PROBATE RECORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER BOOP (1858 - 1934);
FURNAS COUNTY, NEBRASKA
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MARTIN LUTHER BOOP, son of JACOB BOOP and ELIZA (TIBBENS) BOOP, was
born in Union County, PA. 7 Apr 1858. Martin lived in Richardson Co.
from 1870 to 1906, Furnas Co. 1906 until death, 1934.
In the County Court of Furnas County, Nebraska
In the matter of the Estate )
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of )
Decree of Distribution and Decent.
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MARTIN L. BOOP, deceased )
May 3. 1935, the Petition of W.F. BOOP, administrator of the
estate of MARTIN L. BOOP, deceased, for Final Settlement, came on for
hearing.
The court finds, that all costs of administration and claims
against said estate have been paid; that said estate is not liable for
an inheritance or estate tax; that there is no personal property on
hand for distribution; that the report of the administrator should be
approved; that the said MARTIN L. BOOP, deceased, died on the 22nd day
of October, 1934, intestate, leaving surviving him as his only heirs
at law; MARVIN T. BOOP and WILLIAM F. BOOP, sons, CARRIE SCHEIDEGGER,
PEARL THOMAS, EDITH SCHEIDEGGER, LILLY MEYERS, OLLIE WORRELL, MABLE
STREETEN and ELLEN HEDGES, daughters, and GUY BOOP and HAZEL HYKE,
grandchildren, children of a deceased son of said MARTIN L. BOOP,
deceased and seized in fee of the southwest quarter (SW1/4) of section
one (1), township two (2) north, range twenty-three (23) west of the
sixth principal meridian, Furnas County, Nebraska.
It is therefore ordered by the Court that the report of
W.F. BOOP, administrater be approved, that the said estate is not liable
for an inheritance or estate tax; that the said eatate has been fully
administered; and that an undivided one-tenth of the above described
real estate be assigned to the said Marvin T. Boop, William F. Boop,
Carrie Scheidegger, Edith Scheidegger, Pearl Thomas, Lillie Meyers,
Ollie Worrell, Mable Streeten and Ellen Hodges, and an undivided one-
twentieth thereof to Guy Boop and Hazel Hyke, as tennants in common.
J.M. Mohney
County Judge
The following is a Western Union sent to my mother, CARRIE E.
SCHEIDEGGER in 1935 from W.F. Boop, her brother.
Received from A.L. Christain as part payment on land $1391.72
Distributed as follows;
Interest on Federal Land Bank mortage $30.00
1934 real estate taxes 41.72
L.G. Harper, commission on land sale, Abstracts & Deed
expense and revenue stamps for deed, 103.50
Hardman Lumber Co., claim allowed against the estate 3.95
E.E. Hopping, claim allowed against estate, 1.15
E.E. Hopping & Co., funeral expenses, 246.50
S.J. Price, claim allowed against eatate, 5.50
R.T. Guy, claim allowed against estate, 5.50
Dr. F.H. Brown, claim allowed against estate, 30.00
Roy Young, claim allowed against estate, 6.70
Mt. Hope Cemetery Ass'n, claim allowed against estate, 59.00
L.C. Harper, claim allowed against estate, 13.00
S.D.W. Hedges, clain allowed against estate, 200.00
E.E. Van Cleve, Attorney fee, 25.00
County Judge, probate fee, 25.00
Times-Tribune for legal notices in estate, 12.22
County Clerk for recording probate decree, 1.50
A.T. Nickerson, appraisers fee, 1.00
W.E. Bratt, appraisers fee, 1.00
A.T. Nickerson, witness fee on hearing of Hedges claim, 1.10
T.F. Newton, same 1.10
Palmer Brothers Granite Co., for head stone and work, 50.00
Marvin T. Boop, 47.10
Carrie Scheidegger, 47.10
Pearl Thomas, 47.10
Edith Scheidegger, 47.10
Lilly Meyers, 47.10
Ollie Worrell, 47.10
William F. Boop, 47.10
Mable Streeten, 47.10
Ellen Hodges, 47.10
Guy Boop, 23.55
Hazel Hyke, 23.55
W.F. Boop, administrater commission fees allowed by law, 36.26
1391.72 1391.72