Orlando Elijah Phelps KAPLE/Rhoda Janette LANPHEAR

Orlando Elijah Phelps KAPLE was born April 17, 1818 the son of Orlando Edward and Polly FLINT KAPLE and died September 16, 1891.  He married Rhoda Janette LANPHEAR February 12, 1839 .  Rhoda Janette LANPHEAR was born September 27, 1818 the daughter of  John and Cynthia COATS LANPHEAR and died MAy 9, 1898.  They are buried in the Green Brother's Farm, East Valley Road, Alfred.

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of Orlando E.P. Kaple of the town of Alfred, County of Allegany and State of New York. 
I, Orlando E.P. Kaple aware of the uncertainty of life, do make, ordain, publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in the manner and form following, that is to say: After the payment of my funeral charges, the expenses of
administering my estate, and my lawful debts, I give devise and bequeath my property as follows:
First: I give devise and bequeath unto my wife Roda Jennet Kaple the use of all the property which I shall own at the time of my death during the term of her natural life if she shall be living at the time of my death.
Second: I give devise and bequeath all the property which I shall own at the time of my death unto my four children Mary P. Chase, Frank J. Kaple, William G. Kaple and Eugene E. Kaple to be divided between them share and share alike. Subject however to the right of my said wife to leave the use of the same during the term of her natural life if she shall out live me. It is not extended to give my grand children Giles H. Paul E. and Agnes Kaple anything by this will, they having received their portion of my estate.
Likewise, I make, constitute and appoint Samuel P. Burdick of the town of Alfred said County to be executor of my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former Wills by me made.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal, the First day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety. Signed Orlando E.P. Kaple 
The above-written instrument was subscribed by the said Orlando E.P. Kaple at the same in our presence, and acknowledged by him to each of us; an we at the same time declared the above instrument, so subscribed to be his last Will and Testament; and we, at his request, have signed our names as witnesses hereto, in his presence and in the presence of each other, and written
opposite our names our respective places of residence.
Jesse S. Phillips, Andover, NY
H. Seath, Andover, NY 
(Allegany County Surrogate Court, Belmont, New York copied 1997)

SURROGATE COURT ALLEGANY COUNTY: IN THE MATTER OF PROVING THE
WILL OF ORLANDO E.P. KAPLE DECEASED: To the Honorable M. Norton,
Surrogate This petition of Samuel P. Burdick of the town of Alfred in said County of Allegany respectfully show that he is the executor named in the last will of Orlando E.P. Kaple, and your petitioner states upon information and belief that the said Orlando E.P. Kaple died on or about the 16 day of September, 1891
at said town of Alfred which was his place of residence at the time of his death; that the instrument herewith presented proporting to be the last will and testament of said deceased bearing date the first day of August 1890. Your petitioner verily believes to be such last will and testament and that it
relates to both real and personal estates and your petitioner further states as aforesaid that the said deceased left him surviving his widow Roda Jennette Kaple residing at Alfred in said County. Mary P. his children Mary P. Chase, William G. Kaple and Eugene E. Kaple residing at Alfred, New York and Frank
J. Kaple residing in the town of Hartsville in the county of Steuben, New York and his grand children Giles H. Kaple, Paul E. Kaple and Agnes Kaple residing in the town of Andover, Allegany county, New York who are all and the only heirs at Law ______ of ___ said deceased.
Your petitioner therefore prays that a citation may issue to said heirs at law and not of kin to the deceased requiring them to appear in this court on such day as shall seem meet to attend the probate of said last will and testament according to law. Signed S. P. Burdick dates Nov. 11, 1891 (Allegany County
Surrogate Court, Belmont, New York copied 1997)

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Free and Independent To: 
Roda Jennette Kaple residing at Alfred NY, Mary P. Chase, William G. Kaple & Eugene E. Kaple residing at Alfred, NY, Frank J. Kaple residing at Hartsville, NY , Giles H. Kaple Paul E. Kaple & Agnes Kaple residing at Andover, NY and Samuel P. Burdick residing at Alfred, NY heirs at law, next of kin of Orlando E.P. Kaple late of the town of Alfred in Allegany County, New York, deceased, 
GREETING :
You, and each of you, are hereby cited and required personally to be and appear before our Surrogate of Allegany county, at his office in Friendship, NY, in said county, on the 27th day of November, 1891 at ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day, to attend the proof and probate of the Last Will and Testament of
said deceased, which relates to both Real and Personal Estate, and is presented for proof by Samuel P. Burdick Executor therein named; and thereof fail not. (And if any of the above named persons interested be under the age of twenty-one years, they are required to appear and apply for a special guardian to be appointed, or in the event of their neglect or failure to do so, a special guardian will be appointed by the Surrogate to represent and act for them in this proceeding.)
In Testimony Whereof, We have caused the Seal of said County, at Friendship, NY the 11th day of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety one. Signed James N. Hyde, Clerk of the Surrogate's Court. (Allegany County Surrogate Court, Belmont, New York copied 1997)

TO THE SURROGATE'S COURT OF THE COUNTY OF ALLEGANY, IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK--The Petition of William G. Kaple of Alfred, in the County of Allegany, and State of New York, respectfully shows: That Jannette Kaple as resident of the town of Alfred, County of Allegany, State of New York, died on the nineth day of May, 1898 at Alfred, in the County of Allegany, State of New York, without leaving a last will and testament, to the best of your petitioner's knowledge, information and belief.
That the said decedent died possessed of certain personal property within this State and County; and as your petitioner is informed and believes, the value of the said personal property (together with the probable amount to be recovered by reason of any right of action granted an administrator of the said decedent, by special provision of law) does not exceed the sum of six hundred dollars, an the value of the real property of which the said decedend died possessed does not exceed the sum of no dollars.
That the said decedent left her surviving no husband in the State of New York, that the following named persons are all the next of kin of the said decedent, and that their relationship to said decedent and their respective places of residence, as far as they are known to your petitioner, or can be ascertained by him with due diligence, are as set opposite their names respectfully, as follows:
William G. Kaple -- Son residing at Alfred, N.Y.
Eugene Kaple -- Son residing at Hartsville, N.Y.
Mary Kaple Chase - daughter residing at Alfred, N.Y.
Giles H. Kaple -- grandson residing at Andover, N.Y.
Paul Kaple -- grandson residing at Andover, N.Y.
Agnes Kaple -- granddaughter residing at Andover, N.Y.
Fred Kaple -- grandson residing at Veiley, Pa.
Nellie Kaple French -- granddaughter residing at Potter Co. Pa
Bell Kaple -- granddaughter residing at Hartsville, N.Y.
Floyd Kaple -- grandson residing at Hartsville, N.Y.
William Kaple -- grandson residing at Hartsville, N.Y.
That as your petitioner is informed and believe, all of the foregoing named persons are of full age and sound mind except the following, who are infants, to wit:
Nellie Kaple about 20 and Elizabeth Kaple is her General Guardian
Floyd Kaple about 18 and Elizabeth Kaple is his General Guardian
Bell Kaple about 15 and Elizabeth Kaple is her General Guardian
William Kaple about 13 and Elizabeth Kaple is his General Guardian
That your petitioner is the eldest son of the said decedent.
That no petition for a grant of letters of administration upon the said estate has been filed in any Surrogate's Court of this State, as your petitioner is informed and believes.
Your petitioner therefore prays for a decree awarding letters of administration upon the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased, to your petitioner William G. Kaple or that a citation may be issued to all persons having a right to administration, prior or equal to that of your petitioner, to show cause why such decree should not be made and for such other order or decree as may be just and proper. Dated the 10 day of September, 1898 William G. Kaple, Petitioner
COUNTY OF ALLEGANY--Williamd G. Kaple being duly sworn says that he is the petitioner named in, and who subscribed the foregoing petition that he has heard the same read, and that the same is true to his own knowledge, except as to the matters therein stated to be alleged on information and belief, and as to those matters he believes it to be true. William G. Kaple Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10 day of Sept. 1898. Crayton L. Earley
COUNTY OF ALLEGANY--I William G. Kaple do solemnly swear that I am a resident of Alfred, in the State of New York and am over twenty-one years of age, and that I will well, faithfully discharge the duties of the office of Administrator of the estate of Jannette Kaple, the decedent named in the within petition, according to law. William G. Kaple Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10 day of Sept. 1898. Crayton L. Earley, Notary Public.(Petition filed for Letter of Administration in Allegany County Surrogate Court, Belmont, New York--photocopied 1997)

Their children are:

Ruby Janette KAPLE born May 23, 1840 and died March 2, 1859.  She married George Lambert.

Mary Parthenia KAPLE born December 22, 1842 and died June 17, 1909.  She married Sylvester Chase.  She is buried in the Green Brothers Farm Cemetery in Alfred, NY

John A. KAPLE born October 21, 1845 and died October 5, 1850.  He is buried in the Green Brothers Farm Cemetery Alfred, NY.

Charles Henry KAPLE  was born July 26, 1849 and died October 9, 1877.  He married Mary Elizabeth PERKINS October 5, 1871.  Their children were Giles Herbert Caple, Paul Elijah Caple, and Mary Agnes Caple.

Frank James CAPLE was born October 7, 1852 and died June 2, 1893.  He married Elizabeth Anne HAYES the daughter of Milo and Mary Jane JENKINS HAYES October 7, 1874 in Hartsville, NY.  She was born May 23, 1855 and died September 1, 1944.  They are buried in the Hartsville Center Cemetery.  Their children were:  Fred Milo Caple, Nellie May Caple, Floyd Russell Caple, Hattie Belle Caple, and Willie Frank Caple.

William G. KAPLE was born on October 24, 1855 and died on April 30, 1909.  He married Prudence BURDICK on October 25, 1879.  She was born July 16, 1862 and died February 12, 1931.  Their daughter was Elizabeth Janette KAPLE.

Eugene E. KAPLE was born December 7, 1857 and died on June 22, 1921. He married Carrie CARTWRIGHT on July 3, 1877.  Their son was James E. KAPLE.

Alice May Kaple was born March 8, 1860 and died December 31, 1863.  She is buried in the Green Brothers Farm Cemetery in Alfred, NY.