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Home My WebLink About1855_BEASHEAR_KATHERINE_70_227_02-27-1947I J\......, ttl ~~~c ....j ~ ~ ~~ ~~-'\,........ """~c ~ §tntr Df IIrat lIirgtntu,Iss County of Brooke ~ GEORGE SCOTT I,~tot:~mt,Clerk of the County Court of Brooke County,having the custody of the Files,Journals,and Records of aid Court,do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and accurate copy of Last '~1ill and Testament of Katherine M.Brashear ----.-- -------- --------- as the same appear of record in my office,in rlill Book No.-.:!..---"Page _90 _, :and I further certify that I have carefully compared the foregoing copy with the original record,and that the same is a full and correct transcript thereof. IN 'WITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court,at Wellsburg,Brooke County,"Vest Virginia,this _14th ~tatr nf IItnt lIifgltttU, County of Brooke dan of---1 Deputy. I,_V.C.Wells President of the County Court of Brooke-Gear e Scott County,the same being'a Court of record,do hereby certify that ~mmleJdiQdoo~JXll117 whose ~~enuine signature is attached to the foregoing certificate,was at the date there- of,and now is,Clerk of the County Court of Brooke County,and as such,full faith and credi.L c:lre due acts,and that the above certificate and attestation are in due form of law,and made by the proper officer. IN \VITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court,at \Vellsburg,Brooke County,West Virginia,this __~4t~day of ___,19,32]_.'J!'(/J;!/I --_..h._L~_ President of the County Court of Brooke County. ittttt nf Ibnt lIHrgtnttt,~ss County of Brooke , GEORGE SCOTT I,~~,Clerk of the County Court of Brooke County,hereby cer- tify that _V.C.ells is the President of said County court,duly commis~ioned and qualified,and now acting as such. _N WITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court,at Wellsburg,Brooke County,"Vest Virg'inia,this __~_~th day of ___Fe bruary_~,1~_4_7_ Clerk of the County Co t of Brooke County,W.Va. B .g .f).Y l ~~ Deputy. LAST "ILl AND TEs~r,j,lB:JT make,~u'llish anl.<declare t,:s to be my las:'will £orr}"';;estame:lt"he;->e'ly revok 116 and IT.L..king null ~nd void an an 1 all wi1-'1 y :no at a 1y :;ime hereto- fore made. FI~S~:I direct that ~l of mJ just deb~s and rune~ul expen~e~be pa d b m r """;xecu+-rix Lerelnafter named"out of tLe first money r;om':'ng ::n-l;o her hands. SEC01~:I giv~,Jevise and bequeath to my beloved 30n,klton Jean Brurhear"my house and lot situated at ~Jo.C14 T,Tain Street,'~n the ~ity of wells'lurg,\'!e"'~.irf;inia,known as the REEVH;S property"to him ancl his heirs foreve::....,<'ubject to the curtesy r;f my husband .:;alv n ..jlyt'c ~ra8he[\r n c:;a:d pro;>erty,'hut upon the dea th of my said nusban d"should he 8urvi ve me,:1 is property to belo"G to my said son .•lton Dean .3rashear"free from all incunbrances what~oever. :Jrashear"m ~.0'U<'El ar i 101-situated at 827 an-~ee Stre'1t":n the Jit;y 0.1 Wellsbur ,'::es u ir~~in::'a"occup ed at the resent -:ir:J.e 1-,y Jo!:11 Deulp:tT"+:0 ::or ani her heirs fo 'over,sUbj~ct to the curtesy f my hushanll Calvin )1'the Brashear in said property,but upon the death 01'1:1 sai'l husband"should he <urvivo :ne,8...1d property to belong to m~T ~aid ':aughtA:::'Iva Gertrude jrashe~r abso:utel JJ FOUR~:I [,ive a~d jequeath to my beloved daughter Iva ,ertrude Brashe~rJ the United States f}overnment Bonds belonging to me,and r.oposited in the Bank in Viellsbur,;,in t.e sum of Ten Thousand T)ollars,to 'he by her held n trust for tLe usc and benefit of oy two belovPd grand-childrer;,Altor,-'ean Brashear a 11'1 ZelIa Katharine 3ras:1ear,n +-~l,.L-'-m'J 3aiL.c:;ro..Jd-ch':'liren arrive a t ~:le abC a.f'twen ty-one year s re spe t i V8:y J 8.;).upon t 18ir arriTJal at th s age,it is my des re that eL-ch shall receive an e(ual share of said 'jondJ, '11 1eachrece"vint ;1 onds of the value of .I."ive housand:Jo larc.I de sire m.: said ~ecutrix to .....se the iJcome from +,he 8.'oresaid bo;)js during t.l.e per'od between m;d3m'so an 1 the date that my s"id grand-children 81..[.,.11 reach the age of twenty-one,as Clhe may Jeem to the bes tint ere't a~j beno.;:'i t of my wo'.;.ld b A er tirely sati",ractl'"\ry to :'10 'N':lre =1 iving. hereby nominate,constittxe a appoint r:1 d ubuter,Iva jortr......1e Brashear,suardian of my tw 0 grand-c:ildren,..1 ton ';Jean )!'ashaar bo.d ZE.ll ~atharine Drashear. j I hereby nominate,cons .:.tt:.te fr.'l snpolnt m'da'~ghter,Iva Gertrude Brashear"Executrix of this my last \tll and testament"with full power and authority to execute the same accordinc~to its true and intended mean:::,g, und ex}c.rate er fron,8iving rond other "";1:o.n :.er own recogn zarce _D +1:e exe~tion of the same. This my last will and testament is typewr::.tt,erl on th_~ef)s1'ects of raI er without &r.y erasures or lnterlineat':ons,and::have siLned the same o.,he third page thereof,the attestinb wit.es.es sign n on the :o~tl paDe ~lereof. 1;,.'I'.IE(·S i"HER:=C ,1 have hereunto affixed m :.and and se'l,this iourteentL ay of JU::"~,in the year one ',ho'l.<sand r :-,e r:1 ndred and twent - tu'ee (192::). Katherine M.Bra2hanr (SEAL) TI..e above signature of the Testatrix"h.ather:'ne ~:.l3rasheur,~s macie by her,the said Testatrix,to the foregoing last will and teqtament":1.1.the presence of us,t w competent va tne8SCS,}Jresent at the sarno time;8.nd we, the said wi tnes ~Ofi,do hereunto sub'3crilJ~tt e said last will c.nJ.taf'ta ,ar t, as witne ses thereto,n the presence of the testt 'z,r':'A"ar'ir.t~.l.e ;.re"'3!ce 0... each nt e'~at the reque~t of the te"1tatr::~this r1o'rt ent.l.day of July, in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-~bree (1923). V.':;Wells R.C.','T lkin r:"V r;N:-:Or,in tL,'cff_ct.:')::the clerk of't 'a Joun.L j uourt (...roc,l e 80J.nt J ,'.'le..,t 'Jire;Lliu,011 l"rida ,tho Iltt.day oi''nUb.'l"'J"1929. ':hi8 day a paper wr'tin~')ear~lu d::...te +;~j.e =..4t~.00.'0...'July,1923, purrortirlg to e the le..st 'Jill Rnd ':L'estarrent oJ.'Ka her':'ne II!.],ras""ear, decease~,was offered for probate and record by ~va u.~raslear,who ':'8 named'.said IV 11 as the Execuurix thereof.nd tr.l.e c:ai.d 'fill being thereupon dUly proved by v.c •.Vells,one 0 ...'the fub"'cr '1in[;and attestlr'b witnesses to said ill,who being first duly sworn,testified that said 'ri 1 wa 8 signed by t he tea tatrix in ••18 pre sence 8.')C:in the presP,l1 ce OJ. R.C.Wilkin"now deceased"the otler subscr':"bing v'tner-s,ant tra'tLe in the pres ence 0'~he te statrix,at her 1"'e UP s t Ie..In the presence of eac~other,signed same as witnesse<:>,and tbat at the time oJ.'signinG said W 11 ho bel ieve the testa trix ','a'""'of sound and cl :'lpo'int.;mind and not under mhk8,_UJlish and declare this to be m r last will ~~i ~estame~t,he'eby revoldnt;and making nu:'-l and void un and all wills·y :ne at any time hereto- fore made. FIl.ST:I direct that all of m:r just debts anJ ~'t.nerc...l expen3e"':Je pa d by m "":xecu'"rix hereinafter named,out of t he -l"'ir3~money ~omlng into ber ha:1d.s. SECO!~:I give,devise and bequeath to my heloved son,hlton Jean BrllC'hec..r,m'house and lot situate r'at ;10.C14 i,lair.Street,in ,he -;i1;j of W"'llls'''mrg,';le't '/ir{-;inia,known as the REEVES property,to him ani h':'s heirs forever,s'L..bject to the curtesy (if my busland -::;alvin .,lyt~e DrafJhoar in ~u::'d property,''Jut upon the death of my "'aid husband,3:lOUld he survive mb,"':his property to belong to my said son ..1 ton Dean ..3rasheur,free from all incucrbrances whatsoever. THI:1D:I 3iv(:1,devise and '~equeath to roy bAlovoi l~l'Lhter Iva Jorotrurl.o ,jI'ashear,my hom~e ani lot situated at 827 8onkeo S':.re'3t,~n the "::ity of Wellsbur',';'es~'irgln:a,occupieJ at the pre<'ent John Deul!y,to .ar an':her heirs fa_ever,subjl3ct to t~e curtesy ~my :....sband Calvin 3l"a sheu.r in said property,but up on the death of I.L r 3 '4,l.h'lsba nd,shoul l he ,urvlve me,said property to belo~~to M-said ~aught"'lr Iva Gertrude Drashear absolutel , ./OuRlli:I give and bequeat h to my beloved daughter Iva Gertrude 131'ashear, the Gni ted States Government Bonds belonging to me,awl r:8positec1 in the Bunk in Vlellsbur8,in t.e sum of Ten Thousand Dollars,to be by her held in trust for the use and benefit of ny two beloved grand-children,Alton :ean Brashear and zelIa Katharine 3rasJ.lenr ~,ntil mJ suhl ~rand-ch':'ldren arrive at ,he aoe of twenty-one years respectivel r,8.n uJ on their arr::'Jal at ~h s age,it is my des re that eG.ch shall recl3ive an e \lul srlare o~said ·or js, each rece:'ving londs of the value of _iJe l'housand Jollars.I des':"re m: sai~~ecutrix to use the i~come from the &:oresaid ~onis dur:ng t.e per~od between m r demise anI the date that my said grand-chi..ldren shull reach the age of twenty-one,as qhe rna deem to the bes tint ere't ar-d bene~'i t of my any restraint.nd the said v.r;."Jells swore as to +"ho s.J.gnature be':'ng also prC'ved by the oath of Charlotte "alderwood,a competert 'litness,.£'am':'ia.r with the signature of 'R.C.Hlkir"deceased.On considerat.ion whereof,no objectiOlI being made thereto,it _s ordered tt at;sa::'d 'fil:~.be,ar:d the sa e is here"'y adm tted to probate ano rp~ord as and for t.6 la.st Will and testur-:ent of Katherine II:.3rashear,deceased. clerk. I tare "'ular quarterly rneetint~0 ..'tLe Gounty Court of Brooke vount;y, West 'Jirginia,'eld at the court Hou"e tLereof,on Saturda.y,the 12thday of Janua"J,1929. Present::?ran k ':Jade,Pre sident,VI.'.•Pilchard and Arch E.,-,arnet t I Cor.uni ss oners. 1 ..e clerk of the Lourt reported to the vourt t ..·;fidllc·1.ar aD(~other business transacted by the Clerk dur~ng the va ati 11 0:'::laic,Court,as follows: o 000 0 On /riday,the 11th day of January,1929,+-he probate of tue .,,"::of Katterine ~I.3rashear,deceased. o 000 0 On cor:sideraticn of all cf which tio ~ourt doth a~prove and confirm each anu every of ti.e foreeoing acts and proceedinGs of said Clerk Teste: Abe Montgomery A cop -Teste: Abe lIon tgomery Clerk. Clerk Frank wade President.