Noble-Guernsey-Belmont County OhArchives Wills.....Danford, Silas July 2, 1879
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Source: Noble County Ohio Wills, 1851-1884, Volume 2, Page 153
Written: July 2, 1879

Noble County Ohio Wills, 1851-1884, Volume 2, page 153
Record of the Will of Silas Danford
I Silas Danford of Noble county Ohio do make and publish this my last Will and 
Testament.
1st.  It is my will that my executor sell at private sale without sacrifice of 
Property a sufficient amount of my land to pay all my just debts funeral 
expenses etc. off of that part of the farm where it will impare the sale of 
the rest of the farm the least and where he can sell to the best advantage and 
he is further authorized to sell in such venues upon such terms of credit or 
otherwise as he may deem advantageous to the estate and he is authorized to 
execute and acknowledge deed or deeds to purchaser or purchasers and deliver 
the same in fee simple.
2nd.  I give and devise to my beloved wife the remainder of my farm together 
with all my farming tools, stock , household goods furniture provisions and 
other goods and Chattels which may be on the farm at the time of my decease so 
long as she remains my widow and if she ever intermarries during her natural 
lifetime.
3rd.  If my son Francis Elwood Danford should stay with his mother and help to 
support his younger sisters and brother until he is twenty one years of age 
and is obedient to his mother and good and kind to his sisters and brother 
then it is my will that at the end of his mothers widowhood or at her death he 
shall have five hundred dollars or the worth of it in property.
4th  At the end of their mothers widowhood or at her death I will to my 
daughters Charity E., Margaret T. and Sarah C. and my son Francis E. each 
fifty dollars (having previously given to my daughter Mary A. Barnes that 
amount) and also to my son Morris A. one hundred and fifty dollars provided 
always that if their mother should give either of them anything aside from 
board and clothes the same shall be reducted out of the above legacies.
5th.  It is my will that the balance of my estate be equally divided between 
my daughters Mary A. Barnes, Charity E. Danford, Margaret T. Danford Sarah C. 
Danford, and my sons Francis E. Danford & Morris A. Danford.  I do hereby 
nominate and appoint my brother Peter H. Danford executor of this my last will 
and Testament.  
7th.  I do hereby revoke all former Wills by me made.  In testimony whereof I 
have hereunto set my hand and seal this second day of July in the year of our 
Lord 1879
Silas Danford
Signed and acknowledged by said Silas Danford as his last will and testament 
in our presence and signed by us in his presence.
Peter Danford
George W. (X his mark) Lashley


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