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Introduction to Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS Bill in Chancery, between 26 April and circa 31 May 1849 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.] Docket Entry, Notice of Publication, 17 September 1849 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.] Docket Entry, Answer, 26 April 1850 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.] Docket Entry, Petition and Demurrer, 19 September 1850 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.] Docket Entry, Failure to Answer and Appointment of Guardian ad Litem, 20 September 1850 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.] Docket Entry, Motion, 24 September 1850 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.] Docket Entry, Withdrawal of Exhibits, 9 June 1851 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.] Assignment, 23 July 1851 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.] Docket Entry, Continuance, 18 October 1851 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.] Docket Entry, Motion, 3 March 1852 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.] Docket Entry, Release of the Defense, 9 March 1852 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.] Docket Entry, Orders and Continuance, 12 March 1852 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.] Deed, 5 June 1852 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.] Docket Entry, Report of Sale, Orders, and Dismissal, 12 June 1852 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.]

Bill in Chancery, between 26 April and circa 31 May 1849 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.]

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Calvin A. Warren

3 June 1807–22 Feb. 1881. Lawyer. Born in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New York. Lived at Hamilton Co., Ohio, 1832. Moved to Batavia, Clermont Co., Ohio, by 1835. Married first Viola A. Morris, 25 May 1835, at Batavia. Moved to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois, 1836...

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Onias Skinner

21 July 1817–4 Feb. 1877. Sailor, teacher, preacher, farmer, lawyer, railroad president. Born in Floyd, Oneida Co., New York. Son of Onias Skinner and Tirza. Moved to Whitestown, Oneida Co., by 1830; to Peoria Co., Illinois, 1836; and to Greenville, Darke...

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, and George Edmunds Jr. on behalf of Phineas Kimball, Bill in Chancery,
Hancock Co.

Formed from Pike Co., 1825. Described in 1837 as predominantly prairie and “deficient in timber.” Early settlers came mainly from mid-Atlantic and southern states. Population in 1835 about 3,200; in 1840 about 9,900; and in 1844 at least 15,000. Carthage ...

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, IL, between [26 Apr. and ca. 31 May 1849], Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al. (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court, in Chancery 1852); unidentified handwriting; notation by unidentified scribe, [
Hancock Co.

Formed from Pike Co., 1825. Described in 1837 as predominantly prairie and “deficient in timber.” Early settlers came mainly from mid-Atlantic and southern states. Population in 1835 about 3,200; in 1840 about 9,900; and in 1844 at least 15,000. Carthage ...

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, IL, between 26 Apr. and ca. 31 May 1849]; 19 pages; CCLA.

Historical Introduction

See Introduction to Ferris Administrator of the Estate of JS.

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Smith [Bidamon]

10 July 1804–30 Apr. 1879. Scribe, editor, boardinghouse operator, clothier. Born at Willingborough Township (later in Harmony), Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania. Daughter of Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis. Member of Methodist church at Harmony (later in Oakland...

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the widow of the said Joseph Smith deceased that afterwards about the same year the said Probate
Justice of the peace

A local public judicial officer, commissioned to mete out justice for, or to prevent, a breach of the peace or other violation of the law. “When a felony or breach of the peace has been committed in their presence, they may personally arrest the offender,...

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revoked the letters of administration granted as aforesaid to said
Emma Smith

10 July 1804–30 Apr. 1879. Scribe, editor, boardinghouse operator, clothier. Born at Willingborough Township (later in Harmony), Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania. Daughter of Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis. Member of Methodist church at Harmony (later in Oakland...

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and therefore appointed the <​as​>
administrator

A person lawfully appointed by a court having jurisdiction to manage and settle the estate of a person who died without a will.

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de bonis non

“Of goods not administered.” When an executor or administrator of an estate that has not been fully settled cannot perform the remaining duties, an administrator de bonis non is appointed.

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of said estate one
Joseph W. Cowlidge [Coolidge]

31 May 1814–13 Jan. 1871. Carpenter, miller, merchant. Born in Bangor, Hancock Co., Maine. Son of John Kittridge Coolidge and Rebecca Stone Wellington. Moved to Cincinnati, by 1817. Moved to area of Mackinaw, Tazewell Co., Illinois, 1834. Married Elizabeth...

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that said Joseph Smith jr died possessed of some estate which came to the hands of said
Joseph W. Cooledge

31 May 1814–13 Jan. 1871. Carpenter, miller, merchant. Born in Bangor, Hancock Co., Maine. Son of John Kittridge Coolidge and Rebecca Stone Wellington. Moved to Cincinnati, by 1817. Moved to area of Mackinaw, Tazewell Co., Illinois, 1834. Married Elizabeth...

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that said wholly failed to apply the same to the payment of the debts against said estate and has wasted and squandered the same but the amount of which your orator is wholly uninformed and which your orator charges was insufficient in value to pay any considerable portion as part of the debts of the said Joseph Smith jr and was insufficient to pay the funeral and administration expenses & other prefered debts of said deceased
That the estate of the said Joseph Smith jr. deceased which came to the hands of or knowledge of the said
Emma Smith

10 July 1804–30 Apr. 1879. Scribe, editor, boardinghouse operator, clothier. Born at Willingborough Township (later in Harmony), Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania. Daughter of Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis. Member of Methodist church at Harmony (later in Oakland...

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as administratrix as aforesaid was by her upon the revocation of his letters as aforesaid surrendered and deliv[er]ed to the said
Joseph W. Cooledge

31 May 1814–13 Jan. 1871. Carpenter, miller, merchant. Born in Bangor, Hancock Co., Maine. Son of John Kittridge Coolidge and Rebecca Stone Wellington. Moved to Cincinnati, by 1817. Moved to area of Mackinaw, Tazewell Co., Illinois, 1834. Married Elizabeth...

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as such administrator de bonis non of said estate that the said
Joseph W. Cooledge

31 May 1814–13 Jan. 1871. Carpenter, miller, merchant. Born in Bangor, Hancock Co., Maine. Son of John Kittridge Coolidge and Rebecca Stone Wellington. Moved to Cincinnati, by 1817. Moved to area of Mackinaw, Tazewell Co., Illinois, 1834. Married Elizabeth...

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and also his securities as such administrator de bonis non are each and every of them wholly insolvent, and have removed and are now out of the Jurisdiction of this Court to wit at the Salt Lake vally in
California

Originally part of New Spain. After Mexico declared independence, 1821, area became part of Mexico. American colonization increased, after 1840. By 1841, area was known variously as California, Upper California, Alta California, and New California. Area included...

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Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al., Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court, in Chancery, 15 June 1852

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Bill in Chancery, between 26 April and circa 31 May 1849 [Kimball v. L. C. Bidamon et al.]
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