Perry County PA Archives Wills.....TROSTLE, Sarah June 28, 1910
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  Source: Will; T-155; Sarah Trostle
  Written: June 28, 1910
  
  Will; T-155
  Sarah Trostle
  June 28, 1910
  
  I, SARAH TROSTLE, of Saville Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania, beng of 
  sound mind and memory, and considering the uncertainty of this frail and 
  transitory life, do, therefore, make this my last will and testament, as 
  follows:
  
  FIRST:--I direct that all such debts as shall be by me owing at my death, 
  together with my funeral expenses, and all charges touching the proving of this 
  my last will, shall, in the first place, be fully paid and satisfied; said just 
  debts shall include the payment of TEN DOLLARS per year, with interest thereon, 
  for each and every calendar year from and including the year 1900 to and 
  including the year in which I shall depart this life, unto John Calvin Miller, 
  his heirs, executors or assigns, as a just compensation for the service which 
  he, the said John Calvin Miller will have rendered unto me in my business 
  affairs, and for my physical comfort and social welfare within and during the 
  above mentioned period of my lifetime.
  
  SECOND:--  I direct that my executor hereinafter named shall expend a sum not 
  exceeding ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS in procuring a suitable tombstone to mark the 
  resting place of my remains.
  
  THIRD:-- I further direct that my executor hereinafter named shall pay out of 
  the residue of my estate unto Mrs. Sarah Bousum, with whom I at this time have 
  my residence, and also pay unto such other person or persons with whom I may 
  hereafter take up my residence, such sum of money as he, my said executor, 
  shall deem sufficient compensation for service that contributes to my health 
  and comfort--services outside and apart from that which applies to my boarding, 
  lodging, laundering, etc.--which the aforesaid person or persons will have 
  rendered unto me during the periods of time I shall have had my residence with 
  the said Sarah Bousum or other person or persons.
  
  FOURTH:--  I direct my said executor to set apart out of the residue of my 
  estate the sum of FIFTEEN DOLLARS, the same to be used in any manner my said 
  executor shall deem best calculated to provide for the care and keeping up of 
  my grave in good and proper condition perpetually.
  
  FIFTH:-- After the payment of the above debts and the expenses of a tombstone, 
  and after the provisions made for the purposes set forth in the foregoing THIRD 
  and FOURTH articles have been executed and satisfied as directed therein, I 
  direct that my said executor shall divide the residue of the proceeds of my 
  property (all of which, I direct, shall be converted into money,) as directed 
  in the following NOTE, to wit:
  
  NOTE:-- Only tose of the direct issue, that is chidlren of the first generation 
  of my brothers and sisters deceased, hereinafter named, who shall be surviving 
  at the time, date, and year when My said executor shall make distribution of 
  the said residue of my estate, shall share in said residue and take under the 
  following bequests, to wit:
  
  TO THE SURVIVING CHILDREN OF MY SISTER, CATHARINE WERTZ, as set forth in the 
  above NOTE, Twenty-five percent (25%) of said residue.
  
  TO MY BROTHER ABRAM TROSTLE, OR HIS SURVIVING CHILDREN, as set forth in the 
  above NOTE, Fourteen percent (14%) of said residue.
  
  TO THE SURVIVING CHILDREN OF MY SISTER, ELIZABETH BROWN, as set forth in the 
  above NOTE, Fourteen per cent (14%) of said residue.
  
  TO THE SURVIVING CHILDREN OF MY BROTHER, ISRAEL TROSTLE, as set forth in th 
  above NOTE, Fourteen per cent (14%) of said residue.
  
  TO HENRY TROSTLE, OR HIS SURVIVING CHILDREN, as set forth in the above NOTE, 
  Fourteen per cent (14%) of said residue.
  
  TO THE SURVIVING CHILDREN OF MY BROTHER, WILLIAM TROSTLE, as set forth in the 
  above NOTE, FIVE per cent (5%) of said residue.
  
  TO THE SURVIVING CHILDREN OF MY BROTHER, SOLOMON TROSTLE, as set forth in the 
  above note, Fourteen per cent (14%) of said residue.  And my will is that, 
  since the whereabouts of the said children, if any, of my said brother, Solomon 
  Trostle, is to me unknown, whatever expense may be incurred by my said executor 
  in locating or finding by the ordinary means, of the said children of my said 
  brother Solomon Trostle, said expense shall be taken and deducted from the 
  above mentioned fourteen per cent (14%) of my said residue hereinbefore 
  bequeathed to the said SURVIVING CHILDREN OF MY SAID BROTHER, SOLOMON TROSTLE.  
  My will is that the expense of locating and finding said children shall be 
  borne and paid out of their individual share of my estate.  If, however, none 
  of the surviving children of my said brother SOLOMON TROSTLE be found within 
  the period of one year after my decease, or at the time that my said executor 
  shall make distribution of the residue of my estate as hereinbefore mentioned 
  and directed, then, and in such case, I direct that the said share of the 
  residue of my estate bequeathed unto THE SURVIVING CHILDREN OF MY BROTHER, 
  SOLOMON TROSTLE, as set forth in the above NOTE, shall be equally divided among 
  those persons who shall take under the above bequests as directed in the above 
  NOTE, to wit:  To the surviving children of Catharine Wertz, Abram Trostle, 
  Elizabeth Brown, Israel Trostle, Henry Trostle, William Trostle, and Solomon 
  Trostle, here-in-before mentioned.
  
  AND MY WILL AND MEANING IS, that the bequests here in set forth shall be 
  construed to mean only Those CHILDREN OF THE FIRST GENERATION, NOT 
  GRANDCHILDREN, SURVIVING AT THE TIME MY SAID EXECUTOR SHALL MAKE DISTRIBUTION 
  OF THE SAID RESIDUE OF MY ESTATE, an that in case of any of the said children 
  shall depart this life before such time as the part or portion of him, her, or 
  them so dying shall be come payable, then, and in such case, the part or 
  portion of him, her or them so dying shall be equally divided among the 
  surviving brothers and sisters of the person or persons so dying.
  
  LASTLY:--  I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my friend John Calvin 
  Miller, of Saville Township, Perry county, Pennsylvania, to be the executor of 
  this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all other and 
  former wills by me at any time hereto fore made and declare this to be my last 
  will and testament.  
  
  IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 28th day of June 
  A.D. 1910.
  
  Sarah "X" [her mark] Trostle  (SEAL)
  
  SIGNED, sealed, published and declared by the said testator, SARAH TROSTLE, as 
  and for her last will and testament, in the presence of us, who in her 
  presence, and at her request have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.
  
  Chas. J. Swartz, residing at Ickesburg, Pa.  (witness)
  John R. Kochenderfer residing at Ickesburg, Pa. (witness)
  
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