Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1908 — HAWKINS WILL PROBATED. [ARTICLE]

HAWKINS WILL PROBATED.

The will of the late Jane Hawkins was probated in the Benton circuit court yesterday morning. It was ifi the cußtody of Walter J. Ball, secretary of the Lafayette Loan and Trust Company, which is named as executor, and it was presented for probate by Austin L. Kumler, of the firm of Kumler & Gaylord, attorneys for the estate. The instrument was dated January 28, 1908, and the large estate is disposed of in a way which bespeaks the business ability of the testatrix, and the evident intention to make good and lasting provision for the members of her family. She gives a full section of land to her grandson, James Hawkins, only heir of her deceased son, Edward Hawkins, in trust until he reaches the age of thirty years, at which time he will, if living, receive the fee simple, but if he should die before he reaches the age of thirty, leaving no children, then the is to go to the four daughters o! the testatrix.

To each of the daughters Bhe gives a quarter section in fee simple and a life estate in the balance of the land is given to the four daughters, the grand children receiving the fee simple on the death of their mother.

The Hawkinß country homestead, Bltuated about four miles south of Earlpark, is willed to Mrs. W. C. Dltton; the old Sumner homestead, a large brick residence, located in a beautiful part of Sugar Grove, goes to Mrs. George H. Hart; Mrs. John I. Bond gets the homestead in Earlpark, and provision is made for a residence for Mrs. Charles W. Jewell In Hammond.

The personal property, not required for other purposes, is to be divided amongst the daughters. The Lafayette Loan and Trust Company was named In the will as executor and also as trustee for„_the grandson James Hawkins.—Fowler Leader. See V. J. Collins for farm Implements.