Local Residents Become Millionaires
Article taken from The Massillion Independent, December 10, 1906
Portsmouth, O., Dec. 8. - William and John Tipton, Madison
Bush, Mrs. Julia Riddlebarger and David Bussler, residents of Scioto county,
received word that they were among the nine heirs to the Mercer estate, valued
at $2,000,000. Property in the heart of New York and Springfield, Ill., is
involved in the vast estate.
New York attorneys were here consulting local heirs.