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I Worn Family Bible May Be Aid inJ* *-••••• X. X •*. *I * • *Securing Part of Buchanan Estatelt;Sy The Associated Frcss) }CtJERO. May 23. — An old I family Bible, stained by age 1 and long, years of hard usage, j now in the possession of Mrs. j T. J. Kennedy of Cuero, may : prove the determining factor by which, a number of' DeWist • county citizens may share in j the S850.000.000 estate of Wil- j liana Buchanan, a cousin of the j former president' James Bucha- j nan. iThe Buchanan property, scat- j tered through towns of New I York, North and South Caro- j lina. Kentucky, Tennessee and • \ Pennsylvania, has been under I lease for 99 years, according to j relatives here, and has reverted ' within the past year to the es~ j tat-e. |Claimants to the estate now ] number more than one ihous- j and. Among these are: *•Mrs. Kennedy, wife • of T. 3C-Kennedy, district clerk, of • Cuero. and her. children, all six of ..whom are married and have children.Mrs. Marie:' Clayton Jones, daughter of Mrs. Emma Clayton of Cuero and wife of Gordon Jones, of Houston.Ed Crawford, farmer of Koch-helm, DeWitfc county.The heirs of Jim. Alex and. Ike Crawfbrd, also of thiscounty.The Crawford brothers were direct descendants of Margaret Buchanan, a sister of President Buchanan and a cousin of William Buchanan, . Mrs. Kennedy’s claim and that of Mrs. Marie Clayton Jones rest : on proof of a claim that Elizabeth Norris, the second wife of John Crawford, was a sister of his first wife, Margaret Buchanan.
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Abilene Morning Reporter News
Abilene, Texas, US
Sun, May 24, 1931
Page 5
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