Last Will and Testament of John Millenbaugh


State of Indiana     ) S. S.
County of Huntington )

     I John Millenbaugh of sound mind and memory of Huntington County in the
State of Indian acknowledging the the One God as the Creator and Devine Ruler
of the Universe, do hereby make this my last Will and testament.
     After payment of all my just debts and personal charges, funeral expenses
and last sickness, I devise, bequeath, and dispose of all my estate as follows,
to wit.
     First: to my wife Helen Millenbaugh I bequest all of my personal property
including household furniture and everything now pertaining to my home and house
in the City of Huntington, Indiana.
     Second: I devise and bequeathe to my beloved wife Helen Millenbaugh to have
the same for and during her natural life the following Real Estate situate in the
City of Huntington, County of Huntington, and State of Indiana to wit:
Out Lot numbered (11) eleven in Ewing's Addition of out lots to the town now City
of Huntington, Indiana, said property being the lot or panel of land on which our
home now stands.  It being my intention to give and bequeath to my beloved wife
Helen Millenbaugh a life estate in said property above described with remainder
over to the persons named in item 3 of this will.
     Three: And the remainder in fee simple of said panel or lot of land described
in Item two I devise and bequeath as follows: To Christina Murphy, Catherine
Wagoner, and Julia Feigert each a one fourth interest in fee and wimple except
as to Julia Feigert she to receive a one fourth interest after deducting the sum
of One Hundred Dollars.
     To Maggie Millenbaugh and Julia Millenbaugh heirs of my late son John A.
Millenbaugh a one fourth interest together and in addition thereto in the final
settlement of my estate to Maggie Millenbaugh the sum of $170 and to Julia the
sum of $120.00
     I hereby appoint and designate Helen Millenbaugh as my executor, to perform
the trust of the will.
                                                     John Millenbaugh

Signed and sealed in the  presence of us, by the said John Millenbaugh who in his
presence and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names
as witnesses.  Done at the City of Huntington County and State afore-said this
20" day of August A.D. 1894.

                            Witnesses   )    George Bailey
                                        )    Geo. A Yopst

State of Indiana  ) S.S
Huntington County )

     Be it Remembered That on the 2d day of Janruary 1896, George Baley  one
of the subscribing witnesses to the within and foregoing last Will and Testament
of John Millenbaugh late of said County, deceased, personally appeared before William
Moffett, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Huntington County, in the State of Indiana,
and being duly sworn by the Clerk of said Court, upon his oath declared and testified
as follows, that is to say:  That on the 20" day of August 1894 he saw the said John
Millenbaugh sign his name to said instrument in writing as and for his last Will and
Testament; and that this deponent at the same time heard the said John Millenbaugh
declare the said instrument in writing to be his last Will and Testament, and that
the said instrument in writing was at the same time at the request of the said John
Millenbaugh and with his consent attested and subscribed by the said George Baley
and George A Yopst in the presence of said testator, and in the presence of each
as subscribing witnesses thereto, and that the said John Millenbaugh was, at the
time of signing and subscribing of said instrument in writing as a aforesaid of full
age, (that is, more than twenty-one years of age,) and of sound and disposing mind
and memory, and not under any coercion or restraint, as the said deponent verily
believes, and further deponent says not.
                                                 George Bailey
     Sworn to and subscribed by the said George Baley before me, William P. Moffett,
Clerk of said Court at Huntington the 2d day of Janruary 1896
                                                 William P. Moffett Clerk Deputy
                                        By
     In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal
of said Court
                                               William P. Moffett Deputy
                                        By
State of Indiana     )S.S.:
Huntington County    )
     I W. P. Moffett, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Huntington County, Indiana do
hereby certify that the within ????? Will and Testament of John Millenbaugh has
been duly admitted to probate, and duly proved by the testimony of George Baley
one of the subscribing witnesses thereto, that a complete record of said will, 
and the testimony of the said John Millenbaugh in proof thereof, has been duly
made and recorded in Record of Wills "d" Pages 398-401 of the Record of Wills
of said county.
     In attestation whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed
the seal of said Court at Huntington, this 2" day of Janruary 1896
                                                  William P. Moffett
                                          Clerk Circuit Court of Huntington County
                                                                 Deputy
                                        By
     State of Indiana, Huntington County, SS:
     In the Matter of the Estate of John Millenbaugh Deceased
     Helen Millenbaugh says that John Millenbaugh died on the 23rd day of
December 1895 ?estate, she further says she is the widow of said decedent that
they had and have children which are now living.
     She further says that as the widow of said decedent under the law she is
entitled to the undivided one third part of the real estate of which decedent
died seized and that she is also entitled to her statutory allowance of Five
hundred dollars out of the personal estate of decedent and she now says that
she elects to take under the statute the part to which she is entitled and
not under the provisions of the Will of decedent.
                                     Done this 28th day of January 1896
                                          Helen Millenbaugh