Parke County IN - Will of Matthew Noel USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb I MATTHEW NOEL OF THE COUNTY OF PARKE AND STATE OF IND. DO MAKE AND PUBLISH THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. FIRST I DESIRE THAT MY FUNERAL EXPENSES BE FIRST PAID OUT OF MY PERSONEL ESTATE. 2ND. IT IS MY WILL THAT AFTER MY FUNERAL EXPENSES ARE PAID THAT MY BELOVED WIFE MYRA SHALL HAVE ALL MY PERSONEL PROPERTY TO USE AND DISPOSE OF THE SAME IN THE MANNER SHE MAY DEEM PROPER.3RD. I DIRECT THAT MY EXCUTOR HEREINAFTER NAMED SHALL HAVE FULL POWER AND AUTHORITY TO SELL AND DISPOSE OF SO MUCH OF MY TOWN PROPERTY ( CONSISTING OF HOUSES AND LOTS) AS MAY BE FOUND NECESARY TO PAY AND DISCHARGE ALL MY DEBTS/ 4TH. IT IS MY WILL THAT MY BELOVED WIFE MYRA SHALL HAVE AND ENJOY ALL MY REAL ESTATE REMAINING AFTER MY DEBTS ARE PAID. DURING HER LIFE AND AT HER DEATH THE SAME SHALL GO TO MY CHILDREN IN EQUAL PROPORTIONS . PROVIDED MY SAID CHILDREN SHALL ALL BE LIVING AT THE DEATH OF MY WIFE. AND IN THE EVENT THAT ANY OF MY SAID CHILDREN SHALL NOT BE LIVING AT THE DEATH OF MY WIFE, THEN IN THAT CASE IT IS MY WILL THAT THE RESPECTIVE PORTION WHICH THEY WERE TO HAVE TAKEN UNDER MY WILL PROVIDED THEY WERE LIVING AS AFORESAID SHALL GO TO THEIR CHILDREN IN EQUAL PROPORTION. 5TH I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY SON JOHNSON TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS OUT OF MY ESTATE IN ADDITION TO AN EQUAL SHARE AS AFORESAID TO BE PAID TO HIM AT THE TIME AND IN THE MANNER THE EXCEYTOR MAY DEEM PROPER. 6TH. I NOMINATE ORDAIN AND APPOINT ALEXANDER PUETT AND JOHNSON P. NOEL MY SON EXCUETOR OF THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. MATTHEW NOEL Sandra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/7259