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Page: of 313
aN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN
State o California, of the
tT, John Bree of Grass Valley Tp, County of Nevada,
disposing mind and memory, and not acting unier age of 76 years, and being of sound and
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do make, publish and
duress, menace, fraud or undue infiuence of any person whatever,
F Gyo
ast will and testament in the manner following,
puried w thout ostentation, but with
that is to say;
declare this my 1
Pirst: I direet that my body be decently
© and the cirewmastnees of my estate. proper regard to my stationinlif
Seeondly: I direet that my exeeutrix hereinafter named, 48 soon aS ske has suf—
ficient fun’s inher hands pay my funeral expenses ani bhe expenses o7 my least illness,
Thirdly; I hereby declare that 411 my property is my separate property, and that
there is no community property.
Fourthly; I hereby give, bequeath and devise to my wife, Mary Elizabeth Bree,
a life estate, and for the turm of her life, sll property of every deseription, whether
real, personal or mixed, owned by me at the time of my death, with the right ot enjoy the
income and use of said property during her life. Upon ner deatn the reversion and remain®
der of my said property to go to my children, Thomas Edgar Bree of san Francisco, @alifornia, ani Constaney M, Morgen, of Nevada City, California in equal sBares, shere and
share alike; and I hereby Give, bequeath and devise the said reversion and remainder of &
said property, sfter the expirationof said life estate, to my seid ehildren Thomas Edgar
Bree and “onstanee M. Morgan share and share alike.
. Pifthly: I hereby nominate and appoint my wife, Mary Eliz abeth Bree, of Grass
Valley Township, Nevada County, california, the executrix of this, my last will and testament, without bonds, giving and grenting to my said exeeutrix ful po wer and authority
to sell, lease, mortgage or inany manner dispose of amy or all of said property without
applying to any Court for authority so to do, and to act in regard to said property with~
out suthority of Court as fully as I could do, ,
s * ixthly: I give and bequeath to my eldest sonJohn Linden Bree, the sum of One
(1) dollar and no othercproperty,
Lastly; stly; I heeby nominate and appoint as above, my wife, Mary Flizabeth Bree,
the execut ecutrix of this, my last will and testament and hereby revoke all former wills by
m amie,
Inwit nes s whereof, I have hereunto det my hand and seal t his 24th dey of May A ?
inthe year of our Lord niateen hundred and seven
(Testetors Signature) John Bree ( 1) sea
The foregoing in
& snetrument consisting of 2 pages besides this, was, at the date
Hereof, by the s
2
a ay aid John Bree, signed and Sealed and published as d deel >» 44nd deelared to us
to be his last wi 11 and testament, inthe presence of us, who, at hi
’ S request and in his
presenee, and in the prsenee of each other
he
’ v6 subseribed
our names as witnesses
thereto
d ohn T, Hennessy,
residing
at Grass Valley
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John Dent, Residing at Nevada County
.
NevadaCounty, Cal
@slifornia,.