Ashtabula County OhArchives Wills.....Strickland, Henry August 15 1892
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Source: Ashtabula Co. Genealogical Society
Written: August 15 1892

In the Name of the Beloved Father of All:  Amen.
I, Henry Strickland, of the Township of Kingsville, County of Ashtabula and 
State of Ohio, being about seventy-three years of age, and being of sound and 
disposing mind and memory, Do Make, Publish and Declare this my Last Will and 
Testament, hereby revoking and making null and void all other Last Wills and 
Testaments by me made heretofore:
First: - My Will is that all my just Debts and Funeral Expenses shall be paid 
out of my Estate, as soon after my decease as shall be found convenient.
Second: - I Give, Devise and Bequeath to my sister Mary S. Morley one thousand 
dollars 
Third: - To my brother Jeremy Strickland one thousand dollars.
Fourth: - To my brother Wesley Strickland two hundred dollars.
Fifth: - To my niece Eva M. Strickland fifteen hundred dollars.
Sixth: - To my nephew Wade B. Strickland one thousand dollars.
Seventh: - To my niece Katie E. Strickland one thousand dollars.
Eighth: - In case there should be a balance left belonging to my Estate after 
the payment of all of my just debts and funeral expenses, and the legacies 
mentioned in Items Second, Third Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh, it is my 
will that such balance or remainder be paid to and distributed among the 
Legatees mentioned in said Items Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and 
Seventh, of this my Last Will and Testament prorata.
Ninth: - Having on or about the 21st day of June 1892, paid and turned over to 
my wife Lydia G. Strickland eight thousand three hundred and fifty dollars 
worth of personal property, and conveyed by deed real estate to her in fee 
simple of the value of one thousand dollars or more to her full satisfaction 
in lieu of her right of dower, and any and all right or rights which she may 
or might have under the laws of the State of Ohio as my widow (in case she 
survives me), in any and all property of every nature and kind, of which I may 
die siezed and possessed of, and which may belong to my estate at the time of 
my death; Wherefore I do give, devise, and bequeath to my said wife Lydia G. 
Strickland nothing in this my Last Will and Testament.
Tenth: - I do hereby nominate and appoint John Jones of South Kingsville, 
Ashtabula County, Ohio, Executor of this my Last Will and Testament.
In Testimony Whereof, I have set my hand to this, my Last Will and Testament, 
at Ashtabula Ohio, this fifteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord One 
Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety Two.
Henry Strickland
The foregoing instrument was signed by the said Henry Strickland in our 
presence, and by him Published and Declared as and for his Last Will and 
Testament, and at his request, and in his presence, and in the presence of 
each other, we hereunto subscribe our Names as Attesting Witnesses, at 
Ashtabula  Ohio, this 15th day of August, A.D. 1892.
Nathaniel Stanton, resides at
     Ashtabula Ohio.
R. W. Calvin, resides at 
     Ashtabula Ohio.

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