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Jean taught her son Keith through her attitude that a mother should be able to rely on her sons for support and help. Not just monetary supp...

Hazel Jean Hayward Wessman did not like being called Hazel. As a result, she was called Jean. When she was growing up, she came from a large...

I am going to interrupt the information about the Pugsley will and the rather curious circumstances surrounding it to post a history sent by...

A petition was filed in the district court yesterday by the executors of the estate of the late Philip Pugsley, asking that his will b...

The Pugsley Family originally lived in the Nineteenth Ward, but on March 31, 1889, the western part of the ward became the Twenty-second War...

...And, the funeral...

Before Philip Pugsley's will could be probated, he had to die, which he did on August 7, 1903. Here is the notice of his death in the De...

As we start the final part of the case, the Court is still discussing Sawyer’s Heirs v. Sawyer. Even if you are not too interested in the Pu...

The language of the first part of this last provision is express and mandatory; that of the latter part, discretionary. Upon proper applicat...

The appellant insists that this action of the court was erroneous, and, in support of her contention, relies upon section 3846, Rev. St. 189...