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TUEAUGUSTIHECO. 20112.2.41 DECREE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF I. CLARA POWELL LAMB,DECEASED IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY,NEBRASKA DECREE Now on this 30th day of December,1942,this matter came on to be heard upon the pleadings and the evidence and was submitted to the Court,on consideration whereof the Court finds that due and legal notice of this proceedings has been given to all persons interested in said matter both creditors and heirs as required by law.That all of the statements and allegations set forth in said petition are true ;that the said Clara Powell Lamb died intestate in Hall County,Nebraska,in the year 1892,possessed of an undivided interest in the following described real estate,to -wit: The West Half of the Northwest Quarter (W2NWJ) and the, West 78 rods of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NgNWJ) of Section Four (4) in township Nine (9), Range Eleven (11),West of the 6th P.M., Hall County, Nebraska, and containing 119 acres, with other land, being the interest she received as one of the grantees in a patent executed to "The Heirs of Daniel Powell, Deceased ", recorded in Book 1 Page 265 of Deed Records of Hall County, Nebraska; that she was one of the heirs of the said Daniel Powell, Deceased, living at the time of the issuance of said patent. That no administration of the estate of Clara Powell Lamb has been had in the State of Nebraska, nor has any application for the appointment of an administrator been made. That she was survived at the time of her death by her husband, William H.Lamb, and two children, they being, George Lamb and Martha Lamb; that subject to the life interest of the husband William H. Lamb, her interest in said real estate passed and descended to her heirs at law, George Lamb and Martha Lamb in equal shares. It is therefore considered and adjudged by the Court that the interest of Clara Powell Lamb in the above described real estate be, and the sgme hereby is, assigned to William H.Lamb, her husband, for 1y� ,f��e and subject to his life interest therein, to George Lamb and Martha Lamb her children and. only;h Ira at law, in equal shares. It is further considered and adjudged by the Court that all claims and demands, whether due or to become due, whether absolute or contingent, be and the same are hereby forever barred. Paul N.Kirk County Judge IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA CERTIFICATE. STATE OF NEBRASKA ) ss. I, Paul N.Kirk, County Judge of Hall County Nebraska, do hereby certify HALL COUNTY ) thftt I have compared the foregoing copy of becree of Heirship entered IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLARA POWELL LAMB, DECEASED, with the original record thereof, now remaining in said Court, that the same is a correct transcript thereof, and of the whole of such original record; that said Court is a Court of Record having a seal, which seal is hereto attached; that said Court has no Clerk authorized to sign certificates in his own name, and that I am the legal custodian of said Seal and of the Records of said Court, and that the foregoing attestation is in due form of law. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court, at Grand Island, this 31st day of December, 1942. Paul N.Kirk (SEAL) Count Judge Filed for record this 31 day of December, 1942, at 11 :00 o'clock A.M. Register of Deed CERTIFIED COPY COPY OF WILL AND CERTIFICATE OF PROBATE \ KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That I, August Gake, a resident of Milford, in Seward County, Nebraska, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, and considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, do hereby make, publish and declare, this my LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, in the manner and form following, that is to say: FIRST: I direct that my funeral expenses, the expenses of my last sickness, and all other just debts which I may be owing at the time of my death, be first fully paid out of my personal property. If that be insufficient, I authorize my Executor hereinafter named, to sell so much of my real estate as may be necessary for that purpose, without the order or license of any court therefor. SECOND: Subject to the above provision, I give, will, devise and bequeath, all of the rest, $esidue and remainder of my property and estate,•to my Executor hereinafter named, in trust, and for the purpose of selling and converting thesame into cash, and making distribution of the pro- ceeds thereof, in the manner following, to -wit: (a) I give, will and bequeath, .to the children of my living brother, Fred Gake, who may be livinf at the time of my death, an undivided one -fifth thereof, as tenants in common. (b I give, will and bequeath, to the children of my deceased sister, Minnie Notts who may be livin at the time of my death, an undivided one -fifth thereof, as tenants in common. (c� I give, will and bequeath, to the children of my deceased sister, Mary Bute, who may be livin at the time of my death, an undivided one -fifth thereof, as tenants in common. (d g I give, will and bequeath, to the children of my deceased brother, John Gake, who may be livin at the time of my death, an undivided one -fifth thereof, as tenants in common. (e� I give, will and bequeath, to the children of my living sister, Emma Lohmeier, who may be living at the time of my death, the remaining undivided one -fifth thereof, as tenants in common. THIRD: Should either of the children of my living brother Fred Gake, my deceased sister Minnie Note,my deceased sister Mary Bute, my deceased brother John Gake, or my living sister Emma Lohmeier, die during my lifetime, leaving issue or descendants, I direct that his or her share shall not lapse, but shall be paid to the issue or descendants of any such deceased nephew or niece, share and share alike, as tenants in common. FOURTH: I hereby make, constitute and appoint my friend, John W.Conrad, of Milford, Nebraska, sole Executor and Trustee of this my LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT; and I hereby authorize and empower my said Executor and Trustee, to sell and dispose of any and all of my property and estate, for the purpose of making the distribution hereinabove provided for, within such time as in his judgment is for the best interest of my estate; and I hereby authorize and empower that in mating any s c dales, that he shall do so without the order, license or authority of any Court therefor, being'horized to make and execute any and all necessary deeds or other instruments of conveyance for that purpose. D 1 J 7