Jackson County IL Archives Wills.....ALLISON, Bessie Helen Beatrice (nee TRAVESS) April 7, 1910
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Source: Photocopy Of Original Documents
Written: April 7, 1910
Recorded: August 18, 1924


Last Will and Testament - dated 7 April 1910 

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Bessie Helen Beatrice Allison, of the City of
Murphysboro, in the County of Jackson and State of Illinois, being of sound mind
and memory, and realizing the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death, do
make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking
any and all other wills by me heretofore executed. 

First -- It is my will and desire that my funeral expenses and all my just debts
shall be fully paid. 

Second -- I hereby give, devise and bequeath to my beloved husband, Frank A.
Allison, all of my estate, real and personal and mixed, of every kind and
character and wherever the same may be situation, whether owned by me now or
acquired by me here- after, to be his sole and absolute property forever. 

Lastly - I hereby nominate and appoint my said husband, Frank A. Allison, to be
the executor of this my Last Will and Testament, and it is my desire and wish
that he be allowed to act as such executer without bond or other security. 

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 7th day
of April, A. D. 1910. 

[Signed]       Bessie Hellen Beatrice Allison {seal} 

The above instrument, consisting of this sheet, was, at the date thereof ,
declared to us, by the said Bessie Helen Beatrice Allison, the testatrix therein
mentioned, to be her Last Will and Testament, and she at the same time
acknowledged to us and each of us, that she had signed and sealed the same, and
we, therefore, at her request and in her presence, and in the presence of each
other, signed our names thereto as attesting witnesses, believing the said
Bessie Helen Beatrice Allison to be, at the time of subscribing our names as
witness as aforesaid, of sound mind and memory. 

Wm S. Roberts [signature]  Residing at Murphysboro, Illinois Isaac K. Levy
[signature], Residing at Murphysboro, Illinois 

[note, although her name "Hellen" is spelled "Helen" throughout the typed
document, she signed her name with two "L's"] 

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STATE OF ILLINOIS Jackson county 

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Bessie Hellen Allison, DECEASED The following is
a full and perfect inventory of all the Real and Personal Estate of the said
Deceased, so far as the same has come to the possession or knowledge of the
undersigned Executor. 

"The Southeast quarter of Section Fourteen (14) in Township One Hundred Sixteen
(116) North of Range Seventy-Four (74) west of the Fifth P. M. containing 160
acres more or less, situation in the County of Sully and State of South Dakota
Value =  $1,600.00. 

I do certify that the foregoing is a full and correct inventory of all the Real
and Personal Estate or the proceeds of the same, which was of Bessie Hellen
Beatrice Allison, deceased which has been committed to my superintendence and
management, or which has come to my hands, possession or knowledge, and that the
Names and Accounts above described are in quality as above indicated. 

Dated this 18th day of August, 1924 Frank A. Allison [signature] Executor 


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