Last Will and Testament
of
Sarah E. Fisher, deceased
I, Sarah E. Fisher of Shelby County, State of Indiana, hereby make my last
will and testament.
First: It is my will that all my just debts, and funeral expenses shall
be paid, and also expenses of settling my estate, and I want the same paid
out of the profits of the sale of my real estate of which I may die siezed.
Second: It is my that my daughter Mary Francis Fisher shall have all
personal property, including all household goods, and amoney (sic) on hand,
and I hereby give all such property to her at my decease.
Third: It is my will that at my death, my Executor hereinafter named,
shall sell all real estate that I then own, and after satisfying, and
discharging the obligations mentioned at item first above that the proceeds
of sale shall be distributed and given to my children vis: Edward Fisher, and
Mary Francis Fisher; They to take the same share and share alike.
Fourth: I hereby appoint my son Edward Fisher Executor of this will.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 10" day of July
1919.
Sarah E. Fisher
Subscribed by the said Sarah E. Fisher in our presence, and by her declared
to be her last will and testament, and attested by us as such in her
presence, and in the presence of each other this 10" day of July 1919.
Claude R. Henry
William Nading
State of Indiana, Shelby County, SS:
Be it remembered that on the 1st day of November, A.D., 1919 the 24"
judicial day of the October Term of the Shelby Circuit Court in said year,
come into open Court David Smith and produces in Court an instrument in
writing purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Sarah E. Fisher,
deceased, and now moves the admittance thereof to probate and record, and in
proof of said Will introduces Claude R. Henry, One of the subscribing
witnesses thereto, who being duly sworn by the Clerk of said Court, on oath,
declares and testifies as follows: that is to say: That on the 10" day of
July 1919 he saw the said Sarah E. Fisher 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 Sarah E. Fisher 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 the said Sarah E Fisher and
with her consent attested and subscribed by the said Claude Henry and William
Nading in the presence of said testator, and in the presence of each other,
as subscribing witnesses thereto, and that the said Sarah E. Fisher 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.
Claude R. Henry
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Claude R. Henry before me Gordon
Thurston Clerk of said Court, at Shelbyville, Indiana, the 1st day of
November 1919.
Gordon Thurston, Clerk
Whereupon it is ordered, adjudged and decreed by the Court that said
instrument in writing is the Last Will and Testament of Sarah E. Fisher
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 Court of Shelby County, Indiana
do hereby certify that the within annexed Will and Testament of Sarah E.
Fisher has been duly admitted to probate, and duly proved by the testimony of
Claude R. Henry one of the subscribing witnesses thereto, that a complete
record of said Will and of the testimony of the said Claude R. Henry in proof
thereof, has been by me duly made and recorded in Book at pages 441 and 442
of the record of Wills of said County.
In Attestation Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed myname, and affixed
the seal of the said Court at Shelbyville, Indiana, this 1st day of November,
1919.
Gordon Thurston, Clerk Circuit Shelby County.
Transcribed by Pat Lorentzen
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