Will of James Hobbs

Lima Township, Rock County, Wisconsin

Last Will and Testament of James HOBBS

I, James HOBBS, of the town of Lima, Rock County, Wisconsin, being of full age and of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding do hereby make, publish and declare this instrument to be my last will and testament in manner and form following.

First, I hereby direct my executor hereinafter named to pay my just debts, funeral expenses and expenses of administration as soon as convenient after my decease.

Second: To my grandson, Glenn A. PAYNTER, I hereby give and bequeath the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, provided he lives to be twenty one years of age and in that case to have and to hold the same to him and his heirs forever.

Third: To my wife, Katherine HOBBS, I hereby give, devise and bequeath all my property and estate, whether real, personal or mixed in whatever form and wherever situate, to have and to hold the same for and during her natural life and at her death to be divided equally between my children, Edward HOBBS, Fred HOBBS, Mary HOBBS and Belle H. KNOX, share and share alike, to have and to hold the same to them and their heirs forever.

Fourth: I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Wilmer ARMSTRONG, executor of this my last will and testament.

In witness wherof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 27th day of August, A. D. 1915

James HOBBS Seal

On this 27th day of August, A. D. 1915, at the office of Robt. C. BULKLEY, in the city of Whitewater, Wisconsin, the above named testator, James HOBBS, subscribed the foregoing instrument in the presence of us and each of us, and at the same time declared the same to be his last will and testament, and we at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other, have signed our names hereto as attesting witnesses. We further certify that at the time of subscribing the same the said testator was of sound and disposing mind and memory.

W. H. EWING
Robt. C. BULKLEY

Submitted December 28, 2005 by great grand-daughter Harriet Nell Hobbs