Û Probate Index
County Court Probate Records, 1873 — 1885
This probate index was transcribed by Joanne Wilken. Please see contact and Transcription Notes.
This probate index was transcribed by Joanne Wilken. Please see contact and Transcription Notes.
| Case No. | Surname Given Name |
Death Date | Spouse Surname Spouse Given Name |
Heirs | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96 | Mabie/Maybee John | 01/29/1876 | Rebecca | Virginia (Maybie) France Sophronia (Maybee) Melton Sabina (Mabie) Tailor Newton A Maybee Alendizer M Maybee Thomas (Lyman?) Maybie Mary (Maybee) De Norman James Maybee Amanda (Maybee) Desmay Clarissa Almyra (Maybee) Osborne H Maybee | died 12/03/1875 Cedar Co, IA |
| 11 | Mackrill Nancy R | 12/30/1873 | Mackrill Joel Zanes | James Polk Mackrill, 28 Calvin Newton Mackrill, 25 Mary M M (Mackrill) Sutton, 22 | |
| 493 | Manley John | 01/15/1884 | Chic., Milwaukee & St Paul RR accident—body shipped to North Vernon, Jennings Co, IN—heirs Patrick Manley & Rosa Knoble of Jennings Co., IN | ||
| 573 | Mann Henry | 05/02/1885 | Mann Kate | John/Joshua F Mann, 41, Central City, IA Hannah Mann, 39 Philip Mann Hester (Mann) Cole, Wichita, KS Mary Mann Adam S Mann | cousins |
| 54 | Mann Levi | 01/18/1875 | Margaret | Elsie Maria Mann, 9 unnamed male Mann, 4 mos | Levi Mann married Elizabeth C Stevens on 5/29/1864 and Mrs. Olive M Colyer on 7/20/1865. Elsie Maria Mann is step-daughter of Margaret. Levi Mann died 1874/1875 Montgomery Co., KS |
| 389 | Mason Richard | 03/17/1882 | Alice Ann | John M Mason William Jefferson Mason Richard Mason Mary Jane Mason | Wife #1: Eliza Nancy "Amy" Thompson died bet. 1850 & 1854—Thomas E, Nancy A & George E Mason not in probate |
| 194 | Massingham Robert | 08/27/1878 | Blayney Margaret J | Rebecca Annie (Massingham) Anderson Robert E Massingham Mary Jane (Messingham) Starry James B Massingham Margaret Alice (Messingham) Gordon Emma E (Messingham) Rooney Martha B (Messingham) Saum, 20 Sarah Ida (Messingham) Emerson William T Massingham, 18 John L C Massingham, 15 | |
| 212 | Matson Abby Ann (Williams) | 01/20/1879 | Matson Benjamin L | Ellsworth W Matson George H Matson Martha Matson Benjamin Matson Eunice B Matson | |
| 168 | Matson Alvin | 10/08/1877 | son of Elijah M & Sarah (Grinell) Matson—siblings inherited: Lydia N Chapman, Elmina Taft, Dr. Sylvester G Matson, Chrisopher Matson, John Matson (died 1876), Ann Porter, Lucinda Connel/Collin, Abigail McHuron & Amanda Dayton. | ||
| 173 | May Catherine | 10/18/1877 | May John | John May Mary May Anna May | See Probate File #119 for John May |
| 119 | May John | 07/10/1876 | Catharine | John May Mary May Anna May | John died 05/27/1876 & Catharine died 09/15/1877—Francis & Catharine May are administrators (before Catharine's death) |
| 473 | McBride Mary Jane (Nelson) | 08/23/1883 | McBride John/James | Mary Jane married in 1869—Mr McBride previously married to Ann Nelson | |
| 289 | McCarn James | 07/08/1880 | Failing Margaret | Davis McCarn Cornelia McCarn Susan Margaret (McCarn) Gallagher Alfred J McCarn James Dudley McCarn | Geo W & Lambert McCarn deceased |
| 16 | McClure Sarah Elizabeth (Welles) | 01/22/1874 | McClure George | Eleanor (McClure) Tourtellot William McClure Margaret (McClure) Boynton Henry Clay McClure Benjamin Welles McClure Mary Eliza McClure Julia McClure | |
| 315 | McConkie Thomas | 02/02/1881 | Overly Elizabeth | Edith (McConkie) Whitcomb, 29 John Walter McConkie, 27 Lilie (McConkie) Glick, 21 Loran S McConkie,19 Viola E McConkie, 14 Frederick D McConkie, 11 Nannie McConkie, 8 Emma McConkie, 6 | |
| 242 | McCoy David | 05/26/1879 | McCoy Mary J | Mary J McCoy | Wife #1 Catherine Livingston and Wife #2 Sarah Frouhesser |
| 338 | McDermott James | 04/19/1881 | Murray Ellen | James Peter McDermott William McDermott John McDermott Mary (McDermott) Flanigan, Webster Co., IA Marqiris McDermott | Thomas, Ann & Francis McDermott not mentioned in will |
| 156 | McDonald Wm | 03/26/1876 | Williamson Eleanor | Andrew McDonald | D S McDonald, Admins. |
| 329 | McFarling James | 03/17/1881 | Todd Sarah A | Katharine (McFarling) Matteson Julia (McFarling) Reeger John W McFarling Milton C McFarling William L McFarling N. Jane (McFarling) Kramer | |
| 33 | McGrew Simon Blackburn | 11/24/1874 | McDaniel Lizzie | Elizabeth C (McGrew) McKean Abner Gilbert McGrew Jane (McGrew) Smith Isabell C (McGrew) Copper James Bell McGrew Charles Fremont McGrew | married Uree/Ura Ann Marsh on 05/22/1833 in Westmoreland Co., PA. She died 1865 Wyoming Cem—Martha McGrew died 1863 in Pleasanton, KS—grandchildren Albert F "Bertie" Smith & Francis McKean |
| 27 | McKean Francis Crawford | 06/11/1874 | Dunlap Jane Eleanor | Mandana Elizabeth McKean Frank Chalmers McKean | Alice L McKean died 1874 Hopkinton Cem. |
| 144 | McKean James E Rev | 09/15/1876 | Annie Jane | Fergus S McKean Hugh McKean James W McKean John McKean Alexander McKean Francis Crawford McKean Charles Clinton Beatty McKean | 1st wife: Nancy Smith died 1864—War of 1812 Vet.—Jane McKean died at age 16—Mary Ann McKean b1842 died bet. 1856-1860 |
| 490 | McKean Margaret (Ranne/Renne) | 12/27/1883 | McKean Fergus S | Margaret E (McKean) Greig Catharine McKean Olive McKean Netta "Nettie" J McKean Nancy (McKean) Kuhn | |
| 404 | McKeever Peter | 07/08/1882 | Murray Ellen M | Patrick McKeever, Buchanan or Delaware Co. Thomas McKeever, Sac Co., IA Roseann (McKeever) Ward, Dubuque Jane (McKeever) Moran, Lyon Co., KS John McKeever, Holt Co., NE Peter McKeever, Leadville, CO Mary Ellen (McKeever) Davis James Henry McKeever Margaret (McKeever) Shaffer, Dubuque George McKeever Charles McKeever | |
| 102 | McKenna Edward | 01/26/1876 | Quinlivan Elizabeth | Bernard McKenna Margaret (McKenna) McGrath Edward McKenna James McKenna Ellen (McKenna) McCusker Catherine O. (McKenna) McKeever John McKenna Bridget (McKenna) Magirl | Edward died 1875 and Elizabeth died bet. 1854 & 1856—1850 census Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA |
| 308 | McKeone Patrick | 12/15/1880 | (Collins) McKoene Moreland Catherine | Mary Ann McKeone John McKoene James McKoene Roger Patrick McKoene Margaret McKoene Elizabeth "Lizzie" McKoene | Wife # 1: Margaret —His bro., Michael, Admins for Catherine Hayes estate (widow of James Hayes) |
| 532 | McLees George | 06/21/1884 | Mary Ann | Nancy C McLees Frances Margaret McLees John McLees, Jones Co. Charles James McLees Anna Catherine McLees, Chicago | will—Wife #1?: Frances Pinkerton |
| 566 | McLees John | 01/26/1885 | Margaret | James C McLees John S McLees Charles Austin McLees Mary McLees Theressa McLees | will—Charles Austin McLees died 2/24/1884—Geo & Leonard McLees not in will |
| 479 | McMaster Alexander | 02/01/1883 | Alcorn Mary A | Matthew McMaster Charles W McMaster Archabald K McMaster William McMaster Mary Ella McMaster | John McMaster b 1850 CT listed in Anamosa 1870 census |
| 464 | Mercer Robert | 06/04/1883 | Grace Mary Ann | Frederick Wallace Mercer Charles Andrew Mercer Walter Franklin Mercer Robert Emmett Mercer | died Sand Spring, Delaware Co, IA |
| 409 | Merriman Franklin | 08/02/1882 | Young Annie M | Ellen "Ella" May (Merriman) Youssee | Wife #1: Mary Ann "Annie" Wright—Wife #2 : Elvina Green |
| 73 | Merriman Jesse | 07/31/1875 | Harris Lydia Ann | Franklin Merriman George Merriman Mary Elizabeth (Merriman) Faragher Solomon Merriman | first wife: Elizabeth d1865 Castle Grove Cem.—Lydia Ann went on to marry Alonzo Prouty & John Bentley—William Merriman b 1841 OH died at Vicksburg 08/02/1862 31st IA Inf |
| 108 | Mershon John W | 03/04/1876 | Garwood Esther/Hester | Mary R (Mershon) Secrist Deborah Ann (Mershon) Connelly Nimrod Garwood Mershon Cornelius Mershon John J Mershon James M Mershon Oliver R Mershon Sybil Ann (Mershon) Sherman Hope (Mershon) Keller Lydia Mershon Hester Mershon Elias M Mershon Theresa Mershon | Teresa & Elias M Mershon not listed in probate |
| 358 | Miller Jacob | 09/27/1881 | Keller Mary | Elias Vandemark Miller Joseph Miller Levi Keller Miller Elizabeth (Miller) Muck, Selby Co., IA David W Miller Sarah (Miller) Hutchison, Tama Co., IA Amos Graham Miller Jacob W Miller Benjamin Huber Miller | Rhoda (Miller) Grauel d 1875—She has 3 daus. |
| 208 | Milner Lucy | 12/30/1878 | Harriet E (Milner) Brown, 49 Mary A (Milner) Gleason, 48 Hastings Jonas Milner, 45, Webster Co., NE Elmina (Milner) Luffman, 43, Calumet Co., WI Orpha G (Milner) Bill, 38, Webster Co., NE George W Milner, 36 J W Milner, 41 | ||
| 207 | Milner William | 10/08/1878 | Lucy | Harriet E (Milner) Brown, 49 Mary A (Milner) Gleason, 48 Hastings Jonas Milner, 45, Webster Co., NE Elmina (Milner) Luffman, 43, Calumet Co., WI Orpha G (Milner) Bill, 38, Webster Co., NE George W Milner, 36 J W Milner, 41 | |
| 142 | Monnich Carl | 01/16/1877 | died 10/20/1876—siblings: A., Sophie Von Luenen, Fritz & Geo—Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1850? | ||
| 321 1/2 | Moore John | 02/03/1893 | John Moore Ellen Moore | These are only heirs listed in will—1870 census listed James & Mary A Moore also —with Hannah listed as John's wife | |
| 216 | Moore Peter C | 01/27/1879 | Bratton Jane Eleanor | Mary Ann (Moore) Wilson Misner, York Co., NE William Moore Elizabeth Jane (Moore) Walston George W Moore Peter C Jr Moore, Hamilton Co., NE Hannah (Moore) Logan, York Co., NE Rebecca (Moore) Pully, Cass Co., IA Charlotte (Moore) Green James Moore | |
| 103 | Moore Wm | 01/07/1876 | Niel Alvira | Edward M Moore Irena Moore Mary E (Moore) King | Others inheriting: Jane Weaver, Thomas Moore (of Dewitt, NE), Minnie Gates, Matilda T Moore, Mary McVay, Eliza A Moore, Ann (Moore) Bass—Irena Moore is dec'd |
| 196 | Moore Wm Jr | 09/23/1878 | Catharine | siblings: Jane Weaver 67 of Dewitt, Saline Co., NE, Thomas Moore 56, Ann Bass 51 Clayton Co., IA, John Moore (dec'd). Half siblings: Mary E King 36, Irena/Lorena Moore 35, Edward M Moore 31. | |
| 419 | Moran Matthew | 10/02/1882 | Ward Kate Julia? | Margaret "Maggie" Moran Catherine "Kate" Moran | |
| 433 | Morgan Patrick | 01/11/1883 | Catharine | James Morgan Simon Morgan Mary Morgan Elnor/Elinor Morgan Alice Morgan Constantine Magelon Morgan Francis Morgan Patrick Alphonso Morgan | In 1884, Catherine in Brule Co., Dakota Terr |
| 240 | Morgan Sarah Salina (Cook) | 06/04/1878 | Morgan Joseph H | Frank Morgan Edward Morgan | Sarah is a niece of Elijah Austin—Lucy Emeline (Cook) Mowatt is a helf-sister of Sarah |
| 483 | Moyer Philip | 09/25/1883 | Spade Mary Elizabeth | Margaret Ann (Moyer) Spaulding John Moyer Lovina (Moyer) Alspach Albert Moyer Susanna Moyer Eliza (Moyer) Benadom Samuel Moyer Elizabeth (Moyer) Taylor Harvey? Moyer Catherine Moyer | |
| 28 1/2 | Mullady Patrick | 09/15/1874 | Margaret | Hanora (Mullady) Troy John Mullady Jane (Mullady) McDonough Catherine (Mullady) McDonough Ann Mullady | |
| 367 | Mullett Reuben S | 07/19/1878 | Mary E | Myron J Mullet, 47 Geo Mullet, 40, Wyoming, Jones Co., IA Milton J Mullet, 32 James B Mullet, 56 Mary Ann (Mullett) McCrackin, 54 Reuben R Mullet, 50 Dora Mullett, 9 Frank Mullet, 8 | Wife #1 Mehittable—they lived Wayne Co., NY |
| 299 | Murphy George | 10/25/1880 | Atkins Margaret | Charles L Murphy Johanna Murphy Mary Murphy Helena "Lena" Murphy Frances Murphy Helen "Ellen" Murphy | Castle Grove Catholic Cem: Elizabeth Murphy d 10/24/1863 wife of Geo Murphy |
| 462 | Murphy James | 05/17/1883 | Lucinda | Mary (Murphy) Smith Maggie Jane Murphy Grant Murphy George W Murphy Joseph Murphy | Lucinda says they lost almost all money in lawsuits—she & 2 daus. In Yankton Co., Dakota Terr |
| 304 | Musson Albert Hopkins | 10/14/1880 | Myrick Calista Elvira | Willis Herbert Musson Jay Arthur Musson Vene Vernette Musson | |
| 422 1/2 | Myrick/Mirick Orlando | 10/29/1880 | Leonard Nancy | Francis "Frank" Mirick Charles Theodore Mirick Calista Elvira (Mirick) Musson | Wife #l: Abigail Platt and Wife #2 Polly Clark |
| Case No. | Surname Given Name |
Death Date | Spouse Surname Spouse Given Name |
Heirs | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 403 | Naches/Neches/Notches/Netches Albert | 07/05/1882 | Sarah/Teresa/Rhoda/Rose | Mary Naches Anna Naches Christina/Agustina Naches | d 06/22/1882 Monmouth Cem., Jackson Co. |
| 260 | Nash James | 01/17/1880 | "unmarried". Only relative in USA is Mrs. Mary Norris, Linn Co., IA | ||
| 564 | Nelson Ann (Larkey) | 09/12/1884 | Nelson Matthew | heirs: (1/3rd of estate) Andrew Larkey— (smaller parts of estate) Emily & Mary Wortmen, Albert T & Andrew Sprague, Ann Jane Laham, Abigail Dowden, Naomi Thompson, Ann Ross, John C & Alexander M & Robert M Heasty, Ellen Anderson, Caroline Humphrey, Jane Niblo, Mary Himebaugh, Robert H, John L & James M Acheson | |
| 588 | Nelson Matthew | 09/05/1885 | Bell Jane A | Mary A (Nelson) Sinclair | wife #1: Jane Johnson—wife #2 Ann Larkey—Jane A Bell married Hiram W Webster in 1889 |
| 586 | Nespor John | 08/21/1885 | Fibich (Philby?) Anna | Josephine Nespor Frances (Nespor) Shedek John Nespor Framk Nespor Anna Nespor Mary Nespor Julie Nespor | |
| 98 | Newberger Herman F | 01/03/1876 | Elizabeth | Mary E Newberger | His father, John, lives in Linn Co., IA—Mary E is 14 in 1880 censuês -- immigration papers done in Lewis Co., VA |
| 256 | Newhard Wm | 11/25/1879 | McFarland Emily J | Emeline N Newhard Margaret Ann Newhard Mary Francis Newhard Cyrus Christopher Newhard William Harry Newhard John Lincoln Newhard James Marcus Newhard | |
| 253 | Newman Enoch Sperl | 09/29/1879 | McFarland Ellen | Regina (Newman) Walker Andrew Newman Ellen/Ella Newman | |
| 511 | Newman Stephen A Douglas | 02/06/1884 | Tallman Samantha Emeline | Carlton Angelo Newman Ruth Laverne Newman Myrtle Lulu Newman | |
| 42 | Niblo Thomas | 01/26/1875 | Mullen Ellen Reed | Nancy Ann Niblo Susan Jane Niblo John Niblo Catharine A Niblo Robert Niblo William Niblo Sarah Niblo David Niblo Thomas Niblo Ellen M Niblo Rachel Caroline Niblo | |
| 405 | Null John | 07/13/1882 | Grumm Margaret E "Greta" | William Richard Null Lemars Gene/Gerd Null, Wayne Tsp. Henry/Henrich Null Katharine Louise (Null) Vanderham John Rickels Null Lemars Albert Null |