Estate of John Pancake (1818-1882)
Ross Co. OH Probate Records; loose papers in two case files:
Case No. 6270 (7 pages)
Application of S. F. Secrest to be appointed administrator to Estate of John Pancake. d. Dec 1882; application dated 24 Jan 1883; Widow was Mary A. Pancake. Secrest was empowered to continue a lawsuit in Knox Co. Indiana in which John Pancake was Plaintiff and Adam Smith was Defendant. Minor children were Isaac Pancake and Susan Pancake, both of Frankfort [Concord Twp., Ross Co. OH]. NB: Received two pages out of seven pages in file.
Case No. 6282 (10 pages)
Application of Isaac Pancake Jr. to be appointed administrator to Estate of John Pancake, d. 28
Dec 1882; application dated 9 Sep 1885; Heirs named were Isaac Pancake and Nellie Pancake;
she was "a minor under age 15". NB: Received two pages out of ten pages in file.
Abstracted by David L. Boucher, 1997
Note: This John Pancake is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Chillicothe OH. His headstone
inscription gives birth and death dates: "John Pancake; 10 Jan 1818 -- 28 Dec 1882". Nearby is
the grave of one Nellie R. (Pancake) Moon (13 Jun 1872 -- 23 Jan 1901), her husband Addison
J. Moon (11 Mar 1866 -- 19 Feb 1903), and their two children Ethel Z. Moon (1895-1896) and
Elden S. Moon (1896-1897).
Submitted and coded by David L. Boucher
DLB613@charter.net