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Will Book C, Pages 528-530
Last
Will and Testament of Elizabeth M. Baker
I,
Elizabeth M. Baker, (widow) of
Shoals, Martin County, Indiana, do make and declare the following
instrument to
be my last will and testament.
FIRST
I direct
that all my debts and funeral expenses be paid from the first funds
available.
SECOND.
I direct my
Executor to purchase a high, dry lot in the Shoals cemetery for burial
ground
and I direct my Executor to purchase and erect a substantial marker for
my
grave to be about three (3) ft. high. I desire that my body be placed
in a
substantial cement vault.
THIRD.
I own a
farm in Martin County on which is a cemetery, which I give and bequeath
to
Martin County, and when this bequest is accepted by the Officials of
Martin
County, I direct my Executor to have same surveyed and to erect a
substantial
fence of cement posts with heavy iron rods running through, and to
clean and
put the ground in good condition, and pay all expenses out of the
proceeds of
my estate.
FOURTH.
I give, devise
and bequeath to my aunt, Mary E. Stiles of Shoals, Indiana, my home,
to-wit;
Lots seventy-five (75) and eight-eight (88) in said town of Shoals,
formerly
called Memphis, together with all buildings thereon and contents in
buildings,
with the provision that said Mary E. Stiles shall distribute said
contents in
accordance with instructions which I have given her and I desire that
she be
permitted to make such distributions without interference or hindrance.
FIFTH.
I give to
Ruth Baker of Shoals, Indiana, (a granddaughter of my deceased husband)
the sum
of $500.00 in cash; to Allen Baker of Shoals, (a grandson of my
deceased
husband) the sum of $500.00 in cash; to Bernice McCampbell, (my cousin)
of
Phoenix, Arizonia [sic], the sum of
$100.00 in cash; to my aunt, Mrs. Nancy J. Metcalf, of Spring Valley,
Ill., the
sum of $500.00 in cash; to my uncle James Smith, of Spring Valley,
Ill.,
$300.00 in cash; to Mrs. Emma Passel of Shoals, Indiana, $5.00 in cash;
to my
cousin, Bertha Brown of 83 South Sterling Street, Dayton, Ohio, the sum
of
$1,000.00 in cash, same to be used as a fund to educate her son,
Richard Brown.
It is my wish that my said cousin, Bertha Brown, have full and complete
supervision and management of said $1,000.00 and earnings thereof, and
that she
expend the same for the benefit of her son, Richard, in accordance with
her
best judgment; to my cousin, Grace Pfaff of Shoals, Indiana, the sum of
$1,000.00 in cash; to my aunt, Nancy Steele of Shoals, Indiana, the sum
of
$500.00 in cash; to my aunt, Rhoda Price, 200 S.E. St., Washington,
Indiana,
the sum of $500.00 in cash; to my cousin, Mrs. Opal Bridenbaugh, of
Shoals,
Indiana, the sum of $100.00 in cash; to my cousin, Fred Steele, of 1504
Louisiana St., Little Rock, Ark., the sum of $100.00 in cash; to my
cousin. Ola
Baker, 521
Forest Ave., Oak
Park, Ill.,
the sum of $100.00 in cash.
SIXTH.
I give,
devise and bequeath to the Methodist Church of Shoals, Indiana, First
Liberty
Loan Bond, Converted No. 45096, maturing June 15th, 1947 for the amount
of
$500.00 to create a fund to be managed solely and wholly by said church
as
payment of my usual dues and for keeping my grave in order. When this
bond
matures, the Trustees of said church may at their option pay the
principal sum
into the general fund of the church.
SEVENTH.
I
direct my Executor to convert all property, real, personal and mixed,
belonging
to me at my death and not otherwise disposed of in this will, in cash,
and use
the proceeds in payment of the various bequests and gifts made by this
will as
promptly as practical.
I nominate
my relative, Mr. Azor C. Smith of French Lick, Indiana, as
Executor of this will.
In witness
whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal this 15th day of
October 1926.
Elizabeth
M. Baker, (Seal).
The
Undersigned hereby certified that Mrs. Elizabeth M. Baker of Shoals,
Indiana in
our presence, signed the foregoing instrument and declared same to be
her last
will and testament and that each of us at her request and in her
presence and
in the presence of each other, do hereunto affix our names and seals as
witnesses to said will, this 15th day of October, 1926.
Elmer
Scarlett, (Seal)
WITNESS.
Wm. C. Ellis, (Seal).
Codicil
I,
Elizabeth Baker, do hereby make, publish and declare the following
codicil to
my will, which will has, heretofore, been duly executed, to wit;
I give,
will and bequeath to and unto my cousin, Grace Pfaff, the residue of my
estate
of every kind and character whatsoever, after the payment of my debts,
and the
bequests mentioned in my said will.
Witness my
and this Nov. 5th 1926.
Signed by
the above named, Elizabeth Baker as a codicil to her last will and
testament,
in our presence, and by us as subscribing witnesses in her presence and
in the
presence of each other this 5 day of November 1926.
Elena
Smith Bailey,
Ida
Poindexter.
PROOF OF
PROBATE
OF WILL.
STATE OF INDIANA, MARTIN COUNTY,
SS:
Before me,
Elmer Harding Clerk of the Martin Circuit Court, personally came Elmer
Scarlett
one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing last will and
testament of
Elizabeth M. Baker late of Martin County, Indiana, deceased, and being
duly
sworn on oath says that he was present at the execution of said last
will; that
the same was duly executed, that at the time of the execution thereof,
said
testatrix was of full age to devise her property, of sound mind and
memory and
not under any coercion or restraint, that said testatrix requested
Elmer
Scarlett and W. C. Ellis to sign said will as witnesses thereto, which
they
accordingly did in the presence of said testatrix, and in the presence
of each
other as subscribing witnesses thereto.
Elmer
Scarlett.
Subscribed
and sworn to before me, this 2nd day of December, 1926.
Elmer
Harding, Clerk
PROOF OF CODICIL.
State of Indiana, Martin County,
SS:
Before me,
Elmer Harding, Clerk of the Martin Circuit Court, personally came Elena
Smith
Baily, one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing codicil of
Elizabeth M.
Baker, late of Martin County, Indiana, deceased, and being duly sworn
on oath
says that she was present at the execution of said Codicil; that the
same was
duly executed, that at the time of the execution thereof, said
testatrix, was
of full age to devise her property, of sound mind and memory and not
under any
coercion or restraint, that said testatrix requested this affiant and
Ida
Poindexter to sign said Codicil as witnesses thereto, which they
accordingly
did in the presence of said testatrix and in the presence of each other
as subscribing
witnesses thereto.
Elena
Smith Bailey,
Subscribed
and sworn to before me, this 7 day of December, 1926,
Elmer
Harding, Clerk of the Martin Circuit Court
File
note: The location of the farm and cemetery mentioned in Item Third above is
uncertain, and were most likely Elizabeth's before her marriage to her
unnamed deceased husband. Elizabeth's
deceased husband was Nicholas S. Baker. Ruth and Allen Baker,
Nicholas' grandchildren mentioned in Item Fifth, were children of
Otoway and Ruby Reed Baker. See also the will of Nicholas Baker. Charlie Tredway March 26, 2016.
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