Will of Dora E. GERLACH (1924) Frederick County, Maryland This file was contributed by Mike Higgins ************************************************************************ * USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. ************************************************************************ LAST WILL OF DORA GERLACH SEPT 8,1924 DATE OF DEATH GEORGE R. DENNIS,EXECUTOR I,DORA E. GERLACH,OF FREDERICK COUNTY,STATE OF MARYLAND,DO HEREBY MAKE,ORDAIN,PUBLISH AND DECLARE THIS AS AND FOR MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT IN MANNER AND FORM FOLLOWING, AFTER PAYMENT OF ALL MY JUST DEBTS AND AND FUNERAL EXPENSES,I GIVE,DEVISE AND BEQUEATH AS FOLLOWS;- I HEREBY DIRECT MY EXECUTOR,GEORGE R. DENNIS,JR., TO SELL ALL OF MY PROPERTY REAL,PERSONAL AND MIXED. I GIVE AND BEQUEATH UNTO MY GRANDSON CHARLES WILES THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS,TO MY DAUGHTER LEDA DORA GERLACH THE SUM OF FIVE DOLLARS. THE RESIDUE OF MY PROPERTY AND THE PROCEEDS ARISING FROM THE SALE I DIRECT SHALL BE DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS OF EQUAL VALUE,ONE PART THEREOF I GIVE AND BEQUEATH UNTO THE CHILDREN OF MY SISTER ELIZABETH STUCKRATH,BERGHOFEN,KREIS ESCHWEGE,HESSEN-NASSAN(GERMANY,NOT WRITTEN ON WILL),THE OTHER PORTION I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO GEORGE R. DENNIS JR. IN TRUST TO BE INVESTED BY HIM IN INTEREST BEARING DEPOSITS IN SOME NATIONAL BANK IN FREDERICK,MARYLAND ,THE INCOME ARISING THEREFROM TO BE PAID TO MY GRANDCHILDREN IN EQUAL SUMS SEMI- ANNUALLY ,UNTIL THE YOUNGER GRANDSON SHALL ATTAIN HIS MAJORITY,AND UPON THIS HAPPENING OF SUCH EVENT,THE CORPUS TO BE PAID OVER INTO THEIR HANDS AND NOT INTO THE HANDS OF ANOTHER,SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE. AND LASTLY I DO HEREBY CONSTITUTE AND APPOINT GEORGE R. DENNIS JR,EXECUTOR OF THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT,HEREBY REVOKING AND ANNULLING ALL FORMER WILLS BY ME HERETOFORE MADE,RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING THIS ALONE AS AND FOR MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. SEAL AFFIXED 20TH AUGUST 1924(WORDING SHORTENED BY ME,MIKE HIGGINS) SIGNED WITNESSES NAMES ARE ; MARRY G. YINGER AND MARGRET E. STONER