ESTATE: John W. MICHAELS, died 1904, Cambria County, PA 

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ESTATE PAPERS

Transcribed from a photocopy of original filed in Register of Wills Office, 
Cambria County Courthouse, Ebensburg, PA

State of Pennsylvania,
County of Cambria, SS:
     Before me William H. Strauss, Register of the Probate of Wills, and 
granting Letters of Administration in and for said County, personally came 
Charles I. Coleman who, being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say 
that John W. Michaels late of the Township of Summerhill in said County of 
Cambria, died on or about the 16th day of June 1904, at about 6 o'clock p.m., 
intestate, leaving to survive him a Widow Lydia Michaels, who resides in the 
said Township of Summerhill, and the following named children, viz: Maggie 
Figart of Altoona; Thomas W. Michaels; Ellis Michaels; Blanche Michaels; John 
Michaels; Talmage Michaels; Helen Michaels; Martha Michaels; Mary Emery, a 
daughter of Mary Michaels nee Michaels.
                              C. I. Coleman
      Sworn and subscribed before me this 29th day of October, 1904.
                              William H. Strauss, Register


     Transcribed from a photocopy of the original filed in Register of Wills 
Office, Cambria County Courthouse, Ebensburg, PA:
            TO Wm. H. Strauss, Register of Wills of Cambria County, PA.
     I, the widow of John W. Michaels late of Summerhill Twp., deceased, do 
hereby renounce my right to Letters of Administration on the estate of said 
decedent, and request you to appoint Charles I. Coleman of Johnstown as said 
administrator.
      Witness, my hand this Seventh day of November A.D. 1904.
                              Mrs. Lydia Michaels {seal}

WITNESS:

H. A. Emery


INVENTORY

Transcribed from a photocopy of original filed in Register of Wills Office, 
Cambria County Courthouse, Ebensburg, PA, file 7142:
            In the Matter of the Estate of John W. Michaels late of Summerhill 
Twp., in the County of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, deceased.
     To Charles I. Coleman, Administrator of said Estate:
     I, Lydia Michaels, widow of said deceased, do elect to retain the 
hereinafter mentioned personal property of said deceased, to the value of three 
hundred dollars, and request that it may be appraised and set apart according to 
law.
     Dated November 14, 1904.
                              Lydia Michaels, Widow

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Cambria County, SS:
     Before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, G. W. Hoyer and 
H. A. Brown, whom on their solemn oath, do respectively depose and say, that 
they will well and truly and without prejudice or partiality, value and appraise 
and set apart the property of said deceased, to the value of three hundred 
dollars, elected to be retained Lydia Michaels, widow of said deceased, for the 
use of herself and family, and in all respects perform their duty as appraisers, 
to the best of their skill and judgment.
                              G.W. Hoyer
                              H.A. Brown
     Sworn to and subscribed before me this Fifteenth day of November, A.D. 
1904.
                              John Wright, J. P.
                              my commission expires the 1st Monday in May 1908.
     Inventory and Appraisement of the goods and chattels, rights and credits 
which were of the above-named deceased, elected to be retained by Lydia 
Michaels, widow of said deceased.  Taken and appraised the 15th day of November 
1904.
     Household Goods
Room No. 1-Kitchen.....$3.50
Room No. 2-Parlor.......$20.00
Room No. 3-Bed room.....$8.00
Room No. 4-Bed Room.....$12.00
     Stock
One (1) Black short-Horn Cow.....$16.00
One (1) Black Long-Horn Cow......$15.00
One (1) Red Cow.....$14.00
One (1) Heifer.....$15.00
Thirty-Two (32) Chicken.....$8.00
Five (5) Turkeys.....$4.00
One (1) White Sow.....$12.00
Nine (9) sheep.....$30.00
One (1) Bay Horse.....$45.00
One (1) Gray Mare.....$35.00
     Misc.
Fifty (50) pounds of Wool (@$0.20/lb).....$10.00
One (1) Bob Sled.....$4.00
One (1) Wagon No. 1.....$10.00
One (1) Wagon No. 2.....$4.00
One (1) Grindstone.....$0.25
One (1) Double set of Harnesses.....$15.00
            SUB-TOTAL...$280.75
and for balance of her claim, the said Lydia Michaels elect to take the same out 
of the proceeds of Real Estate...$19.25
      TOTAL-$300.00
     We, the undersigned appraisers of the personal estate of John W. Michaels, 
late of Summerhill Township deceased, respectfully certify: that after having 
been duly sworn in due form of law, we made the appraisement of the personal 
property of said decedent elected  to be retained by Lydia Michaels, widow of 
said deceased, as set forth in the foregoing twenty items and amounting in the 
whole to the sum of Two Hundred Eighty and 75/100 ($280.75) Dollars.
                              G. W. Hoyer
                              H. A. Brown
                              Appraisers.
     Received November 15th, 1904, of Chas. I. Coleman, Administrator of John W. 
Michaels, deceased, personal property of said deceased to the amount of three 
hundred dollars, for the use of myself and family, as set out in the foregoing 
inventory.
                              Lydia Michaels, Widow.