Stark County OhArchives Wills.....BACHTEL, Martin October 31 1887
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Source: Stark County District Library
Written: October 31 1887
Recorded: May 16 1891

In the name of the Benevolent Father of all, I, Martin BACHTEL, of the 
Township of Canton, County of Stark and State of Ohio, do declaim this 
my last will and testament.

1st.  It is my desire that all my just debts and funeral expenses be first 
paid.
2. It is my will and express desire that after the payment of my just debts 
and funeral expenses, my beloved wife, Margaret BACHTEL shall have all 
my property, both real and personal, to use and occupy while she shall 
live, that my wife Margaret BACHTEL shall have the right under this my will 
to use, sell and dispose of the personal property as she may deem fit.
3rd. It is my will that after the death of my beloved wife, Margaret 
BACHTEL, all my estate remaining to go to my children share and share 
alike.  Except as now follows, that whereas I have paid and am now held 
responsible for certain debts of my son Martin BACHTEL, Jr.  The sums 
paid by me and others for which I am responsible, amounting to the sum 
of about eighteen hundred dollars, shall be considered as an 
advancement.  And it is my will that the share which would be his (Martin 
BACHTEL, Jr.) after deducting the said advancement, the balance of any, 
shall go to said Martin BACHTEL, Jr.’s wife and child, Mary BACHTEL, so 
long as she, the wife, remains his wife or widow, and in case of her death 
or marriage, to the said child, Mary BACHTEL.
The children who are to take under this my will and testament as above 
set further are Jacob BACHTEL, David BACHTEL, John BACHTEL, David 
BACHTEL, Margaret REED, Ellen HARMON, Elizabeth MAILLARD, and the 
afore named Martin BACHTEL, Jr.
It is my desire, and I hereby appoint my son Jacob BACHTEL, and my son 
in law Samuel REED, my executors of this my last will and testament.  
And it is my hope and wish that they will carry with effect its provisions in 
the spirit and intention in which it is made.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal, this 31st day of 
October A.D. 1887.
Martin BACHTEL [seal]
Signed and sealed by the said Martin BACHTEL in our presence and 
acknowledged to be his last will and testament and witnessed by us in 
his presence the day + year above written.
Jacob  HOCKWALT
A.D. BRANDEN




Additional Comments:
Date of death was 3 May 1891.  This will was litigated -- there are other 
court papers relating to the case at the Stark County District Library.

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