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Register Of Wills--Fayette Co, PA
Book 24, page 179
Will of Sophia Mossburg

I, Sophia Mossburg, of Springhill Township, Fayette County, Sate of
Pennsylvania being of sound mind, memory and understanding, do make
and publish, this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and
making void all former wills by me at any time heretofore made.
First, I order and direct my executors herein named to pay out of my
estate, my funeral expenses and my other just debts that I may owe, and
erect on cemetery lot in Bpatist Cemetery at Smithfield, Pa. a monument
to my Grave to be a marker also for the grave of my deceased husband,
not to exceed Seventy-five dollars in price. 
Second I give unto Thomas hasson, one feather bed and the remainder of
my personal affects, I give and bequeath unto Thomas Hasson, William
Hasson and Elizabeth Mossburg, share and share alike.
Fourth, I give my executors herein after named full power to sell and
execute deeds for Real Estate, if the same should have to be sold for
the payments of any of the bequests, debts, or other matters herein
named.
I hereby constitute and appoint Thomas Hasson, William Hasson and
Hugh Mossburg to be the executors of this my last will and testament.
In witness, I, Sophia Mossburg, the Testatrix above named, have
hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal on the thirteenth
day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand, nine hundred
and eleven.
Sphia Mossburg
Signed, sealed and published and declared by the above named
Sophia Mossburg as for her last will and testament in the presence
of us who have hereunto subscribed our names at the Request, as
witnesses thereto in the presence of the said testator and each
other.
Witness:
Jenny High
Jacob C. High
Fayette County SS
Be it remembered, that on the sixteenth day of July A.D. 1924, before
me O. Frank Ruse, Register for the Probate of Wills and Granting 
Letters of Administration in and for said county, came Jenny High
and Jacob C. High subscribing witness to the foregoing Instrument
of Writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of Sophia
Mossburg, deceased, who being duly sworn according to law, did each
depose and say that they were personally present and saw said Sophia
Mossburg, sign and seal the foregoing Instrument of Writing, and
heard her declare the same to be her last will and testament, when
of sound mind and disposing mind and memory, to the best of their
belief. That they signed their names as witnesses hereto by the request
of the said Testatrix, in her presence, and of each other. That they
know of no undue influence being used in making said Will or any
later will made.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this sixteenth day of July A.D. 1924
as witness of my hand and official seal
Jenny High
Jacob C. High
O. Frank Ruse, Register
And now, November 26, 1924, the testimony of the above witnesses being
ajudged sufficient, I do hereby admit the foregoing Will to probate
and order the same to be recorded as such.
Given under my hand, at Uniontown, the above date.
O. Frank Ruse, Register.