FYI, My transcription of the will is at
http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/128/will-thomas.html
I'll go through it and see if there are any differences.
-Michael
> Notes taken 1965 by Alberta (Starkey) Cooley
>
> Appanoose Co., IA Will Book 1, p6
> Thomas Cooley of Appanoose Co., IA.
> Item 1. It is my will that my beloved wife have her dower according to
> law, and in addition I will and bequeath to her one-third of all money
> and personal property that I may die in possession of.
> Item 2. I will and bequeath to my youngest daughter Mary Lewella $400 in
> money, one good horse, one burrow, one table, one bedstead, one leid?
> bed? and bedding, and sufficient kitchen furniture to commence
> housekeeping in a comfortable manner.
> Item 3. It is my will that the remainder of my property be equally
> divided among all my children including the above named Mary Lewella.
> 14 May 1853
> Thomas Cooley
> Ewing Nathan Udell [or Ewing & Nathan Udell or Ewing, Nathan, Udell in
> Moravia Twp?]
> Will proved 5 Feb 1855; recorded 22 Feb 1855
>
> Appanoose Co., IA Will Book 1, p89-91
> Will of Thomas Atkinson, 25 Oct 1863
> Gives legal description of real estate
> Mentions wife Martha A.
> Mentions son Thomas, son Edward, son William Ferguson
> Mentions grandson Henry Atkinson Wilson
> Witnesses: James H Phillips & Hiram Barnes
> p91
> Codicil dated 5 Dec 1866
> More concerning real estate
> Annuls the $20 to grandson Henry Wilson
>
> Shirley (Langdon) Wilcox
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