• General Notes

  According to a biography of Charles F. Medaris, George was engaged in blacksmithing as a youth.
  
  Transcription of the Will of
  George Washington Medaris
  
  In View of the uncertainty of Life and the certainty of Death, I Washington Medaris of the County of Shelby and State of Ohio, do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all other wills by me heretofore made.
  
  Item 1st. It is my will that all my Just Debts be first paid, enforcing. however upon my executor hereinafter mentioned to plead the Statute of Limitations where applicable.
  
  Item 2nd. I hereby will and bequeath to my wife Matilda A Medaris the use and benefit of all my estate both real, personal and mixed of which I may be seized, during the time which she may remain my widow.
  
  Item 3rd. At either the marriage or death of my said wife, Matilda A Medaris, then my executor shall proceed, as hereinafter directed, to distribute the proceeds of my estate, real personal and mixed among the following persons in the following proportions. to wit. to Minerva Medaris, my daughter, one ninth; to my son Zachary T Medaris, two ninths; to Charles F Medaris, my son, two ninths; to my son Gideon Medaris one ninth; to my daughter Ruth Medaris, one ninth; to my son Eli G Medaris one ninth, and to my daughter Martha S Medaris one ninth.
  
  Item 4th. At either the marriage or death of my said wife, then in either case, it is my will that my executor shall have all my personal estate , goods and chattels appraised according to law, and sell the same at public auction as required by law and distribute the proceeds as itemized after deducting necessary expenditure in accordance  with the terms of item 3rd of this will. And further it is my will  that at either marriage or death of my said wife, my said executor hereinafter mentioned, shall have the right and authority either at private sale or at public auction as he mat declare best, to sell any or all of my real estate; and in the event of my said executor selling any or all of my real estate of which I may be seized at private sale, I hereby empower him with the authority as said executor to execute and sufficient deed or deeds for the same to any purchaser or purchasers, without the intervention of any order or orders of Court; in fee simple as per the Law and distribute the net proceeds in accordance with the terms of item third of this will.
  It is however made incumbent upon my executor to sell said real and personal estate herein before mentioned within ...(no time entered)... from either the marriage or death of my said wife.
  
  Item 5th. Should my said wife refuse to accept or take her portion under this will, then the balance of my estate after her allowance shall be reduces to money by my said executor and distributed as herein before directed by item third.
  
  Item 6th. I hereby nominate and appoint my son Zachary T Medaris as executor of this my Last Will & Testament. In witness whereof I have herewith set my hand and seal this 9th day of February of 1880.
  
  Signed, sealed and declared Washington Medaris by the said Washington Medaris as his last Will and Testament in our presence and signed by us, at his request in the presence of each other on the day and year above mentioned.
  
  

Details of George's family with Elizabeth Salter

Details of George's family with Matilda Ann McDavitt