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<br />LAST WILL AND TFSTANWIT
<br />MLL AND DEGREE REGORD No. 2
<br />LAST WILL AND TFSTATAFNT OF TOF2T H. SIiAFF.
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<br />I,John H. Shaff, of Clinton County,Towa,make this my last will a.nd tee tanent,hereby revoking all
<br />former wills by me made.
<br />I.I direct that as soon after my death as may be possible my executors hereinafter named s
<br />pay all of my ,just debts,including the costs of "dministration of my estate.
<br />2-1 give, devise and bequeath to ray son, Jay 0. Shoff, the following described real estate, to -wi
<br />the east half of section two (2) in township eighty- (80) north, range five (5 ),east of the Fif
<br />Principal 'Ye ridian, and the northeast quarter of section twenty-six (26) in township eighty-one
<br />(81), north, range five (5),ea.st of the Fifth Principal Meridian,all located in Clinton County,
<br />Iowa.
<br />3,I'gi.ve,devise and bequeath to my son,Iieman D.Shaff,the following described lands located it
<br />in Clinton County, Iowa. to-wit: the east half of the southwest quarter of section
<br />two (2),the: east half of section eleven (11) and the east half of the northwest quarter of sec-
<br />tion eleven (11), the east five acres of the north -east quarter of the southwest quarter of sec-
<br />tion eleven (11),the southwest quarter of the northwest quurter,the west half of the southwest
<br />quarter, the west half of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section twelve (12),
<br />the south twenty (20) acres of let one (1),the north twenty (20) acres of lot two (2),and all
<br />of lots three (3),four (4) and five (5) in section thirteen (13) and lot one (1),in section
<br />fourteen (14),all in township eighty (80),ncrth,range five (5),ea.st of the Fifth Principal Mer -I
<br />idan,meuning to give to my raid son a,ll of the land not expressly bequeathed to my wife and my
<br />other children.
<br />4.I hereby give,devise and bequeath to my dkughter.la"ry R.Adams,the southwest quarter of sec•
<br />tion twenty (20) and the east half of the northwest quarter of section twenty -nine (29) all in
<br />Township Eighty (80), north, range five (5) located in Scott County, Iowa,; said land is Sold under
<br />contract,and I hereby authorize and empower ray daid daughter to execute the terms of said contract
<br />and to receive all payments therefor, or should I myself deed said land to the contractor that i
<br />the party to whom I have agreed to convey, then I give devise and bequeath the mortgage I so re- i
<br />ceive, the sum here given to my daughter to be not less than Eighteen Thousand Dollars, that bei
<br />the amount due at the date of execution of this will.In case this bequest is evidenced by a
<br />mortgage at the date of my death, then I empower my said daughter to collect the amount due on
<br />said mortgage,and execute and -eliver therefor a full and complete satisfaction of the same.
<br />5.I give and bequeath to the Trustees of the First Methodist church of Low Moor,Iowa,in true' 8
<br />the sum of One Thousand Dollars, the said amount to be held in trust and invested as said trusties
<br />may deem most udvis4ole, the' income to be used for said church in such manner as the trustees a
<br />their successors shall consider for the best interest of said church,but in no case shall this
<br />bisquest be subuect to any order of court,but shall be paid by the executors of my will hexe -
<br />inafter named, to the trustees then acting for said church,and forever there after be held by sa d
<br />trustees and their successors in office as above directed-They shall not be required to give bo d
<br />for the faithful discharge of their duty herein.
<br />6.I give,devise and bequeath to the officers of Shafton Cemetery Association,located near
<br />Shafton, Iowa, in trust, the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, this amount to be invested as the said ofr-
<br />icers shall deem most advisable,and the income to be used in such manner as they shall consider
<br />for the best interests of said cemetery,and I direct that my executors shall pay directly to
<br />said officers,the amount named,and said officers and their euccessors shall hold in trust said
<br />sum,without the intervention of any court, they to be sole custodians thereof. The said ofiicerl
<br />shall not be required to give any'bond for the faithful discharge of the trust hereby imposed..
<br />7. I give,devise and bequeath to each of my nieces,Lydia. E.Hudson,Luella Brown,and Lucy T..
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