OF CLINTON COUNTY IOWA
My wife pays all accounts and after said bills are settled she is to have the rest of my property.
Signed by J. C. O’Connell
This 6th day of Sept. 1887
Witnessed by R. A. Rogers
Peter McGinn
State of Iowa
Clinton County
I William Kreim clerk of the District Court in and for said County do hereby certify that on this day at the September Term A. D. 1887 of said Court the will and instrument in writing hereunto annexed and bearing date in the 6th day of Sept. 1887 was duly proved before and allowed by said court as and for the last will and testament of the real and personal estate of Joseph C. O’Connell late of said County deceased and was by said Court ordered to be recorded as such will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto at my hand and affixed the seal of the court at my office in Clinton in said County this 18th day of Oct. A. D. 1887.
Seal – William Kreim, Clerk