Affidavit of Anna A. Perrin

State of Missouri Oss County of Jackson Now comes Anna A. Perrin, wh o being sworn on her oath says she is a resident of said County and State, and her post office address is Buckner, Missouri. That she is a daughter of Joel os achelor F.Chiles and Azubah Chiles, late of said County and State, her maiden name being Anna A. Chiles. That her father, Joel F. Chiles died in said Jackson County, February 18, 1855, leaving surviving him his widow, Azubah Chiles, and his children, Isaac S. Chiles, Cornelius C. Chiles (often called C. C. Chiles) Anna A. Chiles (this affiant) known as Azubah A. Chiles, William G. Chiles, Henry C. Chiles, Caldwell Chiles, Phenias Chiles, Mary J. Chiles, Joel F. Chiles, Sarah M.Chiles, sometimes called Sarah Margaret or Margaret Chiles. That said Joel F.Chiles left no other child, children nor descendants of any deceased child surviving him, and said Joel F. Chiles had no adopted children. That Azubah Chiles, to whom dower was assigned as widow of Joel F.Chiles, covering the South half of the South East Quarter of Section 12, Township 50, Range 31, and other lands, in said County and State, died August 5, 1873, in said Jackson County; leaving at her death no husband surviving her, she being a widow at the time of her death, and left surviving her the aforesaid children of Joel F. Chiles, issue of her marriage with said Joel F. Chiles, to-wit: Isaac Chiles, Cornelius C. (or c.c.) Chiles, Anna A. Chiles, this affiant, William a. Chiles, Henry C. Chiles, galdwell Chiles, Phenias Chiles, Mary J. Chiles, Joel F. Chiles, Sarah M. (or Sarah Margaret) Chiles, leaving no other child, children, nor descendants of any deceased child or children surviving her, they being the only children 111 of hers or of said Joel F.Chiles, deceased. That her brother, said Phenias Chiles was unmarried on April 11, 1874, but was married since that date, and he and his wife are now both dead. That Sarah M. Chiles, her sister, died on or after the 6th day of May, 1899, leaving no child, children nor descendants of any deceased child nor any husband surviving her, she being