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No. 7 HALL COUNTA <br />FINAL DECREE <br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF BUTLER COUNTY, NEBRASKA. <br />In the Matter of the Estate of ) "I <br />FINAL DECREE. <br />Mary A.McGowan, Deceased. ) <br />Now on this 16th day of December, 1937, at the hour of 10 o'clock A.M. this matter came on to be <br />further heard upon the final report of Henry L.McGowan, as administrator of the estate of Mary A. <br />McGowan, deceased, and upon the petition for final settlement of the said administrator, upon the <br />order for hearing and the notice given pursuant thereto, and the records, files and the evidence, <br />and the court, being fully advised in the premises, does find: <br />(1) That Mary A.McGowan, a resident and inhabitant of Butler County, Nebraska, died intestate <br />thereon on December 28, 1936, seized of the following described real estate, to -wit: <br />The East Half (El /2) of the Northwest Quarter (NW1 /4), the West Half (W 1/2) of the Northeast <br />Quarter (NEI /4), the Southwest Quarter (SW1 4) of the Northwest quarter (NW1 /4), and the West <br />Half (Wi /2) of the Southwest Quarter (SW1 all in Section Three (3), the Southeast Quarter <br />(SE1 /4) of Section Four (4), and the Northwest Quarter (NW1 /4) of Section Ten (10),all in <br />Township Fifteen (15),North,Range One (1),East of the Sixth Principal Meridian in Butler County, <br />Nebraska; the West 79 acres of the North Half (N1 2) of the Northwest Quarter (NW1 /4) of section <br />Two (2), Township Nine (9),North,Range Twelve (12�, and the Southeast Quarter (SE1 /4) of the <br />Southwest Quarter (SW1 /4) of Section Thirty -five (35), Township Ten (10),North, Range Twelve (12), <br />all West of the Sixth Principal Meridian in Hall County, Nebraska. <br />(2) The court further finds that the final report and acaDunt herein filed by the administrator <br />is in all respects true and correct, and the same - should be and hereby is approved and confirmed. <br />(3) The court further finds that the said Mary A.McGowan at the time of her death was a widow and <br />left surviving her as her sole and only heirs at law and the persons entitled to inherit the above <br />described real estate the following children to -wit: Henry L.kcGowan, her son, and Anna L.McGowan, <br />Catherine M.McGowan and Loretta Mae Kosch, formerly Loretta Mae McGowan, daughters, all residents <br />of Butler County, Nebraska, and that each of said heirs at law, on the death of the said Mary A. <br />McGowan, inherited an undivided one - fourth of all of the real estate above described. <br />(4) The court further finds that the time for filing claims has expired and all claims against <br />said estate have been duly and legally barred by an order of this court. <br />(5) The court further finds that said estate descends free of a federal estate tax and a state <br />inheritance tax. <br />WHEREFORE, it is ordered, adjudged and decreed that the final report and account of the administra- <br />tor of said estate be and the same is hereby approved and confirmed and that the distributive <br />shares of the fund remaining in the hands of the administrator, as disclosed by his report, have <br />been distributed in accord with the law among the-four said heirs at law of the said Mary A. <br />McGowan,-deceased, and that the receipt therefor is on file herein. <br />It is further ordered, adjudged and decreed that the said Mary A.McGowan left surviving her as her <br />sole and only heirs at law and those entitled to share as heirs and distributees in her said estate, <br />the following named children, to -wit: Henry L.McGowan, a son, Anna I.McGowan, Catherine M.McGowan <br />and Loretta Mae Kosch, daughters, and each of the said four heirs at law, on the death of the said <br />Mary A.McGowan, deceased, acquired an undivided one - fourth of all of the following described real <br />estate in fee simple, to -wit: The East Half (El /2) of the Northwest Quarter (NW1 /4), the West <br />Half (W1 12) of the Northeast Quarter (NEI /4), the Southwest Quarter (SWl /4) of the Northwest Quar- <br />ter (NW1 /4), and the West Half (Wl /2) of the Southwest Quarter (sWl /4), all in Section Three (3), <br />the Southeast Quarter (SE1 /4) of Section Four (4), and the Northwest Quarter (NW1 /4) of Section <br />Ten (10), all in Township Fifteen (15), North,Range One (1),East of the Sixth Principal Meridian <br />in Butler County, Nebraska; the West 78 acres of the North Half (N1 12) of the Northwest Quarter <br />(NW1 /4) of Section Two (2), Township Nine (9),North,Range Twelve (12),and the Southeast Quarter <br />(SE1 /4) of the Southwest Quarter (SW1 /4) of Section Thirty -five (35), Township Ten (10), North, <br />Range Twelve (12), all west of the Sixth Principal Meridian in Hall County, Nebraska. <br />By the Court: J.C.Hranac <br />(SEAL) County Judge <br />