Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-11
THE LAST Will
Of the Late Samuel Laughlin Laft for Probate
Yesterday.

The will of the late Samuel Laughlin
was left at County Clerk Hooks Office Sat
urday for probate, and vas duly recorded
The document WAS inscribed on MANILA
legal cap paper and vas written in the
large back-hand writing so familiar to the
business acquaintance of the deceased
Gentleman. Tue writing is almost us
plain rs large print, and is written with IN
indelible pencil. The entire estate amounts
to about $50, 900 and is divided rs fol-
lows:
To his wife Sydney Laughlin, the homo
residence and all the household and
kitchen furniture, silver plate, furnishings
and books in said residence, absolutely,
which, for her convenience, is placed at
the nominal value Of $1,000;
also $50 shares of Laughlin Nail Com
pany stock, $4,000; 200 shares
Junction Iron Company stock, $50, 900;
y shares BenwOOd Iron Company, 81, 900;
three notes OF Junction Company, SlO,OOO;
note of Laughlin Bros. Drug Company,
5000; bond First Presbyterian Church,
81, 800; total S67, 900.
ToGeO. 4. Laughlin, his son., 5000 he
owes t~estatOr; 10 shares, Exchange Bank,
81, 900; 200 shares Junction Iron Company,
$50. 900; 10 shares Laughlin Drug COM
nany, stock, 81, 200; - shares BenwOOd
iron Company, 81, 500; 81 shares Laugh
lin Nail Company, s., 100; one share
Laughlin junction Steel Company, 800:
20 shares Nail City Lantern Company,
s.. 900; also one set Picturesque Europe,
being part of his library.
To VIM. III. Laughlin, his son, 10 shares
Exchange Bank, 81 1000; 100 shares june
ton Iron Company, $4,000; 20 shares
Laughlin Drug Company, 5000; 173
shares Laughlin Nail Company, l 1890;
- shares Nail City Lantern Company, 81
300; p shares BcnwOOd Iron Company,
-, 500; also Il set of Picturesque America.
To Samuel OFT Laughlin, his son, 10
shares Exchange Bank, 81 900; 1l5 shares
Laughlin Drug Company, Sll,5OO; 1913
shares Laughlin Nail Company, $40, 300;
! shares Nail City Lantern Company, 800;
10 shares Junction Iron Company, $1,000;
p shares BenwOOd Iron Company, S2,3hO;
pne-fourth individual interest in proprle-
rary right in copyright of DIR. n. 5. Todd's
pills. For good reasons the testator declined
% make any estimate of the value OF such
interest; one set Schiller's works; also gold
watch carried by testatOr for many years.
To John Laughlin, son of William
Laughlin, his brother, 80 shares Laughlin
Drug Company, $1,000; One-fOurth inter
est i'm copyright in DIR. A. s. TOdd's pills.
To Lucy, wife of his son George A.
Loughlin. two diamond studs to be set in
,ar or finger rings. HealSo appoints his
wife, Sydney Langhlin, guardian for his
minor sons, William and Samuel, requir-
ing no security for the trust. Sydney
Lauchlin, his wife, Geo. A. Laughlin, his
son. and NJ. l.. OFT, his brOther-in-law,
IRE appointed executors, and admInistra-
tors OF the will, which they are requested
20 see executed, and no bond or security
shall he required of them for the
performance of their duty; nor
is the testatOr willing that
they should make any charges for
services they perform, and should either
of these be unable or unwilling to act, 1t
shall he the privilege OF the testatOr's wife
TO select a substitute under the same con
ditiOn and terms.
After the foregoing, the teStator states
that he has divided the stock OF the enter
orises in which he has been engaged,
among his sons, 50 that they may have 4
mutual interest in each others welfare
and prosperity, and that their mutual love
may continue in the future as it has been
in the past.
The will is dated May 18th, 1886, and
was signed by Samuel Laughlin,
with no witnesses, and the closing
paragraph states that it was written by
him Just after his serious illness