James P. McCans ¹

Cambria County Pennsylvania Will Books Volume 5, page 590-591 [spelling as shown in will]

Last will and Testament of James P. McCans In the Name of God, Amen, I James P. McCans being of sound mind memory and understanding do make and declare this my last will and testament in manner following:

And first, I direct that my body by decently buried in the cemetery of the Catholic Church at St. Austine [Augustine] and that $300 be paid by my executors herinafter named to the Parish Priest of the said Church for Masses to be said for the repose of my soul and the soul of my wife and deceased members of my family and my brother Robert McCans and that the further sum of one hundred dollars be paid for the repose of the soul of my daughter Mary Shareton deceased.

And the remainder of my property both real and personal is to be sold by the executors and proceeds thereof after paying all my just debts funeral expenses shall be divided into six and one-half shares and distributed among my seven heirs as follows: To my daughter Jane Dietrich one full share. To my son A.C. McCans one half share. To the heirs of my daughter Anna Hitch one full share. To my daughter Margaret A. now Sister Martina one full share. To my son James A. McCans one full share less $100 by me advanced to him. To my son Robert J. McCans one full share less $600 by me advanced to him. To my son B.J. McCans one full share less $700 by me advanced to him. In case any of the above heirs should be dissatisfied with the conditions of this my will and raise trouble or litagainst it, he, she or they so doing shall be disinherited and his, hers or their shares shal be added to the body of my estate.

And lastly I hereby nominate and appoint my son James A. McCans and John J. Dietrich to be the executors of this my will, hereby granting to them full power to sell any and all real estate that I may die seized of, and to make and execute deds of conveyance therefor and to do all things necessary for a full settlement of my estate.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 20 day of October 1900.

Signed, sealed and published by

James P. McCans seal the said testator in presence of us who in his presence and at his request have signed our names as withesses thereto.

Paul Yahner Alice Neason

State of Pennsylvania County of Cambria SS

Before me, F.B. Jones, Register of the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration in and for said County, personally came Paul Yahner and Alice Neason the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing Will who being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say, that they were present and saw and heard James P. McCans the within named testator, sign, seal, publish, pronounce and declare the foregoing instrument of writing as and for his last Will and Testament, and at the time of so doing he was of sound mind, memory, and understanding, to the best of their knowledge, observation and belief.

Sworn and subscribed this Paul Yahner 7th day of November A.D. 1900 Alice Neason

F.B. Jones, Register

Registered November 7th A.D. 1900, and Letters Testamentary issued to James A. McCans and John J. Dietrich.

F.B. Jones, Register

James married Agnes McEnespie on 09 Jun 1847.¹ (Agnes McEnespie was born on 06 Jun 1831 in Huntington Co., PA and died on 01 Jan 1895 in Clearfield Township, Cambria Co., PA.)