Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-22

OF Cnem, 10 George Stept0e Washing.
ton, Lawrence Augustine Washington,
Harriet Parks and the heirs of Thorn
Ton Washington, sons and daughter Of
my deceased brother, Samuel Wash.
lngton. l give and bequeath the other
Tour parts, one part to each of them;
TO Corbin Washington and the heirs
OF Jane Washington, son and daugh-
ter OF my deceased brother, John
Augustine Washington, / give and be-
queath two parts, one part to each OF
them; to Samuel Washington, Francis
bail and Mildred Hammond, son and
daughters of my brother, Charles
washington, give and bequeath three
parts, one part to each Of them; and
to George Fayette Washington.
CHARLES Augustine Washington and
Maria Washington, sons and daughter
OF my deceased nephew. George Au-
gustlne Washington, give one other
part, that is, to each third OF that
part; to Elizabeth Park Law, Martha
Park Peter, and Eleanor Park Lewis.
l give and bequeath three other parts.
that Is part to each of them; and to
my nephew Busbrod Washington and
Lawrence Lewis and to my ward. the
grandson of my wife, l give and be-
queath one other part, that is, third
thereof to each of them And If it
should so happen, that any of the per-
sons whose names are here enumer-
ated unknown to mel should now be
dead, or should die before me, that in
either of these cases, the heirs of such
deceased persons shall, notwithstand-
ing, devise all the benefits of the be-
quest IN the same manner as If he or
she was actually living at the time:
and by way of advice recommend 1t
to my executors not to be precipitate
of dis posing of the landed property
THEREIN directed to be sold) IL from
temporary causes the sale thereof
should be dull; experience having full
ly evinced that the price of land (es-
pecially above the falls of the rivers
and on the western waters) have been
progressively rising and cannot be
long checked in its increasing value
And particularly recommend it to
such of the legatees (under this
clause of my wild as can make it con
venient, to take each share of my
stock In the Potomac company, in
preference to the amount of what it
might sell for-being thoroughly con-
WINGED myself, that no uses to which
productive as the tolls arising from
this navigation when in full opera
ton land this from the nature Of
things it must be ere long, and more
especially if that Of the Shenandoah
is added thereto.
, The family vault at Mount Vernon
requiring repairs, and being improper
ly situated besides, desire that new
one of brick, and upon larger scale,
may be built at the foot Of what IL
commonly called the Vineyard In
closure, on the ground which is
marked out-in which my remains,
with those of my deceased relations
(now In the old Vault and such others
of my family as may choose to be en-
tombed there, may be deposited. And
1t is my express desire that my corpse
may be inferred in private manner,
without parade or funeral Grafton.
Lastly, I constitute and appoint my
dearly beloved wife Martha Washing
ton, my nephews William Augustine
Washington, Bushrod Washington.
George Steptoe Washington, Samuel
Washington and Lawrence Lewis, and
my ward George Washington 'Parke
Custis (when he shall have arrived at
the age of twenty years. e!<ecutrix
and executors of this will and tesla
the construction of which It
will readily be perceived that no pro-
fessional character has been consult
ed, or has had any agency in the
draught, and that although it has oc-
cupied many Of my leisure hours to
digest, and to throw it into it's pres
ent form, It may, notwithstanding, APP /
pear crude and incorrect-but having
to be plain and explicit
in all the devises. even at the expense
of prolixity, perhaps of tautology.
hope and trust that no disputes will
arise concerning them. but If, con-
trary to expectation, the case should
be otherwise from the want Of legal
or the usual technical
terms, or because TOO much or too lit .
tie has been said on any OF the de-
vises to be consonant with law, my
will and direction expressly is. that all
disputes (if unhappily any should
arise) shall be decided by three i'm
partial and intelligent men, known for
their probity and good understanding
two to be chosen by the disputants,
each having the choice OF one, and
the third by those two-whlCh three
men thus chosen shall, unfettered by
law or legal constructions, declare the {
sense of the testator's intentions:
and such decision Is, to all interts
and purposes, to be as binding on the
parties as if It had been given in the
supreme court of the United States.
In witness of all, and of each of
the things herein contained. have
set my hand and seal, this ninth day
of July in the year One Thousand.
Seven Hundred and Ninety and
Of the independence of the Unitad
States the Twenty-fourth.
GEORGE WASHINGTON (Seall
1T appears the testator omitted tie,
word nine"