Will and Probate for John D. Vaughan
Wayne County, Indiana, March 1, 19166498
I, John D. Vaughan, widower of Richmond, Indiana, do make this my last will testament, hereby revoking any and all former wills by me heretofore made.
I bequeath the following legacies, namely, the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) to my niece, Lydia McAdam, and the sum of One thousand dollars ($1000.00) to my niece Carrie Vaughan Sanborn.
I bequeath and devise to Emm a L. Bode, her heirs, administrators and executors, that real estate described as follows: Being part of lot number one hundred and eleven (111) in that part of the City of Richmond laid out by C. W. Starr and beginning twenty two and one-half (22 1/2) feet south of the northwest corner of said lot, at a point where the line in the middle of a brick partition wall terminates on North Eighth (8th) street (formerly North 5th Street) and running south along said Eighth (8th) street, seventeen and one-half (17 1/2) feet, more or less, to the north line of property formerly owned by Mary M. Thorp, thence east on a line parallel with said brick partition wall to an alley, thence north along said alley seventeen and one-half (17 1/2) feet, and thence west through the middle of said partition wall to the place of beginning, in the city of Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. I make this bequest to Emma L. Bode in proof of the high regard of her service to me in addition to that certain weekly wage that I have regularly been, and am now and shall continue paying to her, being the only contract I have with her.
I devise and bequeath all the residue of my real estate and personal estate, whatsoever and wheresoever, unto my daughter Katherine Vaughan Caylor, her heirs, executors, administrators and assigns; and in case my said daughter Katherine, should die before my death, then I bequeath and devise all the residue of my real and personal estate, whatsoever and wheresoever, to my grand daughter Miriam Vaughan Caylor, her heirs, executors, administrators and assigns.
I appoint my said daughter, Katherine, sole Executrix of this my will, and I direct that she be exempt from giving any surety or sureties upon her official bond, and in case my said daughter, Katherine, should die before my death, thin I appoint my son-in-law Worth E. Caylor, sole executor of this, my will. In case neither my daughter, nor my son-in-law, qualify as such executor, then I appoint Samuel W. Gaar sole executor of this my will.
In testimony whereof, I John D. Vaughan have hereunto set my hand and seal at Richmond, Indiana, this 24th day of October A. D. 1913.
John D. Vaughan
