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From: "e-shown" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Re: Ohio Deed
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 21:12:39 -0600
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Rick suggested:
> I would suggest the possibilty that Vandorn HIGGINS may have sold his
share to John Jacob ARBELE. I have seen a similar case in NC in the same
time period, where a stranger appeared in the deed records with the other
children selling the father's land. The only record found that this
stranger was not a blood heir, is among the loose estate papers of the
deceased father where there was a paper signed by the "missing" heir (and
her husband) selling her share to the "stranger" who then participated in
the sale that appeared in the deed book. If not for that that paper among
the estate papers having survived, someone might wrongly conclude from just
the deed records that the "stranger" was a blood heir. >

Yes, that is a possibility. My reasoning for not including it was twofold
(but I *should* have discussed the reasoning)

1. Debra found the sell-offs by all the other heirs, but not one for
Vandorn.
2. If Vandorn was still alive, then Thomas's statement about "9 heirs" is 1
heir short.

In any case, I suspect Debra will be pursuing all possibilities.

Elizabeth



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