascade, Montana WITNESSES: M.C. MORROW and William F. BOCHME of Cascade, Montana
OSCAR EDWIN EK Great Falls, Montana DATED: 7 march 1921 (age 43 years) HEIRS: WIFE: Augusta Johanna EK Sons: Bernard EK & Leon Vincent EK DAUGHTERS: Effie Montana EK and Ina Jane EK of Great Falls EXECUTRIX: Augusta Johanna EK, wife WITNESSES: T. A. BRONSON, L.E. CRAMER & R.E. CUNNIGHAM
-42- GEORGE R. MANN Great Falls, Montana DATED: 24 Feb. 1920 CODICIL: July 1920 HEIRS: Daughter: Lucy MANN, invalid
Son Charlie and his daughter Gladys other children: William, Daniel, Hugh, John, Jessie Miller Robert Cox & son Haden EXECUTOR: Waldo W. WELLER, son in law WITNESSES: R.D. NOBLE & J.R. SWAN of Great Falls CODICIL: DATED: 23 July 1920 HEIRS: Charlie to receive equal _ share with the others. Hayden to receive his same share as the others. EXECUTOR: Walso A. Weller WITNESSES: J.R. SWAN & BERTHA SWAN.
ALLIN WOODS Cascade, Montana DATED: 19 Jan. 1912 PROBATED: sometime in 1920 HEIRS: Wife: Alzora M. WOODS Children: Harry E. WOODS, George A. WOODS, Patrick W. WOODS, Victor R. WOODS, DAUGHTERS: Alzora PREWETT & ALLIE T. WOODS. EXECUTOR: Alzora WOODS, Wife WITNESSES: George W. WOODS, Alf. BRIXCOE & D.B. METCALF
SIMON MARCINKO Stockett, Montana DATED: 20 Mar. 1917 PROBATED: sometime in 1920 HEIRS: Wife: Julia MARCINKO CHILDREN: Sussie, Rosie & Ellen, Annie and Mary, Sons: Andrew, John & Samuel EXECUTRIX: Julia MARCINKO WITNESSES: J.W. SPEER and Howard C. PRICE both of Great Falls
FRED J. PFEFFER Great Falls, Montana DATED: 6 May 1921 HEIRS: Brothers: Louis of Swift Currant, Canada & William of Elbow, Canada EXECUTORS: Rev. P.E. ROHLFING of Great Falls. Louis & William Pfeffer of Canada. WITNESSES: W.T. KRATZ & Paul E. ROHFLING of Great Falls, Montana -43- ANNA C. WACHSMUTH Great Falls, Montana DATED: 8 Jan. 1920 HEIRS: DAUGHTERS: Dorothea M. WACHSMUTH, Esther H. WACHSMUTH, Helen C. WACHSMUTH, Margaret P. WACHSMUTH, all of Great Falls EXECUTOR: Brother: William H. SCHOPPER of Farmington, Teton County, Montana & guardian of the daughters. WITNESSES: A.E. SCHWINGLE and Omar JAMALCOLN of Great Falls.
WARREN McNINCH Great Falls, Montana DATED: 10 Dec. 1920 HEIRS Wife: Susan B. McNINCH (age 57 years)1 : Children: Maurice & Opal EXECUTRIX: SusaN McNINCH WITNESSES: L.W. FREEMAN & Edith CALCOTT of Great Falls
MOSES S. SMITH Great Falls, Montana DATED: 21 May 1919 age 69 & upwards PROBATED: 1921 HEIRS: Wife: Minnie SMITH Sisters: Mrs. Annie MUNEY of Newport Junction, Maine, Mrs. Ella CURNUTT and her daughter Mrs. LAURA HOUSE of Belt, MT EXECUTRIX: Mrs. Ella CURNUTT and Mrs. Laura HOUSE WITNESSES: Lew L. CALLAWAY and Cermilia E. HANRUHAN
SOPHIA E. JONES Portland, Oregon DATED: 21 Mar. 1920 HEIRS: Daughter: Mabel JONES Sons: Benjamin C. JONES of Stockett & William C. JONES EXECUTOR: William C. JONES, son WITNESSES: Mrs. Ellen SMITH of Milwaukee & Bradley A. EWERS of Portland, Oregon
JOHN KOMER, SR Stockett, Montana DATED: 6 Jan. 1920 age 67 years HEIRS: Wife, Mary KOMER SONS: John KOMER Daughters: Mary BEDOSKY, Dorothea MAYERNIK, Anna KOMER and Barbara KOMER EXECUTRIX: Mary KOMER WITNESSES: W.F. O'LEARY and A. SOSNICK of Great Falls -44- VAN HENDERLIDER Cascade County, Montana DATED: 27 Jan. 1916 probated sometime 1920/21 HEIRS: Steward HENDERLIDER, Ray HENDERLIDER of Bosie, Idaho Susan Henderlider HARWOOD of Raynesford, Montana and Gordon Owen HENDERLIDER of Cascade
EXECUTOR: Stewart HENDERLIDER & Gordon Owen HENDERLIDER WITNESSES: W.F. FAUST of Great Falls, C.H. McLEAN, May OLSON & Margaret S. CLIDDENEN
CHARLES JOHNSON Great Falls, Montana DATED: 28 June 1921 HEIRS: Mrs. Anna JOHNSON (given everything) EXECUTOR: John OLSON of Great Falls WITNESSES: Andrew ROALSWICK & Emil JOHNSON of Great Falls, Montana
MARY BAKER Great Falls, Montana DATED: 20 Nov. 1903 (age 39 years) PROBATED: sometime in 1921 HEIRS: Husband: HARRY BAKER EXECUTOR: Harry BAKER WITNESSES: Frances BENNETT, Richard BENNETT & Stella McRAE
JOHN B. LONG Los Angeles, California DATED: 3 April 1917 HEIRS: Step-Mother: Mrs. Charlotte L. LONG of Cambridge, NY, Wife: Elizabeth B. LONG Daughters: Margaret Baker LONG & Sarah Baucus LONG both of Los Angeles, California
EXECUTOR: Roy Ford CLEARY WITNESSES: J.E. BOWER of Helena, Montana & Walter H. LOOMIS of Los Angles, California
MICHEAL A. TRAVERS Sand Coulie, Montana DATED: 7 Nov. 1921 (age 59 years) HEIRS: Niece: Margaret CRIVIANSKY of Great Falls Friends: Frank GOLDSTIEN & Elmer PETERS EXECUTOR: Phillip CRIVIANSKY WITNESSES: Edith LONG & Estella MacLENANN
-45- MARIE (MARIIE) CASE Great Falls, Montana DATED: 23 Nov. 1921 (age 46 years) HEIRS: Brother: Henry J. CASE EXECUTOR: Henry J. CASE WITNESSES: W.J. TIGHE & Mae BRENNAN
VALENTINE GREGOVICH Tracy, Montana DATED: 11 Sep. 1921 (age 48 years) HEIRS: Wife: Kate GREGOVICH EXECUTRIX: Kate GREGOVICH WITNESSES: Helen SEIFERT & W.H.TIGHE of Great Falls
JAMES M. CARLILE Great Falls, Montana DATED: 21 June 1921 HEIRS: Mrs. Kate LANGLEY, sister & guardian of James W. CARLILE, Jr. Sisters: Nanny C. FAY & Theresa CARLILE SON James M. CARLILE, a minor EXECUTRIX: Mrs. Kate LANGLEY WITNESSES: Kate LANGLEY of Great Falls, Ella C. McDONOUGH and J. A. McDONOUGH CODICIL DATED: 19 Nov. 1921
ANDREW JOHNSON Cascade County, Montana DATED: 25 Aug. 1921 HEIRS: Sons: Robert, Jalmer, W. Dewey JOHNSON of Great Falls Wife: Hannah EXECUTOR: Jalmer JOHNSON WITNESSES: E.B. PARSONS of Great Falls & Malcolm C. MORROW of Cascade Montana
FREDERICK SHAW Great Falls, Montana DATED: 30 Nov. 1921 HEIRS: Wife: Julia SHAW Daughters: Annie SENIOR & Sarah Elizabeth NICHOLS of Yorkshire, England EXECUTOR: Dr. R.H. ARMOND WITNESSES: Mrs. Carrie A. BECKETT & G.D. HARRIS
-46- SUSAN SIMMS Great Falls, Montana DATED: 18 Jan. 1919 (age 55 years) Probated: sometime in 1921 HEIRS: Husband: Sam SIMMS Grandchildren: Susan KELTON, Gladys Kelton, Pert KELTON, Jewel CROGHAN, Mazie CROGHAN, Fred CROGHAN Jr. & June CROGHAN EXECUTOR: Sam SIMMS WITNESSES: E.A. SMITH, Anna H. SMITH of Great Falls, Montana
JULIA MAY O'NEILL Cascade, Montana DATED: 15 June 1904 (age 33 years) Probated sometime in 1921 HEIRS: Husband: Patrick O'NEILL Children: Son: Samuel Jacob KINSEY, a minor EXECUTOR: Patrick O'NEILL & father: Samuel P. WILSON WITNESSES: William G. DOWNING & SAM STEPHENSON of Great Falls
F. H. HARRISON Great Falls, Montana DATED: 6 Jan. 1920 HEIRS: Brothers: Frank L. & Harry E. of Fredrickton, New Brunswick, Jeremiah of Chicago, Illinois & Arthur of VanNuys, Cal. Sisters: Georgina MILLS of Frederickton, New Brunswick, Bessie May THOMAS of Dorchester, New Brunswick & Mary Elizabeth GARDNER of Bobcaygeon, Ontario EXECUTORS: Jeremiah HARRISON & Arthur HARRISON WITNESSES: S.A. HAXBY of Great Falls & J.A. McDONOUGH
GORDON OWEN Great Falls, Montana DATED: 28 Jan. 1922 HEIRS: Wife: Monoh OWEN of Belt, MT Cousin: Elizabeth LAWSON EXECUTOR: D.A. PRYOR WITNESSES: J.W. GRAYBEAL & L.C. GRAYB ILL
JOHN B. BROWN Power, Montana DATED: 15 Feb. 1922 HEIRS: Wife: Ada M. BROWN EXECUTRIX: Ada M. BROWN WITNESSES: G.S. RIDGEWAY of Spokane, Washington
47- PHILLIP FAILEY BURNS DATED: 12 Jan. 1922 HEIRS: Brother-in-law: John STREIVIG, Nephew: Cinninati
STREIVIG: Niece: Mabel STREIVIG. Nephew: George T. LAWRENCE and Ed EXECUTRIX: BENDERM (addresses unknown). Michael STREIVIG, son of John WITNESSES: Loretta J. STURGEON, niece Zenohia CASE & George T. STEWART of Great Falls
MARY B. DOWNING Great Falls, Montana DATED: 31 Aug. 1916 (age 65 years) PROBATED: Sometime in 1922 HEIRS: Husband buried in Canton, Missouri
Daughters: Elizabeth DOWNING, Della, Ella B. & Isabelle EXECUTRIX: Ella B. McCULLOCH and Della D. JENKS of St. Paul, in case of their death, the husbands of the two executrixes shall
be the executors; C.B. McCULLOCH & C.O. JENKS. WITNESSES: Ethel L. CLARKE & I.W. CHURCH of Great Falls
ANNIE ODDEN Power, Montana DATED: 4 Aug. 1915 PROBATED: Sometime in 1922 HEIR: Son: Glen ODDEN EXECUTOR: Leonard L. RUDE WITNESSES: Laura RUDE & Magdalyn HARTWIG of Great Falls
RICHARD SMITH Great Falls, Montana DATED: 23Aug. 1920 HEIRS: Grandchildren: Harry KEASTER, Walter KEASTER, Richard KEASTER, Mabel FUNK, Nettie THEISEN. Great Grandchildren. Daughter: Mamie E. BRIGGS EXECUTRIX: Mamie E. BRIGGS WITNESSES: James T. STANFORD & Omar J. MALCOLM
EMILIO STEFAN' Black Eagle, Montana DATED: 5 Jan. 1922 HEIR: Wife: Delia STEFAN' EXECUTRIX: Delia STEFANI WITNESSES: Joe MATTEUCCI & Joseph RESTELLI
-48- PARIS GIBSON Great Falls, Montana DATED: 1 Nov. 1917 Probated: sometime in 1922 HEIRS: Jessie S. LADD of Minneapolis, Minn. Mrs. Louisa LELAND, daughter of deceased son: Phillip. Mary SWEAT, wife of Dr. John SWEAT. Son Theodore GIBSON, Mary D. GIBSON, widow of Phillip. Grandson: Donald GIBSON & granddaughter: Dorothy Gibson WRIGHT. EXECUTORS: Theodore GIBSON & Donald GIBSON WITNESSES: W.H. HOOVER & Ransom COOPER.
CHARLES T. MYRCK DATED: 21 Feb. 1921 HEIRS: Wife: Ella J. Sodom MYRCK Sons: Arthur and Hobart EXECUTORS: Hobart D. MYRCK & Ella J. Sodom MYRCK WITNESSES: R.K. WEST & Frank E. McDONELL
CHARLES L. HERZOZ Great Falls, Montana DATED: 4 Nov. 1914 Probated in 1922 HEIRS: Wife: Flora E. HERZOZ EXECUTRIX: Flora E. HERZOZ WITNESSES: William ALBRECHT, Herman ALBRECHT, Levi FOSSUM ofBoxElder
CARL GEREKE Stockett, Montana DATED: 7 Feb. 1918 (57 years) Probated: 1922 HEIRS: Wife: Marie GEREKE Daughters: Anna Marie, Emma ALWINE, Hildgarth, Louise, Marie Johnana. Sons: Carl Gustave & Oscar Franz GEREKE EXECUTRIX: Marie GEREKE WITNESSES: Ed CONNOLLY & Frank POLUTNICK of Great Falls.
GEORGE CLARK Near Cascade, Montana DATED: 3 July 1917, (age 31 years) Probated in 1922 HEIRS: brother: Thomas W. CLARK of Dungeness, Washington Agnes CUMMINGS of near Cascade. Dave CUMMINGS EXECUTOR: Dave CUMMINGS a friend WITNESSES: J.H. DALY of Great Falls & W.H. TIGHE
-49- JOHN HENRY ABRAHAMS Great Falls, Montana DATED: 24 Nov. 1919 HEIRS: Wife: Carrie M. ABRAHAMS Son: Wilber W. ABRAHAMS EXECUTRIX: Carrie M. ABRAHAMS WITNESSES: Isaac DAVIS & Elbert LEEHILLS
SIMEON S. HOBSON Cascade County, Montana DATED: 18 Feb. 1919 HEIRS: Ethel CUPP, Charles L. HOBSON & Howard H. HOBSON of Limington, Maine. Florence HARMON (daughter of Jennie M. Hobson HARMON) of Saco, Maine. Addie H. Walker WENTWORTH of Scarboro, Maine. James W. WARDLEIGH & Lulu E. WARDLEIGH of Steep Falls, Maine. Manetta Wardleigh BENNETT of Biddeford, Maine. EXECUTORS: Francis W. SHARPE of Great Falls, Montana and C. Wallace HARMON of Saco, Maine
WITNESSES: Frank W. MITCHELL & C.J. COMM of Great Falls, Montana
EDWIN P. AVERY Chicago, Illinois DATED: 20 Sep. 1905 HEIRS: wife: Maud M. AVERY EXECUTOR: Maud M. AVERY WITNESSES: Ira C. V. (?) & Harry P. DOLAN
MARRY C. BURGI St. Clair, Michigan DATED: 11 Mar. 1915 HEIRS: Eva S. ROBERTSON. Mrs. Jennie C. GRICE of St. Clair, Michigan. Henry BAIRD of Port Heron, Michigan. Charles BURGER (Husband) and Grandson: Berger ROBERTSON of St. Clair, Michigan EXECUTORS: Jennie C. GRICE & Henry BAIRD WITNESSES: M. Belle PALMER & ANNA L. PALMER of St. Clair, Michigan.
ANNA TOBLE WOLLFE RAPPS Great Falls, Montana DATED: 22 Mar. 1922 (age 41 years) HEIRS: Anthony TOBEL (son), Herman RAPPS (Husband) EXECUTOR: Herman RAPPS & E.A. SMITH (attorney) of Great Falls, MT WITNESSES: Carine St. DENIS & E.A. SMITH of Great Falls, Montana.
-50- THOMAS J. KELLY DATED: 10 Mar. 1908 HEIRS: Wife: Bridget Ellen KELLY, all of Great Falls, Montana. sons: Raymond KELLY & James KELLY Daughters; Gertrude KELLY & Katherine KELLY EXECUTRIX: Bridget Ellen KELLY WITNESSES: W.F. O'LEARY & EDITH THOMAS
JOHN F. HAGENSON Great Falls, Montana DATED: HEIRS: Brothers: Martin S. HAGENSON of Great Falls, Edward H. HAGENSON of Butte, Montana Mother: Mary HAGENSON of Anaconda, Montana Jacob HAGENSON of Seattle, Washington, George W. HAGENSON of Helena, Montana, Sisters: Mrs. F.M. DORLAND of Anacond4 Montana, Mrs. Wilbur HOULE of Helena, Montana & Mrs. R.W. EICHER of Great Falls, Montana. William Hagenson HODGSON of Spokane, Washington EXECUTORS: George W. HAGENSON of Helena, Montana & J.W. SPEER of Great Falls, Montana (lawyer)
WITNESSES: C.M. McCUTCHEOM & Agnes E. SCHRAEDER of Great Falls, MT
FRANK SMITH Great Falls, Montana DATED: 17 June 1922 HEIRS: Sister: Julia GILLIS of Great Falls, Montana EXECUTRIXS: Julia GILLIS & RA.W. BERRY (attorney) of Great Falls, Montana
WITNESSES: Margaret TAYLOR:J Olga _KOMAR_of Columbus Hospital, Great Falls, Montana & Ethel GILLIS of Great Falls, Montana
LOUIS DAHM Sand Coulee, Montana DATED: 31 Aug. 1914 (age 51 years) HEIRS: Wife: Hedwig DAHN of Sand Coulee, Montana Son: Henry DAHN (adopted) EXECUTRIX: Hedwig DAHN WITNESSES: W.F. O'LEARY & A. SOSNICK of Great Falls, Montana
-51- EMMA BUOL MacDONALD Great Falls, Montana DATED: 21 July 1920 HEIRS: Husband: Arthur Tremaine MacDONALD of Great Falls, Montana Deta Stiffler VETSCH, Engi VETSCH, Kati VETSCH, Caspar VETSCH, Peter Bud, Paul Buol, Caspar Buol, Johann Buol, Abraham Buol & Deta Shoemaker BUOL and Marie Schupp BUSCH all of Daros, Switzerland.
Marie Sutor VETSCH & Anna Marie Winkler BUOL of Saint Moritz, Switzerland.
Lidonia GLEISSNER of Chicago, Illinois, Peter BUOL of Los Vegas, Nevada & Frank BUOL of Pahrurry, Nevada. Emma Buol Los Angeles, California. Will JAECKEL of Butte, Montana. Tom JAECKEL, Carl JAECKEL, Hattie JAECKEL & Emma JAECKEL all of Anaconda, Montana. Emma WIIKL, Lena WEIBEL & Emma WEIKL all of Omaha, Nebraska. Elizabeth WILD & Hattie Jaeckel SLOGAN & Elsie BLAKE. Mary EVANS of Great Falls, Montana. EXECUTOR Arthur T. MacDONALD of Great Falls, Montana : WITNESSES:
LUCINDA A TREADWELL Great Falls, Montana DATED: 22 July 1920 HEIRS: Daughters: Nettie TREADWELL, Allie TREADWELL & Emily TREADWELL. SON: William TREADWELL EXECUTORS: William TREADWELL & Nettie TREADWELL WITNESSES: Ben E. LAPEYRE & Ben E. LAPEYRE, JR of Great Falls, MT
THOMAS KAUCICH Fort Shaw, Montana DATED: 18 July 1922 (age 44 years) HEIRS: John KAUCIOH of Thomas,,West Virginia EXECUTOR: H.E. CULVER of Fort Shaw, Montana WITNESSES: Miss Marie PRELLER of Fort Shaw, Montana Miss Alberta J. VanDOREN and W.J. TIGHE (lawyer) of Great Falls, Montana.
FRANK KAREL Cascade County, Montana DATED: 0 Sep. 1922 (age 29 years) HEIRS: Sister: Mary KAREL of Svraiov, Cerny Kostelec EXECUTOR: Joseph BERNASEK of Great Falls, Montana WITNESSES: A.H. GRAY & Virginia ULERY & Joe VERNASEK of Great Falls, Montana -52- IRA W. THRASHER Evans, Montana DATED: 7 July 1916 (age 59 years) HEIRS: wife: Hannah THRASHER Sons: William P., Elithan N. & Sheldon H. THRASHER Daughter: Harriet THRASHER. All of Evans, Montana EXECUTRIX: Hannah THRASHER (wife) WITNESSES: J.W. ROBERTS & J.W. FREEMAN of Great Falls, Montana
THOMAS CURRY Great Falls, Montana DATED: 18 Feb. 1915 (age 62 years) HEIRS: Wife: Mary A. CURRY of Great Falls, Montana EXECUTORS: Wife Mary A. CURRY & Patrick KELLY of Great Falls, MT WITNESSES: Jeremiah J. O'MAHONEY & Catherine BOUSHE, of Great Falls.
MATT BUNDI Great Falls, Montana DATED: 8 Feb. 1921 (age 43 years) HEIRS: Wife: Barbara BUNDI Sons; Nicholas & Joseph BUNDI Daughters: Eva & Katherine BUNDI all of Great Falls, Montana EXECUTORS: WITNESSES: E.R. FUNK & D.A. DAVIDSON of Great Falls, Montana
HENRY H. STANLEY Great Falls, Montana DATED: 3 Aug. 1921 HEIRS: Wife: Amelia C. STANLEY of Great Falls, Montana Sons: Howard. STANLEY & Dean STANLEY of Great Falls, MT Daughters; Evelyn Montana STANLEY & Adelaide Stanley SLYE of Great Falls, Montana, and Amelia Stanley WILEY of Seattle, Washington. EXECUTRIX: Wife: Amelia C. STANLEY & son: Howard H. STANLEY WITNESSES: Eileen L. LYNCH & JOHN C. KELLEY of Great Falls, Montana
JAMES FAIRFOUL Cascade County, Montana DATED: 25 Jan. 1923 (age 61) HEIRS: Wife: Nellie FAIRFOUL Brother: David FAIRFOUL Nephew: William Love FAIRFOUL EXECUTRIX Nellie FAIRFOUL WITNESSES: James W. FREEMAN, Ernest L. DOWNING & Eugenia STAUNTON of Great Falls, Montana -53- WILLIAM P. ROBERTS Great Falls, Montana DATED: 22 Dec. 1922 HEIRS: Lydia WILLIAMS of Great Falls, Montana Robert WILLIAMS (son of Lydia) Dorothy WILLIAMS (daughter of Lydia)
James ELLIS (son of Walter ELLIS of Truly, Montana) Mrs. Harvery (?) ELLIS
Mr. Ed. COUCH of Truly, Montana John HUGHES of Great Falls, Montana Tom JONES (cousin) EXECUTORS: John HUGHES & Richard W. WRIGHT of Great Falls, Montana WITNESSES: Charles A. WILSON & J.R. VILLARS of Great Falls, Montana
G.H. GERHART Monarch, Montana DATED: 4 Jan. 1923 (age 66 years) HEIRS: Wife: Clara J. GERHART Sons: W.E. GERHART, Joseph J. GERHART, George L. GERHART & Carl F. GERHART Daughters: Bertha PAULSON, Mary Magdaline RYAN, Grace L. GERHART, Anna H. GERHART & Genevieve C. GERHART EXECUTRIX: Clara J. GERHART, (wife) and (son) Carl F. GERHART Witnesses; Alice KEELEY, Ruth SUTHERLAND & W.J. TIGHE of Great Falls
GEORGE A.POOLE Great Falls, Montana DATED: 27 May 1911 (age 59 years) HEIRS: Wife: Rhoda POOLE, of Great Falls, Montana Daughters: Edith Harriet SHEPHERD, Rhoda KRUSE, Elsie Eugene POOLE, Mabel POOLE, Bessie Victoria POOLE & Veva Lorace POOLE. EXECUTRIX: Wife: Rhoda Poole WITNESSES: Ruth M. SKELLY & John W. STANTON of Great Falls, Montana
NEIL CONNERS Cristobal Canal Zone DATED: 20 April 1914 HEIRS: Brother: Mike CONNERS of Great Falls, Montana EXECUTOR: Mike CONNERS WITNESSES: E.E. JOHNSON, of Victoria Square, P.O. Canada & Thomas FLAVIN of Cincinnati, Ohio & W.C. TODD of Cristobal C.Z. -54-
H. O. COLE, SR Great Falls, Montana DATED: 18 Mar. 1914 HEIRS: Wife: Blanche COLE Son: H.O. COLE, Jr of Butte, Montana EXECUTRIX: Blanche COLE (Wife) WITNESSES: John A. HOFFMAN & John C. QUIGLEY of Great Falls, Montana
JOSEPH BIALLAS Great Falls, Montana DATED: 26 Feb. 1923 (age 61 years) HEIRS: Daughters: Gertrude GAUSS of Victoria, Canada. & Sophia TYLER. Sons: Joseph BIALLAS, Aloysius BIALLAS, Frank BIALLAS, Albert BIALLAS & Mark BIALLAS EXECUTOR: Aloysius BIALLAS WITNESSES: Mrs. Frank ARNDT & W.J. Tighe of Great Falls, Montana
SAMUEL BRADLEY Great Falls, Montana DATED: (age 61 years) HEIRS: Sister: Emma BRADLEY of Twin Falls, Idaho Sister-in-law: Jessie Bradley EXECUTRIX: Jessie BRADLEY of Great Falls, Montana WITNESSES: A.F. LONGWAY & Fletcher MADDOX of Great Falls, Montana
HENRY BALLY Great Falls, Montana DATED: 31 Dec. 1919 (age 62 years) HEIRS: Wife: Emerance GALLY EXECTRIX: Emerance GALLY WITNESSES: James W. FREEMAN & Edyth CALCOTT of Great Falls, Montana
PETER McFEE DATED: 13 Dec. 1919 HEIRS: Wife: Ethel M. McFEE Roy NELSON Son: Van McFEE EXECUTRIX: Sadie NEBEL (daughter) WITNESSES: W.F. FAUST & D.A. PRIOR of Great Falls, Montana
-55-- LUCY D. PINNEY Great Falls, Montana DATED: 27 Dec. 1922 HEIRS: Nieces: Lucy A. PROCTOR, Elizabeth Proctor MITCHELL, Lucy Frances PROCTOR. Nephews: William C. PROCTOR, Francis R. PROCTOR, Robert Delof PROCTOR & Marton PROCTOR. EXECUTOR: B.P. McNAIR of Great Falls, Montana WITNESSES:
STEPHEN J. COBURN Great Falls, Montana DATED: 17 Oct. 1918 (age 72 years) HEIRS: Wife: Mary A. COBURN EXECUTRIX: Mary A. COBURN WITNESSES: James W. FREEMAN & James M. BURLINGAME of Great Falls.
EDWARD WOLF Great Falls, Montana DATED' 19 June 1923 HEIRS: Wife: Josephine WOLF of Great Falls, Montana Sons: John WOLF, Joe WOLF & Frank WOLF Daughter: Julie WOLF EXECUTRIX: Josephine WOLF WITNESSES: Frank SCHRAMEK & Joe BERNASEK of Great Falls, Montana
A. J. VANCE Great Falls, Montana DATED: 24 Oct. 1910 HEIRS: Wife: Lidy Margaret VANCE of Great Falls, Montana Daughters: Mrs. R.J. VAUGHN of San Francisco, California and Jeannette GREENE of Great Falls, Montana Son: Edward VANCE of Great Falls, Montana EXECUTOR: Charles WEGNER of Great Falls, Montana WITNESSES: W.H. COCKRILL & Ella 3. JONES of Great Falls, Montana
JOHN O. SELSTROM Cascade County, Montana DATED: 15 April 1919 (age 59 years) HEIRS: Wife: Frost P. SELSTROM Sons: Paul O. SELSTROM & Ivan F. SELSTROM EXECUTORS: Wife: Frost P. SELSTROM, A.T. DAWSON of Stockett, MT and B.I. McNAIR of Great Falls, Montana WITNESSES: Jena COLLINS & David WILSON of Great Falls, Montana -56- BENEDICT P. McNAIR Great Falls, Montana DATED: 21 Aug. 1909 HEIRS: Mother: Caroline P. McNAIR Wife: Marion S. McNAIR Sons:" Chester McNAIR & Bendict ficNAIR Daughter: Sarah McNAIR EXECUTRIX: Marion S. McNAIR WITNESSES: Elsie POOL & D.W. ROBB of Great Falls, Montana
HARRINGTON MEAD WOOD Great Falls, Montana DATED: 27 Jan. 1923 HEIRS: Cousin: Kate D. HAYWOOD of Kansas City, Missouri Frederick WOOD of Los Angeles, California Niece: Mary D. TUFTS of Los Angeles, California Nephew: Arthur DICKENSON of San Diego, California EXECUTOR: Samuel B. CHASE of Great Falls, Montana WITNESSES: G.G. GREGOIRE of Great Falls, Montana
ROSE ANN McEWEN Great Falls, Montana DATED: 27 Mar. 1919 HEIR: son: Ralph Walker McDOWELL EXECUTOR: Clarence W. MURCH of Great Falls, Montana WITNESSES: Lee M. FORD & Henry WAEGER of Great Falls, Montana
LEONARD PFISTER Great Falls, Montana DATED: 17 Mar. 1923 (age 74 years) HEIRS: Wife: Anna PFISTER Of Great Falls, Montana Son: Emil PFISTER of Great Falls, Montana Daughters: Mrs. Anna LEHMAN of Spokane, Washington, Mrs. Bertha ASHTON of Big Sandy, Montana Sons: Paul PFISTER of Seattle, Washington & Henry PFISTER of Great Falls, Montana EXECUTRIX: Wife: Anna PFISTER WITNESSES: Otto B. KOTZ & S.E. PETERSON of Great Falls, Montana
CAROLINE HESTER DUNLOP DATED: 20 Nov. 1916 HEIR:A EXECUTRIX': Daughter Edith . LOUTTIT WITNESSES: A.B. THOMPSON & Esabella TOOLE of Great Falls, Montana -57- MARY CERULA WOODBURY Great Falls, Montana DATED 23 Dec. 1923
: Sisters: Lottie JONES & Mrs. Josephine BLANVELT HEIRS Nieces; Marion Cerula JONES, Constance BLANVELT, Helen BLANVELT & Florence WRIGHT : Nephews: Frederick W. JONES & Edwool WRIGHT EXECUTRIX: Lottie JONES, (sister) WITNESSES: Pearl E. STEWART & Ranson COOPER of Great Falls, Montana
JOHN TABOR St. Peter, Cascade County, Montana DATED: 25 Nov. 1923 (age 66 years) HEIRS: Wife: Isabell TABOR Son: John L. TABOR EXECUTRIX: Isabel] TABOR (wife) WITNESSES: Bertha STOCKLIN, Esther HALL & W.J. TIGHE of Great Falls
TILLIE FRACH Great Falls, Montana DATED: 24 Dec. 1923 (age 58 years) HEIRS: Brother: John FRACH EXECUTOR: John FRACH WITNESSES: Winnifred SHANNON & W.J. TIGHE of Great Falls, Montana
FERDINAND C. ROOSEVELT Cascade County, Montana DATED: 20 April 1920 HEIR & EXECUTRIX: Wife: Caroline ROOSEVELT WITNESSES: John MORAN, Claude GLENN, J.W. SHERWOOD & J.H. REID all of Great Falls, Montana
HARVEY BENJAMIN ELLIS Great Falls, Montana DATED: 3 Jan. 1924 HEIRS: Wife: Harriet ELLIS Children: Walter Franklin ELLIS, Cora May COATES, Luella ELLIS, Helen ELLIS, Kate Irene ELLIS, Harvey Clifford ELLIS and Edna Gernaldine ELLIS. EXECUTRIX: Wife: Henrietta ELLIS WITNESSES: E. Augusta RISS,Edward ELLIS & Melvin ROWE
-58- ALEXANDER REED BYWATER Great Falls, Montana DATED" 28 Aug. 1923 HEIRS: Wife: Jennie Bywaters Son: John Alexander BYWATERS EXECUTRIX: Jennie BYWATERS, (wife) WITNESSES: Ransom COOPER & Laura E. BULLARD of Great Falls, Montana
BENJAMIN DORS Great Falls, Montana DATED: 12 July 1921 (age 79 years) HEIR & EXECUTRIX: Wife: Eliza DORS WITNESSES: W.J. TIGHE & Mae BRENNAN.
EDWARD McMORAN Great Falls, Montana DATED: 17 Jan. 1924 HEIRS: Sister: Mrs. Myrtle HARSHMAN of Seattle, Washington EXECUTORS: Myrtle HARSHMAN of Seattle, WA, F.C. LAMPEN & G.C. BALBHORN of Minneapolis WITNESSES: J.W. SHERWOOD & J.H. REID.
CELIA PICKARD Great Falls, Montana DATED: 15 Sep. 1923 HEIRS: and only son: Andrew PICKARD of Minneapolis, MN and Sister: Georgia FULLER of Williston, North Dakot EXECUTOR: Friend; Ruth TEMPLETON of Great Falls, MT WITNESSES: Robert TEMPLETON & N.A. TEMPLETON.
LIZZIE DEVI Great Falls, Montana DATED: 9 Dec. 1922 (age 68 years) HEIRS: Nieces: Norma LASKEYY OF Charlestn, SC &Esther BANERGER, Toledo, OH Mother: Bettie MAYER.of Portsmouth, Ohio. Sisters: Jennie SILVERMAN of Great Falls, MT & Barbara WALLENSTEIN of New York City & Fannie BANERGER of Toledo, Ohio. Brother: Simon SILVERMAN of Great Falls, MT. Nephew: Harry BANBERGER of New York City. Sister-in-law: Bettie MAYER of Portsmouth, OH. William L. WALLENSTSEIN , New York EXECUTOR: City, Henry Jr. & Anna GREENHOOD, San Francisco, CA Simon SILVERMAN (Brother). WITNESSES: JW. SPEER & Agnes SCHRAEDER of Great Falls, Montana
-59- KAISA HEIKKA known as KAISA HENDRICKSON San Francisco, California DATED: 18 Feb. 1924 (age 74 years, native of Finland, Europe) HEIRS: Daughters: Olga Kristina KORPI, nee HEIKKA, Laura MIILU, nee HEIKKA, Aina Elizabeth BIGELOW, Sophia Eleanor COODE, nee HEIKKA & Esther Siiri HEADLEY, nee HEIKKA. Sons: Carl Victor, nee HEIKKA, Frank Albert & Mikael Richard HEADLEY. EXECUTOR: Son: Frank ALBERT EXECUTRIX: Daughter: Elizabeth BIGELOW, nee HEIKKA WITNESSES: Anton PATERSON & Rudolf DIRKS of San Francisco, California
AL JULSON Fort Shaw, Montana DATED: 30 May 1924 (age 49 years) HEIRS: Brother: E.G. JULSON of Oakland, California
Sisters: Mrs. Lena INGRAN of Masay, Colorado and Mrs. Julia OLSON of Soldier, Iowa EXECUTOR: E.O. JULSON of Oakland, California WITNESSES: Gertrude BUCKLES & R.B DURNIN of Great Falls, Montana
ANNA ROSELLA STEVENS Great Falls, Montana DATED: 30 Apr. 1924 (age 50 years) HEIRS: Husband: Gustavis W. STEVENS Daughters: Ruby Patricia STEVENS & Violette N. Stevens BRISTOW Niece: Dorothy Rosella BRISTOW Karen A. ANDERSON of Wadena, Canada EXECUTOR: husband: Gustavis STEVENS TESTATRIX: Anna Rozella STEVENS WITNESSES: Ivah Ardell EWALD & Mrs. Addie KELINPALL
EDWIN COLLINS (known as WILLIAM COLLINS) Great Falls, Montana DATED: 9 Dec. 1915 (age 40 (?) years) HEIR & EXECUTOR: Wife: Anna J. COLLINS WITNESSES: Harry HOGAN & Samuel GILMAN of Great Falls, Montana E. F. MORTAG Cascade, Montana DATED: 11 Apr. 1924 (age 69 years) HEIRS: Wife: Ada E. MORTAG of Havre, Montana Sisters: Emma MARTIN, Mimie MORTAG & Amelia BOYD Daughter: Jessie L. MILLER of Tacoma, Washington EXECUTRIX: Ada E. MORTAG WITNESSES: N.D. HALL & F. G. VANATTA of Cascade, Montana
JOHN ANTON BERGER Great Falls, Montana DATED: 9 Feb. 1923 HEIRS: Children: William Raymond BERGER, John Anton BERGER, Jr and Charlotte BERGER. Wife: Minnie May BERGER EXECUTRIX: Minnie Mae BERGER, wife WITNESSES: Eileen LYNCH & Ranson COOPER of Great Falls, Montana
WILLIAM R. LUKE Great Falls, Montana DATED: 13 Nov. 1920 HEIRS: Daughters: Dora LUKE, Jennie LUKE, Ella ERWIN & Annie LUKE Sons: Alfred and James LUKE EXECUTRIX: Dora LUKE WITNESSES: Mary (Harry) HAWKINS
ARGE NATHAN Great Falls, Montana DATED: 29 Sep. 1920 HEIRS: Wife: Frances NATHAN Children: Robert A. NATHAN & Herbert A. NATHAN EXECUTRIX: Frances NATHAN WITNESSES: Clarence M. McCUTHEON & William L. DITTO
IDA C. BLOOM Great Falls, Montana DATED: 13 Dec. 1920 HEIRS: Stepsons: Theodor J. BLOOM of Gilman, MT & George H. BLOOM of Billings, Montana Her Children: Linda M. BLOOM & Hempton I, BLOOM of Gilman, MT. Selma C. BLOOM & Herbert L. BLOOM of Great Falls, MT and May a. BLOOM of Gibbson City, Illinois
EXECUTOR: Herbert L. BLOOM WITNESSES: C.F. HOLT & K.L. GUTHERIE -61- MARGARET R. KINGSBURY Great Falls, Montana DATED: 10 Mar. 1913 HEIR: Husband: Adkin Wallace KINGSBURY EXECUTOR: Adkin Wallace KINGSBURY WITNESSES: Sam STEPHENSON & Ransom COOPER
KATE CAMPBELL Great Falls, Montana DATED: 18 June 1924 (age 60 years) HEIRS: Sister: Margaret McGINNIS & Brother: Hector McGINNIS. EXECUTOR: Hector McGINNIS WITNESSES: Mary DOLAN & W. J. TIGHE
MARY BOLAND Spokane, Washington DATED: 18 Feb. 1922 Filed: 6 Dec. 1923 HEIRS: Daughters: Inez SHANLEY, Iva HAVEN, Nellie E LUGER and - SULLIVAN Sons: William G. BOLAND & Harry H. BOLAND all of Spokane EXECUTRIX: Nellie B. LUGER WITNESSES: Harry A. NUNES, James H. LYNCH & Joseph McCARTHY all of Spokane, Washington
JOHN REICHENHAUSER Cascade County, Montana DATED: 18 Aug. 1924 HEIR: Sister: Theresa FRISENGGER, Cascade County, Montana EXECUTRIX: Theresa FRISENGGER WITNESSES: Art JARDINE & George W. SMITHERS
ADKIN WALLACE KINGSBURY Great Falls, Montana DATED: 8 Mar. 1913 HEIRS: Wife: Margaret R. KINGSBURY. Niece: BURNAGGER, Son: Adkin Wallace KINGSBURY, Jr. Daughter: Mary Margaret KINGSBURY. Half-brother: R.T. KINGSBURY. Mrs Frank BLANKENBAKER, Sister. EXECUTRIX: Margaret R. KINGSBURY & Virgil BLANKENBAKER of Choteau, MT WITNESSES: Sam STEPHENSON & Ramsom COOPER. Margaret Kingsbury died 9 June 1925, Adkin Kingsbury died 10 Oct. 1924. Both buried in Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, MT -62- JOHN STERK Great Falls, Montana DATED: 25 Nov. 1924 (age 39 years) HEIRS: Wife: Katie STERK EXECUTRIX: Katie STERK WITNESSES: Miss V. GEARY & W.J. TIGHE
ALZORY M. WOODS Cascade, Montana DATED: 7 Apr. 1923 HEIRS: Sons: Harry E. WOODS, George A. WOODS, Patrick W. WOODS, and Victor R. WOODS. Daughter: Alzory N. PREWETT EXECUTRIX: Alzory N. PREWETT WITNESSES: Emma BULL & E.V. PARSON of Cascade, Montanan
SAMUEL R. SPLAINE Great Falls, Montana DATED: 21 Oct. 1924 (age 70 years) HEIRS: Archer V. SPLAINE, son EXECUTOR: Archer V. Splaine WITNESSES: Gilbert F. SPLAINE & Betty Udine SPLAINE of Great Falls & Richard BENNETT
JOHN JOSEPH GIBBONS Sand Coulee, Montana DATED: 21 Mar. 1924 HEIRS: Daughter: Margaret GIBBONS. Son: Joseph C. GIBBONS and Grandson: John GIBBONS. EXECUTOR: Joseph C. GIBBONS WITNESSES: "Signed and written by myself"
ROBERT JOHNSON Great Falls, Montana DATED: 31 Jan. 1910 (age 47 years) HEIRS: Wife: Augusta JOHNSON Son: Arthur Rudolph JOHNSON EXECUTRIX: Wife: Augusta JOHNSON WITNESSES: William G. DOWNING & R.M. ARMOUR
-63- GEORGIA A. COONEY Great Falls, Montana DATED: 13 Jan. 1910 HEIR: Husband: Edward H. COONEY EXECUTOR: Edward H. COONEY "WRITTEN AND SIGNED BY MYSELF"
FRANK LUKES Great Falls, Montana DATED: 15 Jan, 1925 HEIRS: Wife: Thresa LUKES Children: Henry, Frank, Julia, George & Helen LUKES EXECUTOR: Frank LUKES WITNESSES: Mary E. CURLEY & Margaret V. MATHEWS of Columbus Hospital
NICHOLAS FRANK Stockett, Montana DATED: 1 July 1913 (age 57 years) HEIRS: Wife: Elizabeth FRANK of Stockett, Montana Sons; Nicholas, Matthew, Joseph, Michael, Albert, John William and Paul. Daughters: Susan, Mary, Rose, & Elizabeth. EXECUTRIX: Elizabeth FRANK WITNESSES: W.M. COCKRILL & H.S. GREENNE
ERIKA M. RHEAMS Great Falls, Montana DATED: 10 Jan. 1925 HEIRS: Daughter: Violet BECKMAN. Son: Carl RHEAMS. Executrix: Violet BECKMAN WITNESSES: W.F. FAUST & D.A. PRYOR
SAMUEL SPENZER Great Falls, Montana DATED: 2 July 1921 HEIRS: Sisters: Maria McINTYRE of Spokane, Washington & Elizabeth KEENAN of Castleton, N. Dakota.
Nieces: Anne McDONALD of Albuquerque, New Mexico and Elizabeth MILLER of Santa Monica, California
Nephews: William McINTYRE of Eden, Montana & Clifford McINTYRE OF Spokane, Washington. EXECUTOR: Clifford McINTYRE of Spokane, Washington WITNESSES: Eileen L. LYNCH & Ransom COOPER -64- MARY DEAN Great Falls, Montana DATED: 11 Mar. 1925 HEIRS: Niece: Mayme MURPHY. Brother: Thomas O'DORNELL. Sister: Mary O'DONNELL and James O'DONNELL of Dallas, Oregon EXECUTRIX: Mayme MURPHY WITNESSES: W.C. BLOOMQUIST & FRANK POLUTNIK, Jr of Belt, Montana
SYLVESTER FRAUNHOFER Millegan, Montana DATED: 5 June 1918 HEIRS: Jacob STEINBRECHER & Anna STEINBRECKER, son & Daughter of Kathrine STEINBRECKER. Children born 1884 & 1887 in Germany. Sons: Martin, Benjamin, Francis & Omar FRAUNHOFER Daughter: Ruth FRAUNHOFER. Wife: Alice M. FRAUNHOFER. EXECUTRIX: Alice M. FRAUNHOFER WITNESSES: W.F. FAUST & D.A. PRYOR
FRED G. JOHNSON Great Falls, Montana DATED: 23 May 1917 HEIRS: Wife: Emma JOHNSON Sons: Robert Everett JOHNSON, Fred LeRoy JOHNSON, William Stewart JOHNSON. Daughters: Edna May JOHNSON, Myrtle Evaline JOHNSON, Verna Louise JOHNSON & Margaret Mabel JOHNSON, All held in trust EXECUTRIX: Emma JOHNSON EXECUTOR: S.R. JENSEN WITNESSES: S.R. JENSON & I.W. CHURCH
MAHLON O. VAN CLEAVE Belt, Montana DATED: 23 May 1913 HEIRS: Wife: Myrtle VAN CLEAVE EXECUTRIX: Myrtle VAN CLEAVE WITNESSES: W.C. BLOOMOUTST & Frank POLUTNIK, Jr of Belt, Montana
MICHAEL FUNYAK Cascade County, Montana DATED: 3 Feb. 1925 (age 47 years) HEIRS: Wife: Mary FUNYAK. Children: MIKE, MARY & ANNIE FUNYAK EXECUTRIX: Mary Funyak, wife WITNESSES: James W. FREEMAN & Rev. Anthony SCICSMAN of Stockett, MT
-65- MARGARET WERTIN Great Falls, Montana DATED: 5 Jan. 1905 (age 66 years) HEIRS: Sons: Frank, Rudolph, Jacob & Frederick WERTIN Daughter-in-law: Catherine Rudman WERTIN Daughters: Mary STRIZICH Margaret PIPINICH 7 Molly RANDELL EXECUTOR: William S. RANDELL, (son-in-law) WITNESSES: William REAVLEY, Mrs. Marie REAVLEY & C.F. BOGER
MARY A. BILLUPS Cascade County, Montana DATED: 5 Jan. 1916 (age 78 years) HEIRS: Daughters: Sarah Elizabeth THOMAS & Mattie E. MUNROE Grandsons: Edwin Weston THOMPSON & Jesse Judson THOMPSON Granddaughter: Marie BRABEC EXECUTOR: R.J. TRENNERy WITNESSES: Ethel L. CLARK & I.W. CHURCH
ABBIE E. GRANSTON Cascade County, Montana DATED: 8 Mar. 1919 (age 46 years) HEIRS: Nephew: Waldo E. CRANSTON. Brothers: Jacob E. CRANSTON, William H. CRANSTON & David E. CRANSTON. 5 istèrsL Alice M. FRAUNHOFER, Frances Amelia NORMAN and- Annie N. HOPS. Half Sisters: Ruth BICKNELL & Kate ANDRE EXECUTOR: William H. CRANSTON WITNESSES: J.W. FREEMAN & Edyth CALCOTT
JAMES A. O'NEILL Great Falls, Montana DATED: 10 July 1924 HEIRS: Sons: Morris O'NEILL of San Francisco, California, Carl C. O'NEILL OF Seattle, Washington. Daughter-in-law: Lucele O'NEILL of Seattle, Washington Granddaughters: Frances Carrol O'NEIL & Daun O'NEILL Daughters: Mayme O'Neill LOCKERY of Billings, MT. Ursulsa O'Neill DUDLEY of Seattle, WA. Gerldene O'Neill DAVIS of Great Falls, MT. Marcella Frances O'NEILL of Seattle, Washington. Son: Vern O'Neill RILEY of Los Angeles, California. EXECUTRIX: Gerldene O'Neill DAVIS of Great Falls, Montana WITNESSES: Harryette HOFFMAN & H.S. GREENE
-66- AXEL HERMAN OLSON Truly, Montana DATED: 18 Mar. 1925 (age 59 years) HEIRS: Mrs. Annie M. WALL, a friend. Nephew: Phillip BJORKMAN of Highwood, Montana - single man, no wife or children. EXECUTRIX: Mrs. Annie M. WALL WITNESSES: L.A. WALL & Richard BENNETT
JAMES TRAVIS Cascade, Montana DATED: 8 Nov. 1923 HEIRS: Wife: Jane TRAVIS EXECUTRIX: Jane TRAVIS, Wife. EXECUTOR: Charles WEGNER, lawyer of Great Falls, Montana WITNESSES: John SANDERSON & William HARRY
WILLIAM GEHLAR (GEHLHAAR) Great Falls, Montana DATED 30 Sep. 1925 (age 70 years, a single man) HEIRS: Cousins: William GEHLHAAR, Wilhelmina Gehlhaar KRSUSE, Anna GEHLHAAR, Sophia GEHLHAAR, Amelia GAEHLHAR, all reside in Germany. These are the children of an uncle Carl GEHLHAAR who lives in East Prussia.
EXECUTOR: John EWERG, SR, a friend of Great Falls, Montana. WITNESSES: Irene HOBER & Jane BRYAN
CLARA F. BRIDGEMAN Great Falls, Montana DATED: 20 May 1925 HEIR; Dorothy BRIDGEMAN, daughter sons, not heirs: William BRIDGEMAN, Harry BRIDGEMAN, and Morris BRIDGEMAN. EXECUTRIX: Dorothy BRIDGEMAN WITNESSES: Alice LAYTON & Florence FRARY
EDWARD LEON HAMMILL Great Falls, Montana DATED: 30 Sep. 1925 (age 60 years) HEIRS: Son: Matthew Leon HAMMILL, Wife: Martha J. HAMMILL. EXECUTRIX: Wife: Martha J. HAMMEL WITNESSES: S.B. CHASE, Jr. & Robert O. KERR
-67- ALEXANDER H. LYNCH Great Falls, Montana DATED: 6 Dec. 1913 (age 70 years) HEIRS: Daughters: Della LYNCH of Whitman Co., Washington & Bessie LYNCH. Sons: Austin E. LYNCH, Claude LYNCH, Alexander LYNCH & Thomas LYNCH. Wife: Mary E. LYNCH EXECUTRIX: Mary E. LYNCH WITNESSES: J.W. FREEMAN & J.N. THELEN
BELLE FORD ROGERS White Sulphur Springs, Montana DATED: 8 Jan. 1925 HEIRS: Husband: Dr. W.B. ROGERS Brothers: William L. FORD & Arthur F. FORD Sisters: Ida JENKINS & Mary TOZER. EXECUTOR: Dr. W.B. ROGERS WITNESSES: D.G. NIVHOLSON & Charles L. TYMAN of White Sulphur Springs Montana.
RACHEL BOLLA Great Falls, Montana DATED: 27 Aug. 1925 (age 43 years) HEIRS: Husband: John BOLLA Daughters: Equito BOLLA, Anna ROLLA & Olympia BOLLA. EXECUTOR: John BOLLA WITNESSES: Hazel HICKMAN & W.J. TIGHE
NELLIE G. BRITTEN Great Falls, Montana DATED: 31 Aug. 1925 HEIR: Adopted daughter Winnifred E. THRASHER EXECUTRIX: Mrs. Dora BRIDGES WITNESSES: Catherine NICHOLS & J.A. McDONOUGH
MINNIE BLOOM Simms, Montana DATED: 30 Nov. 1925 HEIR: Husband: Serverus BLOOM EXECUTOR: Serverus BLOOM WITNESSES: W.W. MILLER of Simms, Montana
-68- MARGARET MILLARD, SR Belt, Montana DATED: 9 July 1919 (age 61 years) HEIRS: Children: Mary GISKIE, Jennie NIMMONS, Sadie BUCKHUSE, Etta CRYSLER, William H. MILLARD, Iva B. CRANE, Maggie DAFCGREEN, Esther Ruth Millard SPEAR, Lillas MASON, Viola MILLARD and Raymond MILLARD.
PETER B. PETERSON Hot Springs, So. Dakota DATED: 30 Oct. 1925 HEIR: Jennie B. PETERSON Wife: Jennie B. PETERSON EXECUTRIX: Julia E.RUCKER & Margaret GAYNOR, Hot Springs, So. Dak.
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Great Falls, Montana ED GRAVEN 9 Feb. 1926 DATED: HEIRS: Son: Peter L. GRAVEN. Daughter: Mrs. Clara STEVENSON EXECUTOR: Frank B. BROWN WITNESSES: Cora B. SPLAN, Thomas e. SWIFT & Alice M. DOLLEMORE
WALTER BACK Cascade County, Montana DATED: 24 Feb. 1926 (age 52 years) HEIRS: Nephews: David BACK & Herbert BACK. Friend: Charles B. WESTERLUND. EXECUTOR: David BACK WITNESSES: Hilda YARNELL & W.J. TIGHE
HARRY STEDMAN LLOYD Great Falls, Montana DATED: 17 Nov. 1925 (age 45 years) HEIRS: Sister: Mrs. Charlotte TRENGROVE of Cornwall England. Nieces: Mrs. Ida CRISTOBEL, Mary ROWLANDS, Mrs. Iris G. Violet NEEDES from South wales. EXECUTOR: W.J. TIGHE WITNESSES: W.J. TIGHE & Mae BRENNAN DAN STAFFORD Great Falls, Montana DATED: 27 Mar. 1926 (age 40 years) HEIR: Lucile RINGS EXECUTRIX: Lucille RINGS WITNESSES: Mrs. Emma LaFEBORE & George BROWN
EMMA H. LEVITTE Great Falls, Montana DATED: 31 July 1924 (age 50 years) HEIRS: Husband: George D. LEVITTE. Daughter: Irene NELSON Son: Lawrence G. LEVITTE EXECUTOR: Lawrence G. LEVITTE WITNESSES: F.L. GREYBILL & C.W. MURCH
RICHARD M. ANDERSON Great Falls, Montana DATED: 24 Feb. 1916 (age 47 years) HEIR: Wife: Helen Mabel ANDERSON EXECUTRIX: Helen Mable ANDERSON WITNESSES: Howard BENNETT & Josey D. HOLMES
EDWARD FOGARTY Choteau County, Montana DATED: 3 Oct. 1908 HEIRS: Wife: Jennie A. FOGARTY. Brother: John FOGARTY. Daughters: Alice Dunwood FOGARTY & Sybil Elsie FOGARTY. Son: Edmond A. FOGARTY,& Arthur D. FOGARTY. EXECUTRIX: Jennie A. FOGARTY WITNESSES: Vern S. STEVENS & Joseph A. KAUFMAN
OSCAR ROBERTSON Milligan, Montana DATED: 24 July 1924 HEIRS: Wife: Jennie ROBERTSON, Sons: Oscar D. ROBERTSON of Great Falls, MT & Robert B. ROBERTSON of Helena, Montana EXECUTRIX: Jennie B. ROBERTSON WITNESSES: George MILNE, Elizabeth A. COWIE & Jessie MILNE.
-70- JOHN HOPS Great Falls, Montana DATED: 15 Dec. 1923 (age 80 years) HEIRS Nephews: C.H. HOPS, Frederick ROGER, Diederich ROGER, Frederich : BOGEL & Hinarich BRANNANN all of Rotenberg, Germany. Nieces: Anna Catherine KUSEL, Rebecca BRANNAN & Catherine HEITMANN all of Rotenberg, Germany. Neices: Gresche HASTEDT & Catherine SCHMIDT of Zeven, Germany Nephew: Herman BRANNANN of Zeven, Germany. Grand-nephew: Henrich ROGER of Great Falls, Montana Son: John Herman HOPS of Acampo, California Nephews: John KUSEL & Henry KUSEL of Jersey City, New Jersey. EXECUTOR: George HICKMAN WITNESSES: Thomas H. LYNCH & William P. STUFFEL
HELEN MABEL ANDERSON Great Falls, Montana DATED . 10 June 1926 HEIRS: Sister: Jessie M. HOLLAND of East Lynn, Massachusetts Nick C. WIRTH of Wolf Creek, Montana Father: Charles H. CLEVELAND. Mother: Alice L. CLEVELAND. EXECUTORS: O.E. SHRODE & D.C. CONROY WITNESSES: Sadie E. CONROY & Howard BENNETT.
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