Record Book of Wills
in the County of Stoddard, Missouri
Book D Will 9

{This is a form page, the words written in italics are the handwritten words}

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

I-Samuel W. Henley of Stoddard County Missouri do by these make and publish this to be my last will and testament.

1^st. That my Burial expenses be paid.

2^nd I give and bequeath to my nephew Robert Schnecks Jr. all of my property both Real and Personal subject to the following conditions, That is to say, He the said Robert Schnecks Jr. is to assume and pay all of my indebtedness that may be properly established by law.

4^th I appoint my nephew Robt. Schnecks Jr. executor of this my last Will and Testament without bond.

In witness I hereunto set my hands and seal this 31^st day of May A.D. 1899.

S.W. Henley

attest.
W. Colbert
Gust Grosse

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PROOF OF WILL
STATE OF MISSOURI
County of- Stoddard In the- Probate -Court.

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this- 24 -day of- January -, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and- five -, before me- Thomas Connelly, Judge -of the-Probate -Court, held in and for- the County and State aforesaid- and State of Missouri, personally appeared- Gust Grosse and Wellington Colbert -who being duly sworn upon-their -oath, depose- -and say- -that- they -w-ere -present and saw-S.W. Henley, deceased sign the foregoing instrument, of date-May 31st -1899- -purporting to be- the Last Will and Testament of h-im -the said-S.W. Henley -and heard-him -publish and declare the same to be h-is -Last Will and Testament, and that at the time of signing the same, the said-S.W. Henley -was of sound and disposing mind, and that th-e -deponent-s and more than Twenty one years of age -the other attesting witnes- -subscribed their names thereto as witnesses to the same in the presence of the testat-or -and of each other, and at the request of the said testat-or -who was more than 21 years of age at the date of so declaring and signing said instrument.
Gust Grosse
Wellington Colbert

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 24^th day of January A.D. 1905
-of the- -Court, the day and year first aforesaid.
Thomas Connelly
Judge of Probate

CERTIFICATE OF PROBATE
STATE OF MISSOURI
County of-Stoddard -}In the- Probate -Court

I,-Thomas Connelly, Judge -of the-Probate-Court-Stoddard -County, Missouri, having examined the foregoing instrument purporting to be- -the Last Will and Testament of-S.W. Henley -deceased, and signed by said-S.W. Henley -deceased, late of-Stoddard -County,-Missouri -and having heard the testimony of-Gust Grosse -and-Wellington Colbert -subscribing witnesses thereto, in relation to the execution of the same, do declare and adjudge said Instrument-of date May 31, 1899 -the Last Will and Testament of said-S.W. Henley -deceased, and the same is therefore- admitted to Probate

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office this- 24th -day of-January -19-05
Thomas Connelly
Probate Judge
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LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
STATE OF MISSOURI
County of-Stoddard

To all to Whom these Presents shall come--GREETING:
Know Ye, That the last will and testament of-S.W. Henley -deceased, late of- Stoddard-County, Missouri, hath, in due form of law been exhibited, proved and recorded, in the office of the-Judge -of the Probate Court of- Stoddard -County, Missouri, a copy of which is hereunto annexed; and Inasmuch as it appears that-Robert Schencks Jr. -ha-s -been appointed execut- or -in and by said Last Will and Testament, to execute the same, and to the end that the property of the said Testator may be preserved for those who shall appear to have a legal right or interest therein, and that the said Last Will and Testament may be executed according to the request and instruction of the said Testator, we do hereby authorize-him -the said-Robert Schencks -as such Execut-or -, to collect and secure, all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits, which were of the said-S.W. Henley -at the time of h- is -death, in whosoever hands or possession the same may be found; and to perform and fulfill all such duties as may be enjoined upon-him -by said Last Will and Testament, so far as there shall be property and the law charge -him -; and in general to do and perform all other acts which are now or may be hereafter required of-him -by law.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I- Thomas Connelly, Judge -of the Probate Court in and for said County, have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court at office in-Bloomfield, Mo. -this- 24th -day of-January -, A.D. 19-05
Thomas Connelly
By- Judge -of said Court.

EXECUTOR'S BOND, or Bond of Administrator with Will Annexed.

We,-No Bond Required

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