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Last Will and Testament of Job Breeden, deceased.
St. Clair Co., Missouri
25 May 1872

In the Name of God, I, Job Breeden, of St. Clair County, Missouri,
being of sound disposing mind and memory in view of the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death
and being desirous to make a judicious disposition of my temporal concerns, do make, ordain and declare, this to be my Last Will and Testament, revoking all other wills heretofore made by me.

1st. I will and bequeath, my soul to God who gave it, and my body to the dust from which it was taken.

2nd. I will and bequeath that all my just debts shall be paid by my executor hereinafter named.

3rd. I will and bequeath to my beloved wife Sarah Breeden, the tract of land on which I reside, it being the North-West quarter of the South-East quarter of Section Twenty-three (23) and the South-West quarter of the North-East quarter of Section eleven, both pieces being in Township (37) Thirty-seven and Range (27) Twenty-seven. All together eighty acres more or less, during her natural life, and to all the improvements thereon with all my household and kitchen furniture, farming utensils. Also a certain brown cow belonging
to me.

4th. I will and bequeath to my son Reuben Breeden, and my daughter Sarah E. Breeden, at the death of my Sarah, the forty acres of land on which my dwelling house is situated, Also the South-West quarter of the North-East Quarter of Section eleven (11) Township (37) Thirty-seven, Range (27) Twenty-seven to them jointly, as long as my daughter remains unmarried, after which it shall revert to and belong exclusively to my son Reuben.

5th. I will and bequeath to my daughter Sarah E. Breeden, a certain red roan heifer, three years old next spring.

6th. I will and bequeath to my two daughters, Rebecca Hensley and Maud Watson, being in Rockingham County, Virginia, the proceeds of a note of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars which I hold against Col. Henry Miller, of said County which note is now in the possession of Benjamin Hensley for collection, the amount
of said note shall be equally divided between my aforesaid two daughters.

7th. I will and bequeath to my grandson George W. Hensley a certain Bay filly, three years old this spring.

8th. I will and bequeath that on the death of my wife Sarah Breeden, the South-West quarter of the South-East quarter of Section Twenty-three (23) Township (37) Thirty-Seven, Range (27) Twenty-seven, it being now a part of the home farm, shall belong to my son John Breeden, and Conrad Breeden upon their paying three hundred dollars to my following named heirs, Fifty dollars each towit: - Samuel Breeden, Larkin Breeden, Green B. Breeden, Genett Gebhart, Sarah E. Breeden, and George W. Hensley.

9th. I will and bequeath to my wife Sarah Breeden, my sorrel mare, Nance, also all the sheep and hogs on the place at my death.

10th. I will and bequeath that John T. Metcalf, shall act as the Executor of this my last will and testament.

 Signed in presence of testator and in the presence of each other this 23rd day of December 1871.

Job Breeden, his mark
 In presence of, Kindred S. Felts, Benjamine T. Morris, John T. Metcalf

Certificate, State of Missouri, County of St. Clair
I, G. Whitelaw Shield, Judge & Ex-officio Clerk of the Probate Court in and for said County Hereby
certify that the above is a true copy of the original Last Will and Testament of Job Breeden, as the same appears from original on file in my office.
Witness my hand as Clerk and the seal of the said Court.
Done at office in Osceola, this 25th day of May 1872.
(Seal) G. Whitelaw Shield, Judge Probate Court