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<br />� V�ILL AND DECREE RECORD !
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<br /> 28081—The Augustine Co., Grand Island, Nebr.
<br />�I TENTI�: I hereby appoint my beloved wife Carrie Whi'�eaell and my friend Erneat G. Kroger, 3oint
<br /> executors and trustees of this w311, hereby revoking any and aIl former wills by me made.
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<br /> Done at Grand Is7,and this 8�h day of January, A.D. , 1931.
<br /> Harry I. Whi�esell
<br />;r We, who�e nameg are h�re�antc� �ub�cribed, do hereby certify tha� tk�is ins�rument consisting of
<br /> three pagee, was on the date thereof, signed by Harry I. Whitesell, the testator, in our presenQ�
<br /> and in the presence of each of us, and at the same �ime in our presence of hearing, he c�eela.red
<br /> the same to be his last will and �es'Gament and we at his reques� and 3.n his presenc�, and in the
<br />� presence of each oth�r, si�r}ed our namea hereto ag witnesses.
<br /> � �'. E. Warren,
<br /> _ Grand I81and, Nebr. ;
<br /> F. L. Saov3.11
<br /> Grand Island, Nebr.
<br />(�) and thereto a�tached is the f ollowing certificate:
<br /> CERTSFICATE OF PROBATE OF WILL
<br /> STATE OF 1�1EBRASKA )
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<br /> HALL COUNTY )
<br /> At a �ession o�' the County Court held in the Coun�y Court Room �.n Grand IsZand, in said
<br /> C ounty, on the ,�'�h day of May, A.D. , 1936.
<br /> Present Paul' N. Kirk Coun�y Judge
<br /> In the A2atter of the Es'�ate
<br /> of �
<br /> � Harry I. Whitesell, deceased.
<br /> I, Pa�l N. K3,rk, Judge of the County Court in and for said County, do her�by aertify that
<br /> on the llth day of April, 1936, the �nstrument purporting to be the last will and te$tament of
<br /> Harry T. Whitesell, deceased, wa$ filed for probat� in th�.s Court. That on the ,�th da,y of' May,
<br /> 1936, said instrument to which this cer�ificate is attached was duly proved, proba�ed and allowed
<br /> as the last� will and testament of the real and persnnal es�Gate of said Haxry I. Whitesell,
<br /> deceased, and the same was ordered to be recorded in the records of the Court aforesaid.
<br /> IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereun�o set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court this
<br /> 5th day of May, 193�• �
<br /> (S E A L) Paul IV. Kirk, County Judge
<br /> and the said Carrie Whitesell and Ernes� G. Kroger, named in eaid Will were appointed execu�ora
<br /> thereof upon furnishing bond in the sum of �1,000 as ordered by this Court, which bond was
<br /> �'urniahed and approved; the Court further finds tha,t said Harry I. Whitesell, at the �ime of
<br /> his death, was married and that he left the #'ollowing heirs--at-law and only heirs-at-la.w, �o-witi
<br /> Carrie Whitesell, his widow, •
<br /> Mabel Hopkins, a daugh�er
<br /> Laura Davi�, a dau�hter
<br /> Grac� Grosecol�, �, daughter
<br /> Pearl Conrad, a daughter
<br /> Esther Whitesell., now Esther Whi�esell Hruby, a daugh�er
<br /> Marth�. Gro�ecole, now Martha Grosecole Bishop, a daughter,
<br /> John Wh3.tesell, a son, and . .
<br /> Harry I. Wh�.te sell, Jr. , a aon,
<br /> a11 over the age af twenty-one years.
<br /> F�URTH
<br /> The Cour� further finds that on the 11th day of May, 1936, an order of this Court was made
<br /> al3owing creditors three months from and after the 2nd day of July, 1936, in which to file their
<br /> elaim8 against sa3d esta�e and said executors one year in which '�o eettle said estat�, and further
<br /> ordering that no�ice to ereditors bE published in the Grand Island Independent, a legal newgpape�°
<br /> published and circulating in Ha11 County, Nebraska, f or three succeasive we�ks prior to the second
<br />{� ) day of June, 1936, and tha� a heaxing on claima filed againat said �atate would be held a� the
<br /> offiee of �he County Jtzdge o�' Hall County, Nebraska, on �Ghe 2nd day of September, 1936, at
<br /> 9 o� elock a.m. , and it appears by proo�' on file that notice of' said order was published as ordered
<br /> by this C ourt.
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<br /> The Court further finds that on �he 11th day of September, 1937, said Car�ie Wh�.tesell and
<br /> Ern�st G. Kroger, executors of said es�a�e filed in th�.s Court their inventory of the proper�y of
<br /> s�.id estate, and �hat according to sa�.d inventory the deeeased di�d seized and po�$essed ofi the
<br /> follow3.ng de scribEd property, to-wi'�:
<br /> Lo�' Fifteen (15) in Block Five (,� ) and Lots Three (3) and F�.ve (� ) �.n Block T�n (10) ,
<br /> alI in Colleg� Add�.'�ion to West Lawn �.n the City of Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska; �
<br /> The Southeas'� Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SE�NW�) and the sou�hwest Quarter (SW�)
<br /> and the Wes�G �ia1.f of the Sou�heast Quarter (W�SE�) and the Southwest Quart�r of �he
<br /> Northwest Quarter (SW�NW�) of Section Thirteen (13) , the South Half of the Sot�theast
<br /> Quarter (S�SE�� of Sec�ion Fourteen (l�) , �he Northeast Quarter (NE�) and �he E agt Half
<br /> of the Northwest Quarter (E�NW�) and �h� Sou�hwest Quarter (SW�) of Seetion Twenty-three
<br /> (23), the West Half of the Northwest Quarter (W�NW�) of Sect�.on Twenty-four (2�) , all
<br /> in �ownsh�.P Twenty-two (22) North, Range Fif�een (15 ), Wegt of the 6th P.M. in Garfield
<br /> County, Nebraska; , .
<br /> Promissory Note in the $um of �2,��.0� as se'� forth in said inventory;
<br /> The Court further f.inds tha� aceording '�o the terms, condi'�ions and provisions of' said Last W�.11
<br /> ' and Testamen� of said deceased, said property was devised and bequeathed un�o Ca�rie E. Whi�G�e11
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