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6 Dec 2021


Nicholas Lake d. 1874 probate

DEATH:  25 Feb 1874, intestate.  Warren County Probate Records, 1830-1964 Case No. 306.  FHL film 1,871,578, frame 1095. This Final Cash Account was filed by the administrator 30 Aug 1876 and recorded in volume H: 42 (see FHL film 1,011,021).  (Voucher 1) The name looks like “R. A. Lake” corrected to “R. A. Davis.” There was $317.15 available in the administrator’s final account. Of this, $11.15 went to court costs and the administrator’s fee. That left $306.00 to distribute to the heirs. As widow, Sarah Lake received one third, or $102.00. There were nine sons and daughters to split the remaining $204.00, each receiving $22.66 2/3. According to his probate file (case no. 393), William Harrison Lake, youngest son of Nicholas and Sarah, had died in March 1874, leaving a wife and four minor children. Rachel A. Lake, the mother, later married to Albert Davis, had been appointed guardian of the children.(Vouchers 8- 11) Perry T. Lake, son of Nicholas and Sarah, apparently had predeceased Nicholas. He left four children, each receiving one fourth of his share, or $5.66 2/3. Apparently Franklin A. Lake was still a minor, and his mother, Ida S. Lake, was his guardian.]
CHILDREN:  living children receiving estate were Eliza Zarley, of Liberty Center, (Liberty Twp., Warren Co.), Iowa
William H. Lake, of Liberty Center (had predeceased Nicholas, so four grandchildren named)
Charles M. Lake, of Liberty Center
Sarah A. Higgins, of Perrysburg, Ohio
Martha E. Spearman, of Sarpy Center, Neb.
Lucinda L. Brewer, of Westerville, Ohio
Perry T. Lake, of Liberty Center (had predeceased Nicholas, so five grandchildren named)
Abigail Lybarger, of Van Wert, OhioRebecca Kenworthy, of Des Moines, Iowa
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