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<br />make, ordain, publish and declare this to be my last WILL and TESTAMENT:
<br />First, I order and direct that my Executrix hereinafter named pay all my just debts and funeral
<br />expenses as soon after my decease as conveniently may be.
<br />Second, After the payment of such funeral expenses and debts, I give, devise and bequeath to
<br />Mary McLeod my wife 1st The Home place lot (4) four block (16) sixteen, Wheeler's Addition to
<br />Grand Island Nebr.- included in same- is the land; buildings thereon; and all furnishings in the
<br />said buildings. 2nd. Lot (8) eight block (11) eleven of Schimmers Addition to Grand Island Nebr.
<br />3d. All monies in hand or in deposit in bank and all notes unpaid above what is used in meeting
<br />obligations named above-
<br />Lastly,I make, constitute and appoint Mary McLeod my wife to be Executrix of this my last
<br />Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former Wills by me made.
<br />In Witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal the 13th day of
<br />March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and Nine:
<br />James L.McLeod.... (Seal)
<br />This instrument was on the day of the date thereof signed, published and declared by the sai(
<br />testator James L. McLeod to be his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us who at his re-
<br />quest have subscribed our names thereto as witnesses in his presence, and in the presence of each
<br />other.
<br />Codicil Number One.
<br />H. W. Stearns
<br />Mrs H. W. Stearns
<br />i, James L. McLeod in possession of my mental powers, make an addition of Codicil No.l- to
<br />my will bearing; date of Marca 13th 1909. A.D. - viz -
<br />Upon the death of myself and my rife; and the payment of the Funeral Expenses -named in my
<br />will- I grant and bequeathe to my son C.L.McLeod the sum of ($200)- two hundred dollars; from
<br />any available funds remaining -
<br />J. L. McLeod
<br />Codicil #2. January 15,1915. Grand Island, Nebr.,
<br />I, James L.McLeod in the possession of my mental power make an audition to codicil #2 to my will
<br />bearing date of January 15, 1915, A.D.. namely: Upon the death of myself I prefer to have S. C.
<br />;Huston as my administrator, Grand Island, Nebr.,
<br />! J. L. McLeod.
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<br />Certificate of Probate of Will
<br />State of Nebraska)
<br />)ss. At a session of the county Court held in the County Court Room in Grand
<br />Hall County )
<br />Island, in said County, on the 17th day of October A.D.1916.
<br />Present J.H.Mullin, County Judge.
<br />In the Matter of the Estate of
<br />James L. McLeod, deceased.
<br />I, J.H.Mullin, Judge of the County Court in and for Hall
<br />County, do hereby certify that on the 17th day of October, 1916, the instrument purporting to be
<br />the last will and testament of James L. McLeod, deceased, was filed for probate in this Court.
<br />That on the 17th aay of October, 1916, said instrument to which this certificate is attached was
<br />duly proved, probated and allowed as the last will and testament of the real personal estate of
<br />said James L. McLeod, deceased, and the same was orderea to be recorded in the records of the
<br />Court aforesaid.
<br />In witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court this
<br />lgth day of October 1916.
<br />(S e a 1) J.H.Mullin, County Judge.
<br />State of Nebraska,)
<br />)ss. In the County Court of Hall County, Nebraska.
<br />Hall County )
<br />I, J. H. Mullin, County Judge of Hall County, Nebraska, do hereby certify
<br />that I have compared the foregoing copy of the Last Will and testament, certificate of Probate,
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