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Note: Dollar and other valuable considerations" from the following people:"Alice Lockwood and J. C. Lockwood, her husband; Eva Travis and EdwardTravis, her husband; Ralph R. Weaver and Irene M. Weaver, his wife;Henry Weaver and Helen Weaver, his wife; Lizzie Olds and Carl Olds,her husband; Emma Barnhill, a single woman; James W. Weaver and MyrtleWeaver, his wife, of Butler County, in the state of Kansas...."
The land is described as follows:
"A tract of land beginning 40 rods South of the Northwest corner ofthe Northwest Quarter of Section 21, Township 27 South, Range 6 Eastof the 6th P.M., thence East 660 feet, thence South 399 1/2 feet,thence West 660 feet, thence North to the place of beginning, and Lot3 in West Leon Addition to the City of Leon,"
(Source: original Kansas Warranty Deed, which I (Annie Crabtree)have.)
Note: On 30 June 1953, Elizabeth A. Seward bought land for the "sum of One
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Note: The following obit was found in the "El Dorado Times." (date unknown) "Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Seward
Elizabeth 'Lizze' Seward, 90, of Augusta, formerly of Leon, diedSaturday morning, Feb. 19, 1994 at the Augusta Medical Complex.Services were held Monday at the Leon United Methodist Church. Burialwas in the Leon Cemetery.
She was born Jan. 23, 1904, in Leon, the daughter of Earnest R. andAlice McCaffree Sutter. She was a homemaker and lived in Leon all herlife. She was a member of the Leon United Methodist Church and aformer member of the Eastern Star.
On March 14, 1924, she and Ivan C. Seward were married. He died Nov.15, 1976.
Survivors include: sons, Darrell of Augusta, Ernie of Bella Vista,Ark.; daughter, Janice Broadhurst of Cresskill, N. J.; sister,Earnestine Gibb of Leon; 12 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren.She was preceded in death by two sons and three sisters.
Memorials are to the Leon Methodist Church. Carlson Funeral Home hasthe arrangements."
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Note: Church in Leon, KS. Reverend Quentin Bennett officiated and theorganist was Kathryn Aldrich. Casket Bearers were: Harold Hammer,Reginald Shields, Sam Seward (grandson), Jim Gilliland, Bill Harvey,Robert Dice, and Robert Mershon. (Bob is Christine Seward's (agranddaughter) husband.) Honorary Casket Bearers were Jim Knox,Harold Jones, and Norman Steele. Carlson Funeral Home of El Dorado,KS, was in charge of the funeral. (Source: Funeral program)
Note: Lizzie's funeral was held at 11:00 a.m. at the Leon United Methodist
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