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<br />WNLL AND DECREE RECORD
<br />'WILL AND CERTIFICATE AND FINAL DECREE
<br />LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF Charles G. Ryan.
<br />I,Charles G.Ryan,of Grand 1sland,Nebraska,being of sound mind and disposing memory,do hereby
<br />make,publish,and declare thismy last will and testament,hereby revoking all former wills by me
<br />made.
<br />FIRST.
<br />I direct that all my just debts be first paid.
<br />SECOND.
<br />I give and bequeath to the Young Aden's Christian Association of Grand Island,Nebraska,One
<br />Thousand Dollars (par value) of the capital stock I own in the Y. M. C. A. Building Association of
<br />said City.
<br />THIRD.
<br />I give and bequeath to the Grand Island Baptist College of Grand Island,Nebraska,the sum of
<br />Two Thousand Five Hundred ( $2500) Dollars,to become a part of the endowment fund of said obllege',
<br />and authorize my personal representatives,hereinafter named,to pay same in money or in any good
<br />securities found in my estate of the value of twenty -five hundred dollars,as may seem most advis-
<br />able or expedient to them. This bequest to vancel a pledge heretofore made by me to the hells
<br />Endowment Fund in favor of said college.
<br />I also give and bequeath to the trustees of The St.Stephen's Church (Episcopal) of Grand Island,
<br />Nebraska,the sum oY Five Hundred Dollars ($500) for its general maintenance,this to cancel any
<br />outstanding pledges made by me for said Church.
<br />FOURTH.
<br />I give and bequeath to my law partner, R. R.Horth,my law library located in my law office in
<br />said city,and request that when same has served his uses,he,in turn,if satisfactory arrangements .
<br />can'; be made,give the said library to Hall County, Nebraska, to be shelved at the Court House for the
<br />free use of the Hall County;,Bar,of which I have been a member for so many years.
<br />FIFTH.
<br />I give and bequeath to my sister,Emma A.Deeds,of Chicago, Illinois, if she surviv'.es me,twenty
<br />shares (2000.par value) of Armour & Company (Illinois corporation) preferred seven per cent,stock;
<br />in case my said sister does not survive me,then this bequest in her favor to lapse and become a
<br />part of the residue of my estate;and I also give and bequeath to my nephew,Charles Deeds,of Chicago,
<br />Illnois,twelve shares of said Armour & Company preferred stock,and to my nephew Warren A.Deeds,'
<br />and my niece Rebah Deeds,each,six shares of said Armour & Company preferred stock,making a total
<br />of forty -four shares,or forty -four hundred ($4400) dollars par value of said stock given under
<br />this clause of my will. This not to indicate that said donees shall keep said stock if in their
<br />judgment it seems desirable to sell same or exchange it for other securities. I give -, to Charles'
<br />heeds an additional amount in appreciation of his services to his mother.
<br />SIXTH.
<br />I giwe,devise,and bequeath unto my mother- in- law,Eliza A.Murphy,should she surviv;eme,the
<br />west forty -eight feet of Lots One (1) and Two (2),in Block Seventeen (17),in Hanscom Place,an
<br />addition to Omaha,Nebraska,and being the house in which she now lives,for her free use and bene
<br />fit,together with all rents and income therefrom,during her natural lifetime,and I give,devise,
<br />and bequeath the remainder over of said real estate,after the death of the said Eliza A.Murphy,
<br />and the termination of her life estate,to my wife,Evelyn A.Ryan.
<br />I also give and bequeath to said Eliza A.Murphy Two Thousand Dollars (par value ) of the Hard..
<br />ing Creamery Company preferred stock,being a corporation of Omaha,Nebraska,and also Five Hundred
<br />Dollars (par value) United States Liberjy Bonds,an d further commend her welfare to my said wife,
<br />Evelyn A.Ryan,whom I know will give her the solicitous care of which she is so deserving.
<br />In case she does not survive me,this provision, -in my will and the devise and legacy given to
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