Wills:   Catherine Armstrong,  1876:  Baltimore County, Maryland

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In the name of God, Amen.   I  Catherine Armstrong of Baltimore County in
the State of Maryland being sick and weak in body, but sound and disposing
mind, memory and understanding, considering the certainty of death, and the
uncertainty of the time thereof, and being desirous to settle my worldly
affairs, and  thereby being the better  prepared to keave this world when it
should please God to call me hence, do therefore make and publish this, my
last will and testament, in manner and form folllowing that is to say;
First and principally I commit my soul into the hands of Almight God; and my
body to the earth, to decently buried and after my debts and funeral charges
are paid, I devise and bequeath as follows
First  I desire  and direct that all my estate both real and personal be
sold and converted into money as soon as possible  without sacrifice, and in
the discretion of my executor- hereinafter named
Second  Haveing in my judgement amply provided for my son Daniel S.
Armstrong during his life time  I give and bequeath to his lawful heirs the
sum of one dollar to  distributed equally among them
Third   I give and bequeath to my son Henry S. Armstrong one fifth of the
nett proceeds of my Estate.
Fourth   I give and bequeath to my daughter Margaret Hicks the wife of John
Thomas Hicks one fifth of the nett proceeds of my Estate.
Fifth   I give and bequeath to my daughter Eliza M. Gartside the wife of Wm.
N. Gartside one fifth of the nett proceeds of my Estate.
Sixth    I give and bequeath to my daughter  Sarah J. Gibson wife of John
Gibson one fifth of the nett proceeds of my Estate.
Seventh    I give and bequeath to the children of my deceased daughter Mary
A. Harman named respectively as follows:  James N., Anna Mary, and Laura
Elizabeth,   one fifth of the nett proceeds of my Estate to be equally
divided among them each one to receive share and share alike.
Eightth  And I earnestly ask my children  to appropiate the money they shall
receive from my estate to the purchase of a home for themselves.  And I
further direcct that my Executor be paid no commission upon my estate and
that he receive nothing over and above his actual expenses as Executor and
incured in the discharge of his duty as such.
And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Henry S.
Armstrong, to be sole executor of this my last will and testament, revoking
and annulling all former wills by me heretofore made,  ratifying and
confirming this and none other to be my last will and testament.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this Twenty eighth day
of July in the year od our Lord one thousand eight hundred seventy six.

Catherine (her X mark) Armstrong
Witnesses:
Jas. S. Smith
Joseph R. Knight
James Cress