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State
of Indiana, County of Shelby
31 May 1911
I, John M. Haehl of the City of Shelbyville, in Shelby County, Indiana,
do make, declare and publish the following as my last Will and Testament.
Item 1.
I will and devise that all of my Just debts, funeral expenses and the
expenses of Administration of my estate be first paid by my executrix
hereinafter named out of my personal Estate if sufficient.
Item 2.
I will and devise and bequeath all of the residue of my estate both real
and personal to my beloved wife Sarah H. Haehl the real Estate to be owned and
held by her in fee simple and the personal property to be owned and held by her
absolutely.
Item 3.
I hereby nominate and appoint my wife Sarah H. Haehl as Executrix of this
my last Will.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 31 day of
May 1911.
John ( his + mark ) M. Haehl (seal)
Signed, sealed and acknowledged by the said John M. Haehl, as his
last Will and Testament in our presence, and signed by us as attesting witnesses
thereto in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other this 31
day of May 1911.
/s/ Thomas W. Fleming
Frank C. Sheldon
State of Indiana, Shelby County SS.
Be It Remembered, that on the 29 day of March A.D. 1912, the 17th
judicial day of the March Term of the Shelby Circuit Court in said year, come
into open Court Frank C. Sheldon, and produces in Court an instrument in
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writing purporting to be the last Will and Testament of John M.
Haehl, deceased, and now moves the admittance thereof to probate and record, and
in proof of said Will introduces Frank C. Sheldon, one of the subscribing
witnesses thereto, who being duly sworn by the Clerk of said Court, on oath,
declared and testify as follows, that is to say, That on the 31 day of May 1911
he saw the said John M. Haehl 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 M. Haehl 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 M. Haehl, and with his consent attested
and subscribed by the said Thomas M. Fleming and Frank C. Sheldon, and in the
presence of said testator and in the presence of each other as subscribing
witnesses thereto, and that the said John M. Haehl 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,
/s/ Frank C. Sheldon
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Frank C. Sheldon, before me Otto L.
Coyle, Clerk of said Court at Shelbyville, Ind., the 29th day of March 1912.
/s/ Otto L. Coyle, Clerk
Whereupon it is, adjudged and decreed by the Court that said instrument
in writing purporting to be the last Will and Testament of John M. Haehl,
deceased, is the last Will and Testament of John M. Haehl deceased and is hereby
admitted to probate and record
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in this court.
/s/ 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 John M. Haehl,
has been duly admitted to probate and duly proved by the testimony of Frank C.
Sheldon, one of the subscribing witnesses thereto, that a complete record of
said Will, and of the testimony of the said Frank C. Sheldon, in proof thereof
has been by me duly made and recorded in Book 6, at pages 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 29 day of March 1912.
/s/ Otto L. Coyle, Clerk
Circuit Court, Shelby Co.
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