WILL: Samuel REISHER, 1892, Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA

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Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA 

Will of Samuel REISHER

I, Samuel Reisher of Chambersburg Pennsylvania being of sound and disposing 
mind, do make publish and declare this to be my last will and testament, hereby 
revoking and making void all former wills by me at any time heretofore made. As 
to such estate as it has pleased God to intrust me with I dispose of as follows.

Item: I give, devise and bequeath to my wife Nancy all my household goods and 
kitchen furniture absolutely.

Item: I give, devise and bequeath to my wife Nancy the house and lot of ground, 
with all the improvements on said lot upon which we now reside. She to have all 
the rents issue and profits during her natural life, which is to commence from 
the day of my death and at the death of my said wife Nancy, I give, devise and 
bequeath the said property to my son Jacob S. Reisher, his heirs and assigns 
forever.

Item: The Smith property on Main Street adjoining Wm. Wallace estate on the 
South and Adam Christ on the North, I give, devise and bequeath to my two sons 
Daniel S. and Jacob Senior they to receive the rents, sines and profits thereof 
during their lives, to be divided equally between them after all taxes repairs 
and insurance is deducted off. Daniel S. to manage said property, and to account 
to Jacob S. for his share, and in event that they cannot agree, upon petition to 
the Judge of the Orphans Court by either, I authorize said Court to appoint a 
Master to manage the same. At the death of either Daniel S. or Jacob S. my sons, 
I give, devise and bequeath the said property to the youngest daughter of Daniel 
S. and to the children of Jacob S. their heirs or assigns, they to take their 
Fathers share.

Item: All the rest and residue of my estate, real personal and mixed, I order 
and direct my Executrix herein after named to sell at public sale to the best 
advantage and to make deed for the same, the money arising therefrom to pay my 
just debts and funeral expense and should any remain, I give and bequeath the 
same equally to my two sons Daniel S. and Jacob Senior.

I hereby appoint my said wife Nancy Executrix of this my last will and testament 
and H. Gehr, Atty. her advisor.

Witness my hand and seal this 6th day of July 1892
Sam'l Reisher

Witness 
P. B. (?)Montgomery
G. D. McDonnell

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Samuel Reisher (son of Daniel Reisher/Risher and Christina Smith Croft) is 
buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA. The Reisher 
gravestone reads:

REISHER

SAMUEL REISHER
BORN AUG. 13 1802
DIED AUG. 5 1895

NANCY IRVIN
WIFE OF SAMUEL REISHER
BORN JUNE 15, 1835 DIED DEC. 31, 1914