WILL: Isabella TAYLOR, 1883, Cass Township, Huntingdon County, PA

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The Last Will & Testament of Isabella Taylor.  

I, Isabella Taylor of Cass Township in the County of Huntingdon and State of 
Pennsylvania, being of sound mind, memory and understanding do make and 
publish this my last Will & Testament hereby revoking and making nill all 
former wills by me at any time heretofore made.
 
And first I direct that the Executor hereafter apointed in this will doth 
furnish and complete all my unfinished bisness transactions, with full force 
and efect as though I was doing it myself, both real estate, and personall 
property.  And further I direct that the estate shall all be held by the 
Executor for the use of my children, namely:  Anna Mary Victoria Taylor, 
Sarah Essa Taylor, James Acker Taylor, William Newton Sylvester Taylor, and 
Henry Allison Taylor, for there use and support both real and personall 
namely:  ten acres of land where the family now resides and 40 acres of 
mountain land more or less, wich the Deed shall be lifted by the Executor 
and left for the use of the children for their sole use and suport and the 
suport of my husband.   
 
I make and apoint my husband and esteamed frend and father of the children, 
the natural guardian for them of all my rights and afects in both real and 
personal property.
 
I appoint my esteamed friend Henry Taylor to be the Executor of this my last 
Will & Testament.
 
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 26 day of 
April A.D. 1883.   
 
Witness:  S. S. Parks & J. M. Irvin        Signed Isabella Taylor - seal
 
County of Huntingdon
This 19th day of May A.D. 1883, before me J. D. Kuntzelman, Register for the 
Probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration in and for the 
County of Huntingdon, personally came S. S. Parks and J. W. Irvin, the 
subscribing witnesses to the above Will, and being duly sworn according to 
law, did depose and say, that they were present and saw and heard Isabella 
Taylor, the testatrix, sign, seal, and publish, pronounce and disclose the 
foregoing instrument of writing as and for her testament and last will, and 
that at the time of so doing, she the said testatrix was of perfect and 
sound mind, memory and understanding, to the best of their knowledge, 
observation and belief.
 
Sworn and subscribed before me, J. D. Kuntzelman, Register                  
Signed:  S. S. Parks & J. M. Irvin
 
Notes by Sue Palmer:   All spelling and punctuation same as the original.   
Isabella "Belle" Palmer was born 26 July 1847 in Shirley Twp, Huntingdon 
County, the daughter of James Palmer and Barbara Miller. Isabella married 
Henry Taylor 24 March 1868.   She died of tuberculosis on 7 May 1883.  Per 
the newspaper obit, she is buried in Cassville Lutheran Cemetery, Cassville, 
Huntingdon County.   The 10 acres of land mentioned in the will was the 
family farm located between Cassville and Saltillo.