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1 <br />II <br />WILL AND DECREE <br />No. 6 HALT. COUNTY <br />LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT <br />OF <br />MARY QUINN <br />KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: <br />I, Mary Quinn, widow of Jackson Township, Hall County and State of Nebraska, being of sound mind <br />and memory, but not unmindful of the possibility of death, do make, declare and publish this my <br />last Will and Testament, hereby revoking any and all other Wills made by me and hereby declare t' <br />to be my last Will and Testament: <br />1. <br />In the event of my death, I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses be first paid out <br />of my estate. <br />11. <br />I give, devise and bequeath unto Father Sullivan, or his successor, Priest of the Catholic Church <br />of Wood River, Nebraska, the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), the income from which I request <br />to be used for the purpose of caring for the grave in which I may be buried. I request that the <br />income from said money be used for that purpose of keeping said grave in a presentable condition. <br />111 <br />I give, devised and bequeath unto Father Sullivan, or his successor, Priest of the Catholic Chur <br />of Wood River, Nebraska, the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to be used for prayers for the <br />repose of myself and friends. <br />1V <br />William Craig has been in my employ for many years last past, and as an evidence of my appreciation <br />of his faithful service, I give to him the life use of the cottage situated on my property West o <br />Wood River, Nebraska, to -wit, situate on the North half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 26, <br />Township 10, North of Range 12, West of the 6th P.M., in Jackson Township, in Hall County, Nebraska. <br />and to have and to use said cottage as his home during his life time, and in addition thereto I <br />give, devise and bequeath unto the said William Craig an annuity of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars <br />($250.00) per year to be paid to him during the term of his life, and I impress the payment of <br />said sum to the said William Craig as a charge against my estate. <br />V. <br />All the rest and residue of my property of all kinds and nature whatsoever, both real and perso <br />which I may own at the time of my death, I give, devise and bequeath unto my beloved niece, Ellen <br />Farrell, she the said Ellen Farrell being the daughter of John Farrell, my brother, and she now <br />residing with me at our home West of Wood River, this bequest made to her and to her heirs and <br />assigns forever. <br />In the event of the death of the said Ellen Farrell before my death, and in the event of her <br />marriage and leaving children surviving her, then I direct that the bequest herein made shall <br />descend to her children, but in the event of her death prior to my death leaving no children <br />surviving her, I give, devise and bequeath the property herein bequeathed to Ellen Farrell to the <br />Catholic Church of Wood River, Nebraska; it being my desire that no part of the property herein <br />bequeathed to Ellen Farrell shall descend to her heirs, unless said heirs be her children. <br />V1. <br />I request that in the event of my death, W.A.Prince of Grand Island,Nebraska, who has drawn this <br />Will and who is familiar with my wishes in reference to the disposing of my property shall be <br />appointed as executor of this my last Will and Testament. <br />IN WITNESS to the execution of the foregoing gill, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the <br />101 <br />