Wayne County Illinois
Will Index Book F
1861-1950
Compiled by Betty Ann Butler Beeson
NOTE: Betty Beeson has given me, Laurie Selpien written permission to copy her book!
Introduction
By
Betty Beeson
You will notice that the WILLS began with book C. There is no A or B books. Apparently they were destroyed during the fire. The earliest WILL was dated 10 March 1851 and was by Edward West. The next one was in 1852. These were the only ones in the 1850’s. You will find some in the 1860’s and 1870’s. There were several WILLS recorded by non-residents of Wayne County, Illinois. I did not include when WILLS were probated, just when they were written. The index is in alphabetical sequence not alphabetical order because of the page numbers.
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NAME |
PAGE |
DATE |
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ANNIS, Hattie |
79-81 |
1 July 1933 |
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ALEXANDER, Eugene |
143-144 |
23 May 1936 |
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AHLF, Charles |
232-233 |
29 Apr 1944 |
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ABBY, James R. |
250-251 |
1 May 1946 |
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ATTEBERY, Minnie M. |
264-265 |
7 Aug 1945 |
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ATKINSON, Jas. Wilson & Rebecca |
269 |
21 Aug 1941 |
|
ANDREWS, John |
275 |
6 Apr 1946 |
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ALBRIGHT, Charles H. |
282-293 |
27 Apr 1939 |
|
ALLISON, J. R. |
400-401 |
12 Oct 1948 |
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BEAN, Mary C. |
53-61 |
30 Aug 1939 |
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BAILEY, Mary L. |
63-64 |
19 Aug 1941 |
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BARTH, Jacob W. |
74-75 |
6 Nov 1941 |
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BARRETT, Isaac & Mary |
87-92 |
9 Jan 1939 |
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BRADSHAW, Edith |
103-104 |
22 Apr 1942 |
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BROWN, Nancy |
106-107 |
14 Nov 1932 |
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BUNCH, Ida Bell |
107-113 |
27 Feb 1940 |
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BOOK, Martha |
147-148 |
25 Jan 1939 |
|
BROWN, Zora E. |
156-158 |
15 Jan 1941 |
|
BARR, Charley |
164-166 |
12 June 1926 |
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BRADBURY, H. L. |
176-177 |
7 Oct 1944 |
|
BARKER, Noble E. |
242-250 |
7 Apr 1944 |
|
BAKER, Jennie L. |
261 |
6 June 1946 |
|
BONNER, Joe B. |
267-268 |
28 Dec 1943 |
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BRADDOCK, Mrs. J. E. |
273-274 |
30 Apr 1936 |
|
BRUNER, Peter Anthony |
332-340 |
10 Apr 1936 |
|
BECK, Catherine |
358-359 |
25 Nov 1947 |
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BEHYMER, Martha |
404-406 |
11 Nov 1932 |
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BORAH, J. Valentine |
428-429 |
24 Mar 1941 |
|
BAUCHMAN, Alonzo B |
429-432 |
17 July 1947 |
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BARRINGER, Isaac W. |
464-465 |
12 July 1944 |
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BOWLDS, Christina T. |
483-484 |
14 June 1946 |
|
BORAH, Lawrence |
532-33-34 |
26 Mar 1949 |
|
BISSEY, G. H. |
538-539 |
30 Mar 1946 |
|
BROWN, laura M. |
558-559 |
19 Aug 1947 |
|
BRICKET, Willie Myrtle |
559-561 |
21 Feb 1950 |
|
CREIGHTON, Thos H. |
61-62 |
11 Feb 1908 |
|
CREIGHTON, Lucretia |
66-72 |
18 Dec 1941 |
|
COX, Frances A. |
3 to 7 |
2 Nov 1928 |
|
COX, Murice C. |
7 to 10 |
7 Sept 1939 |
|
CHANEY, mary E. |
117-122 |
29 Apr 1942 |
|
CLAY, C. B. |
155-156 |
28 Mar 1921 |
|
CREIGHTON, Charles W. |
265-266 |
7 Feb 1947 |
|
COPE, John H. |
271 |
13 Dec 1923 |
|
COLCLASURE, S. W. |
281-282 |
7 June 1947 |
|
COLLINS, Hosick William |
309-310 |
26 Aug 1940 |
|
COUCH, J. C. |
365-366 |
30 Mar 1946 |
|
CRAIN, William E. |
407-408 |
3 Apr 1936 |
|
CREIGHTON, James |
412-413 |
17 may 1937 |
|
CLARK, Lena M. |
426 |
13 Mar 1930 |
|
CARPENTER, Nettie |
427 |
10 Jan 1921 |
|
CONSER, Carrie Scott |
567-569 |
24 Oct 1935 |
|
CABLE, Minnie O. |
580-581 |
31 Jan 1940 |
|
DAVIS, Seely B. |
200-218 |
16 May 1921 |
|
DICKEY, Edward W. |
329-332 |
26 Sept 1934 |
|
DOLTON, Joe |
260 |
18 Dec 1937 |
|
DAUBS, Herbert F. |
279-280 |
5 Mar 1938 |
|
DAUBS, Martha E. |
312-313 |
22 Nov 1921 |
|
DWYER, Emma R. |
487-488 |
6 Feb 1940 |
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DEE, Harry A. |
491-498 |
27 Nov 1948 |
|
DUNN, Harry P. |
507-511 |
5 May 1947 |
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DRAPER, Eulalie |
536-537 |
23 Sept 1941 |
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DAVIS, Lillie B. |
555-556 |
13 Nov 1942 |
|
ELMORE, Richard R. |
33-37 |
5 Aug 1940 |
|
ECKERSON, Marie |
295-302 |
7 Sept 1946 |
|
ELLIOTT, John S. & Eddith J. |
424-426 |
9 Sept 1946 |
|
ELLIS, Samuel Marion |
535-536 |
31 Aug 1942 |
|
FEDRICK, C. B. |
114-115 |
27 July 1940 |
|
FIELDS, Nell |
149-151 |
21 July 1941 |
|
FEATHERLING, B. F. |
166-167 |
8 Oct 1942 |
|
FERGUSON, Fannie |
310-311 |
2 Dec 1941 |
|
FOTIADES, Harry |
349-354 |
7 Oct 1947 |
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FEDERICK, Dora Mary |
421-422 |
26 Apr 1944 |
|
FOGLE, J. T. |
432-434 |
15 May 1948 |
|
FROSH, May McLin |
499-505 |
17 July 1948 |
|
FUHRER, John |
349-353 |
16 Oct 1942 |
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GARRISON, S. B. |
50-51 |
19 Nov 1937 |
|
GREEN, Nat C. |
218-224 |
12 Nov 1942 |
|
GREEN, Martha |
267 |
29 Jan 1920 |
|
GREENWALT, Mary Cates |
316-317 |
9 June 1947 |
|
GOWIN, Drury |
318-322 |
12 Dec 1935 |
|
GRAY, Charles V. & Nellie |
466-467 |
28 Mar 1936 |
|
GILLISON, J. P. |
482-483 |
9 Aug 1948 |
|
GAGE, Henry E. & Flora E. |
485-486 |
20 Apr 1944 |
|
GARRETT, Earl |
506 |
9 May 1950 |
|
HEIDINGER, Mary A. |
37-38 |
28 Dec 1929 |
|
HALL, James W. |
73-74 |
30 Sept 1942 |
|
HERLEHY, Mary Ellen Miller |
76-79 |
4 Jan 1940 |
|
HORNICK, Herbert |
124-125 |
15 Dec 1943 |
|
HENNINGTON, Oscar Harold |
125-126 |
24 Mar 1944 |
|
HEIDINGER, James V. |
158-159 |
18 Aug 1944 |
|
HUNTSINGER, Emma |
177-178 |
8 Feb 1941 |
|
HANCOCK, W. A. |
179-180 |
8 June 1940 |
|
HUNTER, W. M. |
269-270 |
11 Dec 1941 |
|
HELMING, J. F., M. D. |
272 |
29 May 1922 |
|
HUTSON, Geneva May |
329-330 |
8 Dec 1947 |
|
HOLACHER, Clarence |
361-66-67 |
31 Aug 1948 |
|
HUBBLE, William S. |
354-365 |
5 July 1939 |
|
HAWKINS, E. P. |
376-381 |
21 Sept 1943 |
|
HOLMAN, Elwell |
423-424 |
9 Feb 1943 |
|
HANNA, T. P. |
435-438 |
27 July 1948 |
|
HOVEY, A. D. |
439-40-41-& 459 |
14 Apr 1939 |
|
HAWK, N. E. |
472-473 |
29 Nov 1943 |
|
HANLON, Margaret E. |
473-478 |
31 Dec 1947 |
|
HENDRICK, S. M. |
480-481 |
June 1944 |
|
HARRELL, James |
581-582 |
10 Nov 1939 |
|
HARL, C. V. |
191-193 |
23 Aug 1945 |
|
JOHNSON, W. L. |
127-142 |
2 July 1943 |
|
JOHNSON, Rachel |
181-190 |
7 July 1945 |
|
JOHNSON, Charles |
233-234 |
28 Aug 1946 |
|
JENKINS, Richard F. |
255-259 |
12 Feb 1918 |
|
JONES, Lee H. |
355-357 |
22 Jan 1947 |
|
JOHNSON, Charles |
401-404 |
22 May 1943 |
|
KELLEY, J. Joseph (Foreign will) |
489-494 |
27 Nov 1940 |
|
KIGER, John A. |
172-173 |
25 Mar 1940 |
|
KEITH, C. E. |
251-254 |
24 Jan 1945 |
|
KELLAR, Clyde B. |
396-400 |
15 Jan 1943 |
|
KELLOGG, Thelma Louise |
545-553 |
18 Jan 1944 |
|
LEAR, Ira W. |
14-15 |
8 Mar 1941 |
|
LEININGER, Harry L. |
93-94 |
3 Apr 1928 |
|
LYELL, Nancy |
97-98 |
1 Apr 1943 |
|
LEONARD, Ruth Edna |
236-242 |
9 May 1946 |
|
LISTON, Clyde E. & Ida A. |
272-273 |
6 Sept 1945 |
|
LAND, Henry |
527-29-30 |
27 Sept 1949 |
|
LAWRENCE, J. H. |
577-579 |
14 Sept 1950 |
|
MOORE, Thomas L. |
64-66 |
26 July 1938 |
|
MURPHY, Chloe |
95-96 |
13 June 1939 |
|
MARTIN, Lucretia P. |
113-114 |
6 Jan 1943 |
|
MARTIN, E. A. |
174-176 |
14 Jan 1944 |
|
MOLT, Jerome P. |
194-200 |
10 Apr 1946 |
|
MERRET, Saford T. |
224-228 |
7 Apr 1928 |
|
MITCHELL, Lettye T. |
254-255 |
25 Jan 1945 |
|
MEALY, S. R. |
383-395 |
29 July 1948 |
|
MORRIS, George Frank |
446-454 |
14 Aug 1943 |
|
MORRIS, I. S. |
460-461 |
21 Oct 1941 |
|
MILLER, Bert |
478-479 |
28 Jan 1949 |
|
McMACKIN, Viola B. |
11-12 |
4 Mar 1940 |
|
McCONNELL, W. M. |
81-82 |
10 Dec 1940 |
|
McKIBBEN, Evert |
169-170 |
19 Nov 1938 |
|
McGLASSON, Ralph O. |
262 |
24 Feb 1937 |
|
McCOMB, J. L. |
539-40-41 |
13 Apr 1944 |
|
NICKALSON, Anton |
96-97 |
20 Aug 1942 |
|
NORRIS, Greenleaf Albert |
275-276 |
10 July 1937 |
|
ORR, George W. |
17 to 33 |
16 July 1940 |
|
OWEN, Clarence L. |
368 to 375 |
6 Dec 1935 |
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PETTY, W. F. |
16-17 |
11 Aug 1941 |
|
PENNINGTON, Amanda |
47 to 50 |
17 Jan 1942 |
|
PARKER, Clarence W. |
268 |
8 June 1944 |
|
POSEY, Benjamin Franklin |
442-443 |
2 Aug 1944 |
|
POSEY, Annie May |
443-444 |
18 Mar 1948 |
|
POLLARD, Joseph Edgar |
461-462 |
13 May 1948 |
|
POLLARD, Osa Pearl |
462-463 |
19 Nov 1948 |
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POORMAN, A. J. |
561 TO 565-566 |
31 Dec 1941 |
|
REID, Zora F. |
235 |
26 Jan 1939 |
|
RUSH, Aliminda E. |
294 |
17 Sept 1945 |
|
ROBERTS, Franklin E. |
331-332 |
1 June 1943 |
|
RINARD, Mattie B. |
556 to 558 |
18 Jan 1945 |
|
ST. LEDGER, Wm. |
62-63 |
4 Feb 1943 |
|
SIMMONS, W. B. |
82 TO 85 |
21 Nov 1919 |
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STULL, P. M. |
86-87 |
23 Mar 1942 |
|
STINE, Amilda |
98-100 |
9 Jan 1942 |
|
STEWART, Ruth Lloyd |
116-117 |
15 May 1943 |
|
STONEMETZ, G. N. |
151-152 |
28 Mar 1938 |
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SANDERS, M. L. |
153-154 |
11 Feb 1933 |
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SHELL, Verne E. (Foreign will) |
513 to 515 |
16 Feb 1945 |
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STALLINGS, Lizzie |
167 to 169 |
31 Sept 1932 |
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SIMMS, William Herbert |
180-181 |
3 Jan 1944 |
|
SCHURR, Lowell |
274 |
21 Mar 1944 |
|
SPENCE, Collie B. |
277 to 279 |
11 Sept 1943 |
|
SOHLBERG, George G. |
303 to 309 |
1 Apr 1946 |
|
SMITH, James M. |
317-318 |
22 Feb 1937 |
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ST. JOHN, Wm. Augustus |
322 to 329 |
19 Feb 1947 |
|
SMITH, A. R. |
341 TO 347 |
20 Mar 1942 |
|
SIMPSON, Sarah Olive |
423 |
5 Sept 1945 |
|
SMOTHERS, W. M. |
481-482 |
5 Sept 1944 |
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SPRAGUE, Charles F. |
486-487 |
22 Apr 1943 |
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SKAER, Guss Phillip |
512 to 521 |
29 Sept 1938 |
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SKAER, Edward C. |
521 TO 527 |
7 Mar 1945 |
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SPRUELL, Rosa |
531-532 |
20 July 1949 |
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SIMMS, William Wesley Sr. |
541to 544 |
9 Apr 1943 |
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TURNER, W. S. |
52-53-160-161 |
7 Sept 1933 |
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TRUSCOTT, Frank F. |
39 to 48 |
8 Oct 1906 |
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THOMASON, S. B. |
123-124 |
22 Mar 1941 |
|
TURNER, Lieu |
160-161 |
7 Sept 1933 |
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TALKINGTON, Sherman |
170-171 |
11 June 1945 |
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TARLOFF, David K. |
231-232 |
20 July 1946 |
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TROMLY, Clarence |
362-363 |
16 Jan 1941 |
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TAYLOR, George O. |
406-407 |
6 Oct 1948 |
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TOOLE, George Hall |
465-466 |
23 Feb 1939 |
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TAGGART, H. G. |
467 TO 472 |
3 June 1936 |
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TIBBS, John & Nora |
534-535 |
11 Apr 1947 |
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TAYLOR, John |
553-554 |
1 Mar 1944 |
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WEBB, Jacob |
12 -13 |
15 Jan 1938 |
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WYLIE, J. S. & mary |
1-2 |