Last  Will  and  Testament
of

John  Wesley  Vanarsdall


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I,  John Vanarsdall,  of Shelbyville Indiana, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make and declare the following to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking any and all former wills at any time heretofore made by me.

Item 1.   I will and direct that all my just debts including expenses of my last sickness and funeral and the expenses of the administration of my estate under this will be paid by my executrix hereinafter named (can't read) of any money that may come into her hands from my estate. I further will and direct that my said Executrix shall purchase and have erected at my grave a monument at a cost of not to exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid for from my estate.

Item 2.   I will, devise and bequeath to my beloved wife,  Clara B. Vanarsdall,  in lieu of any rights or interest she may have or claim in my estate, as my widow, under the laws of the State of Indiana, all the residue and remainder of my estate, real and personal, for and during the term of her natural life only; and I further will and direct that at the death of my said wife, all proper and necessary expenses incurred, and not paid, during her last sickness for her, including all proper and necessary medical services for her and the expenses of her funeral and burial, shall be paid out of such residue of my estate so devised and bequeath to her by this Item.

Item 3.   At the death of my said wife, I will, devise and bequeath all the residue and remainder of my estate, remaining after the payment therefrom of the debts, charges and expenses name and provided for in the two foregoing items of this will, to my beloved children and step-daughter, to wit:  Orpha Fleming,  Ruth Stewart,  Dolph Vanarsdall  and  Glen Allen Powell, in fee simple and absolutely, share and share alike.

Item 4.   I hereby nominate and appoint my beloved wife, Clara B. Vanarsdall, as the Executrix of this my last will and testament and expressly will and direct that she shall serve as such Executrix without giving or being required by any Court to give any Bond in connection with the administration and settlement of my estate.  And I further will and direct that my friend  Albert F. Wray,  if then living, shall be employed by and not for her as her Attorney in the Settlement of my estate under this will.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 15th day of June 1918
John W. Vanarsdall   { seal }

The foregoing instrument is this day signed, acknowledged and declared by the above named John W. Vanarsdall, as his last will and testament in our resence together and is hereby signed by each of us in his presence and in the presence of each other and at his request as attesting witnesses thereto.
This 15th day of June 1918      
Geo. W. Vanlue
Wm. A. Major



State of Indiana, Shelby County, SS:

Be it remembered that on the 20th day of December A.D. 1919 the 66th judicial day of the October Term of the Shelby Circuit in said year, came into open court Albert F. Wray, Attorney and produces in Court an instrument in writing purporting to be the last will and testament of John W. Vanarsdall, deceased, and now moves the admittance thereof to probate and record, and in proof of said will introduces George W. Vanlue one of 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 15th day of June 1918 he saw the said John W. Vanarsdall sign his name to said instrument in writing as and for his last will and testament, and that this deponent, at the same time, heard the said John W. Vanarsdall declare the said instrument in writing to be his last will and testament, and that the said instrument in writing was, at the same time, at the request of the said John W. Vanarsdall and with his consent attested and subscribed by the said George W. Vanlue and William A. Major in the presence of said testator, and in the presence of eacvh other, as subscribing witness thereto, and that the said John W. Vanarsdall being at the same taime of the signing and subscribing of said instrument in writing, as aforesaid, 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, and further deponent says not.
Geo. W. Vanlue            


Sworn to and subscribed by the said George W. Vanlue before me Gordon Thurston Clerk of said Court, at Shelbyville Indiana the 20th day of December 1919
Gordon Thurston, Clerk


Whereupon it is ordered, and adjudged and decreed by the Court that said instrument in writing purporting to be the last will of John W. Vanarsdall deceased, is the last will and testament of John W. Vanarsdall deceased, and is hereby admitted to probate and record in this Court.
Gordon Thurston, Clerk



State of Indiana, Shelby County, SS:

I, Gordon Thurston Clerk of the Circuit of Shelby County, do hereby certify that the within annexed will and testament of John W. Vanarsdall has been duly admitted to probate, and duly proved by the testimony of George W. Vanlue one of the subscribing witnesses thereto, that a complete record of said will, and of the testimony of the said George W. Vanlue, in proof thereof, has been by me duly made and recorded in Book 7 page 454 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 20th day of December, 1919.
Gordon Thurston, Clerk
Circuit Court, Shelby County

Transcribed by Jann Rapp DeMeire

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