Will Book C, Pages 540-541 

Last Will and Testament of Clara L. McClellan 

I, Clara L. McClellan, of  Decatur, in the County of Macon and State of Illinois, being of sound mind and memory, and considering the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life, do therefore, make, ordain, publish and declare, this to be my last Will and Testament;

             FIRST; it is my Will and I hereby direct that my executrix hereinafter named, shall sell and dispose of, a soon as may be within one year, all of my property both real, personal and mixed, for good current money, and after the payment of all my just debts and funeral expense, it is my Will and desire that the remainder of my money from said sale be divided among my following named heirs;

             SECOND; to my beloved daughter, Dessie M. Constant, one eighth share of the proceeds of such sale or sales; to my beloved son, Charles C. McClellan, one-eights share of said sale or sales; to my beloved daughter, Bertha B. Fry, one-eighth share of said sale or sales; to my beloved son, Ernest F. McClellan, one-eighth share of said sale or sales; to my beloved daughter, Ethel F. Meyer one-eighth share of said sale or sales; to my beloved son, Wesly T. McClellan, one-eighth share of said sale or sales; to my beloved grand-daughter, Clara A. McClellan, one-eighth share of said sale or sales; and to my great grandchildren, Melba D. Anderson, Leon Anderson, and William Anderson, children of my deceased grand-daughter, Ester Anderson, each one-twenty-fourth share of said sale or sales.

             It is further my will and I hereby direct that in case of the death of either of the above named great-grandchildren, that their share shall go to the surviving great-grandchildren in equal shares.

             Lastly, I nominate and appoint Bessie M. Constant to be the executrix of this my last Will and Testament.

             I hereby revoke all former wills and codicils by me made.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto subscribe my name, this 14th day of December, in the year of our Lord, One thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-five (A.D. 1925).

 
                                                                                    Clara F. McClellan (SEAL).

             This instrument, consisting of two pages, was on the day of the date thereof signed, published and declared by the said testatrix Clara L. McClellan, to be her last Will and Testament, in the presence of us who at her request and in her presence and in the presence of each other, have subscribe our names hereto as witnesses.

                                                                                    Annabelle Anderson,
                                                                                    Martin E. Morthland,
                                                                                    James E. Henson.

PROOF OF PROBATE OF WILL:
 State of Indiana, Martin County, ss;

             Before me, Clerk of the Martin Circuit Court, personally came Edgar T. Laughlin, and being duly sworn on oath says that Annabelle Anderson, Martin E. Morthland, and James E. Henson, were present at the execution of the last will of Clara L. McClellan; 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 Annabelle Anderson, Martin E. Morthland, and James E. Henson, 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.

                                                                                    E. T. Laughlin,

                        Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 16 day of August, 1927.

(SEAL).                                                                                  Elmer Harding Clerk

State of Indiana, Martin County, SS;

            I, Elmer Harding, Clerk of the Martin Circuit Court, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing last will and testament of Clara L. McClellan, late of Macon County, State of Illinois, deceased, was this day duly admitted to probate and record, and the proof thereof duly made by E. T. Laughlin, and James E. Henson, one of the subscribing witnesses thereto, which said will, together with such proof, have been duly recorded in Record of Wills, No. “C”, Page 540, in this office.

 
            WITNESS my name and the seal of said court, this 16 day of August, 1927.

(SEAL).                                                                                  Elmer Harding, Clerk