Last Will and Testament of
Jane  Owen


            I,  Jane Owen,  of Waldron, Shelby County, Indiana, make and publish this, my last will and testament, and hereby revoke any and all former wills by me at any time heretofore made.

            Item 1st:  I hereby nominate my son, William Sliger, to be the Executor of this Will.

            Item 2nd :  Out of the first moneys coming into  the hands of my said Executor he shall pay all debts justly owing by me at the time of my death, the expenses of administration of my estate, and erect at my grave a monument to cost not to exceed One Hundred Dollars.

            Item 3rd:  I hereby give, will and devise to my son, William Sliger, to had and held by him in fee-simple, the house and lot which I own in Waldron, Shelby County, Indiana, being the property conveyed to me by Harry Michael Cotterman and Addie, his wife, and including with said lot all improvements thereon; I give and will, also, to my said son William my china closet and his choice of all carpets owned by me at the time of my death; and I give and bequeath to my said son William, also, the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, which he shall take out of the moneys coming into his hands as Executor of this Will.

            Item 4th:  I hereby give, will and bequeath to my children, Millie Redenbeaugh, Charles D. Owen and Ray Owen, each a feather bed; and, all the residue of my household goods and furniture I hereby give, will and bequeath to my two daughters, to divide between them equally as near as practicable in value.

            Item 5th:  I hereby give, will and bequeath to each of my four children, Millie Redenbaugh, Leona Meek, Charles D. Owen and Ray Owen, two hundred dollars ($200.00), the sums to be paid to my said children, respectively, by my executor, out of my personal property, as soon as practicable after my death; and I also give, will and bequeath to my step-daughter, Mrs. Annetie Miller, the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) to be paid to her by my Executor as soon as practicable after my death, out of my personal estate.

            Item 6th:  I hereby give, will and bequeath my gold watch and chain (being that heretofore presented to my by my children) to my daughter, Leona Meek, and charge my said Executor with the delivery of said watch and chain to my said daughter.

            Item 7th:  All the rest and residue of my estate shall be converted into money, as soon as practicable after my death, by my Executor; and, on final settlement of my estate my said Executor shall divide all said residue of moneys in his hands into five equal shares, and shall give and pay over one equal share of said moneys to each of my five children, Viz; William Sliger, Millie Redenbaugh, Leona Meek, Charles D. Owen and Ray Owen.

            Item 8th:  It is my express wish and direction that in case of my son, Ray Owen, shall depart this life before my own death, then the share in my estate in this will given to him shall be directly to his son, Earl Owen, or to the legal guardian of said Earl Owen, should he not then have attained the age of twenty one years.

            Item 9th:  In case any legatee, devises or beneficiary under this will shall institute or prosecute, or cause to be instituted or prosecuted any action to detest or in any way set aside this, my will, or any part thereof, then and in such case the legacy, devise or benefit hereinbefore in this will given to such person or persons shall thereby be forfeited and annulled, and shall revert and inure to the residue of my estate, to be divided equally among the remaining beneficiaries under this will; and such person or persons, so contesting this will or seeking to set it aside, shall take and receive nothing whatever under any provision of this, my will.

            And, in Witness of this, my will, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this, the 30th day of September, 1910.

Jane Owen   (SEAL)

            On this 30th day of September 1910, the above named Testatrix, Jane Owen, signed and sealed the foregoing instrument and declared the same to be her last will and testament, in our presence and hearing; and, at the time and place, in the presence of said Testatrix and at her request, and in the presence of each other, we, the undersigned have hereunto set our names as witnesses to and of said will.

Samuel Laughlin
Edward H. Chadwick



State of Indiana, Shelby County, SS

            Be it remembered, that on the 21st day of October, A.D. 1916 the 18th judicial day of the October Term of the Shelby Circuit Court in said year, come into open Court O.L. Williams and produces in Court an instrument in writing purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Jane Owen, deceased, and now moves the admittance thereof to probate and record, and in proof of said Will introduces Samuel Laughlin 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 30th day of September, 1910 he saw the said Jane Owen sign her name to said instrument in writing as and for her last Will and Testament; and that this deponent, at the same time, heard the said Jane Owen declare the said instrument in writing to be her last Will and Testament, and that the said instrument in writing was, at the same time, at the request of said Jane Owen and with her consent attested and subscribed by the said Samuel Laughlin and Edward H. Chadwick in the presence of said testator, and in the presence of each other, as subscribing witnesses thereto, and that the said Jane Owen was, at the time 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 believes, and further deponent says not.

Samuel Laughlin


            Sworn to and subscribed by the said Samuel Laughlin before me Cecil B. Collins Clerk of said Court, at Shelbyville Indiana the 21st day of September 1916.

Cecil B. Collins Clerk



            Whereupon it is ordered, adjudged and decreed by the Court that said instrument in writing purporting to be the last Will of Jane Owen deceased, is the last Will and Testament of Jane Owen deceased, and is hereby admitted to probate and record in this Court.

Cecil B. Collins Clerk



State of Indiana, Shelby County, SS:

            I, Cecil B. Collins Clerk of the Circuit Court of Shelby County, Indiana, do hereby certify that the within annexed Will and Testament of Jane Owen has been duly admitted to probate, and duly proved by the testimony of Samuel Laughlin one of the subscribing witnesses thereto, that a complete record of said Will, and of the testimony of said Samuel Laughlin in proof thereof, has been by me duly made and recorded in Book 7 at Pages 170 and 171 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 21st day of October 1916.

(SEAL)                 Cecil B. Collins Clerk
                                Circuit Court Shelby County

Transcribed by Barb Huff

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