Last  Will  and  Testament
of
Edward   H. Chadwick


          I  Edward H Chadwick  of Shelby County Indiana do hereby make and publish this my last will and testament, and do hereby revoke any and all former wills by me at any time heretofore made.

Item 1st
          I do hereby nominate my wife Mary Chadwick to be the executrix of the will and inasmuch as I shall by a subsequent item of this will give and bequeath and devise all my estate to my said wife and in as much as all material indebtedness owing by me at the time of my death shall probably be secured by mortgage in real estate it is my express will and direction that my said wife be not required to give bond for the faithful discharge of the direction of her trust.
          It is my further will and direction that said executrix be not required by any court to file any inventory of my estate nor to submit any report to any court of the administration of my estate except that after the lapse of one year from the issue of letters testamentary therein she shall file a final report in said estate showing payment of all debts and liabilities against said estate.
          It is my further wish that my son  John E Chadwick  shall assist his mother, as for as she shall wish in the settlement of said estate.

Item 2nd
          I do hereby give bequeath and devise to my beloved wife Mary Chadwick all property both real and personal of whatever description and whereover situate of which I shall be the owner at the time of my estate, the same to be hers absolutely and in fee simple forever.
          In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of April AD 1907.

Edward H. Chadwick  ( Seal )

Witnesses    Ovid Silverthorn
                  Robert W Baxton


          On the 25th day of April 1907 the share named testators signed sealed and declared the foregoing instrument to be his last will and testament in our presence and hearing and at the same time and place at the request of said testator and in his presence and in the presence of each other we the undersigned subscribed our names hereto as witnesses to and of said will.

Ovid Silverthorn
Robert W Buxton



State of Indiana Shelby County SS

          Be it remembered that on the 8th day of AD 1913 the 4th Judicial day of the May term of the Shelby Circuit Court in said year come into open court John E Chadwick and produces in court an instrument in writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Edward H Chadwick deceased and now moves the admittance thereof to probate and record and in proof of said will introduces Robert W Buxton the subscribing witnesses thereto who being duly sworn by the clerk of said court on oath declare and testify as follows that is to say;   That on the 25th day of April 1907 they saw the said Edward H Chadwick sign his name to said instrument in writing as and for his last will and testament and that the deponent as the same time heard the said Edward H Chadwick declare the said instrument in writing was, at the same time at the request of the said Edward H Chadwick and with his consent attested and subscribed by the said Robert W Buxton and with his consent attested and subscribed by the said Robert W Buxton and Ovid Silverthorn in the presence of said testator and in the presence of each other as subscribing witnesses thereto and that the said Edward H Chadwick was at the time of the signing and subscribing of said instrument in writing as aforesaid and of full age (that is more than twenty one years of age) and of sound and disposing mind and memory and not under any coercion or restraint as the said deponent verily believes and further deponent says not.

Robert W Buxton

          Sworn to and subscribed by the said Robert W Buxton before one Otto L Coyle Clerk of said Court at Shelbyville, Indiana the 8th day of April 1913.

Otto L Coyle Clerk

          Whereapon it is ordered, adjudged, and decreed by the court that said instrument in writing purporting to be the last will of Edward H Chadwick deceased is the last will and testament of Edward H Chadwick deceased and is hereby admitted to probate and record in this court.

Otto L Coyle Clerk


State of Indiana Shelby County SS

          I, Otto L Coyle Clerk of the Circuit Court of Shelby County, Indiana do hereby certify that the within annexed will and testament of Edward H Chadwick has been duly admitted to probate and duly proved by the testimony of Robert W Buxton one of the subscribing witnesses thereto that a complete record said will and of the testimony of the said Robert W Buxton in proof thereof  has been by me duly made and recorded in Book 6 at pages 320-326-327  of the record of Wills of said County.
          In attestation whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court at Shelbyville, Indiana this 8th day of May 1913.

Otto L Coyle, Clerk         
Circuit Court, Shelby County

Transcribed by Cynthia Snyder

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