The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-04
viii, Drawn 81 Years Ago,
Without the Aid of an At
torney, Is Declared to Be
a Model One.
NO DEBTS AGAINST
ESTATE ON RECORD
Mr.. Ienkinson Made Most of
His Fortune Buying y. S.
Currency at Discount Dur
ing English Panic.

In one of the shortest and simplest
testaments ever filed for probate in
the Wayne circuit court. the late Isaac
n. JenkinsOn, who died on October
IS, as a result of injuries sustained in
fall down the cellar steps at his
home on South Thirteenth and \
streets, willed his entire estate to the
widow, Marcissa Lewis Jenkinson.
The will was flied with the clerk OF
the circuit court late Friday afternoon
by Mrs. .Jenkinson.
Although it is generally reputed
that the late Mr.. Jenkinson possessed
an estate of the probable value OF a
hundred thousand dollars, nothing is
contained in the will to indicate its
value. Mrs. Jenkinson, who is named
executrix has not taken out any pa
pers, and it is thought probable none
will be issued, as there are no debts
formal legal procedure is not neces-
sary.
Brief explanation was made by the
decedent that he left his property to
Mrs. Jenkinson, because he felt it was
due as much to her business acumen
as to his own that he had been able
to accumulate his wealth, and he felt
she was justly entitled to his proper
ties.
Will 80 Years Old.
The date of drawing up the will,
which is written in long hand on one
sheet of legalcap paper, was October
20, 1879. Martin Cullaton and John
p. Thistlethwaite, disburser at East
ern Indiana Hospital for the Insane,
are the witnesses. Mr.. Cullaton has
since died. Proof of the will has not
as yet been made.
The brevtty of the will, and the
fact that it was drawn up by the de-
cedent without the assistance of an
attorney, was the occasion of some
comment in the circuit court. All
who have had occasion to examine it
declared it to be a model testament.
Mr. JenkinsOn's estate, so far as
known, was largely confined to real
estate holdings. His investments in
Fort Wayne were large and valuable.
Many of these have been in his pos
session since he was consul-general to
Glasgow, Scotland. While the govern
ments representative in the Scotch
city, Mr.. Jenkinson had opportunity
to purchase at discount United
States currency, owing to the lack OF
confidence of the English just at that
stability. Within week, confidence
had been restored and his investment
resulted in handsome profit to him
self.
The Will in Full.
The will of the late Mr.. Jenkinson
is as follows:
The last will and testament of Isaac
Jenkinson, of Richmond, Wayne Coun-
ty, Indiana, made and executed this
goth day of October, A. D. 1879, wit
nesseth:
After my just and legal debts are
first paid, l hereby will and bequeath
TO my wife, Marcissa Lewis Jenkin-
son, all my real and personal property
of every kind and description, Of
which l may die possessed, or to
which l may be legally or equitably
GuJlliou, ~ udN anu W uOIu luc odluc
as her own in fee. / make this be-
quest because whatever property or
moneys l may be possessed of, is
equally due to her efforts and savings
as to mine, and properly and justly be-
longs to her in the event Of my death.
l hereby constitute and appoint the
said Marcissa Lewis Jenkinson my
triv nf or
lament.