Item 91: The Last Will and Testament of Alice Lenore Saylor, 1937 May 18, with Two Certificates of the Probate’s Office (removed to legal box #2), 1948 September 6; 1950 August 7
Item — Box: 15, Folder: 146
Dates
- Created: 1948 September 6; 1950 August 7
Creator
- Saylor, Alice Lenore 1869-1938 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Legal Contract/Last Will and Testament
General Condition:
Excellent
Measurements:
8 ½ in. x 7 in.
Title:
Last Will and Testament of Alice Lenore Saylor
Description:
The following item shows three documents pertaining to the last will and testament of Alice Lenore Saylor. Of the smaller documents, there are typed certificates of authenticity by the probate's office, signed by the clerk, Grace E. Morrisey, on August 7, 1950, stating that the papers brought to their office appear to be true and correct copies of the original. The second is another certificate of the probate’s office, dated September 6, 1948, stating that the last will and testament instrument of Alice Lenore Saylor, under the testimony of Martha P. Hotter, were rendered after the death of Saylor on July 8, 1938. The document is signed by Roscoe R. Luce, county judge for Walworth county, Wisconsin.
The third document is a typescript of the last will and testament of Alice Lenore Saylor. After an address to settle the debts on the estate, Saylor divides the estate amongst various parties. In the second division, Saylor grants $100.00 to Mary Tuttle, and named silver pieces attached in a later page. In the third, Anna Gregg is given $100.00 and named household pieces attached on a later page. Donald Meracle is given $100.00 for education expenses, and George W. Gresman is granted a mercantile building located in Delavan, which is described with boundary lines from a survey. Ruth Huntington Crozier is granted $200.00, and Ron R. Crozier is given her Nelson Loose Leaf Encyclopedia, along with their case. In the eighth and ninth divisions, Saylor grants the Croziers her library, and wishes them to be donated to the Aram Public Library of Delvan, excepting the encyclopedias granted in the prior division. In the tenth division, Saylor grants $200.00 to the Altar Guild of Christ Church of Delavan, to be a perpetual trust and insure securities. The interest is allowable for the purchase of necessities however, such as flowers for the altar, with any extra money to purchase flowers for the familial crypts. In the eleventh, Kate C. Rowe receives $500.00, and is asked to remain with Saylor’s body as it is prepared, as well as ensuring that the embalming takes place in Saylor’s home. In the twelfth, she asks that should Saylor die before 1940, a promissory note for $1000,00, executed by Douglas Mc Farlane, should be cancelled and not paid out to the man. In the thirteenth, Saylor grants the dividends from her Standard Oil Company stock be given to Esther E. Marsh, as a means of security until the time of her death, where it be transfered to Russell Ledwith Marsh, grandson of Esther. In the fourteenth, Saylor grants her homestead to [Maude] Alice Harvey, which is followed by a description of its boundaries and location from a survey taken of the place. In the fifteenth, Saylor gives Maude Alice Harvey all goods within her home that have not been previously designated to other parties. In the sixteenth, Albert and Maude Alice Harvey are granted $250.00. In the seventeenth, Saylor stipulates that all inheritance taxes should be paid through the corpus of her estate, and not deducted from any of the gifts granted by her will. In the eighteenth, Saylor grants the remainder of her estate to Clara B Hasten, executor of the estate, and upon her death, the inheritance is divided equally between Lloyd Marsh and Adella Hawes Murfin. In red pencil, a note states that Clara Hasten was deceased at the time. In the final, nineteenth section, Saylor names Ray Bowers the executor and trustee of her last will and testament, signing her name and setting her seal on May 15, 1937. A final section concludes that these divisions and this instrument are true acts of Saylor and have been witnessed by Elizabeth Hollister and Martha P. Hotter.
Location:
Walworth County, Wisconsin (recorded)
Creator
- Saylor, Alice Lenore 1869-1938 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
Contact:
84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu
84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu