The following transcription and submitted by Jentami Feldhaus of Selma, Oregon
for inclusion at the Genealogy
in Washington Co., PA web site in August 1998.
Will of Mary Marshman
Will of Mary Marhsman In the name of God Amen, I Mary Marshman Of
West Washington Borough being sick and weak
in boddy but of sound mine memroy and understanding Prased be god for it
considering the certanityof death and the uncertanity of the time and to
the end i may be better prepared to leave this world whenever it shal
please god to call me hence to therefore make and declose this my last
will and testament in manner following that is to day first and
principally i commend my soul into the hands of Almighty god my creator
and as to my personal effects such as house hold good beds and chars and
table and dresser and all my perosnal effects i give and bequeth to
William P. Wilson and also my house and lot situate in the Borough of
West Washington on the corner of West Chestnut street and Hayse Avenue i
give and bequeth to the said Willaim P. Wilson, forever,
her
Signed Mary x Marshman (seal)
Mark
Melissa McDainel Witness
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Preston Berry Justice
of the Peace December 16,1897
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Washington County, ss:
Be it Remembered, That upon this 4th day of Feby 1898, before me
O.M.Hartley Register for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of
Administration within and for said county came Melissa McDaniel &
Preston Berry the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing attached Will
of Mary Marshman deceased who, after being duly qualified according to
law, depose and say: That they were present at the execution of said
Will---saw the testatrix sign the same by mark---heard her publish it as
and for her last Will and Testament; that they at her request, in her
presence, and in the presence of each other, subscribed their names
thereto as witnesses; and at the time of the doing thereof said
testatrix was of sound , disposing mind, memory and understanding, to
the best of the affiants knowledge and belief }
Sign ans Subscribed before me, }Melissa McDaniel
}Preston Berry
O. M. Hartley Register
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Washington County,ss:
Personally appeared before me, O.M.Hartley Register for the Probate
of Will tc., in and for the County of Washington, Wm. Wilson who after
being duly qualified according to law, deposes and says that Mary
Marshman late of West Washington died on the 28th day of Jan 1898,
beteween the hours of seven and nine o'clock,P.M.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, }
this 4th day of Feby 1898 } his
O.M.Hartley Wm. P. X Wilson
Register mark
And now Feb. 4, 1898 It being adjudged that said
Will has been duly proved It is admitted to probate &
recorded O.M. Hartley
Register
To O.M. Hartley Esq
Register of Wills of Washington County Pennsylvania
Sir, I William P. Wilson of Franklin Township, Washington County,
Pennsylvania, sole legatee of Mary Marshman deceased, late of West
Washington County and State aforesaid, do hereby renounce all my rights
to letters of a administration with will annexed upon the estate of said
deceased, and desire that the same may be issued to J.M.Ralston of
Washington,Pa.
Witness my hand, this third day of May A.D. 1899 his
Witness William P. X Wilson
J. Carter Judson mark
And now June 11, 1899 Letters c.t.a. are issued to J.M. Ralston who
filed an approved bond and was duly qualified
O.M. Hartley
Register