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Details of Ownership 409 Franklin Street
CAPTION I
ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being
in the Boro of Smethport, McKean county, Pa. bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at the northwest corner of square No. 41 in said Borough; thence
East by the south line of Green Street 4 perches o a corner; thence
South 7 perches to a corner in south line of alley; thence West
4 perches to a corner in the eats line of Franklin Street; thence North
77 perches to the place of beginning. Containing 28 square rods of
land be the same more or less and being part of Lot No.1, in square No.41
in the general plot of said Borough;
CAPTION II
ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being
in the Boro of Smethport, McKean county, Pa. bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the south line of Green Street the northeast corner
of land conveyed by N. W. Abbey and wife to Orpha Callar; thence
East along the south line of Green Street 4 roads more or less, to
the northwest corner of land conveyed by N. W. Abbey and wife to
Wm. Gifford thence south along the west line of said Gifford lo 7 rods
to an alley; thence west along the north line of side alley 4 rods to the
southeast corner ao said Callar lot;
thence north along the east line thereof 7 road to the place of beginning.
containing 28 square perches of land, be the same more or less and being
part of square No. Forty (41) un the General Plat of said Borough of Smethport.
No. 1
DEED
Julia F. Richmond, Window
(No search against Grantor)
to Rena R. Balsley
Date August 29, 1912 Recorded September 4, 1912 Deed Book Vol.162, page
160 Consideration $1.00 conveys by General Warranty Deed, duly acknowledged,
the land at CAPTION I.
Also granting and conveying the use of a certain alley 2 roads wide
running east and west along the south line of the above described lot,
to be laid out and kept open by the grantor in a certain deed for the same
premises made by N.W. Abbey and wife to J.F. Gallup for the use of
the contiguous land owners and being the same premises conveyed to the
said Julia F. Richmond by Orpha A. Caller by deed date March 10,
1886 and recorded in Deed Book Vol. 32, page 52, McKean County Records.
Excepting and Reserving to the said Grantor the use, income and enjoyment
of the above conveyed premises of record in Re Estate of Julia f. Richmond,
above named grantor.
No. 2.
DEED
Mollie Richmond, Window of Harry N. Richmond,
deceased, Nelson L. Richmond and Helen
Richmond, his wife, Margaret Wiendemaier
and Philip Wiendemaier, her husband and
William e. Richmond ad Pauline Richmond,
his wife, next -of-kin and heirs-at-law
of E. f. Richmond deceased.
(No search against Grantors)
to Rena R. Balsley
Date December 9, 1930 Recorded June 28, 1932 Deed Book Vol. 222, page
145 cOnsideration $1.00 Conveys by Quit claim Deed, duly acknowledged,
the land at CAPTION II.
Recites being the same premises conveyed by the heirs of N.W. Abbey
to jay B. Abbey by deed bearing date June 16th 1891, and recorded in Book
64, page 471 of MvKean County Records; and also being the same premises
conveyed by the said Jay B. Abbey and wife to E. F. Richmond. by deed date
June 28th, 1894 and recorded April 30, 1895 in Deed Book 82, page 54 of
McKean County Records.
The said Mollie Richmond, window of Harry n. Richmond deceased, Nelson
L. Richmond Margaret Wiendemair and William E. Richmond , grantors
and the said Rena R. Balsley, Grantee, being the sole and only heirs-at-law
of the said E.F. Richmond, deceased.
No. 3
DEED
Rena R. Balsley, Widow
to Virginia B. Johnson.
Date June 14, 1932 Recorded June 28, 1932 Deed Book Vol. 222, page 146
Consideration $1.00 Coveys by Special Warranty Deed, duly acknowledged,
the lands at CAPTIONS I and II Grating same rights and subject to same
exceptions, etc. as at Abstract No.1.
Excepting and reserving to the Grantor first herein before named the
use occupancy income and full enjoyment of the lands and premises herein
before described at and in Items ''First and second'' for and during the
term of her natural life.
NOTE: Register's Docket S, page 305 shows Rena .R. Balsley died on
April 13, 1936.
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JOHNSON, Albert Walter, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Smethport, McKean County, Pa., April 17, 1906; graduated from Smethport High School in 1923; attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1929; member, Smethport Borough Council, 1933-1934; John B. Stetson University Law School, Deland, Fla., LL.B., 1938; was admitted to the bar in 1939 and began the practice of law in Smethport; member of the State house of representatives, 1947-1963, serving as majority whip in the 1951 session, minority whip in the 1955 session, majority leader in the 1953, 1957, and 1963 sessions, minority leader in the 1959 and 1961 sessions; elected as a Republican, by special election, November 5, 1963, to the Eighty-eighth Congress, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Leon H. Gavin; reelected to the six succeeding Congresses and served from November 5, 1963, to January 3, 1977; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress; died September 1, 1998, in Boca Raton, Fla.
