SHERIDAN COUNTY PROBATE CASE FILES - INDEX

SHERIDAN COUNTY PROBATE CASE FILES - INDEX 1888-1907

Case Name

[ A Robert Brannon B John Gibbons

[ C Frank M. Dashmer \

D John Schuler E George Bottom F Joseph Graff G Henry Enker H Henry Lorah I James Cozins J Morris Walker K Reuben P. Collier L Emily C. Nichols M Joseph D. Clark N Mattie Dashner 0 Baker Estate P Clousen Estate Q Gill Estate R Hoak Estate S Hoyer Estate T Kendiy Estate U Kinzer Estate V Pool Estate W Walters Estate X Zriyler Estate y SitTsey Estate Z George Ohlman Estate

AA Peter J. Erickson BB Edna J Dinwiddie CC C. F. Eisele DD Jas. W. Ferguson EE John 1. McCullough FF Andrew 1. Lease GG Lewis Burgess & Harry Burgess HH Fred Burnsee II Millie Robinson 11 George Ohlman KK George McMann

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LL Dan Sullivan MM Beman Amsden NN Judd J. Smith 00 Herbert G. Newton PP Henry Brand QQ Luther Schuler RR Christopher Olsen SS W.F. Walk

AAA Webster Squires BBB R. B. Hayesgill CCC Adelle Finker DDD LJ. Mammel EEE William Harper FFF Edward N. Garbutt GGG Carrie Clifford (alias Kate Bushman) HHH John W. Kirvin III William Brubaker


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LL Dan Sullivan MM Beman Amsden NN Judd 1. Smith 00 Herbert G. Newton PP Henry Brand QQ Luther Schuler RR Christopher Olsen SS W.F. Walk

AAA Webster Squires BBB R. B. Hayesgill CCC Adelle Finker DDD LJ. Mammel EEE William Harper FFF Edward N. Garbutt GGG Carrie Clifford (alias Kate Bushman) HHH John W. Kirvin III William Brubaker


ABSTRACTS OF WILLS, SHERIDAN COUNTY, WYOMING, PREPARED BY SHERIDAN CHAPTER NSDAR

SHERIDAN, WYOMING Code 7008-WY

Sheridan County, Wyoming Will Book A

SCHULER, JOHN Page 1. Town of Sheridan. Will dated 10 November, 188E. Probated 5 March 1889. Mentions: Wife Ellen, Minor children, Luther Schuler and Charles Schuler. Executor: James W. Thurmond. Witnesses: Henry Jordon, Thomas M. Cotton.

BOTTOM, GEORGE of Meade Creek. Page 3. Will dated 20 January 1889. Probated 6 March 1889. Mentions: Harry Bottom, (alis) Harry Tompson of 121 W. Jackson Street, Chicago, Illinois, no relationship stated. Annie Tie, # 34 Sherinto Street, Shefield, England, no relationship stated, John Bottom of Pen Field, Wolverhampton, England, no relationship mentioned. Mother, unnamed. Administrators: F. G. Hunter, Harry Bottom, (alis) Harry Tompson of Chicago, Alexander Campbell of Buffalo. Wyoming. Witnesses: F. G. Hunter, Chas. C. Goldsborough, Alexander R. Campbell.

SONNESBERGER, DELILAH S, of Sheridan. Page 5. Will dated 11 August, 1890. Probated 23 July 1901. Mentions: Grandchildren Pearl Babcock, Harry Babcock, Lila Babcock, Nellie Babcock, Edna Babcock, Earl Babcock, Alice May Babcock, Eliner E. Babcock and Clyde Babcock. Hattie Cavin and Josephine Cavin, no relationship stated. Sister Lois Bowman and her daughter Linda Miller. Sons: Elmer E. Babcock, Delos Babcock, Delevon Babcock, W. M. Babcock, J. R. Babcock. Witnesses: H. N. Robinson,Jr., H. A. Coffeen, B.F.A. Knessy, M.D.

NICHOLS, EMILY CARPENTER, Bingham, Wyoming. Page 8. Will dated 25 January, 1890. Probated 16 June 1893. Mentions: Sister Sonisda Carpenter Morgan, Williamsburg, Massachusetts. Son Harry J. Nichols. Executor: Harry J. Nichols, Samuel H. Early, Richard McGrath. Witnesses: E. McNutt, Richard McGrath.


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AMSDEN, BEMAN - Will dated 23 Sept. 1892. Page 9 Mentions: Wife Maria, Daughters: Ellen Ball, Emily C. Topping. Son: Robert. Executor: Horace C. Alger. Also mentioms Roberts & Selden, Fremont, Ohio and George Buckman same place, Christ Streight and George Sherman . . No relationship stated. Witnesses: E. A. Whitney, W. S. Metz.

PATRICK, MATTHEWSON T. Page 12. Will dated 30 August 1888. Probated 20 March 1899. Mentions: Heirs at Law - Elizabeth B. Patrick, widow, resides 2602 North 24th, Omaha, Nebraska. Mary Jessie B. Patrick, daughter, age 13, address same as above. Edith M. Patrick, daughter age 11, address same as above. Marjorie E. Patrick, daughter, age 8, address same. Executor: Algernon S. Patrick, brother of deceased. Witnesses: John H. Grossman, John E. Summers, Jr.

IDEN, SAMUEL A. Page 18. Will dated 1 December 1896. Probated 13 March 1902. Samuel A. Iden lived in city of Edgemont in the county of Fall River, South Dakota. Mentions: Wife Alice Iden. Witnesses William Gerecke and John A. Eharhardt, Stanton, Nebr.

DAVIS, WILLIAM F. Page 19. Will dated 18 May, 1892. Probated 9 June, 1902. Mentions: Wife Jennis Davis. Two daughters: Mrs. Lida Hillman, Sheridan County and Mrs. Lillie May Howard, White Sulphur Springs, Montana. Witnesses: Frank D. Grissell, Dayton, Wyoming, Richard McGrath, Big Horn, Wyoming and J. G. Hunter of Sheridan, Wyoming.

HULING, LEWIS G. Page 24. Will dated 13 January 1900. Probated 9 April 1902. Mentions: Wife Martha Olson. Witnesses: John D. Helvey, H. W. Scunption and H. R. Arends.

KERR, OLIVER Page 25. Will dated 10 June 1902. Probated 1 October 1902. Mentions:Wife Sarah A. Kerr, Son: Lionel Kerr and all my children, not named. Witnesses: W. H. Johnson and J. Go. Hunte~.



MOREY, GEORGE W. of Hart's Location in the County of Carroll in the State of New Hampshire. Page 27 Will dated 15 October 1900. Probated 15 January 1903. Mentions: Executors Wife Mary P. Morey and John H. Fpgg of Portland, Maine. Son: Charles H. Morey. Daughters: Eva M. Smith and Nellie J. Percival. Brother: Charles W. Morey. Wife's brothers: Marcellus C. Noyes and Eugene H. Noyes. Witnesses: Frederick J. Ilsley, William K. Neal and John T. Fagon.

PATON, JOHN P. of the County and . town of Sheridan, State of Wyoming. Page 31. Will dated 16 January 1903. Probated 23 June 1905. Mentions: Executor L. H. Brooks. My brother Robert's children, Mrs. James Dield (Cora), Walter Paton of Arkansas, Sanders Paton of Sheridan, Annie Paton Spence, Sarah Paton Lowe, Marcus Paton, Ham Paton, the last 4 named are of the State of Missouri. Mother's (no name) grave which is located at Pea Ridge, Arkansas. Brothers James M. and William F. Paton and only sister Mrs. Elizabeth Gould, all of the State of Arkansas. Witnesses: F. F. Perkins, F. C. Williams and J. J. Bently, all of Sheridan. Also mentioned was Alpha S. Hilligass.

WILSON, JAMES S. of the State of Missouri, County of Macon, town of New Cawbria. Page 33. Will dated 8 April 1903. Probated 24 Sept. 1903. Mentions: Wife Dora Jane Wilson. Witnesses: William D. Roberts, Maggie C. Jones, David M. Jones.

BALL, HENRY WRIGHT of Dayton, Wyoming. Page 34. Will dated 5 November 1903. Probated 27 February 1904. Mentions: Wife Laura Francis Ball and children (not named). Witnesses: Mrs. Katharine Burgess and George P. Ball.

DOW, Jack of the County of Sheridan. Page 35. Will dated 8 August, 1904. Probated 12 September 1906. Mentions: Wife Helen Dow. Witnesses: Herbert E. Zullig and J. Crouse.

LEWIS, EDWIN J. Page 36. Sill dated 14 October 1895. Probated 12 April 1905. Mentions: Only daughter Esther Gladys Lewis, by my first wife Ella V. Lewis nee Hibbs, and present wife Cordelia Lewis nee Archer. Witnesses: Don Rowland and O. J. Bohney.



MOREY, GEORGE W. of Hart's Location in the County of Carroll in the State of New Hampshire. Page 27 Will dated 15 October 1900. Probated 15 January 1903. Mentions: Executors Wife Mary P. Morey and John H. Fpgg of Portland, Maine. Son: Charles H. Morey. Daughters: Eva M. Smith and Nellie J. Percival. Brother: Charles W. Morey. Wife's brothers: Marcellus C. Noyes and Eugene H. Noyes. Witnesses: Frederick J. Ilsley, William K. Neal and John T. Fagon .

PATON, JOHN P. of the County and . town of Sheridan, State of Wyoming. Page 31. Will dated 16 January 1903. Probated 23 June 1905. Mentions: Executor L. H. Brooks. My brother Robert's children, Mrs. James Dield (Cora), Walter Paton of Arkansas, Sanders Paton of Sheridan, Annie Paton Spence, Sarah Paton Lowe, Marcus Paton, Ham Paton, the last 4 named are of the State of Missouri. Mother's (no name) grave which is located at Pea Ridge, Arkansas. Brothers James M. and William F. Paton and only sister Mrs. Elizabeth Gould, all of the State of Arkansas. Witnesses: F. F. Perkins, F. C. Williams and J. J. Bently, all of Sheridan. Also mentioned was Alpha S. Hilligass.

WILSON, JAMES S. of the State of Missouri, County of Macon, town of New Cawbria. Page 33. Will dated 8 April 1903 . Probated 24 Sept. 1903. Mentions: Wife Dora Jane Wilson. Witnesses: William D. Roberts, Maggie C. Jones, David M. Jones.

BALL, HENRY WRIGHT of Dayton, Wyoming. Page 34. Will dated 5 November 1903. Probated 27 February 1904. Mentions: Wife Laura Francis Ball and children (not named). Witnesses: Mrs. Katharine Burgess and George P. Ball.

DOW, Jack of the County of Sheridan. Page 35. Will dated 8 August, 1904. Probated 12 September 1906. Mentions: Wife Helen Dow. Witnesses: Herbert E. Zullig and J. Crouse.

LEWIS, EDWIN J. Page 36. Sill dated 14 October 1895. Probated 12 April 1905. Mentions: Only daughter Esther Gladys Lewis, by my first wife Ella V. Lewis nee Hibbs, and present wife Cordelia Lewis nee Archer. Witnesses: Don Rowland and O. J. Bohney.



GALLUP, N. Rebecca, of Sheridan. Page 37. Will dated 26 September 1905. Probated 30 December 1907. Mentions: Rebecca Florence Swain, Marion Elizabeth Swain and Lula Florence Swain. Executor: Tom Swain. Witnesses: Jessie Lewix Selway, Ida B. Stevenson and Charles A. Kutcher.

BURKITT, K. M. Page 3~. Will dated 28 April 1906. Probated 12 April 1906. Mentions: Wife Lucy G. Burkitt. Witnesses: J. B. Culver, Nurse Anna Lamb both of Sheridan, and Anna L. Stephens of Denver, Colorado.

ALGER, HORACE C. of Sheridan. Page 39. Will dated 23 January 1894. Probated 30 September 1907. Mentions: My three sisters (not named). Witnesses: P. L. Gibbs, William J. Thorn, George Woodard.

WAGNER, EASTER JANE of Sheridan. Page 40. Will dated 18 January 1906. Probated 18 February 1907. Mentions: Children William H. Burgess, Ella Fulmer, Samuel Burgess, James H. Burgess and Louis Burgess. Husband J. J. Wagner. Witnesses: Charles A. Kutcher and J. Harvey Bradfiled of Sheridan.

MORROW, JOSEPH of the County of Sheridan. Page 41. Will dated 25 December 1906. Mentions: Daughter Lydia Morris. Witnesses: Wilson Peak and Mrs. J. B. Cooper.

SCRUTCHFIELD, JAMES A., Page 41. Will dated 22 May 1907. Probated 12 March 1908. Mentions: Daughter Minnie L. Scrutchfield. Witnesses: S. P. Cadle and Chas. E. Leas.

COVER, ERASTUS. Page 42. Will dated 22 January 1907. Probated 29 February 1908. Mentions: Wife Levina Cover, Daughters Burt Boyd and Luella M. Wood. Son-in-law Frank Boyd. Witnesses C. B. Holmes and Frank Ferguson.



INGLEFIELD, AURORA J., of Sheridan and presently residing in Boulder, Colorado. Page 43. Will dated 31 March 1908. Probated 24 October 1908. Mentions: Husband Samuel J. Inglefield. Son William B. Inglefield. Daughters Maud J. Hollister and Lillian M. Inglefield. Witnesses: Edwin J. Ingram, Mrs. WI Wamcj and Norton Montgomery all of Boulder, Colorado.

STOVER, NANNIE N. of the County of Sheridan. Page 45. Will dated 16 July 1906. Probated 8 January 1909. Mentions: all my children. Names one daughter Lena A. Stover. Executor: J. F. Hoop os Sheridan. Witnesses: Wellen G. Griffen and Lula Griffen of Sheridan.

TOWLE, S. D., of Sheridan. Page 46. Will dated 10 October 1908 Probated 29 July 1909. Mentions: Daughter Leona Evelyn Towle, Wife Maud R. Towle. Witnesses: Thomas J. C. Mitchell, A. J. Towle and J. F. Hoop all of Sheridan.

TAYLOR, JOHN S. of Sheridan. Page 47. Will dated 2 December 1908. Probated 29 June 1910. Mentions: Wife Ruth Taylor, daughter Florence Ruby Taylor, son Horace Avery Taylor. Witnesses: Clinton I. Haywood and W. L. Kuykendall.

MCBRIDE, FRANK. Page 48. Will dated 1 December 1907. Probated 8 April 1908. Mentions: Marian McBride who is at St. Anthony School in Denver, Colorado and is in the care of J. M. Vines. No relationship stated. Also I do not owe a cent to J. C. Armstrong. To George Thompson I will my six-shooter. Witnesses: Jacob Wren, Mrs. Jennie Wilson, I. S. Andrews and C. R. Halley.

MOONEY, ABRAHAM of Carroll, Wyoming. Page 49. Will dated 9 March 1909. Probated 10 September 1915. Mentions: Son Melvin Mooney and other children (not named). Witnesses: G. E. Surrena, James Coogan and Charles G. Hillyer.

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KELLY, JOHN R. Page 50. Will dated 18 August 1908. Probated 14 June 1911. Mentions: Wife Mary E. Kelly. Witnesses: Wilson Peak, Robert Halland and L. B. Glafcke.

PAGE, AL. Page 51. Will dated 22 January 1907. Probated 16 December 1909. Mentions: Wife Jennie Ruth Page. Witnesses: C. B. Holmes and C. R. Maney.

WILKERSON, ROBERT C. of Sheridan County. Page 52. Will dated 4 January 1907. Probated 18 December 1909. Mentions: Father William H. Wilkerson of Buffalo, Wyoming, cousin Emma M. Westerfield (single) of Chicago, Illinois. Wiinesses: John S. Taylor and Herbert E. Zullig os Sheridan.

LePAGE, LILLIE D. of Sheridan County. Page 53. Will dated 19 January 1910. Probated 28 June 1913. Mentions: Husband J. S. LePage and four children (not named). Witnesses: W. A. Steffan and E. E. Lewis.

LOOMIS MRS. LYDIA S. of Sheridan County. Page 54. Will dated 5 April 1910. Probated 6 February 1911. Mentions: Mrs. Pearl Williams who is caring for me in my sickness. Executor: John S. LePage, attorney-at-law. Witnesses: E. E. Lewis and W. A. Steffens.

EVAMS, DAVID C. of the County of Sheridan. Page 56. Will dated 29 August 1901. Probated 31 October 1910. Mentions: Wife Melissa Evans, 2 children: Rosetta May Knox and Minnie Fay Evans. Witnesses: J. F. Hoop and S. W. Hall both of Sheridan.

RILEY, NELLIE J. of the ci"ty of Chicago, Cook County, State of Illinois. Page 58. Will dated 9 August 1904. Probated 20 June 1913. Mentions: Daughter Elizabeth M Swan to receive all her diamonds, Husband Walter O. Swan, Sons, Albert B.Riley and Joseph A. Riley. Witnesses: Emma B. Van Winkle, Charles W. Chase and Louis E. Hart, all of Chicago, Illinois.


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HIGGINS, JOHN WESLEY, of Dayton, Wyoming. Page 60. 22 March 1911. Probated 24 April 1913. Mentions: Elisabeth Higgins and daughter Grace Laura Olson. W. Wilson and Theo Brown.

Will dated Wife Margaret

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HASTY S. S. of Sheridan County. Page 61. Will dated. Probated 10 February 1913. Mentions: Wife Mary E. Hasty, son Oliver S. Hasty. Witnesses: George W. Jenrich and D. C. Wenzel both of Sheridan.

ROBERTSON, JOHN F. Page 62. Will dated 25 October 1911. Probated 7 November 1911. Mentions: Wife Mary S. Robertson and halfsister Almyra Cobler. Also wife's nieces Bessie May Robertson. Witnesses: Minnie M. Stover and John Shaffer both of Sheridan County.

GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY of Sheridan County. Page 63. Will dated 27 December 1905. Probated 5 February 1914. Mentions: Executor, George Levi Smith, son of George Levi Smith, Irven Smith, and daughters of Levi Smith, Flora May Smith, Mrs. Loretta Scott and Myrtle Smith. Brother Elhanon W. Greene, and 3 sisters: Katherine, Eva and Fanny. Witnesses: Samuel C. Elliott, Frank B. Follett and M. Sumner Coggan.

HUNTER, ROSE Page 64. Will dated 20 December 1911. Probated 9 July 1913. Mentions: Husband Frank C. Hunter and sister (not named). Witnesses: W. G. Griffen and J. D. Thorn.

BENHAM, JACOB L. of the city of Sheridan. Page 65. Will dated 13 November 1911. Probated 21 July 1914. Mentions: Sons George H. Benham and Harry C. Benham. Daughter, Mary E. Benham. Witnesses: Herbert A. Coffeen and Frank Hunter both of Sheridan.

JACKSON, WILLIAM E. of Big Horn, Wyoming. Page 66. Will dated 3 February 1912. Probated 1 April 1913. Mentions: Wife Amanda Jackson and children Frank Jaakson, Minnie Martin and Edna J. Carver. Witnesses: W. E. Dech and L. E. Martin.



BELL, NETTIE. Page 68. Will written 12 March 1917. Probated 22 December 1915. Single woman. Mentions: Mother, Mrs. Laura Bell Roberts. Two sisters, Mattie Bell Cooper, wife of John Cooper and Laura Morton Bell now 12 years of age. Witnesses, W. B. Morgan and Rebecca E. Sherpick of Trinidad, Colorado.

SMYTH, OLIVER J. of the County of Sheridan. Page 70. Will dated 26 October 1909. Probated 8 July 1913. Mentions: Granddaughter Gracie Victoria Grissenger and Grandson Oliver Russell Grissenger. Daughter Grace Pearl Grissenger. Sons: Walter Marshall Smyth and Carl Harvey Smyth. Executor Al Diefenderfer. Witnesses: J. Frank Heald and John J. Bentley both of Sheridan.

BRUNDAGE, GEORGE of Sheridan County. Page 72. Will dated 5 December 1905. Probated 17 November 1914. Mentions: Sons: Virgil Allen Brundage, William Howard Brundage, Thomas Benjamin Brundage and George Franklin Brundage. Daughters: Katie Jackson and Laura Reed. Witnesses: W. N. Shackelford and S. P. Codle.

GRAHAM, JOHN M. of the City of Sheridan. Page 74. Will dated 22 May 1912. Probated 20 August 1917. Mentions: Wife Minnie RI Graham. Children, Mrs. Edna I. Sollars, Mrs. Mary D. Bradley, Joseph Melvin Graham, Mrs. Anna S. Eggart, Miss Ida C. Graham, Marvin H. Graham, Oscar G. Graham and Leland A. Graham. Witnesses: F. W. LaFleich and Bessie Close both of Sheridan.

MCDANIEL, Creed of Sheridan, Wyoming. Page 79. Will dated 19 July 1912. Probated 20 December 1913. Mentions: Nephew Allison J. Tucker Witnesses: Carl L. Sackett, D. C. Wenzelll

SAWIN, MARCELLUS L. Page 80. Will dated 7 November 1907. Probated 11 July 1914. Mentions: Wife Clara J. Sawin. Executor: Wife Clara J. Sawin and son Frank O. Sawin. Witnesses: Wellen G. Griffen, Stanley A. Brown



KUSEL, WILLIAM JOHN HENRY, Page 87. Will dated 26 April 1912. Probated 15 April 1915. Mentions: Sons: William John Henry Kusel, Otto Kusel. Daughter: Mary Kusel. Executor: Son, William John Henry Kusel. Witnesses: F. Dennebrink, M.D.

PICARD, JOHN G. Page 88. Will dated 8 March 1913. Probated 14 July 1915. Mentions: Nieces Rose and Lizzie Picard, Witnesses: Thomas Robert Watson, William Eynon, John McManing.

SCHANBEL, William. Page 89. Will dated 29 January 1909. Mentions: Wife Caroline Schanbel. Executor: Wife. Witnesses: Edward G. Woodley, Helen E. Woodley.

SWAIM, Thomas H. Page 90. Will dated 23 October 1909. Probated 15 April 1915. Mentions: Sister Etta M. Swaim. Wife Lulu F. Swaim. Minor children: Marion, Rebecca, Thomas H.,Jr. Swaim. Executor: Wife Lulu Swaim. Witnesses: C. S. Robinson, C. E. Steve~spml

BROWN, ANDREW J. Page 91. Will dated 8 Decemher 1912. Probated 18 January 1913. Mentions: Brother John Brown, Maude Brown wife of John. Francis and Charles Brown, relationship not stated. Executor: Earl B. Brown. Witnesses: Thad Cole, E. E. Lonabaugh.

BUCKLEY, THOMAS. Page 92. Will dated 3 May 1913. Probated 12 June 1913. Mentions: Wife Lillie Buckley. Executor: Wife Lillie Buckley. Witnesses: John Shuler, S. P. Cadle.

STANLEY, MARY B. Page 92. Will dated 14 May 1913. Probated 14 March 1917. Mentions: Methodist Episcopal Church, Sheridan, Wyoming. Children of deceased husband: Mrs. Margaret E. Clinger, Mrs. Ella Stevens, Mrs. Flora Rhiner, Frank Stanley, Charles Stanley. Executor: Herman Henschke. Witnesses: H. C. Stevens, S. L. Caple.

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KUSEL, WILLIAM JOHN HENRY, Page 87. Will dated 26 April 1912. Probated 15 April 1915. Mentions: Sons: William John Henry Kusel, Otto Kusel. Daughter: Mary Kusel. Executor: Son, William John Henry Kusel. Witnesses: F. Dennebrink, M.D.

PICARD, JOHN G. Page 88. Will dated 8 March 1913. Probated 14 July 1915. Mentions: Nieces Rose and Lizzie Picard, Witnesses: Thomas Robert Watson, William Eynon, John McManing.

SCHANBEL, William. Page 89. Will dated 29 January 1909. Mentions: Wife Caroline Schanbel. Executor: Wife. Witnesses: Edward G. Woodley, Helen E. Woodley.

SWAIM, Thomas H. Page 90. Will dated 23 October 1909. Probated 15 April 1915. Mentions: Sister Etta M. Swaim. Wife Lulu F. Swaim. Minor children: Marion, Rebecca, Thomas H.,Jr. Swaim. Executor: Wife Lulu Swaim. Witnesses: C. S. Robinson, C. E. Steve~spml

BROWN, ANDREW J. Page 91. Will dated 8 Decemher 1912. Probated 18 January 1913. Mentions: Brother John Brown, Maude Brown wife of John. Francis and Charles Brown, relationship not stated. Executor: Earl B. Brown. Witnesses: Thad Cole, E. E. Lonabaugh.

BUCKLEY, THOMAS. Page 92. Will dated 3 May 1913. Probated 12 June 1913. Mentions: Wife Lillie Buckley. Executor: Wife Lillie Buckley. Witnesses: John Shuler, S. P. Cadle.

STANLEY, MARY B. Page 92. Will dated 14 May 1913. Probated 14 March 1917. Mentions: Methodist Episcopal Church, Sheridan, Wyoming. Children of deceased husband: Mrs. Margaret E. Clinger, Mrs. Ella Stevens, Mrs. Flora Rhiner, Frank Stanley, Charles Stanley. Executor: Herman Henschke. Witnesses: H. C. Stevens, S. L. Caple.

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HUNTER, J. G. Page 82. Will dated 17 Sugust 1912. Probated 5 January 1916. Mentions: Effie M. Hunter, Cooticooke, Province of Quebec, Canada, Mrs. Kate Bryan of Huntley, Province of Quebec, Canada. Mrs. Emma Pond, Union Block Street, Johnsberry, Vermont, George Haigh, Richland Center Pa.,Thomas Haigh, Richland Center, Pa.,Harry Haigh Richland Center, Pa., Mrs. Caroline Kohler Richland Center, Pa., Mrs. Laura Haigh, Richland Center, Pa., Mrs. Laura Haigh, Richland Center, Pa., Mrs. Della King, 516 West Burks Street, Philadelphia, Pa., Mrs. Julia Grodevant, Trustee for Mary Swinyer and her sister Mrs. Washington, the keeper of the baby shelter. No relationship of the above mentioned. Sheridan Theosophical Society, Mrs. Eloise E. Brown and her daughter and son. Son: Franklin C. Hunter. Mrs. F. A. Dunlap, Main, Kansas, D. B. Bruce. Executors: Robert Wood, Sim Goddard. Witnesses: F. Denebrink, Mrs. Cora Newnswander.

COFFEEN., HENRY ASA. Page 83. Will dated 6 June 1912. Probated 22 September 1914. Mentions: Wife Alice Dewight Coffeen, Daughter Louise Mabel Coffeen. Son: Herbert Allen Coffeen. Daughter Hallie C. Gillette, wife of Edward Gillette. Grandchildren: Harriet Selby Gillette, Edward Hollister Gillette, Donald Heald Coffeen, John M. Coffeen, Henry Allen Coffeen. Executor: Herbert Allen Coffeen. Witnesses: Horace W. Nichols, Charles R. Massey.

SPEAR, WILLIS. Page 85. Will dated January 17, 1901. Probated 27 February 1913. Mentions: Wife Jane Spear. Son: Charles Spear, William H. Spear. Daughters: Mary McCormick, Oshe Hoyt, Emma DeWitt. Executrix: Jane Spear. Witnesses: Charles Burton, Fred S. Mills. Endorsement dated 4 December 1906 - Because of death of wife Jane Spear, Executor appointed is William H. Spear. Witnesses: Charles F. Barton. Will B. Platt.

STOTTS, CARRIE L. Page 86. Will dated 30 December 1912. Probated 5 February 1913. Mentions: Myrtle Stotts, daughter of Joseph L. Stotts. Witnesses: Virginia L. Warkky, Cheyenne, and Mary R. Baird, Cheyenne.



HAMMONDTREE, WIlliam A. Page 93. Will dated 29 May 1908. Probated 21 December 1915. Mentions: 4 Children, Nancy A. Hammondtree Findahl, Andy R. Hammondtree, James H. Hammondtree, Edward D. Hammondtree. Witnesses: A. L. Mason, L. G. Stuaat and L. B. Glafche.

HURLBUT, EDMUND late of the Borough of Kingston, Luzerne County, State of Pennsylvania. Page 94. Will dated 6 March 1900. Probated 18 October 1913. Mentions: Wife Eliza Hurlbut. Witnesses: Lawrence B. Jones and Charles Loveland both of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., County of Luzerne in Pa. Will probated 16 November r 1912 in the Court at Wilkes-Barre.

NEWCOMER, Frederick F. of Banner, county of Sheridan, State Cf Wyoming. Page 95. Will dated 18 October 1898. Probated 22 November 1913. Mentions: Mentions: Wife Mary Francis Newcomer. 4 children: Katie Williams, B. A. Newcomer, Anna Newcomer and Edwin Newcomer. Witnesses: J. W. Kirkpatrick and James CarrollJ

George J. Harper.

ROBINSON, MARY. Page 96. Will dated 2 July 1912. Probated 23 August 1916. Mentions: Late husband E. J. Robinson. Children: William H. Robinson, Charles P. Robinson, Mrs. Jessie S. Day, Mrs. Emma Smith, and Anna Robinson. Grandsons: Edward J. Russell, O. J. Van Valin. Witnesses: Grace Robinson and E. E. Lonabaugh.

REEDER, E. G. of Sheridan County, Wyoming. Page 98. Will dated 28 October 1910. Probated 28 February 1917. Mentions: Wife May M. Reeder. Children: Mrs. Lucy Young, Mrs. Lalla Gue. W. Bernard Reeder and Philena Reeder. Witnesses: Grace M. Cooper and E. E. Lonabaugh.

KAY, HARRY R. of Sheridan, Wyoming. Page 99. Will dated 16 February 1906. Probated 27 May 1914. Mentions: Wife Lizzie M. Kay and all children that have been born or may be born to me and my wife. No children named. Witnesses: H. W. Sumption and W. E. Mills both of Sheridan.

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SHERIDAN COUNTY PROBATE CASE FILES - INDEX