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Source
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12 Feb.1909
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Bentonville, Ark.: C.R. Craig
and C.E.Craig, for $2,800. sell to R.D. Massey, Lots 123 and 124 in
the original Town (now the City) of Bentonville.
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Nov.1909
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Bentonville, Ark.: A newspaper
clipping reads:
"Work is progressing on
the $40,000. Massey Hotel. ... Contractor L.A. Pace ... has between 30
and 40 hands at work on it. Floors are all down on the third
floor ... it will not be too long before this ... structure will be
completed."
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7 Nov.1909
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Bentonville, Ark.: R.D. Massey
died intestate, accidentally killed in a runaway horse accident.
His obituary noted:
" ... he was the owner of
the Massey Hotel, now in course of erection and almost completed."
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31 Nov.1914
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Bentonville, Ark.: The Warranty
Deed, dated 12 Feb.1909, was filed:
1 Nov.1914: Bentonville,
Ark.: By Administrative Deed, W.J. Dake, Administrator of the estate of
Robert D. Massey, sells to Mrs. Lyda M. Holmes lots 123 and 124 in the
original Town (now city) of Bentonville, and all the personal property
belonging to said estate, for $21,500.
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1916
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[The Supreme Court of Arkansas decided in 1916 that
it was OK for the administrator of the Robert Douglass Massey estate to
spend funds from the estate to complete the construction of the Bentonville,
Arkansas hotel that had been started by the decedent before his
accidental death in 1909. GL,III, ed.]
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10 Nov.1919
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Bentonville, Ark.: Lyda M.
Holmes, by Warranty Deed, sells lots 123 and 124 in the original Town
(now city) of Bentonville, upon which is located the Massey Hotel, and
all furniture and fixtures in said Hotel, that belonged to the estate
of R.D. Massey and which was purchased by the grantor herein at
Administrative Sale 1 Nov.1919. Sold to C.R. Craig for $20,000.
- of which $5,000 is paid cash and balance to be paid as follows:
$5,000 1 Nov.1920; $5,000 1 Nov.1921, and $5,000 1 Nov.1922, all
bearing interest at seven percent, interest payable annually vendors
lien retained upon the property for all unpaid purchase money.
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