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Benjamin's
widow Ruth, and Conrad's two children, were to be taken care of
by the youngest boys. The
three youngest, Edward, Sampson and Gabriel, still lived at
home. The two
daughters were given $200 and personal household possessions.
Son Edward separately acquired title to 39 acres, and
later, in 1836, sold that 39-acre parcel to William Huffman, the
new owner of Piersall's subdivision, "the farm."
This 39-acre parcel, the one formerly owned by Edward, is
mostly the area now owned by Denny Brain.
Edward moved to Ohio.
I received an eMail last year from a descendant of
Edward, in Ohio, who knows the family history.
Edward
still had an inheritance along with the other six sons.
Benjamin left each of the seven sons an "undivided
one-seventh interest" in his property, to be divided up
after the death of his wife Ruth.
Five of the sons - Benjamin, William, James, Paul, and
Edward conveyed their undivided one-seventh interest to the two
youngest sons who were still here, Sampson and Gabriel.
Gabriel ended up with the
property on the other side of Gill Hall and Finleyville Road,
the side with the stone quarry.
Gabriel Castor built the nice red brick house on
Finleyville Road across from Ridge.
One more generation later, his son Lewis would sell their
property to Moses Thompson.
Their branch of the family moved on later in the 19th
century.
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