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Applitatiun fur IIrnbatt of Btll nf_--=Me-ar_i _a _C=-=--hr-'-----i_st~y _
______late of Houston _________---.,Washington County,
Pennsylvania deceased,and ~r:utt of ~cttcrs (ficstamcntarll_
REGISTER'S OFFICE,
WASHINGTON COUNTY,~88.:
Before the Register of Wills of Washington
--.late reeident of
County,personally appeared Thomas H.:Russell
duly sworn says that Maria Cbristy
who being
Houston ,Washington County,Pennsylvania,a citizen of U.S.A.died
at Canonsburg Hospital,aged 73,
at 10:30 o'clock P.m.,on the 15th day of September A.D.19....53-
leaving an estate of the estimated value of $4500.00 personalty,and $1300.00
realty,s'aid real estate being located in Houston,Washington County.Pennsylvania•
The decedent's legatee:'!and devisees are as follows:
XA"lE RELATIOXSHIP
1118 S.;:~:c~t.
Samuel Christy ~on Houston,Fa.
1664 Macomber St.
James Christy Son Toledo 6.Obio
492·Regent st.
Anthony Christy Son Houston,Pa.
534 Regent St.
Benjaman Christy Son Houston,Fa.-
Mrs Rose Daughter
112 S.Main st.
Seres Houston,Fa.
Western Ave.
Mrs Anna Spiller Daughter Houston.Fa.
303 Beech St.
__~~Mary Kotar
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baughter Muse,Fa.
41 Locust St.
Mrs Grace O'Hara I Daughter Muse,Fa.I ----.-.-i.I-I --
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Testator has not married and n=-::O children have been born since the
execution of the will offered for probate.
Petitioner prays that the paper writing filed here with datecL-JUne ~~~-i--------
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decedent,and to grant Letters Teg.ta.mentary thereon to 'l'homas 'H.nussell
whose postoffice address is_=-=--=:....::....::~~w.:....a_s_h_i_ngt-=_o_n____'~_o_u_n_t....:ly~-==--_=:"-
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21st )
Septem~r A.D.19 53 -:;:O<>--~~ste;-j
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,
WASHINGTON COUNTY,~88.:
And now Sept.21 ,19 53,comes Thomas H.Rue sell
who being duly sworn doth depose and say that he _will \....e'1l and truly administer the goods and chat-
Maria Christ,.tels,rights and credits of ,deceased,
to the best of his skill and judgrrtent in strid compliance with the laws of this Commonwealth,
'mindful of the laws relating to inberitanee taxes.
Sworn and subseribed before me this 21st
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WILL
EE IT REMEMBERED,tha~,Maria Christy;being ot sound mind
and dis~osing mi~d,memory and-understand~ng,ahdconsidering the
uncertaLnty of 11fe,do tberefore make,publisb aQd declare'~his
to be my last WILL AND TESTAMENT,in manner and form following,
that is to say:-
ITEM::E.order all my just debts'and f\ineral expenses to be
paid by my Executor hereinafter nWDed,as soon as conveniently
may be after my decease.
,SECOND:I give,devise and bequeatn unto my Beloved Son"
Samuel Christy,All that certain lot or piece 'of ground which is
is improved with a two story frame bUildiilg,and said.lot having
a frontage of fifty feet(50')on South Main Street,in the
Borougn of Houston,Washington County,Pennsylvania,and extends
back preserving a uniform width,the distance of one bundred and
thirty five feet(135')to a fifteen foot-alleY,and rec:~r?-ed,oT}
the 17th day of March A.D.1917,in the Recorder's'Off'J.ce of
Washington County,Pennsylvania,in Deed-Book,Vol.448,Page 108.
I also give,devise and bequeat.h-to my Beloved Son
Samuel Christy,My business and all store fixtures ~nd all my
household furnishings and my shares in tbe'Chartiers Building
and Loan Corp.and all cash on hand o~.~e~~~ed in any b~nk.
I also request-that my -'beloved"S'on amuel-Christy,shall
give to my Beloved Sons as follows,fames Christy,anthony Christy
and 'Benjaman-Christy,the sum of $200.00·eacb in cash as tbeir
share of'this my Last-Will and Testament..-,
I also request that my beloved Son Samue~ChristY,shall
give to my Beloved Daughters as fol1ows,~s'Rose ;3erca,Mrs Anna
Spiller,Mrs Mary Kotar ana Mrs Grace O'Rara,the sum of'$-200.00
each ia casb as their share of this my Last Will and Testament•.-....-...-~.- -
And Lastly.-I do makejc0nstitute and appoint Thomas H.
Russell to b:the EXecutor of this my last WIU,an~TES~,
hereby revokJ.ng all former WILLS and TESTAMENTS by me at any
time hereto~ore made,and declaring this to be my last WILL and
TESTAMENT.
IN WITNESS \-vHEREOF,I bave hereunto·t?ubscribed my name,
and affixed my seal~the third day of June,in the year of our
LORD one thousand nJ.ne hundred and ~o~ight..
~Sigried,sealed,published and declared by the testament above
named,as and for HER last WILL and TESTAMENT,in"the'presence
0'6 us,who have hereunto,at rom request,subscribed'our'~ames
in HER presence,and in the presenee of each other,as wJ.tnesses
be~~
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lIIas!JtttgtDn monntg,ss:~
BE IT REMEMBERED,That upon this J./............day of ~.
19 ~..~,before me James H D.ougla.s :__.Register for the Probate of
Wills and granting Letters of Administration within and for said county,came _.
Thomas H.Russell and Mrs Ruth Russell
.........................................____..the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing attached Will of
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deceased,who,after being duly qualified according to law,depose and say:That they were present at the
execution of 'said Will-saw the t.estat...r.1X ._sign the same-heard Rer publish it as and for
..........~~.~.la:;;t Will and Testament;that they at _.._~~.___..request,in ~~~presence,and in the
presence of each other,subscribed their names thereto as witnesses;and at the time of the doing thereof said
testat r.1~was of sound,disposing mind,memory and understanding,to the best of the affiants'
knowledge Ilnd belief.
~worn and Subscriber Before Me
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RegIster