From
the Crestline Advocate; November 18,1909
Judge
Jenner's Will
Bulk
of Estate left to wife-Many Provisions for Children-
- Shelby
to get Park
Crestline
people will read with interest the somewhat lengthy will of the
late
- Judge
Jenner of Mansfield, who was well known here, as taken from the
Mansfield
- Shield.
The last will of Judge John W. Jenner who died November 8, has
been
- filed
for probate.
He bequeaths to his wife Emma A. Jenner,all his real and personal
property,
- all
money notes, credits as well as $18,000 of his life insurance.
The deceased bequeathed to his son John Mack Jenner, his gold
watch all
- law
books and office furniture as well as the family library, but
the library
- shall
be subject to the use of Mrs. Jenner during her natural life.
The will provides that if Mrs. Jenner did not survive him all
of his real and
- personal
estate was to be divided among his children and two grandchildren.
Item 4 of the will provides, after the payment of debt, for the
erection of
- a
monument on the family lot in the cemetery at a cost not to exceed
- $200
or $300.
The deceased devised the proceeds arising from the estate to
be distributed
- from
time to time as folows: Two-ninths to Mrs. Florence Jenner Dann,
- two-ninths
to his daughter Grace Jenner McConnell; two-ninths to his
- daughter
Gertrude Jenner, two-ninths to his son John Mack Jenner; one-ninth
- to
his two grandaughters, Florence and Christine Wagner who are
the only
- heirs
of his daughter Mary Jenner Wagner.
It is the wish of the deceased that his executor should take
such reasonable
- time
for the sale of his real estate as my be deemed by them for the
best
- interests
of the legatees. It is provided that the real estate may be subdivided
- and
sold, or sold without subdivision as in their oppinion may be
deemed
- the
best. This especially applies to the homestead now occupied by
the
- family
in Mansfield. It is also the wish of the deceased that the farm
- in
Sharon township owned jointly by himslef and wife, half of which
is
- in
the city limits be platted into lots and sold. Forty or fifty
of the lots
- can
be platted at a time . The will states that a part of the farm
was
- offered
as a park and that the land may be sold and donated as his wife
- and
himself have proposed to Shelby.
His executors are allowed ten years for the platting and sale
of the land
- which
is known as the "EAST" farm to distinguish it from
a farm of
- 107
acres lying adjacent to Shelby on the west ownded jointy by his
wife
- and
her niece. Except this farm, comprising about 130 acres, he desires
- that
all other real estate should be sold within 2 years.
The will provides that the assests should be converted into money
as
- rapidly
as possible without sacrificing values and after payment of
- the
debts one thousand dollars shall be paid Gertrude Jenner to make
- her
equal to her sisters who each received one thousand dollars when
t
- hey
were married; five thousand dillars the executors shall place
in the
- Mansfield
Building and Loan association for the education of his son
- John
Mack Jenner and during each year after he enters college, one
- thousand
dollars shall be paid him for clothing and his college expenses.
The will provides that the balance of the proceeds from any and
- all
sources shall be paid annually as follows.
Two-ninths to each daughter; two ninths to be placed on interest
- in
the Mansfield Building Association to the credit of his son John
- Mack
Jenner and the same be paid to him when he is 23 years old,
- one
ninth to be paid to Clayton C. Wagner in trust for his daughters
- Florence
and Christine to be placed on interest until their marriage
- or
until the youngest reaches the age of 25 years when half of the
- sum
shall be paid to each. Clayton C. Wagner shall not be required
- to
give bond as trustee.
The five thousand dollars set apart for the education of his
son is
- not
be charged against him as part of the distributive share of the
estate
- but
if he has received one or more years of college education when
- this
will is probated, one thousand dollars less for each year he
has spent
- in
college shall be deducted from the sum of the five thousand dollars.
The will provides that if his wife survives she is the absolute
owner of all
- he
was possessed of except as provided for, relative to the bequests
to his son.
He appoints his wife executrix without bond and it is only in
the event of
- his
survival of his wife that the items of the will relative to bequests
to his
- children
and grandchildren were provided to become effective.
In the event of surviving his wife the deceased provided that
his son Jack,
- son-in-laws
E.W. Dunn and Fred S. McConnell be appoionted executors
- without
bond.
This will was dated Sept 23, 1907 and was witnessed by L.J. Myers
- and
William MacE. Weldon.
CONTRIBUTED
BY
MR. KIM BUTLER HISTED
- CRESTLINE,
OHIO 44827
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