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<br />WILL AND DECREE:
<br />WILL OF JOHN PETER. PEHR.S.
<br />I, John Peter Pehrs, of Alda Township, Hall County, Nebraska, being of sound mind and disposing
<br />memory, do make and publish this, my last Will and Testament.
<br />First: I direct that all of my just debts, including the expenses of my last illness and burial,
<br />and costs of administering my Estate, be first paid out of my personal property.
<br />Second: After the payment of said debts and charges, as stated in the first clause of this WiLI,
<br />`I give, devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Sophie Pehrs, for her use and benefit during
<br />the term of her natural lifetime, all and singular of my Estate, real, personal and mixed, of
<br />which I die seized and possessed, and direct that she shall have all of the rents, issues and!
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<br />income therefrom during her said lifetime, and that she shall pay all taxes assessed against
<br />same and keep the improvements on all of the Real Estate, in a fair state of repair. My desire
<br />and the intention of this 'Sill is, that my said wife shall have during her said lifetime,
<br />sufficient income for her comfortable maintainence and in case said rents and income should
<br />not be sufficient for that purpose, then I direct that the Court, having settlement of my
<br />Estate, shall make such aaditional allowance out of my personal property as may be necessary
<br />for her care and support. This not to empower her, or said Court, to encumber or dispose of
<br />any of said Real Estate.
<br />Third: Subject to the life Estate given to my said wife in clause two of this Will, I give,
<br />devise and bequeath to my son, August Pehrs, the South -Half of the North -west Quarter of Sectijon
<br />Fourteen, and the East two - thirds of the North -west quarter of the North -west quarter of Sect -i'
<br />ion Twenty -four and the East two - thirds of Lot Four, in Section Twenty -four, all in Township
<br />Ten, North of Range Ten, lest, in Hall County, Nebraska, and charge the same with the payment ii
<br />of Seven Thousand Dollars to be made by my said son, August Pehrs, as hereinafter stated.
<br />Subject to the life estate given to my said wife in Clause Two of this Will, I give, devise
<br />and bequeath to my daughter, Dora Schwieger, the South -east Quarter of the South -west Quarter
<br />of Section Fifteen, and the East half of the Northwest Quarter of Section Twenty -two, all in
<br />Township Ten, North of Range Ten, ?hest, in Hall County, Nebraska, and charge the same with the
<br />,payment of Four Thousand Dollars, to be made by my said daughter, Dora Schwieger, as herein -
<br />after stated.
<br />;Fourth: The said sum of Eleven Thousand Dollars charged against the land and Real Estate devil-
<br />ed to my son, August Pehrs, and to my said daughter, Dora Schwieger, in Clause Three of this
<br />`Will, I give and bequeath and direct that same shall be paid to the following named persons,
<br />in the amounts herein stated, that is to say:
<br />To my step -son, Paul Mahn, the sum of Two Thousand Dollars.
<br />To my step -son, Louis Mahn, the sum of Two Thousand Dollars.
<br />To my step- dau -hter, .Meta Wegner, the sum of Two Thousand Dollars.
<br />To John Moll, son of my deceased step- daughter, Ida Doll, the sum of Six Hundred and Sixty -six:'
<br />i and 66/100 Dollars. I'
<br />To Doris Moll, daughter of my deceased step- daughter, Ida Moll, the sum of Six Hundred and
<br />Sixty -six and 66/100 Dollars.
<br />To Mary Moll, daughter of my deceased step - daughter, Ida Moll, the sum of Six Hundred and
<br />Sixty -six and 66/100 Dollars.
<br />To my daughter, Louise Gutschow, the sum of Two.Thousand Dollars.
<br />To my grand- daughter, Augusta Meier, daughter of said Louise Gutschow, the sum of One Thousand''
<br />Dollars.
<br />And I direct that in case of the death of any of the legatees named in this Clause, of my Vill
<br />prior to my death, then his share shall not lapse, but said legacy shall be paid to his heirs
<br />at -law, as provided by the Statutes of Nebraska, relative to the descent of property.
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<br />�I hereby direct that the above stated amounts given to the various legatees in this Clause of
<br />,!my Will, shall be paid to them, severally, without interest, One year after the death of my
<br />wife, and seven Thousand Dollars thereof is hereby made a lien upon the land given to my said
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