Logan County IL Archives Wills.....Bock, Henrik 1921
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Source: Logan County Court Records
Written: 1921

Henrik Bock Order Admitting Will to Probate
transcription by William L. Stephenson, Jr., June 2006

State of Illinois
County of Logan

In the county court of said county
To the October A.D. 1921 Probate term.

Henrik Bock, Deceased.
Order Admitting Will To Probate
And now upon this twenty-eighth day of October A.D. 1921 this cause comes on 
to be heard upon petition of Jacob Lauer duly verified and filed herein, 
praying that a certain instrument in writing, also filed herein, be admitted 
to probate in this court, as the Last Will and Testament of Henrik Bock 
deceased, who, in said petition it is alleged, departed this life on or about 
the tenth day of September, A. D. 1921 being at that time a resident of the 
aforesaid county of Logan and having his surviving the following named 
persons, with relationship to deceased and places of residence, as far as to 
petitioner known, as his only heirs at law, legatees and devisees:
	Katherine Bock, widow, legatee and devisee, Lincoln, Ill;
	Adam Bock, brother, Seventh St., Lincoln, Ill.;
	Carolina Wilmert, sister, Atlanta, Ill.;
	Minnie Lawn, sister, Greenview, Ill.;
	Elizabeth Apel, sister, Lincoln, Ill;
	Mary C. Lauer, niece, Lincoln, Ill.;
	William A. Gosda, nephew, Atlanta, Ill.;
	Henry J. Gosda, nephew, Manito, Ill.;
	George G. Gosda, nephew, Blabon, N. Dak.;
	Carrie Smith, niece, Linday, Iowa;
	Minnie Sparks, niece, Lincoln, Ill.;
	George Raber, nephew, New Holland, Ill.;
	Ida Martin, niece, Lincoln, Ill.;
	Nellie Harp, niece, Middletown, Ill.;
	Mary Lorenz, niece, Selma, Calf.;
	Mary Berger, niece, Bradshaw, Neb.;
	Jacob Wilmert, nephew, Springfield, Ill.;
	Katie Drewy, niece, Springfield, Ill;

	Deaconess Home & Hospital of Lincoln, Illinois, legatee, Lincoln, Ill.;

Unknown Officers or Elders of the Protestant Church in Ilgeishein, Kries St., 
Wendell, R. B. Trier, Germany, legatee, Illgesheim, Kries St., Wendell R. B. 
Trier, Germany –

Unknown Heirs and Direct Descendants of Jacob Conrad, legatees, residence 
unknown
Unknown Heirs and Direct Descendants of Friedrick Conrad, legatees, residence 
unknown
Unknown Heirs and Direct Descendants of Phillip Conrad, legatees, residence 
unknown
Unknown Heirs and Direct Descendants of Caroline Hass nee Conrad, legatees, 
residence unknown
Unknown Heirs and Direct Descendants of Margaret Schneider nee Conrad, 
legatees, residence unknown
Unknown Heirs and Direct Descendants of Luise Kohl, legatees, residence unknown

And now the Court doth appoint C. Everett Smith, a practicing attorney of this 
Court, as guardian ad litem for the unknown minor heirs and minor direct 
descendants of Jacob Conrad, Friedrich Conrad, Phillip Conrad, Caroline Hass 
nee Conrad, Margaret Schneider nee Conrad, and Luise Kohl aforesaid, for this 
hearing, whereupon comes the said guardian ad litem and files answers herein.

And it now appearing to the court, from the proofs herein made, that the names 
of all the heirs, legatees and devisees of said deceased, and the respective 
places of residence of each, are in said petition correctly stated, except the 
heirs and legatees aforesaid, whose names and post-office address are alleged 
in said petition to be unknown, and that the clerk of this court did, within 
five days from the filing of said petition and not less than twenty days prior 
to the day heretofore set by this court for hearing on the same, send a copy 
of said petition, together with a notice of the time and place of said 
hearing, by mail, postage prepaid, to each of said parties, named as heirs and 
legatees in said petition, addressed to them at their respective places of 
residence as in said petition shown.

And it further appearing to the court, from the proofs herein made, that as to 
the heirs and legatees aforesaid, whose names and post-offices address are 
alleged in said petition to be unknown, notice by publication was given, for 
at least three weeks before the day heretofore set by this court for hearing 
on the said petition, in the Lincoln Daily Courier – Herald, a secular 
newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the aforesaid 
county of Logan, and regularly published therein for at least six months prior 
to the first publication of said notice, said publication notice having 
contained the names of the testator and his heirs at law, legatees and 
devisees, where known, and the time and place when and where said purported 
Will would be offered for probate;

And it now appearing to the court, from the proofs herein made, that the said 
Henrik Bock departed this life on or about the date in said petition alleged, 
being at that time a resident of the aforesaid county of Logan, and that due 
notice of the pendency of this proceeding has been given to all the heirs at 
law, legatees and devisees, in manner and form as by statute in such case made 
and provided, the court doth find that it has full and complete jurisdiction 
to hear and determine the cause.

And now on this hearing comes Joseph A. Tabke and Donald McCormick who appear 
to be credible witnesses and declare on oath before the court that they were 
present at the execution of said purported Will and saw the said Henrik Bock 
sign the same, that in his presence and at his request, they signed the same 
as witnesses thereto and that they believed the said Henrik Bock to be of 
sound mind and memory and under no restraint at the time of signing the same.

And now the court having heard the evidence and proofs herein and being 
sufficiently advised in the premises, doth find that the said purported Will, 
has been duly proven, that the sand was duly executed and attested according 
to law, that there is no proof of fraud, compulsion or other improper conduct 
exhibited herein sufficient to invalidate or destroy the same and that at the 
time of the execution of the same, the said Henrik Bock was of sound mind and 
memory and under no restraint.

It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed by the court that the said 
instrument be and the same is hereby admitted to probate in this court as the 
Last Will and Testament of Henrick Bock deceased, and that the same be entered 
of record herein.

And it now further appearing to the court that Jacob Lauer who is named and 
appointed in said Will to be the executor thereof, is a resident of the State 
of Illinois and willing to accept said trust, it is further ordered by the 
court that the said Jacob Lauer be and he is hereby appointed and confirmed as 
executor of the said Will, upon entering into bond as such, in the penal sum 
of $25,000 with securities approved by the Court and taking the oath provided 
by law.

And now comes the said executor, appointed as aforesaid, and having taken the 
oath provided by law, now presents to the court his said bond in the sum 
aforesaid and the same is by the court hereby approved, whereupon it is 
further ordered by the court that the said bond be filed and recorded and that 
letters testamentary issue to the executor appointed as aforesaid.

And now comes the said executor and fixes upon the January A.D. 1922 probate 
term of this court for the presentation and adjustment of claims against the 
said estate, which action is by the court hereby approved.

					Lawrence B. Stringer
						Judge of said Court.


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