BUTLER COUNTY, KANSAS
WILLS
1869 - 1901
for Surnames Starting with "D"
Transcribed by Lori DeWinkler
DAVENPORT, John (Book C, pg. 190) Steuben Co., N.Y. & Miami Co., KS
Died: Before 12 Dec 1895
Will written: 26 Jan 1894 Filed: 12 Dec 1895
Wife: Sarah Lyon Davenport
Brother: Ira Davenport
Nephews and nieces listed
Cousin: William S. Barnes
Executors: Ira Davenport, William S. Barnes and Reuben R. Lyon
Davenport Institution for Female Orphan Children
Presbyterian Church, Bath, Steuben Co., New York
Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.
Sister: Christina Davenport Rogers
Probate Judge: W.E. Kilgore
DAVIS, Calvin (Book A, pg. 333)
Died: 6 Sept 1886
Will written: 24 Aug 1886 Filed: 14 Sept 1886
Wife: Lucretia Davis
No children
Witnesses: Mary J. Green and J.D. Green
DAWSON, Creed Caskin (Book C, pg. 424)
Died: 8 Dec 1897
Will Written: 18 Jan 1896 Filed: 11 Dec 1897
Legatees: Mary A. Conwell, dau.; Martha J. Hamilton, Emma Sweetland, Sarah A. Lyon,
Eliza K. Hendrickson, Arminta Donaldson, George T. Dawson, Samuel C. Dawson,
Lincoln E. Dawson
Executor: John Ellis
Witnesses: E.H. Clark and W.W. Pattison
DENTON, Thomas (Book A, pg. 232) Leon, Butler County, Kansas
Died: (unknown) (ca 80 years old in 1883)
Will written: 18 July 1883 Probated: 4 Aug 1885
Legatees: Fannie Humphries, Iowa; Grena A. Young; George B. Denton;
Andrew G. Denton; Elizabeth Hillard; Fountain A. Denton;
M.S. Armstrong; Annie McBride; Grena A. Tony (Torry ?)
Executor: F.M. Tony (Torry)
Witnesses: J.S. Calvert; William I. Martin and William A. Riley
DeWAR, James A. (Book E, pg. 276)
Died: 16 Feb 1900
Will written: 3 Feb 1900 Filed: 3 March 1900
Wife: Stella Cora DeWar (executrix)
Sons: George A. DeWar and J. Harvey DeWar
Daughter: Ellen B. DeWar
Witnesses: C.A. Smork and Mrs. C.E. Smork
DIBBLE, Susie H. (Book D, pg. 308) of New York, New York
Died: (unknown)
Will written: 30 Oct 1895 Codicil: 30 April 1897
Husband: George W. Dibble (executor) Filed in N.Y.: 21 Dec 1897
Father: Nathaniel B. Hoyt (executor) Filed in KS: 10 Dec 1898
Mother: Amelia M. Hoyt
Daughter: Mable E. Dibble
Sisters: Helen J. Cunningham, Lilly W. Sullivan, Annie F. Hoyt, Sarah C. Hoyt
Cemetery plot at Tarrytown, Westchester Co., New York
Adopted Father: Thomas Parish, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Witnesses: Charlotte A. Willberger - Hotel San Remo, New York City
S. Walter Morris - Hotel San Remo, New York City
Mark P. Bunnan - Hotel San Remo, New York City
Honorable Frank T. Fitzgerald-County of New York
DILLING, Aquilla L. (Book D, pg. 364) Cloud City, KS (now known as Andover)
Died: 13 Jan 1899 (ca 79 years of age)
Will written: 13 Jan 1899 Filed: 20 Jan 1899
Wife: Emily Dilling, Andover, Kansas
Son: Jacob A. Drilling (executor)
Daughter: Mary Hester Bull, of Iowaville, Sedgwick Co., KS
Witnesses: William Belford and Samuel B. McClaren
Probate Judges: J.M. Randall
DILLON, Allen H. (Book A, pg. 139) Sycamore Twp., Butler County
Died: 8 June 1882
Will written: 16 March 1874 Probated: 2 Oct 1882
Wife: Juliette E. Dillon, died 11 Aug 1881
Children: Arthur Dillon - Paxton, Illinois
Allenette Cook, wife of Henry Cook, Oswego, Kansas
Witnesses: Edwin Maunder - Morris, Illinois
John D. Banness - McLean, Illinois
Probate Judge: (unknown)
DOUGHTY, Wm. C. (Book C, pg. 323)
Died: 18 Jan 1897
Will written: 29 Jan 1891 Filed: 16 Apr 1897
Wife: E.J. Doughty (executrix)
Legatees: A.G. Doughty, Olive D. Adler, William B. Doughty
Witnesses: J.S. and Mary Calvert
Probate Judge: J.M. Randall
DOUGLAS, Ursula (Book E, pg. 88) El Dorado, Kansas
Died: 11 July 1899 (age ca 84)
Will written: 21 Oct 1897
Son: Walter H. Douglas (wife, Mary M.) Scott and Brian
Daughter: Mary F. Douglas, wife of son William J. Douglas (deceased)
Son: Joseph W. Douglas
Daughter-in-Law: Josie L. Stafford, former wife of Joseph
Granddaughter: Leda E. Douglas, dau. of Wm. J. Douglas
Executor: Floyd R. Bull and Emily A. Lamb, Hoquain, Washington
Witnesses: James S. Hardie and A.J. Holderman, El Dorado
Probate Judge: J.M. Randall
DOWLING, John P. (Book B, pg. 360) (a bachelor) El Dorado, Kansas
Died: 14 April 1893 (age 50)
Will written: 7 April 1893 Filed: 19 April 1893
Brother-in-Law: George L. Pleitsch (executor)
Sister: Anna L. Pleitsch
Witnesses: T.A. Kramer; A.H. Bandy; Neal Gaffrey
Probate Judge: M.H. Morrison
DUNMIRE, George (Book B, pg. 235) Benton, Kansas
Died: 17 Nov 1890
Will written: 13 Nov 1890 Filed: 1 Dec 1890
Sons: A.D. Dunmire, Benton, KS (Executor)
Henry Dunmire, Sunnydale, KS; Robert Dunmire, Wichita, KS
Heirs of daughter: Hannah Jane Jordon (deceased) Orean, Illinois
Son: James Dunmire, Portland, Oregon
Son: George W. Dunmire, Essex, Iowa
Heirs of daughter: Margaret Demer, Pennsylvania
Daughter: Angeline Hancock, New York City, New York
Witnesses: L.G. Stansbury; J.C. Harris and E.K. Robinson
Probate Judge: W.E. Kilgore
DURAND, Henry S. (Book E, pg. 175) late of Chicago, Illinois
Died: On or ca 14 March 1899
Will written: 7 March 1895 Filed: IL - 13 April 1899
Wife: Eliza B. Durand Filed: KS - 23 Nov 1899
Daughters: Frances Eloise Durand, Alida L. White, Helene S. Hall.
Catharine R. Churchill, Sarah C. Churchill; Wm. C. White
Executors: Frances Eloise Durand, Samuel E. Hall and Wm. C. White
Witnesses: Frank H. Atkinson and Albert H. Bush
DURAND, Henry S. (Book F, pg. 342) Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois
Died: (unknown)
Will filed: 7 March 1895 Filed: 20 June 1900
Wife: Eliza B. Durand
Daughter: Frances Eloise Durand (executrix)
Executors: Wm. C. White and Samuel E. Hall
Witnesses: Frank Atkinson, Albert Bush, and F.W. Munson and Sadie Templeton
Others mentioned
Probate Judge: John H. Batten
DURANT, Samuel (Book A, pg. 46) of Fairmount Twp., Butler County
Died: 26 Jan 1880
Will written: 25 June 1878 Probated: 24 Mar 1880
Wife: Alma Durant
Son: John Durant of Jackson Co., Iowa
Daughter: Mana Hunter (wife of William Hunter-Butler Co., Kansas)
Daughter: Sarah Jumie (wife of Newton Jumie-state of Minn.)
Grandson: Leuend Samuel Durant of Butler Co., Kansas
Granddaughter: Emily S. Moon of Phillips Co., Kansas
Son: Benjamin Durant
Witnesses: George H. Saunders of Butler Co., Kansas
C.P. Vandenberg of Peabody, Kansas then El Dorado
F.H. Kallock of Peabody, Kansas
Probate Judge: S.E. Black
DUTTON, J.S. (Book A, pg. 327)
Died: 17 Aug 1886
Will written: 6 Aug 1886 Filed: 24 Aug 1886
Wife: Martha Dutton
Daughters: Susan Howes, Hannibal, Missouri
Kaziah Sandifer, El Dorado, Kansas
Sarah Ann Mickle, El Dorado, Kansas
Josephine Wilson, Missouri Valley, Iowa
Mattie Satterwaite, Douglass, Kansas
Mary Turner, Louisville, Kentucky
Sons: S.W. Dutton, LaCrosse, Kansas; Clarence Dutton, El Dorado, Kansas
Executor: Milton Bradley
Witnesses: S.W. Welch and C.T. Harris
DYCK, Peter (Book A, pg. 236) Butler County, Kansas
Died: 17 May 1885 Butler County, Kansas
Will written: 19 Feb 1883 Probated: 1 June 1885
Wife: Agatha Dyck
Will written in German
DYCK, Peter M. (Book D, pg. 263) of Butler County
Died: 9 July 1898
Will written: 12 April 1897 Filed: 4 Aug 1898
Wife: Lisette Dyck, Whitewater, Butler Co., KS
Daughter, Emma Dyck
Son: Herman Dyck - (executor)
Others: Eliese Bucks and Helena Penner
Children by former wife: Mary Penner, Whitewater, Kansas
Anna Quiring, Hillsboro, Kansas
Amelia Claassen, British Columbia
Grandchildren: Gerhard, John, Anna, Gustave, Katie, Henry, Paul Dyck
(all 7 children of my deceased son John Dyck, Brainard, Butler Co., Kansas)
In his will he wrote a letter to his eight children
Witnesses: Jacob R. Torms, Willy W. Torms and John C. Regier
DYE, Benjamin F. (Book B, pg. 29) Ford County, Illinois
Died: ca April 1873
Will written: 24 Feb 1873 Filed: 21 April 1873
Wife: Sarah L. Dye
Executors: David A. Fredricks and William Noel
Witnesses: Isaiah Estep and T.P. Dudley
DYE, Benjamin F. (Book B, pg. 148) Ford County, Illinois
Died: (unknown)
Will written: 24 Feb 1873 Filed: 21 April 1873
Filed in Butler Co.: 18 June 1890
Wife: Sarah L. Dye
Executors: David A. Frederick and William Worl
Witnesses: Isaiah Estep; T.P. Dudley, Ford Co., Ill.
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