G F Knight to Clara Firestone 5 May 1900

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: [unknown]

Solomon Beaver Firestone (1832-1900)

Judy Ann (Firestone) Perkey (1815-1849)
John C. Firestone (1819-1848)
Harriet (Firestone) Knight (1820-1909)
Eleanor (Firestone) Sturges (1825-1899)
George Lee Firestone (abt.1831-1873)

George W. Firestone (1784-1851)
Rebecca (Carle) Firestone (1786-1869)

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G. F. Knight, Canton, Ohio, to Clara Firestone, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, letter of 5 May 1900 regarding death of "your Uncle Solomon Firestone," 5 pp; Family Collection of Martha Shoup, Martha Shoup to GJ, 1998, scanned as img779.jpg-img783.jpg; digital images, InternetArchive.

See also related source, Solomon B. Firestone estate, case 10123, Wayne County (Ohio) Probate; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL film 2033515, Digital Collection 7648513, images 2053-2225 of 6504.

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Knight Manufacturing Co.

Canton, Ohio

Miss Clara Firestone
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma

My Dear Cousin it is with regret
that I am called upon in this my
first letter to you to advise you
of the death and burial of your uncle
Solomon Firestone. he died on April
22 after an illness of several weeks
and was buried on tuesday the 24th.
I was not certain of your address
or would have written you sooner
I wrote to Melissa Shoup at Cimarron
Kas. requesting her to send me your
address also that of your brother but have
had no reply to my letter on looking
through R G Dun & Co Commercial report
I found your address and hope I hear
from you and get the address of your
brother and sister. Uncle Sol left no will
and his property will be divided among
the heirs provided a promise that was made
to a young couple recently married that
was keeping house for him does not get
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it. in order that you will understand
the situation I will briefly relate the circum-
stances. After his wife died in June of last
year, my mother went to live with him
and stayed there and kept house for
him until October then she died and
left Uncle Sol alone. After that one of Knight
Sturgis girls, Sadie, worked for him. She
had a young fellow by the name of Franks
that was waiting on her. Uncle Sol wanted
them to get married and keep house for him
but as they was both poor, Franks told him
he couldn't get married as he had no
money. Uncle Sol said that did not make
any difference as they could use his
Household goods and farm his place.
the girls parents was opposed to their
getting married but uncle Sol sent for them and
finaly got their consent to their getting
married from the information I have he
told them if they got married and kept house
for him they could use the household goods
and when he was through with them they could
have them as well as the land. on the next
[?day] after the funeral Knight Sturgis and I went to Wooster to
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have an administer appointed. I
related the circumstances to the probate
Judge and he advised me in the absence
of a will they could not hold either the
Household goods or the land. I then
requested the Judge to appoint Knight Sturgis
the girls father as the administrator as
felt that the young couple was certainly
entitled to Something and and to turn them out
would be a very unpleasant duty and I
thought her Father would be the proper party
as they would have confidence that what
he would do was the requirement of the
law and nothing more with nobody to blame
the appointment was not made on that date
and it have written the Judge to defer the
appointment for this reason. after I came home
for a few days I received a letter from
Knight Sturgis stating that Mr Franke
had been to see an attorney and was
advised that he could hold both the house-
hold goods and the land. I then submitted
the case to my attorney here and he
looked to matter up and he advises me
if it can be proven that he made these
promises to this young couple they can
[hold] all his property after his debts are
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paid. In lieu of the above circumstances
I thought the wisest thing to do was to Call
a meeting of the Heirs and adjust the
matter with Franks if possible without
any litigation and have notified all the heirs
except yourself and Brother and Sister to meet
me in Wooster on next Wednesday May 9th
[struck] as the interests of all the Heirs are Mutal
you can rest assured that whatever agreement
we come to your interests as well as that
of your Brother and Sister will be taken
care of. The names of the Heirs are as follows
commencing with the children of his oldest
sister and following according to Their respective ages
Irene Pomerine
Sarah Keller
[above are] child of Judeanne Firestone
Nancy Jane Hunt
[above are] children of John Firestone
Harriet Knight
[above is] his only living sister
G. F. Knight
Knight Sturgis
Carl Sturgis
[above are] children of Eleanor Firestone
Melissa Shoup
Clara Firestone
Hod Firestone
[above are] children of George Firestone
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I would like very much if you could be there
with us but so far as your property interests
are concerned it will make no difference
Kindly advise me regarding the address of
your Brother and Sister that I may have
them entered in the probate Judges office as
heirs of the estate. I do not know whether
you remember me or not but I remember
you very well as I used to live with your
Father and Mother when you was a
very little girl. Trusting this will find you
well as it leaves myself and family
and with Kindest regards to Brother and
Sister. I remain very truly

Your Cousin

G. F. Knight

Research Notes

Receipts from Heirs.

• Mrs Nancy Jane Hunt, FamilySearch, FHL film 2033515, Digital Collection 7648513, image 2180 of 6504.
• Scott Chaffin, FamilySearch, image 2182 of 6504.
• Irene Pomerene, FamilySearch, image 2183 of 6504.

Registered Letter Returns. These filmed images appear in the estate file, Family Search, images 2105-2108 of 6504.