The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-01-20
VANDERBILT.
Las, VIII of the Dead Commodore.


On the sth instant the will Of the late
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt WIS
opened at the residence in New York
of Mrs. Tborne, daughter Of the de-
ceased. and read in the presence Of the
family, after which William II. Wander.
bilt, Augustus Scheil aud counsel ylro-
ceeded 10 the surrogatcS office and psti-
toned for its probate. The will is dated
January .. 1915, and oodicll Is attached
dated June 50. 1875 The viii directs
the executors to pay to Mrs. Vanderbilt
$500 900 settled on he At marriage, t.
gether with the family mansion. Ftatu-
AIRY. furniture, plate, two carriage. one
pair carriage horses, etc. To the five
daughters. Mrs. James A Cross. Lrs.
William X .Thornc. Mrs Horace =
Clark, Mrs Daniel Torrance and Mr.
y. b. Labcn 81 .25O. 90 registered bonds
Of Lake shore and Michigan Southern
railroads, and 81 .2JW000 consolidated
mortgage bonds Of the New York and
Harlem railroad company. 10 be divided
in equal shares. To Mrs. Daniel b.
Allen, IL daughter, S4Do Oei0 in iolI1s. IN
trust, upon which she Is to receive inter
est Upon her decease the 100000
bonds to 20 to her children. To lIaugh-
ter. Mrs. Eliza Qseood, .t erest on
$500. 600 of the same class OF
bonds, and at her deoease the principal
goes 20 residuary legatee. To daughter
Mrs. Catherine Lsfitte, the interest on
$500, 900 1910 bonds, and ut her death
the bonds TO be divided among her
children. To son Cornelius J. Wander
bilt interest on $20e, 600 bonds given to
residuary legatee To Sister Phosbe.
81 200 per annum during life To
Niece PbPbe Ann Blake, $500 per an
mum. To Rebecca Little aud her daugh-
ter. Cornelis. 500 each per annum. To
brother. Jacob III. Vanderbilt, $50 600
first mortgage bonds, Staten Island
Rost, s2e, 600 In like bonds. To nephe,s
Cornelius V De Forest $1,000. regis
tered Lake Shore bonds To his niece.
Phpbe Ann Dusten. 5000 consoli.
dated New York and Harlem bonds.
To Mrs. Sophia White s.. 600 like bonds.
To his niece, Charlotte Haskell. - so
such bonds. To each of three daughters
of neice Phasbe Ann Dusten, - uO1
such bonds To Charles Simonson. son
OF nephew Charles NJ Simonson. de
ceased, $1,000 like bonds. To family
phsician, DR.. Jared Laisley, $40 600 like
bonds. TO Captain James Braisted
formerly in the employ of the comino-
dore, 81 600 such bonds. To lambert
Wardell, an old and faithful clerk.
10000 such bonds Grandson of vii
liam X. Thorne, .Ir, son of daughter
Emily, 5000 registered bonds Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
company. To samuel Patten Hand
son OF Obadiah s. Hand, brother Of
the commodore's neither, one such reg
istered bond of said company, 81. 900
To Rev. Dir. Charles F. Deems. pastor
of Church of the Strangers, SIS 600 Of
such registered bonds. To Mrs. Maria
Lecher. wife OF Gen. Gordon Granger
$4,000 OF such r. gistered bonds. and
the wife of nephew Samuel Bargon.
g.. 600 first mortgage bonds Staten
Island Railway company Ali the rest
residue and remainder of the property
and estate is bequeathed to VIM. II.
Vanderbilt, his heirs. executors. admin.
istrators and assignees forever. VIM
ii. Vanderbilt, his sons Cornelius and
William, aud Samuel Barton, nephe.
OF the commodore, are appointed exc
cutors of the will and trustees. If Bar
tonirefuses 10 act as executor and trustes
without compensation, the bequest &c
his vile becomes void and the bonds re-
vert to the residusry estate. The codicil
bequeaths to his grandson. Corneliu:
Vanderbilt, son of VIM H., y, SO shares
OF capital stock in New York and Har
lem company. and 81 $50 shares of car,
ital stock y. Y. Central and Hudson
River railroad company. To VIM. X
Vanderbilt, another son of VIM. III.
2o,6O0 shares \. Y. Central and Hudson
River railroad company stock. To Fred
erick w. Vanderbilt. another son q
VIM. II, 10000 shares same stock q
be delivered when he becomes OF ace
| To 20. Nsnds l-it another son =
VIM. H., 10000 aares sam .toek r.
be delivered AZ tie age of 81. To the
beloved wife of FRANK A. Vanderbilt
1000 shares like stock in addition 70
previous requests The viii Is witness
ed by Francis F. Freeman, Sidney A.
Carey Joseph Harker and Charles A
Rapallo, aud the codieil by Edwin y
Worcester, s. D. Erickson and Charlie.
a. Rapailo.