Johnson County WY Archives Wills.....Cochran, Pheobe G April 4, 1933
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Source: Copy Of Original Document
Written: April 4, 1933

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF PHOEBE G. COCHRAN	

In the name of God, amen:

	I, Phoebe G. Cochran, age 58 years, widow of Simon B. Cochran, 
deceased, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make, publish and declare 
this to be my last will and document as follows:

	First:  I request my executors hereinafter named to pay all of my just 
debts, funeral and testamentary expenses from the property of my estate, as 
soon after my decease as may be practicable;

	Second:  It is my will and desire that my four children named in the 
next paragraph of my will shall give to our son Raymond Cochran clothing and 
delicacies to the amount of approximately $25.00 per year as long as said 
Raymond Cochran shall live.  Said Raymond Cochran is now a ward of the state of 
Wyoming in the institution for mental defectives located near Lander, Wyoming.  
Upon the death of said Raymond Cochran, I desire that his remains shall rest in 
our burial plot in Willow Grove Cemetery near Buffalo, Wyoming;

	All of the rest, residue and remainder of my property of whatsoever 
kind and description and wherever situate, I hereby give, devise and bequeath 
to our four children, namely:
	Marion E. Cochran of Bairoil, Wyoming
	Evelyn D. Shoumaker of Buffalo, Wyoming
	Andrew W. Cochran of Buffalo, Wyoming
	Sidney T. Cochran of Buffalo, Wyoming
In equal shares, share and share alike;

	Fourth:  I hereby nominate and appoint my son Marion E. Cochran and my 
brother-in-law, Antone Fischer, the latter of Buffalo, Wyoming as executors of 
this my last Will and Testament and request that no bond be required of or from 
either of them for the faithful discharge of their duties as such executors.

	IIN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name at Buffalo, 
Wyoming, this fourth day of April, A.D. 1933

						(signed)  Phoebe G. Cochran

The foregoing instrument was signed, published and declared by the testatrix 
Phoebe G. Cochran as and for her last will and testament in our presence and we 
at her request, in her presence and in the presence of each other and at the 
same time and place have signed our names hereto as attesting witnesses this 
fourth day of April, 1933.
						(signed) Nettie Waegele
							  Robert B. Rose


Additional Comments:
Probate document:
Will of Phoebe G. Cochran, Deceased
Petition for Distribution

To the Honorable James H. Burgess, Judge of the District Court of Johnson 
County, Wyoming

The petition of Marion E. Cochran and Antone Fischer executors of the last Will 
and Testament and Estate of Phoebe G. Cochran, deceased, respectfully shows 
unto the Court:

That Phoebe G. Cochran died testate on September 23, 1933 a resident of 
Buffalo, Johnson County, Wyoming; that on October 27, 1933, the undersigned 
were appointed executors of her estate and on that date they qualified as such 
executors and have continued since that date to administer her estate; that the 
undersigned caused notice to creditors of her estate to be published commencing 
November 2, 1933 and continuing for four consecutive weeks thereafter; herein 
of all the property of said estate which had come to their possession or 
knowledge; that said property consisted solely of the cash belonging to said 
deceased at the time of her decease; that all claims against said deceased and 
her estate have been fully paid and there is $421.6 in cash remaining in the 
hands of the executors for distribution to the parties entitled thereto; that 
said estate has been fully administered when said distribution is made; that 
under the terms of the last will and testament of deceased admitted to probate 
in this Court on October 27, 1933, the deceased bequeathed and devised the 
residue of her estate to her four children namely:  Marion E. Cochran of 
Bairoil, Wyoming; Evelyn D. Schoemaker of Buffalo, Wyoming; Andrew W. Cochran 
of Buffalo, Wyoming and Sidney T. Cochran of Buffalo, Wyoming, in equal shares, 
share and share alike and they are entitled to the distribution of the said 
residue, in the proportions of a one-fourth share to each.


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