Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
MISS HALE'S WILL.
The Instrument Provides for Two
Public Institutions.
BOTH ARE FOR WApELLO COUNTY.
One is an Orphans Home and the
Other Hall to be Used for the Ma
stional Spiritual Association-ElIen
Armstrong is Executrix.

The last will and testament of the
late Elizabeth Hale contains num-
Der of provisions which cannot help
but interest the people of the city in
which she lived for so many years.
One of these is that she bequeathed a
certain portion of herbelongings to the
end that church or hall be built to be
occupied and used under the auspices
of the National Spiritual association
and the other looks to the establish
ment of an institution, the object of
which shall be to furnish homes for
orphan children.
The beneficiaries named in the will
are Ellen Armstrong, Elizabeth Miller,
Fannie Pearl Davis and Shelton Hale,
the daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Stevens of Mystic. The document is
dated December 20, 1897.
The ninth section of the will, in
which the National Spiritual associa-
tion bequest is made, is in full as fol
lows: II hereby give, devise and be-
queath to Ellen Armstrong, of OF
tumwa, lots five, six, seven,
eight, thirteen and fourteen, in Hale's
addition to the city of Ottumwa, and
lot 3S, in Castles addition to the city
of Ottumwa, also the coal underlying
ten acres of land in the northwest
quarter of the northeast quarter of
section 12-72-14, which l conveyed to
George Gibson by deed dated Decem-
Der 5, 1885, and found recorded in
record "A, page COS in the recorders
office, all of said real estate in Wa
pello county, Iowa. in trust, for the
following uses and purposes. to-wit:
To sell and convey said real estate
and apply the proceeds thereof in pro-
curing or to aid to erect thereon, hall
or church building for the uses and
purposes of the National Spiritual as
sociation. 1t is my will that should
said Ellen Armstrong, for any reason
not be able to accept, or should she
refuse to accept of this trust, then
it is my will that Isaac Millisack, of
Ottumwa, Iowa, be and is hereby ap-
pointed said trustee. Should both
said Ellen Armstrong and Isaac Mill
sack be unable to accept, or fail, refuse
or neglect to accept of said trust,
then it is my will that J. B. Boulton,
Of Ottumwa, Iowa, be and he hereby
is appointed said trustee; said Isaac
Millisack and ]. B. Boulton, or either
ofthem, are to have the same powers,
should they or either of them become
said trustees, that said Ellen Arm
strong would have under this clause
of my will, should she be the trustee.
The Orphans Home.
Paragraph G, of section IL, of the
will, contains the bequest for the or.
4 phans' home referred to, and it is in
full as follows: Subject to the fore.
going provisions of this, my will, l
. hereby give, devise and bequeath all
4 the remainder of my real and per.
sonal property, wherever situated, to
my friend, Ellen Armstrong, of Ottum
wa, Iowa, in trust, for the following
4 uses and purposes, to-wit: to sell and
convey said property and each and
+ every part thereof as the same, under
terms of this will, shall come into hel
possession on such terms and condi
tions as she shall deem for the best
interests of my estate, and use the
proceeds thereof either in founding
\ an institution or equipping, aiding OF
assisting an institution organized fol
the purpose of furnishing homes tt
orphan children. hereby trust il
her good judgement in the matter ant
simply say that it is my desire thai
the institution be SO founded, aided OF
assisted shall be an Institution located
in Wapello county, Iowa. Should sale
Z Ellen Armstrong for any reason, fai
or refuse, or be unable to accept O.
the trust hereby imposed upon her
then it is my desire that Isaac Mill
sack of Ottumwa, Iowa, be substituted
for said Ellen Armstrong in said trust
with the same powers and duties al
are hereby imposed upon her."
The Executor.
It is provided in section 13 of tn,
will that Ellen Armstrong is to be thu
executor of the instrument and tina
it will not be necessary for her to oh
tain authority from the courts to al,
her in carrying out the aims and in
tentions of the testatrix. 1t is pro
vided that If for any reason the sail
Ellen Armstrong cannot accept ant
qualify as said executor that Isaa
Millisack is appointed to that posi-
I tion.
bequest made to Fannie Pear
4 Davis, "a colored girl raised by Mrs
Hales mother, includes lots 16 an
n in Hales first addition to the cit
Of Ottumwa, the same to be her al
solute property in fee simple.
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