Henry County IA Archives Wills.....Ames, Mosier March 27, 1895
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Source: Henry County Iowa Will Record, Vol D-e, 1899-1915
Written: March 27, 1895
Recorded: February 20, 1900

page 33
Last Will and Testament of Mosier Ames, Deceased

In the name of God Amen
   I Mosier Ames of the town of Olds in the County of Henry and
State of Iowa of the age of sixty five years and being of 
sound mind and memory do make and publish and declare this my
last will and testament in manner following--
that is to say
  First- I desire that all my just debts including my funeral
expenses shall be paid as soon after my decease as possible.
  Second- I desire that my wife Charlotte Ames shall have the
use and control of all my property both personal and real
during her widowhood.
  Third- My two daughters Florence Rozelle and Edna Botts have
both received their just share of my estate.
  Fourth- To my son Verner Ames all my estate personal and real
that shall be remaining after the decease of myself and wife
provided he shall be living at that but in case of his death
previous to the death of myself or my wife said Charlotte Ames
or the survivor of us then one third of said estate I give to
Hattie Ames wife of Verner Ames and the remaining two thirds 
to my daughter Edna Botts.
   In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this the 
27th day of March 1895.
                                      His
                               Mosier  X  Ames
                                      Mark
The above instrument consisting of one sheet of paper was as
the date thereof signed and  declared by the said Mosier Ames
as for his last will and testament in presence of us who at
his request and in his presence have subscribed our names as
witnesses thereof.
                              
                          S. L. White, Olds, Henry Co. Iowa
                        Sylvester Smith, Wayne, Iowa

State of Iowa}
 Henry County}
             ? A. W. Miller, Clerk of the District Court of
said County do hereby certify that the foregoing instrument
purporting to be the last Will and Testament f Mosier Ames
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deceased, was duly proven before the District Court of Henry
County, aforesaid, at it's regular term, A. D. 1900, and by
said Court this day allowed and admitted to record and
established and declared to be the last Will and Testament
of Mosier Ames deceased and ordered to be certified and
recorded as such last Will and Testament.
   Witness my hand and seal of said Court, affixed at
Mt. Pleasant, Iowa this 20th day of February 1900
                         A. W. Miller
                         Clerk of District Court
                         by Ella Spray Deputy

           Proof of Will
State of Iowa}
Henry County }
            In the District Court
                       Feb Term 1900
      To Whom It May Concern:-
Notice is hereby given that an instrument in writing purporting
to be the last Will and Testament of Mosier Ames, late of
said County, deceased, was brought into the office of the
Clerk of the District Court and publicly read as such last
Will and |Testament. And the same being filed, the Clerk fixed
10 o'clock a.m. of the 13th day of February 1900, such being 
the 2nd day of the regular February Term 1900, thereof as
the time for hear of proof before said Court of the genuineness
of such Will.
    Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this
10th day of January, A. D. 1900
                        A. W. Miller
                    Clerk of Said Court
State of Iowa}
Henry County }
           I Geo. E. Throop Editor of the Mt. Pleasant News Daily
and Weekly editions, published in Henry County, Iowa, and of 
general circulation therein, do solemnly swear that a notice of
which the annexed is a true copy, was published in three 
consecutive issues of the News, the last of said publications
being made on the 24th day of Jan 1900
                          Geo. E. Throop
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  Subscribed and sworn to by Geo E. Throop before me this
8th day of Feb 1900.
                            A. W. Miller Clk
                           by Ella Spray Deputy


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