Blackhurst v. James

William Blackhurst died testate in September, 1918. The will admitted to probate is dated August 3, 1918. The testator was then ninety-two years old and was living with the family of a daughter, Mrs. Alice Huston, in Blandinsville, McDonough county, when the will was executed and when he died. He owned a residence in LaHarpe, in Hancock county, where he resided until he went to live at his daughter’s, in March, 1918. He also owned about a thousand acres of land in McDonough and Henderson counties, most of it situate in McDonough county. His wife died in 1916. He left as his only children,…