Posted on: Manistee Co. Mi Wills Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mi/ManisteeWill/10011 Surname: LAIRD, MARTIN, TAYLOR ------------------------- Manistee, Michigan, March 2nd, 1882 Know all men by these present, that should any unforseen event happen to me, William Robert Laird, of the City of Manistee Mich., That I will and bequeath all that I may die possessed of to my wife Martha Martin or Laird for her sole use and benefit; and should she survive me only a short time, or that any of the Estate, she may become entitled to by any death remains at her demise that it may go to my youngest brother Davis James Laird, living now near Mosjeil? post office, New South Wales, my second brother Henry A. being himself well provided for. Should any settlement of my papers be done at Manistee, Mich. at the time of my death, I beseach my brothers, the Master and Wardens of Manistee Lodge No. 228 F. A. & M. to take charge of the settlement of my affairs to the best advantage of my heirs. Signed at the above date, W.R. Laird Witnesses are: Roy J. Cram of Detroit, MI.; Jennie E. Martin of Ypsilanti, Mich. and Harriett L. Taylor of Manistee, Mich. Record of Wills, Vol. 5, 1881-1894 FHL Film # 0945568