Will of Outhet, John
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John Outhet's Will Filed for Probate Thomas Othet of Grass Valley, California, brother of the late John Outhet of Westley (the Grass Valley on dropped the "u" from the name fifty years ago) was in town Monday accompanied by his son, Milton, of Grass Valley, and son Bert of San Francisco; also by Attorney Lloyd P. Larue of Grass Valley. The purpose of the party was to file the will of the late John Outhet for probate. Deceased left estate valued at $55,000, comprised of $20,000 cash in bank and 800 acres of land three miles west of Patterson on the West Side of this county. The estate, the will go in entirety to the brother, Thomas Othet. There is a sister in the east, and descendants of another sister, one of them, John Wayman of Chicago was called here by the news of the fatal accident to his uncle. As heretofore stated in these columns, John Outhet was a pioneer of his state and county. He had grain farmed on the ranch he owned at his death for over forty years, and was known as a man of the highest integrity -- his word his bond. He never married. The legatee, his brother, came to California with the first rush of the gold seekers. He located in Grass Valley in 1852 and has been in business there ever since -- a man among men in every way and than whom few men in that part of the state are as highly esteemed. -- Modesto Herald. U: S. Outhet of Grass Valley has taken temporary possession of the John Outhet property pending a settlement of the estate by the court. He is a son of the legatee.
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Gale & Jean Stroud
May 2008
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