Gideon Mercer b England came to America - tidbit on Heirs
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Gideon Mercer b England came to America - tidbit on Heirs
| Laura (View posts) | Posted: 7 Nov 2005 1:04AM GMT |
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Newspaper Clipping
MERCER HEIR'S COMITTEE
Meeting of Claimants to Valuable Estate Is Held at Springfield, Ohio.
Special Dispatch to The Inter Ocean.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Aug. 1 (bef 1900 my best guess)
A meeting of a special committee of the Mercer Heirs' association was held here this evening. This association is made up of descendants of Gideon Mercer, who came to this country from England in the sixteeth century, and the property they are trying to secure is valued at $200,000,000, and consists of a portion of New York city, facing on Broadway, lad in New Jersey and Scotland. The committee is composed of J. V. Snyder, Harvey, Ill.; L. M. Overton, Brazil, Ind.; J. D. Haddox, Winchester, Va., and H. Mercer, Marion, Ind.
The late P. P. Mast, himself a millionaire, was one of the heirs.
MERCER HEIR'S COMITTEE
Meeting of Claimants to Valuable Estate Is Held at Springfield, Ohio.
Special Dispatch to The Inter Ocean.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Aug. 1 (bef 1900 my best guess)
A meeting of a special committee of the Mercer Heirs' association was held here this evening. This association is made up of descendants of Gideon Mercer, who came to this country from England in the sixteeth century, and the property they are trying to secure is valued at $200,000,000, and consists of a portion of New York city, facing on Broadway, lad in New Jersey and Scotland. The committee is composed of J. V. Snyder, Harvey, Ill.; L. M. Overton, Brazil, Ind.; J. D. Haddox, Winchester, Va., and H. Mercer, Marion, Ind.
The late P. P. Mast, himself a millionaire, was one of the heirs.