Kellett v. Shepard

Nelson Stillman died testate on August 31,1871, in Galena, Joe Daviess County, and his will and the codicils thereto were admitted to probate in the county court of that county on September 18, 1871. The will is dated January 27, 1859; the first codicil bears date October 4, 1862, and the second, August 9, 1867. The testator left surviving him his widow, Louisa Stillman, and two children, Charles P. Stillman and Mary Louisa Stillman, and no other children or descendants of children. The widow subsequently married Thomas P. Kellett, and is the appellant herein. The son, Charles P. Stillman,…