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Albert L. Olson (1910)

FARRIS, OLSON

Posted By: Kent Transier
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:02:52

The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, September 29, 1915
Page 4, Column 3

WILL ON PHOTO DISPOSES OF ESTATE

CALIFORNIA MAN WILLS HIS ENTIRE ESTATE TO MRS. J, H, FARRIS, OF WINTERSET

WILL FILED IN CALIFORNIA

No Heirs Found and Smith Turns Up With Request Written on Back of Photograph

Written on the back of a photograph, one of the quaintest wills ever filed in Los Angeles county was taken to the probate department of the superior court yesterday by George A, Smith. Incidentally, the document probably will cheat the state of an estate that in a few months more would have escheated to the state had no heirs appeared, says the Los Angeles Tribune.

When A. L. Olsen died here December 31, 1910, leaving and estate valued at $72,224, no heirs could be found. Letters of administration were turned over to the county treasurer. No heirs appearing, the estate would have reverted to the state December 3 next.

The photograph, that of a husky Swede apparently twenty-five years of age, was directed to Mrs. J. H. Farris of Winterset, Iowa. Mr. Smith, who is the assignee of Mrs. Farris explained that the woman had shown Mr. Olson many kindnesses.

The will reads: “Feb., 1906 - Dear Mama: Here is my picture for you. If I die single you shall have all I own for all you have given me. – A. L. Olson”.

Mrs. Farris, widow of James Farris, lives in Winterset on West Jefferson. Mr. Olsen made his home with the Farris’ for a number of years. He came to their farm when he was about five years old. When he was twenty-two he left Madison county for California and since then has made his home there. He always treated the Farris family the same as his own parents and had visited here several times since his residence in California.
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Transcriber's note: The Obituary used "Olsen" and "Olson" interchangeably but the California Death Index has "Olson". The CDI says he was born about 1868. He is with the Farris family in the 1885 and 1895 Madison County Censuses and they both indicate a birth year of about 1871.


 

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