Will/Guardianship of Luther Boyd Jr.
Luther
was married twice; his first wife Eliza Jane French (m. 1857) died about
1871.
His
second wife, (m. 1872) Mary Ann (Searles) Hullner/Hollander, died in 1879.
Luther
died
in 1887, aged 57, with two minor children. The farm and contents
were sold to pay
debts
and care of the two minor children, Abraham and Luther, III. The
will is 85 pages
in length
and was not finalized until 1897.
As I try to make sense of all
the pages I find that Abraham L. Boyd was age 16 and
Luther Boyd was aged 11 and
were placed under the guardianship of Michael Slattery
27 December 1887. Michael
was an uncle who married Ellen Boyd, a daughter of
Levi Boyd, brother of Luther
Boyd Jr. More
on Luther Boyd Jr. and Family
December 1, 1887 Sale Bill.
Estate
sale included the normal household items in the estate
and
listed the purchaser as well as how much was paid for said items.
Family members buying
items
at this sale were: Andrew. J. Boyd (Iron Kettle), Richard Boyd (2 kegs
of pickles),
Abraham
Boyd (corn cutter& pitchfork), Edward Boyd (cart), Lewis Loop (plow),
Ida Boyd
(5 chairs)
Emma Sebring (bedstead and bedding), Columbus Sebring (shot gun). Total
of
sale
items came to $227.32.
January
2, 1888 Lewis Center, Delaware County, Ohio. To the Honorable Probate Judge
of
Delaware
County, Ohio. "Dear Sir, I respectually ask for an additional allowance
of $20.00 as
I consider
$40.00 (as provided) inadequate to meet the expences of my ward, Luther
Boyd, for
one
year, for the following reasons: he is in a manner bare-footed and
destitute of a change of
any
garment with the exception of three summer shirts. For those reasons
I respectfully ask that
the
allowance be made Sixty instead of Forty dollars. Respectfully, Michael
Slattery, Guardian
of Luther
Boyd.
April
16, 1888 "paid Richard Boyd while helpless with broken leg, $3.00.
Paid R. C.
Alexander,
MD for setting broken leg and five office visits, $20.00.
Note:
Richard Boyd 1861-1934 was my Great Grandfather.
October 27, 1888 Joseph
Callahan is named guardian of Abraham Boyd who was
age
17 years. Joseph Callahan was the son of Diana Boyd Callahan.
June
27, 1892 Guardian (Joseph Callahan) says that his ward Abraham Boyd
has
arrived
at the full age of twenty-one and that this is his final account and that
he has settled
with
his said ward and filed his final receipt herewith and asks to be discharged
from further
liability
on account of said trust."
January
31, 1897 Account of Final Distribution. "To Lollie Boyd $17.72.
To Joseph Callahan
guardian
of Abraham Boyd, $17.72. Mike Slattery guardian of Luther Boyd, $17.72.
Richard
Boyd, $17.72. Emma (Boyd) Sebring, $17.72."
April
20, 1897 "said ward having arrived at the age of 21 years April 25th
1897
there
is no further necessity for continuing said trust and having paid to the
said ward
the
said amount of $294.99 and filed herewith his receipt: he (Michael Slattery)
asked
that he may be discharged from further liability as such guardian."
John A. Bright, Administrator, Deed to Andrew J. Boyd
Know all men by these presents:
That whereas John A. Bright as administrator
of the estate of Luther Boyd
(Jr.) deceased, on the 28 Day of November A.D.
1887, filed his petition in
the Probate Court Court, within and for the County of
Delaware and State of Ohio,
praying for our order to sell the following described
(among other) real estate
of the said Luther Boyd deceased situated in said County,
to wit: (see note below)
Situated in the Township of
Orange, County of Delaware, and State of Ohio and
bounded and described as follows:
Being part of the land heretofore by Ransom
Clements: deceased, late of
Orange Township, Delaware County, Ohio and being
a part of lot number two (2),
Range eighteen (18) Township Three Sector three (3);
Beginning at a stone in a
ditch at the North West corner of lot number two (2) thence
south 88 (degrees) (45 minutes)
E. One hundred and thirty and one sixth (130 degrees
6 rods to a stake in the State
Road; thence south west along said road three hundred
and eighteen (318) chains
to a stake in said road; thence North 88 degrees 45 minutes
West one hundred and twenty-seven
and one half (127 1/2) rods to a stake one (1)
rod south west from a sugar
maple; thence North 1 degree 30 minutes East, twelve and
one half rods (1`2 1/2 ) to
the place of beginning. Containing nine (9) acres and one
hundred and foorty-eight and
one-half (148 !/2 rods of land bounded on the East by
state road South by lands
owned by Hamman Albert, west by land owned by C.C.C.
and I Railway Company and
North by lands owned by Levi Boyd; for payment of the
debts of said decedents, and
the expenses of administering his estate, free of dower and
said John A, Bright was ordered
to sell said premises according to law subject to said
dower estate, and whereas:
said John A. Bright having
first duly advertised said premises for sale on the 12 day of
January 1888, sold the same
free of dower at private sale to Andrew J. Boyd for the sum
of Four hundred ($400.00)
dollars, and the sale to Andrew J. Boyd having complied with
the terms of sale, said sale
was afterward approved and confirmed by said Court and said
John A. Bright Administrator
was ordered to execute and deliver to the said purchaser a
proper deed for said premises,
according to statute in such cases made and provided; all
which will more fully appear
by the records of said Court to which reference is here made
and therefore, I the said
John A. Bright, administrator of Luther Boyd dec'd as administrator
as aforesaid in consideration
of the premises and by virtue of the powers in me vested by law
and the order of said Couirt
do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, order; the said Court do
hereby give, grant, etc.,
to Andrew J. Boyd and to his heirs and assigns forever.
In testimony whereof, I, as
administrator as aforesaid, hereunto set hand and seal 12 January 1888.
John A. Bright
Recorded 12 January 1888.
Henry G. Sheldon, Notary Public
Note:
Andrew J. Boyd was a cousin of Luther Boyd Jr. and nephew of the Levi Boyd
mentioned
in the
record above. Andrew was son of Levi Boyd also mentioned in the record.
Note:
I have not been able to find
any in further data on Luther Boyd III, minor, above. I
have no idea
what
happened to him after the will/trust was ended.
Looking
for a Lost Internet Pal? TRY:
VERIPOST
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------