Woolery v. Woolery

This was a suit by the appellees against the appellants for partition of two hundred acres of land in Putnam county, of which, in September, 1866, Abrahani Woolery, the ancestor, died seized and intestate. The plaintiffs below are four of the children of the intestate. The defendants, who are the appellants here, are Martha Woolery, the widow, William M. and John J. Woolery, sons, and William O. Mart, the grand-son of the decedent.

*250On the 26th of September, 1864, said Abraham Woolery purchased a tract of land containing eighty acres, situate in Edgar county, Illinois, of the value of $2,400,…