Probate

PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION

Hearing on petition held 20^th July 1944 at 10 o’clock a. m., W. S. Jewell, Co. Judge

Recorded Admn. Record, page 137, Harry Parr, Clerk

July 20, 1944: Letters issue to Lachlan Crissey. Bond approved. Claim date set for Sept. 14, 1944. Notice as required by law. Signed: W. S. Jewell, County Judge

STATE OF ILLINOIS

County of Fulton} ss. In County Court IN PROBATE

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARY E. CHURCHILL, DECEASED

NO. 11128

To the Honorable W. S. Jewell, Judge of said Court.

Your petitioner Eugenie C. Neece respectfully states:

1. That Mary E. Churchill, a resident of Avon in the County of Fulton, and State of Illinois, died on the Ninth day of July 1944, at Avon, Illinois, leaving no Last Will.

2. That the approximate value of the real and personal estate of the decedent in this State is as follows:

Personal estate not to exceed in value    $ 500.00

Real estate not to exceed in value          $3500.00

3. That the names and post offices addresses of all heirs are as follows:

Eugenie C. Neece, Daughter, Adult                          La Moine Hotel, Macomb, Ill.

Clara L. Carpenter, Daughter, Adult                         505 North Street, Peoria, Ill.

Fanny C. Lockwood, Daughter, Adult                      1647 E. 69^th St., Chicago 49, Ill.

Marguerite Wells, Granddaughter, Adult                   Box 6065, Rte #5, Sacramento, Cal.

Herbert W. Churchill, Grandson, Adult                    Gooding Idaho

Ross Kayne Churchill, Great Grandson, Minor         Gooding, Idaho

4. That your petitioner, whose post office address is La Moine Hotel, Macomb, Illinois is a resident of the State of Illinois, is a daughter of said decedent, and is legally qualified to petition for Letters.

5. Wherefore your petitioner prays that Letters of Administration issue to Lachlan Crissey whose address is Lewistown, Illinois who is a resident of the State of Illinois and who is legally qualified to act.

Signed: Eugenie C. Neece

STATE OF ILLINOIS}

County of Fulton} ss. Eugenie C. Neece being first duly sworn, says that she has read the

Foregoing petition by her subscribed and knows the contents thereof and that the statements therein are true.

Signed: Eugenie C. Neece

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20^th day of July 1944, Franklin Crissey, Notary Public.

#11128

County Court of Fulton County

IN PROBATE

In the Estate of Mary E. Churchill, Deceased.

LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION to Lachlan Crissey

Recorded in Administrator’s Record R, page 137, filed this 20^th day of July 1944, Harry Parr, Clerk.

STATE OF ILLINOIS,}

County of FULTON,} ss. IN THE COUNTY COURT IN PROBATE

In the Estate of MARY E. CHURCHILL, Deceased.}

LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that Lachlan Crissey has been appointed Administrator of the estate of MARY E. CHURCHILL, deceased, who died on the 9^th day of July, 1944 and is authorized to sue for and collect the personal estate of and debts due the decedent, and is authorized to perform all duties imposed on him so far as there is property and the law charges him; and to do all other acts now or hereafter required of him by law.

WITNESS: HARRY PARR, Clerk of the County Court of the County of FULTON and the seal of the court this 20^th day of JULY, 1944.

(SEAL) HARRY PARR, Clerk.

COUNTY COURT OF FULTON COUNTY IN PROBATE

In the Estate of Mary E. Churchill, Deceased.

ADMINISTRATOR’S BOND

Recorded in Administrator’s Record R, Page 137

Filed this day of July 20, 1944, Harry Parr, Clerk County Court, Fulton County

Approved this 20^th day of July 1944, W. S. Jewell, Judge

STATE OF ILLINOIS,}

County of FULTON,} ss. IN THE COUNTY COURT IN PROBATE

In the Estate of Mary E. Churchill, Deceased,} ADMINISTRATOR’S BOND

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That we Lachlan Crissey, M. B. Boyd and of the County of Fulton and State of Illinois are bound to the people of the State of Illinois in the penal sum of $1000.00, lawful money of the United States, for the payment of which we and each of us bind ourselves and our heirs, executors, and administrators jointly and severally by these presents.

THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH That if the said Lachlan Crissey, Administrator of the estate of Mary E. Churchill, deceased, faithfully discharges the duties of his office according to law and does all acts which at any time may be required of him by law or by a court, then this obligation is void; otherwise it remains in full force.

Witness our hands and seals this 20^th day of July, 1944

Signed: Lachlan Crissey (SEAL), M. B. Boyd (SEAL)

STATE OF ILLINOIS,}

County of Fulton} ss.

I, Vera M. Routson, a Notary Public, in and for said county in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify that Lachlan Crissey and M. B. Boyd and personally known to me to be the same persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged that they signed, sealed and delivered said instrument as their free and voluntary act, for the uses and purposes therein set forth.

Given under my hand and Notarial seal this 20^th day of July, 1944. Vera M. Routson, Notary Public.

STATE OF ILLINOIS

County of FULTON COUNTY COURT

ESTATE OF MARY E. CHURCHILL, DECEASED

INVENTORY

Approved March 1, 1945, W. S. Jewell, Judge

Filed this 1st day of March 1945

Recorded in Inventory Record GG, Page 99

Harry Parr, Clerk

STATE OF ILLINOIS}

County of Fulton} ss. IN COUNTY COURT IN PROBATE

In the Matter of the Estate of Mary E. Churchill, Deceased,

The following is a verified inventory of all the Real and Personal Estate and of causes of action of the said deceased, so far as the same has come to the possession or knowledge of the undersigned the said deceased, so far as the same has come to the possession or knowledge of the undersigned Administrator of said Estate.

REAL ESTATE                                                                              VALUE

Sixty (60) feet by One Hundred Sixty-three (163) feet on the East

Side of Corporation Lot Number Eighteen (18) in the Village of

Avon, being a part of the Southeast Quarter (SE ¼) of Section

Nineteen (19), Township Eight (8) North, Range One (1) East of

The Fourth Principal Meridian, Fulton County, Illinois.                       $3500.00

STATE OF ILLINOIS}

County of Fulton} ss. IN COUNTY COURT IN PROBATE

In the Matter of the Estate of Mary E. Churchill, Deceased,

The following is a verified inventory of all the Real and Personal Estate and of causes of action of the said deceased, so far as the same has come to the possession or knowledge of the undersigned the said deceased, so far as the same has come to the possession or knowledge of the undersigned Administrator of said Estate.

REAL ESTATE                                                                              VALUE

A part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section

Nineteen (19) in Township Eight North of the Base Line, Range One

East of the 4^th P. M. [Principal Meridian] bounded and described as

follows, towit:

Commencing One Hundred Seventy-two feet East of the Northwest

Corner of Corporation Lot Number Eighteen thence West Sixty feet,

Thence South One Hundred Sixty-six feet Ten inches to the place of

Beginning, situated in the Village of Avon, County of Fulton and State

of Illinois.                                                                                        $3200.00

(This inventory if filed to correct an error in the description of this real estate contained in the original inventory filed in this estate.)

Note: Within sixty days after the issuance of his letters an executor or administrator must file an inventory of all the decedent’s real and personal estate and any cause of action on which he may sue. The inventory shall describe the real estate, improvements and incumbrances thereon, amount of money on hand, shall list all personal estate other than cash and chattels as “good”, “doubtful” or “desperate” and shall be signed and verified by the person making the inventory.

(See Sections 171 and 172)

In the County Court of Fulton County, IN PROBATE

In the Matter of the Estate of MARY E. CHURCHILL, Deceased.

REPORT OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

RECORDED M-167

Approved this 15^th day of September A. D. 1944, W. S. Jewell, County Judge

Files this 15^th day of September, A. D. 1944, Harry Parr, Clerk.

STATE OF ILLINOIS}

County of Fulton} ss. IN COUNTY COURT IN PROBATE

In the Matter of the Estate of Mary E. Churchill, Deceased,

REPORT OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

The undersigned, Lachlan Crissey, Administrator of the estate of MARY E. CHURCHILL, deceased, respectfully reports that pursuant to the terms of an order entered in said estate he did on the 29^th day of July, 1944, offer for sale at public auction at Avon, Illinois in said County, the personal estate of said deceased listed and set forth in the order authorizing said sale, and at said sale said personal property was sold to the highest bidders as follows: