Eleazer BURNHAM
Proof of Will

"THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, to Eddy Cole, of Versailles, Morgan county, Illinois; Eleazer Cole, of Indianapolis, Indiana; Frederick Cole and Albert B. Cole, of Noblesville, Indiana; Lorinda J. Butler, Lucy H. Stone, of Freeport, Shelby county, Indiana; Myron Galusha, Augustus Galusha and George B. Galusha, of Shaftsbury, Vermont; Marcius Galusha, Barthena Huntington, Rebecca Huntington and Almira Howlett, of Kalamazoo, Michigan; Calvin B. Galusha, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri; Asa Draper, of Pontiac, Livingston county, Illinois; Laura W. Bangs and Lucy Spencer, of Plainfield, Will county, Illinois; Sophia F. Waste, Mary B. Corkins and Emeline W. Corkins, of Mendota, Illinois; Cornelia Draper, of Centre Shaftsbury, Vermont; Sophia Adams and Caroline Thompson, of Rochester, N. Y.; Charles N. Mattoon, of Monroe, Monroe county, Michigan; Myron Mattoon, Jane Belden and Frances Mattoon, of Lenox, Berkshire county, Massachusetts; Julia A. McAlister, of Tiffin, Ohio; Charlotte M. Smith, of Aurora, Cayuga county, N. Y.; and Norman H. Burnham, of Simmsbury, Connecticut, heirs at law and next of kin of Eleazer Burnham, late of Ledyard, Cayuga county, N. Y., deceased, send greeting:

Whereas E. W. Arms and James B. Smith of Ledyard, N. Y. have lately applied to our surrogate of the county of Cayuga, for the proof of the will of Eleazer Burnham, late of Ledyard, in said county, deceased, which said will related to both real and personal estate: Therefore, you and each of you are cited and required to appear at the office of said surrogate, int he city of Auburn, on the 15th day of August next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day, and attend the probate of the said will.

In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of office of our said surrogate to be hereunto affixed. Witness, Wm. B. Woodin, surrogate of the county of Cayuga, at the surrogate's office, in the city of Auburn, this 1st day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

Wm. B. Woodin, Surrogate."

Date: August 12, 1867
Location: New York
Paper: Albany Evening Journal



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