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<br />the Records of said Court, and that the foregoing attestation is in due fora: of law.
<br />IN TESTIVO ,JY `ti1HF,_R!11OF I have hereunto set my hand anu affixed the seal of the County Court,
<br />at Grand Island, t'i.is third day of January, 1916.
<br />J. H. Mullin
<br />(SEAL) County Juage.
<br />Filed for record t ,ie 2 day of _'r:Iay, 1916, at 9 o' clock A.I.
<br />Register of Deeds
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<br />DEC REE
<br />STATE OF iVEBRASKA, )
<br />:SS. IN THE COUNTY COURT OF SAID COUNTY
<br />ADAMS COUNTY, )
<br />At a Session of the County Court held in and for saia County,
<br />at t?le County Court Room, in tale City of Hastings, County of Adams and State of Nebraska.
<br />Present: JOHN SNIDER, Judge of the County Court
<br />Ini tie Matter of tie Estate of )
<br />) DECREE OF FINAL ACCOUidT AND DISTRIBUTION OF ESTATE;.
<br />Charles How, Deceased,)
<br />iyow on t1nis 29t?1 aay of April, 1916, this cause came on for
<br />hearin ,, upon trie petition of Ellen How, Executrix of said estate, for final settlement ana ais-
<br />tr1bution, ana for her discharge as Executrix, and the evidence, ana was suomttted to the Court in
<br />consideration Vnereof, the Court finds that waiver of notice was duly mace and filed in saia cause
<br />by all tale persons interested in said estate.
<br />The Court further finds that said Charles Hoy ^� departed this life, testate, on the 30th day
<br />Of August, 1915; that he was a resident of ana domiciled in said Adams County, Nebraska.
<br />That on tie 3ra aay of september, 1915, a paper purporting to be the last Will and Testament
<br />of said deceased was duly f•ileu for probate in this Court, said Will being; in the words and fig-
<br />ures following, towit:
<br />S_tiort tiVill.
<br />IN THE lVA:!. E OF GOD, AMEN.
<br />I, Charles How of Hansen in t"le County of Adams, State of Nebraska, beini; of sound mind ana
<br />memory, anu cons iaerin; t,ae uncertainty of t%iis frail and transitory life, ao therefore make, or—
<br />wain, publish and aeclare this to be my last WILL AND THS'_, AMENT :
<br />First, I order anu direct that my Executrix hereinafter named, pay all my just aebts and
<br />funeral expenses as soon after my aecease as conveniently may be.
<br />Second, After the payment of such funeral expenses and debts, I give, devise and bequeath
<br />unto my wife, Ellen Hoti� for her use anu uenefit during her life, the residence property now owned
<br />ana occupied by myself ana wife aria situate in the Villa;e of Hansen, Adams County, Nebraska, al-
<br />so our farm in Hall County, Nebraska, being the West Ialf of the South East Quarter of Section
<br />Twenty one (21) in Town mine (9) North, Range Ten (10) West of the 6tri P.M. but with the provi-
<br />sion, ±,qa+1, my Sor. Walter E. How shall, if he so uesires remain on. said farm as a tenant at a fair
<br />r. ent�-tl, so lore as his 1 ?other lives, all rents from saia premises to go to his Mother Ellen How
<br />during tiler life.
<br />I also give and bequeath unto my said Wife Ellen how all household goods. All the remainder
<br />of my personal estate ana my personal effects I give and bequeath unto my son Walter E. How.
<br />I give ana uevise said real property to my Son L. How, and my two aaughters, Jessie S. Bin—
<br />field and 1�yrtie A. Tompkins subject however to the life estate that I have already above given
<br />to my saia wife Ellen How— the said real property to be divided One —half to my saia Son, and the
<br />remaining one rialf to be equally ueviaea between my two aaugriters named above ana with this pro-
<br />vision treat my said son shall have the option and first chance to purchase the interest of said
<br />two aaugr�ters if he so aesires. I uesire that my Executrix hereinafter names be qualified with-
<br />out bond.
<br />Lastly, I make, constitute ana appoint my wife Ellen how to be Executrix of this my last Will
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