At a Surrogate Court, held in and for the County of Tompkins, at the Office of the Surrogate of the said County, in the City of Ithaca, on the 27th day of February in the year 1899,
Present, Bradford Almy Surrogate.

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In the matter of proving the last will and testament of

Eli Woolley
Deceased
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An Instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Eli Woolley bearing the date the 20th day of January in the year 1899 was produced in court and shown to each of the persons sworn as witnesses as herein after mentioned.

Henry D. Wheeler of the town of Genoa in the County of Cayuga being first duly sworn, deposeth and saith that he was acquainted with the above-mentioned Eli Woolley deceased, in his lifetime; that he saw the said Eli Woolley deceased, subscribe, at the end thereof, the instrument now shown to this deponent, purporting to be the last will and Testament of the said Testator and above described; that he heard the said Testator declare the same to be his last Will and Testament that the deponent subscribed his name as a witness thereto in the presence and at the request of the said Testator that the said testator was at the time in the opinion and belief of this deponent, of sound mind and memory, and not under any restraint; and that he was about 79 years of age; that he died on or about the 1st day of February in the year 1899, and was a resident of the town of Lansing in the county of Tompkins at the time of his death,

(signed) Henry D. Wheeler

Sworn, examined and subscribed before me this 27th day of February 1899
Bradford Almy Surrogate


Casper Fenner of the town of Lansing in the County of Tompkins being first duly sworn, deposeth and saith that he was acquainted with the above-mentioned Eli Woolley deceased, in his lifetime; that he saw the said Eli Woolley deceased, subscribe, at the end thereof, the instrument now shown to this deponent, purporting to be the last will and Testament of the said Testator and above described; that he heard the said Testator declare the same to be his last Will and Testament that the deponent subscribed his name as a witness thereto in the presence and at the request of the said Testator that the said testator was at the time in the opinion and belief of this deponent, of sound mind and memory, and not under any restraint; and that he was about 79 years of age; that he died on or about the 1st day of February in the year 1899, and was a resident of the town of Lansing in the county of Tompkins at the time of his death,

(signed) Casper Fenner

Sworn, examined and subscribed before me this 27th day of February 1899
Bradford Almy Surrogate