Sometimes tracking down relatives isn't easy. Case in point today, and hopefully one of you Kantner family members can help me out.

Subject: Heirs of the Estate of Martin Kantner (b. 11/15/1810, Berks Co, PA; married Catharine Bechdoldt 12/22/1831, Germantown, Montgomery Co, OH; d. 3/23/1894, Duchouquet Twp, Auglaize Co, OH; bur. Haruff Cemetery, Pusheta Twp, Auglaize Co, OH)

A list of the heirs of Martin Kantner is found in the Probate Records of Auglaize County, Case #4158. I have identified most of them, but one eludes me: William Bush, who is named as one of the heirs notified of the probate of Martin's will, and who signed his name to a document stating that he had received that notice. This he did in the presence of the Probate Judge of Auglaize County, so I assume that he lived in the vicinity of Wapak at the time (1894). His name does not appear in the body of the will, so I am assuming he is a relative. If you have any idea of his relationship to Martin Kantner, please let me know.

The second mystery to me is found in the body of the will, itself, which contains 5 parts and I here summarize to provide context:
1. All debts and funeral expenses to be paid ASAP after his decease
2. His wife to receive a 1/3 interest in the sale of all his real estate [she died after Martin but before his will was probated]
3. [I'll come back to this one as it is the one containing the mystery]
4. All the following married children share equally of the proceeds of his real and personal property:
John M. Kantner
Benjamin Kantner
Martin V. Kantner
Perry Kantner
Mary Gibbs
Hannah Burden
Matilda Snyder
Rosanna Smith
Rachael Kroft [she actually married a John Jacob Graf, not Kroft]
Henry Kantner [odd since he died 16 years previous to the will and his children are named as heirs]
Elizabeth Gagley
5. Executor should make sale of real and personal property as soon as convenient after his death

Back to #3 which I transcribe in it's entirety:
"3rd, I bequeath to Martha McKiben the interest on four hundred dollars interest to be paid annually as long as her husband Elex McKiben lives. After his death, she shall receive the principal acct [or amt] of Elizabeth Gegley's portion of my estate."

Of the three persons named here, I know one: Elizabeth Gegley was the daughter of Martin and Catharine Kantner, b. 8/1/1840, who married Joseph Gagley, 10/1/1861, and d. 9/14/1929 in Wapak

My first thought was that Martha McKiben was the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Kantner) Gagley, which seems born out by the 1920 Census, Wapakoneta, Ward 2, Auglaize County, OH (Family #61) where we find a Martha M. Gagley, widow, age 62, listed as a boarder in the household of Elizabeth Gagley, widow, age 79, at 216 [E] Auglaize St, Wapak. But perhaps this raises as many questions as it answers.
1. If this Martha Gagley is Elizabeth's daughter, why is she listed as a boarder, rather than her daughter; and if she is Elizabeth's daughter, she would have been born 2 years before Elizabeth married Joseph Gagley?
2. If this Martha Gagley was married to an Elex McKiben [or Alex McKibben], why isn't she listed as such in the census rather than going by her maiden name?

On the positive side, Elizabeth's age would be right, the place of her birth and that of her parents would be right. And if the Martha listed here is her daughter, the state in which her mother was born would be right. I don't know where her father, Joseph, was born.

I am searching for more info, but any help on sorting this out would be appreciated.