The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-01-13
VANDERBILT.
Int Wni OF The mead commoa.re.

sWai Ntli Of the Dead Commodore.
On the Sth instant the will Of the late
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt was
opened at the residence in New York
OF Mrs. Thoue, daughter of the de-
ceased, and read in the presence of the
family after which William II. Wander.
bllt, Augustus Schell and counsel pro.
cecdod to the surrogates office and neti.
toned for its probate. The will is dated
January 9, 1873, and a codcil is attached
dated June SO, 1915, The will directs
the executors to pay to Mrs. Vanderbilt
100000 settled on heg at marriage, to.
gether with the family mansion, statu
AIRY, furniture plate, two carriages one
pair carriage horses, etc To the five
daughters, Mrs James A. Cross, Mrs
William X, Thone, Mrs Horace f
Clark, Mrs. Daniel Torrance and Mrs
n. B, Labon,$ 100000 registered bonds
Of Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
railroads, and ~ 100000 consolidated
mortgage bonds of the New York and
Harlem railroad company, to be divided
in equal shares. To Mrs. Daniel b
Allen a daughter, $4,000 in 10 4Os in
trust, upon which she is to receive inter. |
est, Upon her decease the s4OOO0O
bonds to 20 to her children. TO dauph. |
ter, Mrs. Eliza Osgood, interest on
100000 of the same class of
bonds, and at her decease the pripcipol
goes to residuary legatee. To daughter
Mrs, Catherine Lalitte the interest ON
100000 1910 bonds, and at her death
the bonds to be divided among her
children, To son Cornelius j. Wander. |
bilt interest on 100000 bonds given 10
rcsiduary legatee To Sister Phoebe
$1,000 per annum during life To
Niece Phoebe Ann Blake, $500 per an.
mum. To Rebecca Little and her dauph. |
ter, Cornelia, $500 each per annum. To |
brother, Jacob II, Vanderbilt, $50 600
first mortgage bonds, Staten Island
Railway company, To niece, Annie
Root, $4,000 in like bonds. To nephew
Cornelius V, De Forest $4,000 regis.
tered Lake Shore bonds. To his niece
Phoebe Ann Dusten, $1,000 consoli.
dated New York and Harlem bonds
TO Mrs Sophia White S. 900 like bonds
To his niece, Charlotte Haskell, s. 600
such bonds. To each of three daughters
of neice Phoebe Ann Dusten, IS 900
such bonds. To Charles Simonson, son
of nephew Charles NJ. Simonson, de-
ceased, $4,000 like bonds. To family
phscian, DR.. Jared Laisley, $4,000 like
bonds. To Captain James Braisted,
formerly in the employ of the commo-
dorc, 1000 such bonds. To Lambert
Wardell, an old and faithful clerk,
$4,000 such bonds. Grandson of vii,
liam X. Thone, Jr, son of daughter
Emily, 5000 registered bonds Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
company. 70 Samuel Patten Hand,
son OF Obadiah S. Hand, brother of
the commodore's mother, one such reg
istercd bond of said company So 900.
To Rev. DR.. Charles f. Deems pastor
of Church of the Strangers, $4,000 of
such registered bonds, To Mrs. Maria
Lecher, wife OF Gen. Gordon Granger
$4,000 OF such registered bonds, and
the wife of nephew Samual Bargon,
$25 600 first mortgage bonds Staten
Island Railway company. All the rest,
residue and remainder OF the property
and estate is bequeNthed to VIM. II.
Vanderbilt, his heirs, executors, admin
istrators and assignees forever. VIM.
II. Vanderbilt, his sons, Cornelius and
William, and Samuel Barton, nephew
Of the commodore, are appointed exc
cutors Of the will and trustees If Bar
tonleluses to act as executor andtrustee
without compensation, the bequest to
his vile becomes void and the bonds re.
vert to the residuary estate. The codicil
bequeaths to his grandson, Cornelius
Vanderbilt, son of VIM II E, y, 1916 shares
Of capital stock in New York and Har-
lem company, and 81 $50 shares of cap
ital stock n. Y. Central and Hudson
River railroad company. To VIM. X.
Vanderbilt, another son Of VIM, H.,
10000 shares n. Y. Central and Hudson
River railroad company stock. To Fred
crick W. Vanderbilt, another son OF
VIM. H., 10000 shares same stock, to
be delivered when he becomes of age
To Geo Vanderbilt, another son OF
VIM, H., 10000 shares sane stock, to
be delivered at the age of2l, 10 the
beloved wife of Frank A, Vanderbilt
1900 shares like stock in addition to
previous requests. The will is witness
ed by Francis p. Freeman, Sidney A.
Carey, Joseph lIarker and Charles A.
Rapallo, and the codicil by Edwin D.
Worcester, S. D, Erickson and Charles