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<br />IN TESTIMONY 11HEREOF I have hereunto set my hand end affixed the seal of the County Court, at
<br />Grand Island, this 10th day of April 1934.
<br />Paul N. Kirk
<br />(SEAL) County Judge
<br />Filed for record this 12th day of Aprils 1P342 at 1:00 o'clock P.M. Ciw.� 9=��
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<br />DECREE
<br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA
<br />IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE:OF )
<br />D E C R E E
<br />SARAH BOWKER,_DECEASED.
<br />Now, on this 10th day of April, 1934, this cause came on for hearing upon the petition of Fred H.
<br />Harder, praying for the settlement of said estate, for a determination of the heirship and right
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<br />of descent of the realAbelonging to Sarah Bowker, and the degree of kinship of her heirs at law,
<br />and a decree settling her estate,
<br />And it appearing to the court from the proofs on file berein that due and legal' notice has been
<br />given by publication for three successive weeks, as by law and the order of this court provided,
<br />to all creditors, heirs at law and other persons interested in said estate, of the filing of said
<br />petition and of the time and place fixed for the hearing of the same, which time was not less t
<br />20 days nor more than 60 days after the filing of said petition, and there being no objections
<br />thereto, this cause was duly submitted to the court upon the petition and the evidence in support
<br />thereof, and the court being duly advised in the premises finds that the allegations in said pets
<br />Lion are true, and that said petitioner, Fred H.Harder, is the present owner of the real estate
<br />hereinafter described, and is a competent and proper person to prosecute this proceeding, that
<br />the said Sarah Bowker died intestate in Hall County, Nebraska on the 12th day of January, 1895,
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<br />at the time of her death, the said Sarah Bowker was a resident and inhabitant of Hall County,
<br />Nebraska, and died seized as the owner in fee simple of the following described real _ estate,to -wi
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<br />The South Half of the Northwest Quarter (SJNW +) of Section Eighteen (18) Township Twelve (12)
<br />North of Range Eleven (11), Hall County, Nebraska.
<br />and that more than two years have elapsed since her death, and that no application has ever been
<br />made in the state of Nebraska for the appointment of administrator of his estate and no petition
<br />filed for that purpose, and no administration has ever been had upon the estate of Sarah Bowker,
<br />deceased.
<br />The Court further finds that the said Sarah Bowker left surviving her as her heirs at law and
<br />only heirs at law, the following named persons, to -wit:
<br />John H.Pedley, a son,
<br />Charles D.Bowker, a son
<br />Mary E.Glover, a daughter
<br />Sarah Jane Cole, a daughter
<br />all of whom are of legal age, and that the said Sarah Bowker;was, at the time of her death, a
<br />widow.
<br />The Court further finds that under the laws of the State of Nebraska, in force at the time of the
<br />date of the death of the said Sarah Bowker, the real estate_hereinbefore described, passed and
<br />descended by absolute title to John H. Pedley one- fourth thereof, and to Charles D.Bowker one -
<br />fourth thereof, and to Mary E.Glover one- fourth thereof, and to Sarah Jane Cole one- fourth there
<br />f.
<br />The Court further finds that the funeral expense of said deceased have been fully paid and that
<br />all debts of the deceased and of his estate, if any such existed, are forever barred and precluded;
<br />and that the costs of these proceedings have been paid.
<br />IT IS THEREFORE_ ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED by the Court that the said Sarah Bowker died intes-
<br />tate in Hall County, Nebraska on the 12th day of January, 1995, that more than two years have
<br />elapsed between the death of the said Sarah Bowker and of the filing of the petition herein; tha
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