I, MICHAEL CONDON, residing at Verplanck, in the Town of Cortlandt, County of Westchester and State of New York, do make, ordain, publish and declare this to be my last WILL AND TESTAMENT that is to say: FIRST: I order and direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses shall be paid as soon after my decease as may be practicable. SECOND:- I give and bequeath to my daughter, Alice Condon, the sum of ONE THOUSAND ($1000) DOLLARS, to be paid from the benefit received by my estate from the Standard Textile Products Company. THIRD:- I give and bequeath to my son Michael Condon, Jr., the sum of FIVE HUNDRED ($1000) DOLLARS, to be paid from the benefit received by my estate from the Standard Textile Products Company. FOURTH:- I give and bequeath to my grandson, William Condon, Jr., my certain Registered Liberty Bond in the sum of FIFTY (50) DOLLARS. FIFTH:- I give and bequeath to my daughter-in-law Catherine Condon, wife of my son Wiliiam Condon, the sum or sums to my credit and on deposit with the Peekskill Savings Bank, Peekskill, New York. SIXTH:- All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, both real and personal, of whatsoever kind and nature, and wheresoever situate, of which I am seized or possessed, or to which at the time of my death I shall min anywise be entitled, including the balance of the benefit due my estate from the Standard Textile Products Company, and the house and lots which I own on Fifth Street, Verplanck, New York, I give, devise and bequeath to my son, William Condon, to have and to hold absolutely and forever. SEVENTH:- I further order and direct, that my funeral expenses and expenses of administration of my estate shall be paid in proportionate shares from the bequests herein given to my daughter, Alice Condon and my two sons, Michael Condon, Jr., and William Condon. EIGHTH:- I further order and direct, that my Executor hereinafter named shall not be required to give bond or bonds for the faithful performance of his duties as such, and that he shall have full power to sell or dispose of the whole or any part of my estate. I make, constitute and appoint my son, William Condon, to be executor of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills made by me. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal the fifth day of December in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-five. __Michael_Condon___________(L.S.) instrument The foregoing^consisting of two sheets, was subscribed by the said MICHAEL CONDON, in our presence and he then and there acknowledged to each of us that he had executed the same, and he at the same time declared the said instrument so subscribed by him to be his last will and testament and we, at his request have signed our names as witnesses hereto, in his presence, and in the presence of each other, and have so signed our names as witnesses on each sheet herein and written under- neath our names at the end hereof our respective places of residence. AND WE DO CERTIFY, that the said MICHAEL CONDON at the time he so executed said instrument in our presence and declared the same to each of us to be his last will and testa- ment was of sound mind, memory and understanding, and was in all respects competent to make the same, and was not under any restraint.
WITNESS__George E. Keon____________ RESIDING AT__________Verplanck, N. Y.__________________
WITNESS_____Charles E. Doyle_______ RESIDING AT_______Peekskill, N. Y._____________________
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