The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-12-20

VIII oiu DcQutdtu " ny IN
daughters a!orsaid, all the real esta
whereof l may die possessed,
he be ent ted to, lcept the farm {
which my brother Nathan Barn,
Greeley lives in Wayne township, Err
I. county, Pa directing that my dsugl
n ter Ida Lillian aforesaid be and her,
st by is authorized and empowered du
rs ing the minority o. her sister Gsbr
re ellie Miriam to manage, let, improv,
$, lease, sell the whole or any part {
le the same as she shall Judge expedier
a and advantageous to herself and he
!. slstar aforesaid, the same to be sui
q Ject to the right of dover inheritin
:, my wife, Mary Young Greeley, ur
It less and until she shall see fit TO re
t lease the same to my daughters.
It Aem.-I bequeath to my brother
:. Nathan Barnes Greeley aforesaid, an,
:. his wife, Ruhama, the free and unin
tetrupted use for life OF either of then
, of my farm lying in the township O
J, Wayne, Erie county, Pa, aforesaid
and ! further bequeath to which eve
OF his sons the said Nathan Barne
: Greley may designate the reversion o
remainder of one-half of said farm, i
being my understanding and purpose
! that said son shall live with and tax,
: care of said Nathan Barnes and Ru
hama Greeley to the end of their sew.
eral lives.
Hem.-I direct that it any share ol
shares In the Tribune Association shall
remain to me at my decease one Of
them shall be sold under the rules oi
said association to the highest bidder
and the proceeds, without deduction
or abatement, be paid over as my be-
quest to the ChiIdren's Aid Society
whereof New York City's the locus OF
operations, to be invested or disbursed
as its proper authorities shall direct.
ifmore than one share of stock in
the Iriubue Association shall remain
to me at my death, and ifmy wife
Mary Young Greeley. shall survive me
bequeath to her one half of each re-
naming share or stock in lieu Of all
other dover, except those reserved to
her as aforesaid; and l hereby re-
nouDce and disclaim in her favor, on
my part or on that of my heirs, all
right to the real estate, once mine,
but not wholly hers, near the village
of Chsppaqua, New York; as also to
the two shares OF Tribune stock now
standing in her name, and which were
never mine, but wholly purchased by
her money; and / further renounce
and disclaim in her favor all right to
the stock and funds OF the Northern
Pacific railroad, which | have paid her
money for, and which now stands in
her name on the bc oks of the COM
pany; and l give and bequeath unto
my said wife all the animals, imple-
ments, machinery, crops, products
and materials which may at the time
OF my death exist upon or pertain to
her farm and buildings in New Castle
township aforesaid.
Item Il direct that whatever stock
in the ITi6undAssociation may remain
to me st the time of my death, after
fulfilling and satisfying the foreign be
quests, be sold in accordance with the
rules of said association, and that from
the proceeds of such portions OF the
debts due or owing me from all per
sons whatever as may be at any time
collected, there be paid the following
bequests in their order, namely;
First-Two thousand dollars to my
sister Margret Greeley Bush, in case
she survives me, and in case she should
not, but her daughter Evangeline
Bush shall survive me, the said sum OF
$4,000 shall be paid her, my said Sis
ter's daughter, Evangeling Bush.
Second-One thousand dollars each |
to my sisters Arminds, wife of Love
well Greeley, and Esther, wife of j.
F. Cleveland, or to their surviving
children respectively, IN case they or
either of them shall die before do.
l give and bequeath allthe residue
or remaider OF my property, of what
ever name or nature, to my daughters
Ida L. Greeley and Gabrielle NJ.
Greeley, or to the survivor in case
but on of them survive me.
l hereby appoint Samuel Sinclair, |
publisher of the Tribune; Charles
Storrs, merchant, now of 73 Worth
street. New York city; and Rich H.
Manning, now residing in Clinton
avenue, Brooklyn; [; or any two OF them
who may survive me and accept the
trust, executors of this my last will
and testament.
In witness whereof l have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this ninth day
of January, in the year OF our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and
and seventy one (1s71)
HORACE GREELEY. IL. 8.
Attestation clause signed by Isaiah
7. Williams, of the town Of New
Castle, county Of Westchester, N.
Y, and John G. Ferguson, of the
town Of New Castle, county. Of
Wesichester, N. Y.
LAST WILL OF MR GREELEY
Written by himself, November 9,
1872, on two psges of sheet of note
paper: l, Horace Greeley, OF the
town of New Castle, Westchester
county, State Of New York, aged
sixty-one years, aud being in fair
health and full possession OF nv
mental faculties, revoking all former
wills, DO make this my last will and
testament:
lem l. 1 give and bepueath sll
the property Of which 1 may die pos
sessed, including lands, mortgages,
bonds, notes of hand, debts stocks
due, and obligations 10 nv eldest
daughter, Ida L. Greeley, one-half
to be by her used at her own dis
cretion for the education and support
of her sister Gabrielle N. Greeley,
the other moiety to be her own in
every right.
lem 2. l give and bequeath my
gold watch usually worn by me 70
my second daughter Gabrielle Miriam
Greeley aforesaid.
Witness my hand and seal, this
ninth day Of November, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-two.
HORACE GREELEY. TL.s1
The above intrument, consisting OF
one sheet, was on the 29.h day Of
November, 1872, declared TO US by
Horace Greeley, the testator the ein
mentioned, TO be his last will and
testament, and he at the same time
acknowledged to US and each of Us
thst be had signed end sealed the
same, and we thereupon, st his re
quest and in his presence, and in the
presence Of each other, signed our
names thereto as attesting witnesses
REGINALD HART,
Residence, Mount Kisco, N. Y.
SUSAN II LAMrsoN.
Residence. East Poultney, Vt
The New York Mail says: "a
young lady at Saratoga last summer
attracted great deal of attention by
excusing herself and retiring at pre-
cisely 9 o'clock every evening. rhe