Mr. Ward, I have been researching my line of the FRAZEE tree relentlessly for over a year and at the present I an ready to give up! I can be of no help with the information you are requesting. This line at this point in time is still as vague as it was over a year ago. William B. [Bradford] FRAZEE, my line, would have been 13 years old at the time of the Will (1907). His father William R. [Russell] my line, would be 37 years at the time of the Will. He is still a possibility, he divorced his wife and remarried in Cumberland Co. Maryland, he fathered to more children in 1922 and 23, both girls. The 2 nd. wife was Mary Weaver. However he was married at that time, 1893 to Mary Alice Lichty. No Norma that I Know of. Maybe you have gotten farther on your research or maybe others on the NET can be of more help. You were correct about "Frazee Ridge" my line is Thurman (1) and son Samuel. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SNIP~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "wward" <wward@crosslink.net> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 12:43 AM I am researching the people listed in a will of Miss Carrie W. Morrison. This will was written in 1907 in : Cumberland, MD. In the will, two distinct William Frazee's are : listed. One is her good friend William B. Frazee and the other is the : husband of her cousin Norma, William R. Frazee. In looking at your recent : post to the Somerset RootsWeb site, I notice these names listed and know : that the Frazee's in western Maryland came mostly from Pennsylvania : earlier. I doubt that these are the folks you talked about because of the : age, but maybe you might have some information on them. I have included a : 1900 census listing for Cumberland, MD. : : I am the owner of Carrie W. Morrison's bible. It is a 1865 edition (the : year she was born). It is because of this bible that I started my : genealogy research seven years ago. I did not know my family was : originally from western Maryland until I started this research and have : found family members in both Fayette and Somerset Counties. : : Will and Census data follows: : : Last Will and Testament of Carrie W. Morrison: : : In the name of God, amen: : : I, Carrie W. Morrison, of Allegany County, State of Maryland, hereby revoke : all former wills and testamentary instruments made by me and do hereby make : this my last will and testament in manner following, that is to say: : : After the payment of all my just debts and of moderate funeral expenses, I : give, devise and bequeath all my property and estate, real, personal and : mixed, and whosoever situate, of which I may be seized or possessed, or : which I may have power to dispose, or to which I may be in anywise : entitled, at the time of my death, unto my friend, William B. Frazee, of : the city of Cumberland, in said Allegany County, which term shall include : his successors, heirs, executors, and administrators, according to the : nature of the said property and estate, upon trust, under the direction of : a court of equity, to sell the whole of my said property and estate, either : as a whole or in parcels, and either by public auction or private sale, and : upon such terms and subject to such conditions, and in such manner and at : such time or times in all respects, as shall be deemed most advantageous : for my estate, and to convert the whole of my said property and estate into : money. After the payment of all expenses incurred by reason of promises : and in carrying out the provisions of this my last will, I do hereby give, : devise and bequeath the remained of said money as follows, to wit: : : First.- To my aunt, Alice A. Ward, widow of James H. Ward, if living at : the time of my death, the sum of four thousand dollars. : : Second.- To each of my cousins Easter Ward, Richard Ward, Roderick Ward, : Wallace Ward, Donald Ward, George Ward, Alice Ward and Lilabel Lee, living : at the time of my death, and also to my uncle George W. Ward, if living at : the time of my death, the sum of one thousand dollars. : : Third.- To my cousin, Virginia Greene, wife of Stuart Greene, the sum of : one thousand dollars, if she be living at the time of my death : : Fourth.- To my cousin, William Ward Hammond, of Hampshire County, West : Virginia, the sum of one thousand dollars, if living at the time of my death. : : Fifth.- To Mrs. Kate M. D. S. Ferguson, wife of William B. Ferguson, the : sum of one thousand dollars, if she be living at the time of my death. : : Sixth.- To my cousin, Norma Frazee, wife of William R. Frazee, of : Cumberland, Maryland, the sum of five hundred dollars, if she be living at : the time of my death. : : Seventh.- In case of a deficiency of assets to pay all the above-mentioned : legacies in full, then each of them shall abate ratably and in proportion. : : Eighth.- To "The Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church, : South", a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the State of : Tennessee, all the rest and residue of my property and estate and of said : money, including any above-mentioned legacies that may lapse or fail to : take effect, to be used by said Board for the purpose of its incorporation. : : Ninth.- I hereby constitute and appoint the said William Frazee to be : executor of this my last will and testament. : : In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal this first : day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven. : : (Signed: Carrie W. Morrison) (seal) : : Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the above-mentioned testatrix, : Carrie W. Morrison, as and for her last will and testament in the presence : of us, who, at her request, in her presence, and in the presence of each : other have hereunto set our names as witnesses thereto. : : Sarah E. Stienmuel : C. : S. Hoffman : -------------------------------------------------------- : Note: the William R. Frazee listed in the will shows in the 1900 census as : follows: : : United States Federal Census 1900 : Allegany County, MD : 6 & 7 June, 1900 : Flintstone District : Jesse McDicken, enum. : 50/50 : : FRAZEE, William, head, W, M, Apr 1857, M, 17, MD, PA, MD, farmer, O, F, F, 42 : Norma, wife, F, W, Apr 1863, 37, M, 17, 2, 2, PA, MD, MD : Lillian, dau, W, F, Jul 1887, 17, S, MD, MD, PA, at school : Thomas A., son, W, M, Sep 1884, 15, S, MD, MD, PA,, at school : David, father, W, M, May 1826, 74, M, 46, PA, MD, MD, farmer : : Any help you may give would be greatly appreciated. : : Sincerely, : : Wally : : :