Trying to Transcribe - Will of Solomon Bond of Iowa- Pt 2

Yesterday, 29 Jun 2017, I began the will of my 4th great-grandfather, Solomon Bond, who died in Mahaska County Iowa, probably in 1851. Today is the final section of that will.

Solomon names 7 children in his will, including 3 deceased daughters. However, there is no mention of another child, Mary, which I had found in my research. Mary was still alive in 1850 when the will was written, as she is on the 1860 census in Henry County, Kentucky and William Bond and family were living with her. Apparently Mary had no children. She had remained in Kentucky when the rest of the family moved north. I don't know why he didn't name her in the will. Maybe he had given her something when she stayed in Kentucky. It may remain a mystery.

full and ample a manner in every respect, as I could myself do

if liveing. I also direct that the nett proceeds of my estate herein

before ordered to be sold, be equally divided, as soon as it can

be done between my children, John Bond, William Bond, Eliz-

abeth McGuire & Sarah Lowery, and the children of my deceased

daughters, Celia Stillwell, Rhoda Lowery, and Nancy Lowery,

this dividing my entire estate into Seven equal parts, and my

said children to have one Seventh part each, and my Grand

Children, namely the children of my deceased daughter, Celia

Stillwell to have equally between them one Seventh,

the children of my deceased daughter Rhoda Lowery, to have

equally between them one seventh, and the children of my deceased

daughter Nancy Lowery, to have equally between them one seventh.

And it is my desire that said shares be paid to them as soon as my

Executor Shall be able to do so after the sale of my estate.

I hereby make and ordain my worthy and esteemed son-in-

Law Cornelius R McGuire Executor of this my last will and

testament.

       In testimony whereof, I Solomon Bond, the testator, have

hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty-fifth of May A.D.

Eighteen hundred and fifty.

                                                   Solomon Bond {seal}

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named Solo-

mon Bond as his last will and testament in the presence of us who

have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto in the

presence of the said testator and in presence of each other.

                                                                     W. H. Seevers

                                                                     Micajah T. Williams

State of Iowa }}}}

Mahaska County }} County Court Dec. Term 1851

        I Micajah T. Williams, Clerk of said count court do here

by certify that on this 8th day of December AD 1851 the foregoing

Will was duly proved up and allowed by said court and ordered

to be certified and recorded.

{ LS } In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand

             & affixed the seal of said county this 8 day of

               December AD 1851.

                                               Micajah T. Williams

                                               Clerk of said County Court

recorded December 10, 1851

Trying to Transcribe - Will of Solomon Bond of Iowa- Pt 1

Yesterday I completed the will of my 2nd great-grandfather, Solomon Bond, who died in Linn County Oregon. Today I am beginning the will of his grandfather, my 4th great-grandfather, Solomon Bond, who died in Mahaska County Iowa, probably in 1851.

I also want to declare my appreciation that my 2nd cousin, Robert Bond, alerted me to this will document which was located online. Again I repeat, if you see any errors, please contact me.

Solomon Bond, Will

                                        Established Dec 8, 1851

                  In the name of God

                                  I Solomon Bond of Mahaska

County Iowa do made and publish this my last will and

testament, hereby revoking and makeing void all former

wills by me at anytime heretofore made.

First, I direct that my body may be decently interred, and that

my funeral be conducted in a manner corresponding with my

estate and situation in life, and that as to such worldly estate

as it has pleased God to intrust me with I dispose of the

same in the following manner to wit: I direct first that my

just debts and funeral expenses be paid as soon after my

decease as possible, out of the first moneys that shall come

to the hands of my Executor from any portion of my Estate

real or personal. I also direct that all my real estate of which

I shall die seized or possessed Shall be sold by executor for the

reasonable value, for cash or on such credit and the amount

thereof secured in such manner as is usual in like cases to

insure the full and punctual payment thereof and to effectuate

this my intention. I hereby vest my executor with full power

and authority to dispose of my real estate in fee simple in [ ? ]

Quaker Cousins - Olney Albertson

Olney Albertson has a little different name. But he was another one of Nathan Elias Albertson's 1st cousins so he was my 1st cousin 3 times removed. Olney was the son of Nathan Wyatt and Barbara (Hockett) Albertson. Nathan Wyatt was the youngest of Nathan Elias' uncles. He was just 4 years older than my great-grandfather. Olney's mother was the sister to Nathan Elias' wife, so this makes Olney also Nathan Elias' nephew as well as 1st cousin. I'm not sure which relationship takes precedence.

It appears that Olney was an only child. He was born in Hardin County Iowa 8 Jul 1875. He was younger than 2 of Nathan Elias' children, just 3 years older than my grandfather. It has been interesting trying to follow Olney through the records now on-line. He is listed as a 4 year old with his parents on the 1880 census in Grant township, Hardin County Iowa. By the 1885 state census the family is shown in Union township in Hardin County and Olney is now 9. For the 1900 census when he should have been 25 I cannot locate him. His parents are still in Hardin County. On 27 Nov 1901 Olney was married to Bertha Mae De Tar in Oskaloosa in Mahaska County Iowa. The marriage record showed Olney as a teacher. It was less than 6 months later when Olney's mother died.

It was sometime within the next few years that Olney moved to California and worked at Whittier College located in the town of Whittier. Then it was a Quaker college and apparently Olney had continued in his Quaker heritage because he is listed in the Whittier Monthly Meeting records. The Yearly Meeting of the Friends Church in California in the Sixth Month of 1906 was held in Whittier. Olney was mentioned in the minutes as the chairman of the nominating committee and was the Superintendent of Bible School Work. He led in singing, "There Shall be Showers of Blessing" at one of the sessions. I really liked reading that since I can't count how many times I have played that hymn over the years. The minutes also noted that he had labored earnestly and efficiently at the college, but was leaving to take a position in the Whittier public schools. It listed his address as 119 Berkeley Way in Whittier.

The Santa Ana Register newspaper reported in 1909 that Prof. Olney C. Albertson had been elected as principal of the Union High School in Whittier after teaching there a year. The 1910 census shows Olney and his wife Bertha living at 119 Berkley Way, although Ancestry has indexed it as Hartley Hay. It shows his occupation as Prof Science at High School. That summer the newspaper in Oskaloosa Iowa reported that 3 former Oskaloosans were working in the school at Whittier California, including Olney as the principal of the high school.

In the summer of 1913 Olney and Bertha went back to Iowa for a month and visited her parents in Eddyville. In various Whittier city directories from 1920 through 1929 Olney and Bertha were listed living at 119 Berkeley Way and his occupation was principal of the Union High School. It was in October of 1921 that Olney's father died at San Diego, California.

Olney and Bertha were listed in the 1930 census twice. The enumeration done on 10 Apr showed them in San Diego as Superintendent of Public School, but on the one on 17 Apr they were still in Whittier as a teacher in the public school. I don't know exactly what that means.

It appears that in the fall of 1930 they took a European trip as the U.K. passenger lists show them arriving at Liverpool England from New York aboard the Adiatic on 18 Sep 1930. It was 22 Dec 1930 when they arrived back in New York from Naples Italy on the Presidente Wilson. Olney listed his occupation there as Supt. School.

In the 1934 city directory for Whittier, Olney and Bertha were still living on Berkeley Way, but his occupation was shown as agent for Pacific Mutual Life Insurance. The 1940 census places them at the same address, but his occupation was this:

I am guessing it has something to do with insurance, but am unsure exactly what this is.

By the 1942 city directory, they are still in Whittier, but at a new address on Friends Ave. Olney died 23 Jul 1958 and was buried at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier. Bertha died just a few years later on 24 Jan 1961 and was buried next to Olney.

Isn't it amazing what you can learn about a person by looking on-line.

  

Early Oregon Cousins - Rebecca (Davis) Powers

One of my 1st cousins, 3 times removed, Rebecca was another one of the early Oregon cousins who was born in Iowa, before the family came West on the Oregon Trail. Rebecca was the oldest child of Nelson and Elizabeth (Bond) Davis, born 28 Aug 1847 in Mahaska County, Iowa. Her 6th birthday was on the trail, just 6 days after her 1st cousin, Amanda Bond. (I wrote about Amanda on 21 Apr 2017.)

Rebecca's Uncle George Bond wrote the following in his journal of the trip for 28 Aug: "traveled down the umatila camped 5 miles the other side of the Agency." I always liked August 28th on their journey because a man at the Umatilla Agency wrote down who passed by each day and my family shows up on August 28th. Rebecca wasn't named, but was counted as her family was listed as "Davis, N., w, 2s, 2d." Of course she was one of the 2 daughters. I wonder if Rebecca was proud that her father was the Captain of the wagon train.

Her parents settled their claim 20 Oct 1853, just 4 days after Elizabeth's brother George settled his. They were both in Lane County, Oregon Territory, Nelson's being about 10 miles east of George. Nelson's claim was in what is now Springfield, Oregon. It would be interesting to know if Rebecca and Amanda got to play together very often.

By 1860, the family had added 3 more children plus Rebecca's widowed Davis grandmother and Nelson's 3 youngest siblings, who were only a few years older than Rebecca. This made a total of 13 in the household, I hope they had a large house. Marriages began happening in this extended family. Rebecca's 16 year old Aunt Sarah was married in Dec 1860, Aunt Minerva was married in Jan 1862 at age 15 and Rebecca herself at age 16 was married 3 Jun 1864 to William Luther Powers.

On the 1870 census, Rebecca and William were enumerated in the Springfield township of Lane County with 2 small children: Benjamin age 4 and Annie age 2. William was listed as a farmer with real estate valued at $2500 and personal property of $1775.

It was 2 years later when Rebecca's mother died. Then her father and many of the family moved north to Washington Territory to newly formed Whitman County near Colfax. Sometime before 1874 Rebecca and William also moved to Whitman County. They were in the 1880 census in Farmington District, now with 4 children, both John age 6 and Albert age 3 being born in Washington Territory. William's occupation was shown as general merchandise. The family was still in Whitman County in the 1889 Washington Territorial Census and William now was raising stock.

However, Rebecca and William did not stay in one place. In 1900, along with their 18 year old son Guy, were in Bernardo Township, San Diego County, California, with William engaged in farming. But they returned to Oregon and in 1910 were in Lake County in Silver Lake Precinct still farming. It is probable that it was Rebecca's husband William who received a patent for a homestead in Lake County in 1913.

Rebecca died in Tillamook County Oregon, at the home of a son on 18 Nov 1913, at age 66. I believe that definitely Rebecca can be included as one of my "moving" relatives.