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Family of Sylvester Treat VESEY and Dora AUSTIN

Sylvester Treat VESEY b. 1864 Oct 3²⁰⁷² at Milford Twp., Lagrange Co., IN²⁰⁷². d. 1923 Aug 1²⁰⁵⁶ at Lagrange Co., IN²⁰⁵⁶. bd. Greenwood Cem., Lagrange, IN⁸⁴⁰.
Dora AUSTIN b. 1882 Oct 25²⁰⁷² at Milford Twp, Lagrange Co., IN²⁰⁷². d. 1947⁸⁴⁰. bd. Greenwood Cem., Lagrange, IN⁸⁴⁰.

Married²⁰⁷² 1910 Sep 11²⁰⁷² at Lagrange Co., IN²⁰⁷².

Sylvester was a farmer in Milford Township, Lagrange Co., Indiana.

Following the February, 1909, death of his first wife, Edna, Sylvester became despondent⁴⁶¹⁰. Fearing that he would attempt to take his own life, the family stayed close by Sylvester. Early in the morning of Feb 21, 1909, Sylvester and his brother-in-law, Charles Sears (husband of his sister Margaret), went to Charles' barn. Charles was called back to the house. Later, when Sylvester did not return to the house, the family became concerned and Charles hurried to the barn to find Sylvester in the haymow. Sylvester had ingested carbolic acid and was found unconscious.

Though his suicide attempt had left him in critical condition, Sylvester recovered. In May, 1909, Sylvester was named administrator⁴⁶¹⁴ of the estate of Lydia C Vesey-Howard, his aunt. The estate had an estimated worth of $35,000 to $40,000. The administration was somewhat contentious as there was a codicil to the will, beneficiaries to whom the codicil was not favorable made a showing, the codicil was not probated, and the beneficiaries of that codicil were not notified of the probate.

In October, 1909, a judge ordered⁴⁶¹⁶ the codicil to be probated. The will proper had distributed about $20,000 to a number of persons, and bequeathed 160 acres of land to Horace J, Benjamin W, and John B Vesey. The codicil modified that bequeathal to provide that the land was to go to Horace J Vesey, and, following his death, it was to go to William H and Amanda Day. The codicil also named several beneficiaries to receive $1000 apiece.

Children of Sylvester Treat VESEY and Dora AUSTIN:

1.	Robert E VESEY840 b. 1911840. d. 1917840. bd. Greenwood Cem., Lagrange, IN840.

Sylvester Treat VESEY locations:
• 1870 Milford, IN²⁰⁶¹
• 1880 Milford, IN²⁰⁶²
• 1900 Milford, IN²²⁰⁵
• 1910 Milford, IN²²⁰⁶
• 1920 Milford, IN²²⁰⁸

Dora AUSTIN locations:
• 1920 Milford, IN²²⁰⁸