Bailey v. Ross

The Chancellor.

Lyman R. Bailey died without issue, and without having had either brother or sister, either of the whole or half-blood. He left no wife. His mother survived him, but his father did not. His nearest relations at his death were his two uncles, Samuel and Abraham R. Bailey, brothers of his father, and his aunt, Hannah Ross, sister of his mother. He had numerous cousins then living, children of his two deceased uncles, John and David Bailey. After his death, and during his mother’s life-time, his two uncles, Samuel and Abraham R. Bailey, and his aunt, Hannah Ross, died, each…