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tansntsry Papers:
Among the wills filed ID the office
ef the County Clerk last week FIR
proh atiAg we're tIiose bfthe late Miss
! Rub II. gE1kn, the late ]. Frank
| Myers and Mrs, Fiar1iefg Evans. the
| last named having been Essiasht II
lNiddleHay. s 4
Miss Ruth H. Brown whose death
boccurred on Wednesday Of last week
was the owner Of Oakland farm Of
z76 acres located on the north side
|spf the Harpers Ferry pike, two miles
east Of Charles Town. By her will
onezthird Of her estate IS bequeathedi
to her sister-in-Iaw, Mrs. Annie w !.
Brown, and her children. This be-
quest IS to be placed IN trust and the
income only Is to be paid to the bene-
ficiaries until the youngest of the
children shall reach the age of "a
years, at which time the whole fund
shall be divided equally among them
10 the sons and daughters Of a
deceased sister Of the testatrix, the
late Mrs. Mary &. Gardner, one-third
Is given, though not in equal portions,
Mrs. Mary Gardner Potterfield getting
one-third, while the other two-thirds
of the bequest 60 to Messrs. Brown
Gardner, j William Gardner and Or.
Howell Gardner, and their sister, Mrs
Chas. ii. Moore in equal shares. The
remaining third Of her estate is left to
Miss Browns brother, Mr.. Douglass
Brown, and his former wife, Clara
Bogard Brown, equally with remainder
to their daughter Ruth Bogard Brown.
All Of the foregoing bequests are
subject to 4 legacy of $500 to the
Baltimore Conference, M. E. Church,
South, and a small bequest for a
monument on lot IN, Zion church
yard. Attorney Jos. Trapnell is ap-
pointed executor Of the will and is
given authority to sell the real es-s
tate Of the testatrix for the purpose
Of distribution among the benefit
ciaries.e
The will of the late Frank Myers
dated March A, 1911 directs that his
entire estate shall be his widows for
life. AT her death, the farm known
as the craighill place Of 10z acres is
to be the property Of daughter Miss
Lena o. Myers. The home farm OF
the decedent near Weirick,s mill is
valued at 500 per acre, and is given to
the testator's only son, Mr.. John Fl.
Myers, who shall be required to pay
$50 foreach acre of it to his sister,
Mrs. William Walker, and the same
amount per acre to the children of
deceased sister, Mrs. Edward r.
Clark. The sum Of 5000 is 70, be-
paid to testator,s daughter, Lena. and
500 to his granddaughter, Lizzie
Walker. The remainder Of the estate
is to be divided equally among John
F. Myers, Leno 20. Myers, and Mrs.
Walker. Mrs Annie E. Myers, widow
of the testator is named as executrix
of the will.
Three parcels of real estate in Mid
dleway are disposed of by the will
5of the late, Mrs. Harriet Evans, widow
of DR.. A. M Evans, for years a prac-.
tieing physician Of that place scol-5
lay Hall, the family home is devised
to the three unmarried daughters Of
the testatrix, Misses Sallie s., Eleanor,
and Margaret Evans. One lot on
Main street, Middleway is devised to
4 maried daughter, Mrs. Mary Mason
Bryarly, Of Berkeley county. The
lot Of three-fourths of an acre insthe
rear Of Scoliay Hall IS given TO the
only son, A, Mason Evans who: is.
named executor without bond. The
remainder Of the estate is left to the
three single daughters.