Mary Geddes Stewart ^{2 3}

  General Notes:

Mary G. Stewart signed a will in Shirleysburg, Huntingdon Co., PA. Mary's will is to be found in Juntingdon County Wills, Volume 12, page 326.



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COMMON PLEAS.
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William B. Leas and wife vs. James R. Brewster.--Feigned Issue, framed to test the validity of a deed conveying one-half of a farm in Metal township, belonging to the heirs of Mrs. Mary Gettys. Mary Gettys had made a Will, in which, besides some other bequests to individuals, she gives the bulk of her property to the Boards of Foreign missions and of Education of the Presbyterian church, but dying before thirty days had expired after the execution of the will, these bequests became nugatory. When Mrs. Gettys died she was possessed of a considerable sum of money in gold and silver, and there being a large premium upon specie at the time, a question arose on its distribution, and it was believed necessary to contest the will in order to settle the question. Mr. Brewster entered into an agreement in writing with the plaintiff to contest the will, at his own expense, in consideration of the plaintiffs paying him $50 out of the personal estate. It was afterward ascertained that the conveyance embraced the real as well as the personal estate, and the question was whether it was obtained in fraud. Verdict for the plaintiff. Kimmell for Plff.; Sharpe for defendant.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Residence: US Census, 14880, Shirleysburg, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA. Age 62

Mary married Hon. William Bower Leas, son of Benjamin Leas and Susannah Bower, on 2 Nov 1841 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA.¹ (Hon. William Bower Leas was born on 7 Feb 1812 in Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA and died in Feb 1882 in Shirleysburg, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA.)