Grove v. Willard

Melchi Grove, of Marshall county, executed his will on April 13, 1881, and died May 7, 1881, seized in fee simple of the north half of the southwest quarter and the north half of the southeast quarter of section 19, town 12, north, range 8, east of the fourth principal meridian, 152.21 acres. He left surviving him his widow, Amelia Grove, and Henry A. Grove, John E. Grove, Sheridan Grove, Clara M. Lapsly, Belle Grove (now Belle Willard) and Shirley Ann Grove, his only children and heirs-at-law. His will was probated in the probate court of Marshall county June 3, 1881, and provided as follows: