HOWERTON
Mrs. Ala Sheppard Howerton, aged about 74, years, died at her home, seven miles southeast of Murrayville, Tuesday. She lived all her life in Morgan county, and was for a great many years a member of the Primitive Baptist church.
The funeral was conducted from the residence Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock and interment was made in the Sheppard cemetery, north of Woodson.
Daily Illinois Courier, Jacksonville, IL 9/23/1903 p3,c2
COUNTY COURT OF MORGAN COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
I, Alie E. Howerton, of the county of Morgan and state of Illinois do hereby make and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following to wit,
First, It is my will that, my funeral expenses and all my just debts be fully paid.
Second, After the payment of such funeral expenses and debts I give devise and bequeath unto my husband Wyatt Howerton all my personal and real estate of every kind whatever.
And lastly I hereby constitute and appoint John Brown and Harry Fanning executors without bond of this my last will and Testament revoking and annuling all former wills by me made ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.
In witness where of I the said Alie E. Howerton have hereunto sit my hand and
seal this 21st day of September A.D. 1903.
her
Alie E. x Howerton (Seal)
mark
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Alie E.Howerton as and for
her last will and testament in presence of us, who in her presence and in the
presence of each other and at her request have subscribed our names as wirnesses
thereto.
her
Mary E x Mc Neely
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Mrs J. M. Hurst.
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STATE OF ILLINOIS ) |
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH |
| MORGAN COUNTY.) | Nobody can be legally interred until
a Permit has been issued. "No such permit shall be issued until there
shall have been delivered to the proper offical a Certificate of Death made in the manner directed." See back of form for directions. Write plainly with unfading ink. This is a permanent record. |
Full Name of Deceased. Eli Emmaline Howarton
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS AND MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
| Sex | Female | Color | White | Age | 73 | Years | 9 | Months | 16 | Days | |
| Place of Birth | Morgan Co, Ill. | Lived in Illinois | Always | years | |||||||
| Occupation | Housewife | Married, | |||||||||
| Died on the | 22nd | day of | September | 1903 | , at about | 7 |
A.M | . | |||
| Place of Death | Nortonville Prict. | ||||||||||
| Place of Burial | Johnston Sheppard Cem. | Date of Burial | Sept. 23, 1903 | ||||||||
| Name of Undertaker | L. E. Thompson | Address | Murrayville | ||||||||
| DURATION | |||||||||||
| CAUSE OF |
Immediate Cause | Years Months Days Hours | |||||||||
| Cancer of Stomach | 6 | ||||||||||
| Contributory Cause or Complication | |||||||||||
| Six months since she has been in care of M.D . | |||||||||||
| I HEREBY CERTIFY, That the above stated personal particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief, and that the same cause of death of the above named and described deceased was as above written by me. | |||||||||||
| Witness my hand, This 13th day | } | (Signature) Wm G. Mariss M. D. | |||||||||
| of October | 1903 | Address Nortonville Ill. | |||||||||
| Return to County Clerk by | Address | ||||||||||
| FIled for Record this | 30th | day of | November | Chas B Graff | County Clerk | ||||||
No. 10379
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In the County Court of Morgan County, Ill.
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ESTATE OF
Alie E Howerton
Deceased
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PETITION OF
Wyatt Howerton
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
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Petition set for hearing Nov 2
A.D. 1903
Charles Barnes Judge
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Filed A.D. 190
Clerk.
Recorded in Book A Page 229
PROBATE RECORD
Book Y Page 500-535
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John K. Long, Printer, Jacksonville, Illinois
PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL -- John K. Long, Printer, Jacksonville, Illinois
State of Illinois, )
> SS. Morgan County County Court: In Probate.
County of Morgan )
To the honorable Charles A Barnes, Judge of said Court.
Your petitioner, Wyatt Howerton, represents unto your honor that the instrument
in writing, herewith filed, purports to be the last Will and Testament of Alie
E Howerton who died on the 22nd day of September A. D. 1903, at Nortonville
Precinct and who at the time of her death was a resident of the Precinct of
Nortonville in the County and State aforsaid. That said decedent left serviving
her the following persons, her only heirs at law:
Wyatt Howerton her husband residing at Nortonville,
Illinois
Elizabeth Hall a sister residing
at Girard "
Mary Rule "
"
residing at Curryville, Mo
Louis Sheppard a brother
residing at Granite City, Ill
Howard Sheppard a brother residing
at Guthrie Oklahoma
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residing
at \
That in said instrument in writing the following persons who are not heirs at
law of said decedent are
named as legatees of devisees:
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residing
at \
And your petitioner prays that said instrument in writing be admitted to probate
in this Court as the last Will
and Testament of the said decedent.
His
Wyatt
x Howerton
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State of Illinois, )
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SS. Wyatt Howerton the above named petitioner,
County of Morgan )
being first duly sworn, on oath deposes and says that the allegations in the
foregoing petition are true
to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th )
day
of October A. D. 1903 > Wyatt x Howerton
Char. B Graff Clerk )
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State of Illinois, )
> SS. In County Court October Probate Term, A. D. 1903
County of Morgan )
I, Charles B. Graff Clerk of the County Court of the said County , do hereby
certify that on the Nineth day of October A. D. 1903, being at least twenty
days prior to the Second day of November A. D. 1903, I mailed a copy of the
annexed petition to each and every heir and legatee whose name and postoffice
address appears therein.
Char. B Graff County Clerk.
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