the Peace in and for said County in the State aforesaid
do hereby Certify that John H. Thompson personally
known to me as the same person whose name is
subscribed to the annexed deed appeared before me
on this day in person and acknowledged that he Signed
sealed and delivered the said instrument in wri-
ting as his free and voluntary act for the uses and
purposes therein set forth. And the said Jennie P.
Thompson wife of the said John H. Thompson
having been by me examined separate and apart
and out of the hearing of her husband and the
contents and meaning of said instrument in writing
having been by me fully made known and explained
to her and she also by me being fully informed
of her rights under the homestead laws of this State
acknowledged that she had freely and voluntarily
executed the Same and relinquished her Dower
to the lands and tenements therein mentioned and also
all her rights and advantages under and by virtue
of all laws of this State relating to the Exemption
of Homesteads without Compulsion of her said
husband and that she does not wish to retract the
Same. Given under my hand and seal this Twenty Fifth
day of July AD 1881       O.D. Powell  SS
                           Justice of the Peace
State of Illinois } SS
Kane County       }  I Thomas Meredith Jr Clerk of the
County Court in and for said County in the State
aforesaid do hereby Certify that said Court is a Court
of Record having a seal and that O.D. Powell of the
Town of Aurora in said County before whom the
annexed Deed was acknowledged was on the
2d day of May AD 1881 duly elected and Commissioned
a Justice of the Peace in and for said County for the
term of four years from the date of said Commis-
sion and that all his official acts under said Com-
mission as Justice of the Peace are entitled to full
faith and Credit I further Certify that I am well
acquainted with the hand writing of the said
O.D. Powell and verily believe that his Signature
is genuine; and that the instrument is executed
in accordance with the laws of the State of
Illinois. Given under my hand and the seal of said Court
at my office in Geneva in said County this 26th day of July
AD 1881                     Thos Meredith Jr
   (  )                                   Clerk
 ( Seal )   Recorded October 6th 1882
   (  )                   J.A. Carlisle  Clerk