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Home My WebLink About1104_DENNIS_MARGARET_78_506_06-26-1952_06-30-1952• JY:/II?11, LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF iMARGARET ELIZABETH McNEAL DENNIS And now June 30,1952,it being adjudged that said Will has been duly proved,it is hereby admitted to probe,te and ordered tc be recorded,and Letters Testamen~ are issued to Mellon National Bam &Trust Company,in said Testamen named,whose proper Officer was duly qualified. J ame s H.Dougla s , Register. RALPH W.PEACOCK ATTORNEY AT LAW 502 WASHINGTON TRUST BUILDING WASHINGTON,PA. WILL BOOK 78 PAGE 566 , I. .Applitation for Jrobatr of .i11 of MARGARET McN~DENNIS __...-.....11.ate of UniQn TQwnship ,Washington County, Pennsylvania deceased,and ®nlllt of 1Eettcrs Wr$tmllcntar~. REGISTER'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON COUNTY,~88.: Before the Register of Wills of Washington Bank and Trust CQmpany County,personally appearedH P McConnell,Trust Officer Qf the MellQn NatiQ~~being duly sworn says that Margaret McN.Dennis late resident of p~:ij,~Shi~W~~63....c0unty,Pennsylvania,a citizen of U.S.A.died at 4:30 o'clock P.m.,on the 26th day of June A.D.19~ leaving an estate of the estimated value of $15,000.00 personalty,and $1 0,000.00 realty,said real estate being located in Union Township,WashingtQn CQunty.Pennsylvania The decedent's legatee::;and devisees are as follows: ania ania XA~IE RELATIOXSHIP RESIDEl'\CE VIargaret Elizabeth Griffith NQne Irwin.Pennsylvania I Cleveland.OhiQMargaretLilyGettyNQne 16 Kent Street Cecil Denni s None Sliema,Malta 150 Queensbury RQad D H Denpis -Nnnt:.RQsyth Fife,SCQtland 11 Edwin RQad Harold E.Dennis None Kent,England ,.Pump Farm Nilliam T.Dennis None Kent Rna-land Creek R.D.# eters United Presbyterian Church None Venetia,Penns~vania eters Creek..Bap±ist Church None Library,Pennsylvania oman's Board of the United Presbyteriar hurch for the United Presbyterian Home lr the Aged None Wilkinsburg,Pennsylv 3aptist Home for the Aged None Sunset Hills.Pennsylv W n M W Testator has not married anilu .no children have been born since the execution of the will offered for probate. Petitioner prays t.hat the paper writing filed here with dated November 3,1951 ________-Jmay be ad.mitted to probate as the last Will and Testament of said decedent,and to grant Letters Testamentary thereon to Mellon National Bank &Trust Company ..... whose postoffice address is Main Street,Washington,Pennsylvania J . .ubscribed before me this ~o·).~ '=1 ~~.«....\·A.D.19 •-I O-y/4-d ) COMMONWEALTH OF PENN8YLVANIA, WA:8HINGTON COUNTY,88.: And now June 30 ,19....52-,comes-.I:L.-..P McConnell,Trllst Officer who being duly sworn doth depose and say that~_willwell and truly administer the gllods and chat- tels,rights and credits of MARGARET MeN.DENNIS ,deceased, to the best of his skill a.nd judgment in·strict compliance wit}:l'the laws of tHis Commonwealth, mindful of the laws relating to inheritance taxes..14' Sworn a ( s bscribed before me this 3 6 ..~A ..•YJ.-:--+--7~---t--~.D.1~1-~~ #~,/4&-0 Register ,',. ~t~l I I ;>,QlE~'""(~0 0)0)..,.., ""'"'t:J:l r-i J~ED <t1I-l "..\)~~~~ ~~w~~~~0(:1 Cl "0 1952 JUN 30 [,l ~Pf1 ..1 ~Z Q)3 :05 ~tf.l "-.....C)~.....Q) .~~<:.l•Q) E-t A JAMES H.OUGLAS •"0 ~~Q)REGISTER F WILLS..., ~~ ~~EX-Of.F1CIQ CrERK o.C,1-<0 'H tf.l ~0 1-< Q)Q)0 "0...,...,+'+'Q) ~Q)~'''';H H ~~ " ,-~,..- ornmmlltt~;~lt4 of Jruunyluauia •&.9l1tllgtoU Q!OUllty..9.9: BE IT REMEMBERED,That upon this 27.th day of.June.. 19..52 ,before me Jam.e.s H PQ:ug1A.s ~Register for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration within and for said county,came · · ·..·..·.. .......................R.!'!.w..~l,l~.~qQ.Q~..~;n.,ci.~.:r.~.:r.e.t ...'V P..eac.o.ck . subscribing witnesses to the foregoing attached Will of .......................................Ma.rgar.e.t Elizab.e.t.h...Mc.Ne.al De.nn1.s . deceased,who,after being-duly qualified aceording to law,depose and say:That ......they....were.. present at the execution of said Will-saw the testatrix sign the same-heard he.r.. publish it as and for .......her.......last Will and Testament;that.t.h.~y.at...he.r.......request,in ....her.. presence,and in the presence of each other,subscribed ....th.e.i.rnames thereto as witness..aS,and at the time of the doing thereof said testat.riX was of sound,disposing mind,memory and understanding,to the best of the affiants'knowledge and beli ., sworrnandSUbSCrI;Bef:~~e.·/}'ejc&'zt:~~. ~r '?!1~..f.~.d::..~~"'3 ··..·I..~~ I rn ~><::n,-Irn~~°03:::TJ-"'(j}m0-{~-_rn:J:~rO;;::l. 00°m ! ,.,,0 -0 ~rn~c=::;.:0::n 0/,-,\oJ \'l>-Or(/)•(fl 00Ul .-• LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF MARGARET ELIZABETH McNEAL DENNIS I,Margaret Elizabeth McNeal Dennis,a resident of Union Township, Washington County,Pennsylvania,being of sound and disposing mind,memory and understanding,do hereby make,publish and declare this my Last Will and Testament,hereby revoking any and all Wills by me heretofore made. ITEM I.I hereby direct my Executor hereinafter named to pay all my just debts and funeral expenses as soon after my decease as may be found convenient. ITEM II.I hereby give,devise and bequeath the sum of One Thou- sand and no/lOO ($1,000.00)Dollars to Margaret Elizabeth Griffith of Scull Stop,Old Penn Highway,Irwin,Pennsylvania. ITEM III.I hereby give,devise and bequeath the sum of One Thou- sand and nO/IOO ($1,000.00)Dollars to Margaret Lily Getty of Cleveland,Ohio At one time she was a resident of No.408 Colonial Hotel. ITEM IV.I hereby give,devise and bequeath the sum of Two Hundr~d and no/lOO ($200.00)Dollars to each of the following:Cecil Dennis,16 Kent Street,Sliema,Malta;D.H.Dennis of 150 Queensbury Road,Rosyth Fife, Scotland;Harold E.Dennis,11 Edwin Road,Rainham Gillingham,Kent Englan William T.Dennis,Pump Farm,Pump Lane,Rainham Gillingham,Kent Eng- land. ITEM V.I hereby give,devise and bequeath the sum of One Thou- sand Five Hundred and no/lOO ($1,500.00)Dollars to the Peters Creek United Presbyterian Cllurch. .inar~Jr~ -1- A,io~f:f ITEM VI.I hereby give,devise and bequeath the sume of One Thou sand Five Hundred and no/lOO ($1,500.00)Dollars to the Peters Creek Baptist Church of Library,Pennsylvania. ITEM VII.I hereby direct that all of the foregoing bequests shall be free and clear of all inheritance gifts and succession taxes which shall be paid out of my residuary estate. ITEM VIII.In the event my estate should not be adequate to fully pay all of the foregoing bequests,I hereby direct that any deficiency shall be proportionately divided among £-c,;;:l-;;S .l!!iZ,~£f the same being reduced by its pro rata share of the whole. ITEM IX.In the event any of the legatees named in Items II,III and IV,should predecease me,I hereby direct that the money bequeathed to such individual shall be shared proportionately between the living individuals name in said Items;i.e.each of said living individuals shall have his bequest in- creased in the pro rata amount that it bears to the total bequests of the living individuals. ITEM X.I hereby give,devise and bequeath all the rest,residue and remainder of my estate to the Women's Board of the United Presbyterian Church for the United Presbyterian Home for the Aged of Wilkinsburg and to the Baptist Home for the Aged located at Sunset Hills,share and share alike. ITEM XI.Religious and charitable gifts herein are identical with those made by me in a Will dated March 12,1951 and said Will has not been heretofore revoked or superceded and the original of it is being placed with thils Will in order to benefit by the provisions of the Act of April 24,1947,P.L. " If6.bJJ io~fJoh ot Mo~)/-~MA Arv.h -2- IN WITNESS WHEREOF. of 4~'D.1951. 89,Section 7,Paragraph (1). I hereby nominate and appoint Mellon National Bank and Trust Com- pany as Executor of this My Last Will and Testament. I have hereunto set my hand this 3r~ay This instrument consisting of three (3)typewritten pages,(each bear ing the signature of the above named Margaret Elizabeth McNeal Dennis),wa by her on the date hereof signed,published and declared by her to be her last will and testament,in our presence,who at her request and in her presence and in the presence of each other,we believing her to be of sound and disposin mind and memory,have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. ;¥3~~~oz£ 1Jj~J~~rcL -3-