Day County, SD Wills.....Somerville-Whitaker, Jemima January 26, 1909 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Rebecca Frank beckybea@juno.com February 16, 2008, 5:54 pm Source: Day County, Sd Written: January 26, 1909 Sears & Potter ATTORNEYS AT LAW Webster, S. D. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JEMIMA WHITAKER. ****************************** I, Jemima Whitaker of the City of Webster, South Dakota, do hereby make, publish and declare this MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT as follow, to –wit: 1. I direct that all my just debts, funeral expenses and obligations of every kind be paid. 2. I give and bequeath to my son Eugene Sommerville, and to my daughter Florence L. Potter, all the property of which I may die seized and possessed, of every kind and nature, to be divided equally between them, share and share alike, each to have one-half thereof. 3. My son Dudley Sommerville being financially well situated in life, to him I give nothing. 4. In case I should survive my son Eugene Sommerville, then I will and direct that all the property of which I may die seized and possess shall go to and become the property of my daughter Florence L. Potter, after the payment of all my debts and liabilities. 5. I herby appoint as executor of the MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, H.H. Potter, of Webster, South Dakota, and direct that he be not required to execute and bond or undertaking for said trust. Dated this 26th day of January, 1909. Jemima Whitaker On this 26th day of January 1909, the said testator, Jemima Whitaker, in our presence and in the presence of each other, signed the foregoing instrument, and declared the same to be her LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, and requested that we witness the same as such, which we have hereby accordingly done by setting our names and residences thereto, and attesting the same as such witnesses. Frances M. Sears residing at Webster, S. D Harriet R. Gimon residing at Webster, S. D. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/sd/day/wills/somervil6gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/sdfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb