Will and Probate for Edward G. Vaughan

Will

Wayne County, Indiana, August 22, 1912

I, Edward G. Vaughan, of the City of Richmond, in the State of Indiana, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, make and publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking the will by me made and executed on the eighteenth day of August, nineteen hundred and ten, and the codicil thereto made and executed by me on the eighteenth day of October, nineteen hundred and ten, and after the payment out of my estate of all my just debts, funeral expenses, and the costs, charges and expenses of settling my estate, I dispose of all the rest, residue and remainder of my property and estate, both real and personal, as follows:

1. I give and devise to my wife Mary Louise Vaughan the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00) in full payment, satisfaction and discharge of the sum and amount which she is to have, take and receive, out of my estate at my death, in addition to the other provisions which I have made for her at her request, under the marriage agreement made and executed between my said wife and myself on the eighteenth day of October, nineteen hundred and ten, and prior to our marriage, which marriage agreement is here referred to, and which sum, amount and provision has been mutually fixed, settled and agreed upon by and between my said wife and myself since our marriage, as the full sum and amount which she is entitled to, and is to have, take and receive out of my estate, at my death, under our said marriage agreement, and in full payment, satisfaction and discharge of all the right and interest which my said wife is to have and receive out of my estate at my death.

2. I give and devise to my grandson, Edward V. Williams, the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00)

3. I give and devise to Daisy R. Vaughan, widow of my deceased son Frank C. Vaughan, the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).

4. I give and devise to my grand-daughter Dorothy Vaughan the sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars, ($25, 000.00).

5. I give and devise to my niece Lydia G. McAdam the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).

6. I give and devise to my niece Caroline V. Sanborn the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).

7. I give, devise and bequeath to my son Walter S. Vaughan and his heirs the equal one-half of all the residue and remainder of my property both real and personal not hereinabove disposed of, and the other remaining half of the said residue and remainder of my property I hereby give, devise and bequeath the same to my daughter Mary Vaughan Reynolds for and during her natural life, and which it is my will and I hereby direct shall be held, managed and controlled upon my death and the settlement of my estate by my executors hereinafter named and appointed as trustees for the use and benefit of my said daughter during her lifetime, and who shall without bond manage, control, lease, rent and invest the same and pay over to my said daughter the net income, interest and profits derived therefrom as often and at such times as she may request, and if at any time during the life of my said daughter in the judgment and opinion of said executors as such trustees to sell and convey the fee-simple title and estate of any real estate in which my said daughter shall have or be entitled to a life estate therein under my will, said executors as such trustees are hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey the fee-simple title and estate to any such real estate and who shall hold the proceeds derived from such sale for the use and benefit of my said daughter during her life in lieu of and as the real estate so sold and conveyed was held under this my will, and for the same purpose. And upon the death of my said daughter the share, part and interest of my said property, real and personal, which I have above given and devised to and for her use during her natural life I hereby give and devise the same to her children and their heirs, the children of any deceased child to have and take such deceased child's share.

8. I hereby nominate, designate and appoint my son Walter S. Vaughan and my daughter Mary Vaughan Reynolds the executors of this my will and as trustees to have the care, control, custody and management of the property, real and personal, given and devised by this my will to my said daughter for and during her natural life, in the manner and for the purpose hereinabove stated and provided, and which said executors as said trustees shall not be required to give or execute any bond for the faithful performance by them of said trust nor to make any inventory or appraisement of my said estate, real or personal.

Witness my hand and seal this 25 day of January 1912.

Edward G. Vaughan

Signed by said testator Edward G. Vaughan, as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request in his sight and presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as attesting witnesses.

William C. Seeker

Sam'l W. Gaar

I, Mary Louise Vaughan, wife of Edward G. Vaughan, having made and entered into an ante-nuptial agreement with my said husband under which my said husband and I were married on the nineteenth day of October, 1910, and by which marriage agreement I released and relinquished all of my rights, as his wife, in the property and estate of my said husband but the amount of money, property, or other consideration which I was to receive from my said husband or out of his estate, in consideration of the execution of said marriage agreement by me was not fixed or stated in said marriage agreement but which my said husband and I have mutually agreed upon and fixed at the sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00), in addition to other provisions which my said husband has made for me at my request, which said sum and amount my said husband has agreed to give so and provide for me by his will and which sum and provision is satisfactory to me and I agree to accept the same as the full consideration which I am to have and take out of my husband's estate under our said marriage agreement and as the full consideration which I am to have and receive for the execution of said marriage agreement, and in satisfaction of all my rights in my said husband's property and estate.

Mary Louise Vaughan

I, Mary Louise Vaughan, widow of Edward G. Vaughan, deceased, do hereby renounce the provisions made for me in and by the Will of said decedent, which will is of record in the Clerk's Office of the Wayne Circuit Court of Indiana, and that I do hereby elect to take the interest in the property and estate of said decedent, as such widow as is given to me under the laws of descent and any other laws of the State of Indiana.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 18th day of October, A.D. 1912.

Mary Louise Vaughan