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<br />residue and remainder of my estate, both real and personal,to my daughter, Annie Rickard Eldridge
<br />of Wood.River, Nebraska. In the event my daughter Annie Rickard Eldridge should not be living;!
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<br />at the time of the death of my wife, then in that event, I give, devise and bequeath all of thq
<br />rest, residue and remainder of my estate, both real and personal to my grandsons, Jesse Eldridge
<br />ind Jasper Eldridge, in equal shares.
<br />LASTLY, I hereby make, constitute and appoint my wife, Catharine Rickard, as Executrix of this,:'
<br />my Last Will and Testament.
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 2nd day of September, A.D.,1930.
<br />Tenant Lewis Rickard.
<br />This instrument was on the day of the date thereof, signed, published and declared by the said
<br />testator, Tenant Lewis Rickard, to be his Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us who a
<br />his request have subscribed our names hereto as witnesses in his presence and in the presence
<br />of each other.
<br />C.E.Grundy of Grand Island,Nebraska.
<br />Bess Thompson of Grand Island,Nebraska.
<br />And attached to said will is the following certificate, to -wit:
<br />STATE OF NEBRASKA ) At a session of the County Court held in the County Court Room in
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<br />HALL COUNTY ) Grand Island., in said County, on the 20th day of Fanuary A.D.,1931.
<br />Present County Judge Paul N.Kirk,
<br />In the Matter of the Estate
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<br />Tenant Lewis Rickard, deceased.
<br />I, Paul N.Kirk, Judge of the County Court in and for said County, do hereby certify that on
<br />the 29th day of December, 1930, the instrument purporting to be the last will and testament
<br />of Tenant Lewis Rickard, deceased, was filed for probate in this Court. That on the 20th day
<br />jof January 19312 said instrument to which this certificate is attached was duly proved, pro- {'
<br />; :bated and allowed as the last will and testament of the real and personal estate of said Tenanj
<br />Lewis Rickard, deceased, and the same was ordered to be recorded in the records of the Court !':.
<br />'i aforesaid.
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court this
<br />20th day of January 1931.
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<br />(SEAL) Paul N.Kirk, County Judge.
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<br />ETHE COURT FURTHER FINDS that said Tenant Lewis Rickard died siezed in fee of the following desi
<br />cribed real estate, to -wit:
<br />ij Lots Eleven (11),Twelve (12), Thirteen (13) and Fourteen (14) in Block Two (2)
<br />in Powell 's Addition to the Village of Alda, also Fractional Lots One (1) and
<br />Two (2) in Block'Three (3) in said Powell's Addition to the Village of Alda,
<br />according to the recorded Plat thereof, all in said Hall County,Nebraska.
<br />THE COURT FURTHER FINDS that under and by virtue of the terms of said will, said.premises did
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<br />' pass and descend at the death of the testator, to Catharine Rickard, his widow for the-term of I
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<br />i her natural life, and that at the death of said Catharine Rickard, said premises shall descend!
<br />to Annie Rickard Eldridge, daughter of the deceased, on condition that she survive said Cathar� �ne
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<br />ii Rickard, and in the event that said Annie Rickard Eldridge does not survive said Catharine
<br />Rickard, then said premises shall descend to Jesse Eldridge and Jasper Eldridge, grandsons of
<br />li the said Tenant Lewis Rickard, and to their heirs forever.
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<br />i. THE COURT FURTHER FINDS that said Jesse Lewis Eldridge died on the 7th day of February 1931, a
<br />minor of the age of - - - -- years.
<br />it IT IS THEREFORE CONSIDERED BY THE COURT that the report of the Executrix, be and the same is
<br />roved and allowed as and for her final account, and that all persons are forever barred
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