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Will of Maria Martha (Creswick) Frankland Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking and making null and void all other Wills and Testaments by me made heretofore: First: My will is that all my just Debts and Funeral Expenses shall be paid out of my Estate as soon after my decease as shall be found convenient. Second: I give, devise, and bequeath to my daughter Martha Budd all my Wearing apparel and my piano. Third: I give, devise, and bequeath to John Frankland, brother to my late husband the sum of one hundred dollars, if he shall be living at my decease. Fourth: It is my will and desire that all the Real Estate of which I may die seized and all the rest and residue of my personal property after providing for items two and three, shall be equally divided between my three children, Thomas Frankland, William Frankland and the said Martha Bud. Share and share alike. And all my household furniture of every description may be divided in lots of about equal value as my said children can agree. Or the same if they can not agree upon a division shall be sold and the proceeds of the sale shall be divided between them in equal shares. Fifth: I do hereby nominate, constitute, and appoint my two sons, Thomas Frankland and William Frankland as my executors of this my Last Will and Testament. And I do hereby authorize and empower my said executors with the consent of my said daughter if she should then be living, to sell and convey any and all Real Estate of which I may die seized and to execute and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof good and sufficient deeds therefor without the order or authority of any Court for that purpose obtained. And to convey as good a title therefor as I could if living. Sixth: It is my will and desire that my said executors shall not be required to give or furnish any bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties as such executor. And that no appraisal of either my Real or Personal Estate shall be made. In Testimony whereof, I have set my hand to this, my Last Will and Testament , at Cleveland, Ohio, this twenty fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and seventy eight. Maria A Frankland The foregoing instrument was signed by the said Maria A Frankland in our presence, and by her published and declared as and for her Last Will and Testament, and at her request, and in our presence, and in the presence of each other, we hereunto subscribe our names as Attesting Witnesses at Cleveland Ohio, this twenty fifth day of November, A.D. 1878 W.J. Lawrence, resides at 23 (Bolivar?) St. Cleveland (Jno K Corwin?), resides at 152 Osborne Codicil to the above or within Last Will and Testament of Maria A Frankland. Item First: Where as signed making and executing this above Last Will and Testament, the said John Frankland, brother to my late husband has deceased. It is therefor now my will and desire that the one hundred dollars devised to him in item Third - shall go to my beloved grand daughter Edith Lord and I also give and devise to her the large mirror now in my parlor. Item Second: It is my will and desire that my son William shall have the new (Hair?) cloth furniture now contained in my parlor, consisting of a sofa, four chairs, and two easy chairs. Also my large feather bed, two pillows, and two pairs of blankets. The above will to remain same with the above exceptions. In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand to the above codicil at Cleveland Ohio this thirty first day of May A.D. 1883. Maria A Frankland The forgoing codicil was signed by the said Maria A Frankland in our presence. And by her published and declared as a codicil to her Last Will and Testament. And at her request and in our presence and in the presence of each other. We hereunto subscribe our names as attesting witnesses at Cleveland Ohio this thirty first day of May A.D. 1883. Mercy M Spear, resides at No. 21 Bolivar Street, Cleveland Ohio (Jna?) K Corwin, resides at No. 224 Scovill Avenue Cleveland Ohio ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 13:13:32 -0800 From: "Greg" Subject: Civil War Letter, Lord, 1864, Cuyahoga Letter from Caius C. Lord (AKA Cains) to his father during the civil war  transcribed Camp of the 29th Regiment Ohio Vet. Vol. Inft. Dear father, Your letter of the 8th came to hand on the 15th and I was very glad to hear from you once more. It had been so long since I had heard from you that it seems as though good times were coming once more when I receive letters from you. - Mother has written to me quite often since you left home and I am very much obliged to her for doing so. Since you have been gone my regiment has been in a good many battles and have lost a good many men. My regiment has had about 200 men killed and wounded out of 400 and my company has lost about 32 men out of 56. All of my tent mates, James Walsh, Charlie Gove and William Gilbert, have been wounded on this campaign and I am left alone. - My health has been so very good that I have not missed one mile of the march and I have been in every battle of the campaign. I have had two muskets shot out of my hands by rebel balls and a short time ago a 6 pound shell went through my tent within 6 inches of my head but as yet I am all right side up with care. We are now within a mile and three quarters of the centre of the city of Atlanta. We have got all the railroads cut and we are sending shot and shells into the city all the time. - Every night there is some part of the city set on fire by our shells and it seems to me as though it must be a very uncomfortable place to live in. Almost two weeks they have not shot one shell at our brigade. I think they have none to spare and are saving them for the time that we will have to charge them. This will represent the position of our army. (See diagram he drew on original letter.) The numbers are the numbers of the army corp. The length of our line of battle is 13 miles, nearly half of it is held by the fourth and twentieth army corps. All of the fighting that is going on is where the 23 corps as we are trying to shove the army to the right. - Almost every day the rebels try to break our lines somewhere but as yet they have made nothing, for every time they charge on our lines they lose 4 men to our 1 for we are in good breast works and they have to come across the open field to get at us. Every day a good many deserters come over to our lines from the rebel army. Night before last 100 of them started to come into the 1st division of our corps, but as they did not have a white flag, our men fired one volley into them and killed 20 of them. The rest of them (80) came in and have been sent North. - We have had plenty to eat all along this march, but just at present we can't eat any pork, as they are using the cars to bring up big guns so we have no meat but fresh beef every day. However we get along first rate. They have established a bakery close by the army and we get soft bread one day in three. We think this a treat as we have not had any soft bread for three months. - There is rumor around in the army that Longstreet's corps is coming down here to reinforce the rebels. If this is the case, we will have our hands full, but I should think that General Grant could keep the whole rebel army in Virginia busy so that they would not think of coming down here. General Grant don't get along so well in the east as he did in the west. The fact of the matter is, the rebels have got their biggest and best army in Virginia, and their best generals. I wish we had such an army as the army of the Potomac down here. We would eat up Hood's army before breakfast. - I see by some Cleveland papers sent me by Mrs. Frankland that the hunderd day men think they are seeing very hard times. Why the poor sinners don't know anything about soldering and it makes me laugh every time I read there woeful complaints. If they were with Grant or Sherman, instead of behind the forts of Washington then they might grumble. - The weather has been very warm during the months of July and August. This month it has been raining almost all the time, but it don't seem to cool the air any. Sometimes I think that when this summer is over I will be nearly black enough to pass for a negro. I was of the opinion that you would not like the Isle of Man very well, for I know that traveling only makes a man think more of home. I wrote to mother a short time ago for a gold pen, some writing paper and envelops and some postage stamps. If they are not sent, please send them as soon as you can for I need them very much. There is some talk of us getting paid ff pretty soon and I guess that we will soon get some greenbacks. There is a good many of them now owed me from the government, but I have no more to write this time, so I will bid you a goodbye. Give my love to mother and the children and accept the same yourself. From your loving son, Caius C. Lord CO. I. 29th Regt. O.V.V.I., 1st Brig, 2nd Division, 29th Army Corps Via Chattanooga, Tenns. ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 13:16:20 -0800 From: "Greg" Subject: Civil War Roster, 7th OH, 90 day Unit. 7th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 90 Day Unit. FIELD AND STAFF Mustered in __, 1861, at Camp Taylor, Ohio, by William Clinton, 1st Lieutenant 10th Infantry, U.S.A. Mustering Officer. Brastus B Tyler Colonel 39 William R Creighton Lt. Col. 23 John S Casement Major 30 Henry K Cushing Surgeon 34 Francis Saltert As. Surg. 31 Louis G De Forest Adjutant 22 John Morris R.Q.M. 26 Frederick T Brown Chaplain Leicester King Ser. Maj. 36 Marcus S Hopkins Q.M.S. 20 Joshua L Woodard Dr. Maj. 21 Harry Wood File Maj. 51 REGIMENTAL BAND Mustered Out October 12, 1861, at Camp Gawly, Virginia. (all musicians and served 3 month) Ethan Armstrong 23 Lysander Butler 26 Martin A Elder 35 Frank B Hale 18 Henry H Ingersoll 18 Samuel J. M. Marshall 24 William H Park 28 George W Phinney 26 Oliver H Perry 20 Edward F Smith 18 COMPANY B. Mustered in April22, 1861, at Cleveland, Ohio, by J.H. Simpson, Captian U.S. Engineers, Mustering Officer. Mustered Out at Columbus, Ohio, August 22, 1861, by E Morgan Wood, Captian 15th U.S. Infantry, Mustering Officer. Name Rank Age Charles A De Villiers Captain 41 James T Sterling do 26 Thomas T Sweeney 1st Lieut. 30 Ephriam H Baker 2nbd Lieut. 30 Louis G De Forest 1st Sergt. 22 Joseph B Molyeaux d0 21 George W Whitehead Sergeant 19 Merwin Clark do 18 Frank M Thomas do 24 Ebenezer B Thomas Corporal 22 William R McChesney do 28 Edward Gibson do 23 William Walworth do 20 Jack Cain Musician 20 Name Age all Privates, served 3 moths Abrams, John B 20 Adams, William 28 Armstrong, Jacob C 25 Atlolff, Andrew 19 Atwell, William B 18 Bawder, Levi F 21 Baxter, Morris 21 Bently, Charles H 19 Bernard, Edmund 22 Bishop, Orrin A 22 Bliss, Harmon H 27 Brooks, James A 19 Brown, Thomas C 20 Chapman, Charles L 19 Clague, William H 22 Clermont, Francis Jr, 21 Coslett, George W 21 Cowan, Charles 18 Cox, George W 19 Cox, Junior R 23 Cryne, Joseph 19 Cullen, John 35 Cunningham, Charles M 24 Cutler, Marcus M 21 Deming, Frederick R 40 Diebolt, Henry W 18 Drum, William 19 Eston, Henry Z 24 Eckert, Arthur 22 Eddy, Nehemiah G 24 Edwards, William E 23 Ensign, Valentine 28 Felton, Charles 24 Fitch, Asa H 28 Foote, Louis A 23 Fowler, William D 23 Gasser, Joseph M 19 George, Edward 22 Gilson, John 22 Gordon, Samuel E 18 Halliday, Frank H 23 Healey, John S 18 Hill, William 20 Hoffman, Jacob 18 Holt, Corwin M 20 Holt, Josiah M 23 Holcomb, Nathan K 28 Holcomb, Poliaus W 18 Horner, Charles 26 Hull, John 34 Jones, Alonzo C 27 Kendall, George 18 Kubler, Joseph 19 Lambkin, Alfred A 27 Largo, Henry 22 Latch, William F 19 Lord, Caius C 18 Marble, Edward L 19 Meacham, Elbridge F 19 Miller, Henry 28 Nichols, Thomas C 20 Oswald, Charles 25 Patridge, William 19 Pollis, Henry W 19 Post, Judson H 22 Quayle, George L 18 Radcliffe, Edward 26 Reynolds, Lewis H 22 Robinson, Francis 31 Schmidt, Gustavus 20 Small, George 22 Smith, William E 23 Stark, Lewis 23 Stoppel, Arther 20 Stoddard, Ira 21 Striker, Alfred D 18 Townsend, Robert J 19 Watrous, Albert W 19 Watrous, Frank E 20 Williams, Cyrus 18 Winzenried, Ralph 19 Wood, Amos E 21 Wood, Star B 19 Worth, Reginald H 19 -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #30 ******************************************