Thanks, Sandy! I've copied it into my online notes.
-Michael
> Macon County, Missouri Probate packet # 3218
> Thomas Jefferson Cooley
> Last Will and Testament made on the 21st day of Sept, 1900
> KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
> THAT I, T.J. Cooley of the County of Macon and the State of Missouri
> being of
> sound mind and memory , do make and publish this my LAST WILL and
> TESTAMENT, in
> manner and form following:
> First: I desire all of my just debts and funeral expenses to be promptly
> paid.
> Secondly: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Ida Barnes the sum of one
> Dollar.
> Thirdly: I give devise and bequeath unto my son Arthur Cooley the sum of
> one
> Dollar.
> Fourthly: I give and devise and bequeath unto my daughter Eva N. Adams the
> sum
> of one Dollar.
> Fifthly: I give devise and bequeath unto my son Charley Cooley the sum of
> one
> Dollar.
> Sixthly: I give devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth F
> Cooley the
> use and control of all my personal property, to have and to hold the same
> during
> her natural life, with the full right to dispose of any and all of the
> same as
> she may desire or see fit & to apply the proceeds of same to her own use,
> I also
> give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, a life Estate in and to all of my
> Real
> Estate, and all income & improvement she may receive there from . To use&
> receive all the income from the same during her natural life.
> Seventhly: I give devise & bequeath unto my beloved sons, Everett J Cooley
> and
> Zollie E Cooley and Zeddie C Cooley to be Equally divided between them
> after the
> death of my beloved wife Elizabeth F Cooley all of my personal property,
> my
> beloved wife owns or possesses at the time of her death. Also I give
> devise &
> bequeath unto my beloved sons Everett J Cooley, Zollie E Cooley and Zeddie
> C
> Cooley all of my Real Estate in fee simple heretofore devised & bequeathed
> to my
> wife a life interest in and to the same & all income & Profit my wife may
> have
> added to the same, to have and to hold the same Equally to the said
> Everett J
> Cooley Zollie E Cooley and Zeddie C Cooley & to their heirs & assigns
> forever
> said last bequest to take effect after the death of my beloved wife.
> Signed sealed published and declared by the said T J Cooley as and for his
> last
> will & Testament in presence of us who at his request and in his presence
> and
> in presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses unto.
> Witnesses: Filed for
> probate
> Dec 7, 1900
> Maggie E Osborn
> C. F. Hale
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Administrator, the Eldridge Family DNA Project
Administrator, the Ashenhurst Family DNA Project (in the works)
Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the Cooley Family DNA Project
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the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) through HSU
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