Benjamin Franklin Mateer

Notes:

The will of William Mateer of Holmes Township, written 10 June 1889, probated
26 October 1891, bequeathed all to his wife Catherine Ann Mateer her lifetime
with full power to convert assets to her use and maintenance; at her decease
all residue to grandson, Benjamin Franklin Mateer and his children. But should
this grandson die childless before the death of the widow, then the whole
estate was to be sold and the proceeds divided into five equal shares to be
distributed as follows: one share to the children of brother James R. Mateer
deceased; one to the children of half-sister Susan Zeigler deceased; one share
to sister Sara Matilda Forcythe and heirs; one share to Nancy Ann Teal, wife of
Abram Teal and her heirs (no relationship stated); and one share to Martha J.
Mateer, widow of William Albert Mateer, and her heirs. Executrix: wife
Catherine Ann Mateer. Witnesses: Charles J. Scroggs, Jacob Scroggs.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
1975, p 106, 107.