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OF FERGUSONLot at Fourth and Main, Mining Tracts and $35,-000 in Personal Property Left to Heirs of Irishman by Will._By the will of Cormick FcrgliSOrt, made in Ireland and fiied In probate court at Carthago the vacant iot at the southwest corner op Fourth and Main streets known as Liberty lot,,, a tract of mining land in Jasper county near Joplin, other tracts of land in Cherokee county, Kansas, mid total cash and personal properly Valued at about, mostly cash, are transferred to relatives or Iferguson who died In Drumman county, For Tminagh, Ireland, last August. The will was first registered in the high court of justice in northern lrclnnd, in the King's Bench division, February 27, 1922. Administration was granted to James Corrigan in Ireland.■An affidavit in the will for the tie-nefit of Irish revenue shows the gross value of the personal receipts to be 6,000 pounds, 9 shillings and : pence. It is signed by Howard Nelson chief magistrate of the court.Fann to Son ' The will leaves a far min Drumniau county, together with all stock and chatel and 500 pounds cash to a son, Bernard Ferguson; 1,500 pounds cash to a daughter, Catherine Ferguson; two farms in Belcos East and Bct-Cos( West, with stock and chattel and 100 pounds cash to a son, Patric v Ferguson; two farms in Drumman-comity to % _nephew, .hiti;i.q)? Fcvgu-eon, also stock’ arid: chattel*pounds cash to a- grandson, JohnTimoney. .....The balance of cash In the bank Ireland is to go to a son and daughter, James Furgeson and Mrs. Annie Moore, both of Joplin, equal parts; to a son.. Bernard Ferguso, all, mining land 'and property in Aipenca subject to payment of 500 pounds to the daughter, Mrs. Moore, ,,The will gives a description of -he land, which is 5.83 acres , in Jasper county near Joplin, 5 acres in Cherokee, county, Kansas; residence property lots, number 1S5 and one half of number IS at the southwest cor-net*7 o* Fourth and Main streets. Jop-lin, and cash in the First National bank, Joplin, amounting to $40,0oS.u-In the .will is a provision that five pounds be sent to Ireland for payment of masses to be said lorAbim, his dead son John, and other dead family members.Two codicils to the Will were made dated March 26, l5lS, and April -i. 1917. One was made after the ueath of the son, Bernard. It states that all farm land in Drumman county is to go* to a grand son, John Timoney; the farming , tracts in Belcos and East and Belcos West to go to a nephew Hugh Ferguson; all mining property in America to go to the son James Ferguson and the daughter Mrs. Moore.The will was written on genuine sheepskin and is a quaint looking document. ' , - . —J.. H. ,:Spurgconand George J Graystoa were named administrators ofl tlie person property. They, gave bon'd fbr fTCffOOO, furnished by the Massachusettsf Bond i ng^ and Insurance company through Sardius Smith, Jr., local agent.
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Joplin News Herald
Joplin, Missouri, US
Tue, Jun 06, 1922
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