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<br />--7ZTATE JOURNAL COMPANY, LINCOLN, NEB.
<br />matter of the estate of Mary E.Melius,deceased,as the same appears on file in the office of
<br />the County Court of Dawson County,Nebraska,in file number 3153 and Fee Book number 4,at page;
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<br />Given under my hand and the seal of the County Court,this 26th day of August,1926.
<br />(SEAL; M.O. Bate s
<br />County Judge.
<br />Filed for record this 30 day of August 1926,at e:30 o'clock P.M.
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<br />WILL,CERTIFICATE AND FINAL DECREE
<br />IN THE NAME OF GOD)AMEN.
<br />I.Thomas McNeill of Shelton in the County of Buffalo State of Nebra.ska,being of sound
<br />mind and memory and considering the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life,do therefove
<br />make,ordain,publish and declare this to be my last WILL AND TESTAMENT:
<br />FIRS7) I order and direct that My Executor hereinafter named.pay all my just debts and funeial
<br />expense 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 />each of my four children,namely-Margaret Agnes Staok,one-forth interest;John J.McNeill,one-
<br />forth interest;James M.MoNeill,one-forth`iiit6rest4Marie Cecelia McNeill,one-forth interest,
<br />in the One Hundred Sixty (160) acres of land located in the NW quarter of Section seven (7),�
<br />Town Ten (10),Range Twelve (12),Hall County,Nebr. It is specifically understood that John J.
<br />McNeill is to receive to Forty (40) acres upon which buildings are located.
<br />LASTLYJ make,constitute and appoint Thomas Connor to be Executor of this my last Will
<br />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 8th day of
<br />September in the year of our Lord,one thousand,nine hundred ninteen
<br />Thomas McNeill Seal
<br />This instrument was on the day of the date thereof.signed.published and declared by the said
<br />testator Thomas McNeill,to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his q
<br />request have subscribed our names thereto as witnesses in his presence and in the presence o4
<br />each other.
<br />Felix A.Kimbrough
<br />Rolland D.Treat
<br />CERTIFICATEOF PROBATE OF WILL
<br />State of Nebraska,
<br />ss.
<br />Hall County, At a session of the County Court held in the County Court Room in Graad
<br />Island,in said County,on the 3rd day of July A.D.,1925.
<br />Present J.H.Mullin,County Judge.
<br />In the Matter of the Estate
<br />of
<br />Thomas MoNeill.deceased.
<br />I,J.H.Mullin,Judge of the County Court in and for said County,do hereby
<br />certify that on the lst day of June 1925,the instrument purporting to be the last will and
<br />testament of Thomas McNeill,deceased.was filed for probate in this Court. That on the 3" day
<br />of July 1925,said instrument to which this certificate is attached was duly proved,probated
<br />and allowed as the last will and testament of the real and personal estate of said Thomas
<br />McNeill,deceased,and the same was ordered to be recorded in the records of�the Court aforesaid.
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court,th,is-
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