The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-09
The WIII.Oi.C i.COmmOdore Wander.
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the Hill.ot,COmmOdOre Wander.
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New YoRK, January s.-To.day the
will Of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt was
opened at the risidence Of Mrs. Thorne,
daughter Of the deceased, and read in the
presence Of the family, after which VIM.
II. Vanderbilt, Augustus Shell and
Counsel proceeded to the Surrogates
office and petitiOned for its probate. The
will Is dated January 0, 1875, and
codicil Is attached dated juno 80, 1875.
The will directs the executors TO pay to
Mrs. Vanderbilt, $5O0,0O0, settled upon
her at marriage, together with the
family mansion, ssilVer.ware, furniture,
two carriages, one psir OF horses, etc.
To the Eve daughter, Mrs. Jas. NJ. Gross,
Mrs. Wm. X. Thorne, Mrs. Horace F.
Clark, Mrs. Daniel Torrance and Mrs. n.
B. LAbon, 81 ,250,O0 in registered bonds
Of the Lake Saore 4 Michigan Southern
Railroad and 81, ,250, 900 in consolidated
mortgage bonds Of the New York Il
Harlem Railroad Company, to be divided
in equal shares. To Mrs. Daniel Ballen,
daughter, 100000 in US l0.40s upon
which she Ia TO receive interest; upon her
deceaSe the 100000 bonds TO 20 to her
children. To his daughter, Mrs. Eliza
OsgOOd, interest upon $3OO,000 OF the
same class OF bonds and at her
decease the principal goes to the
residuaty legaiees. TO his daughter
Mrs. Catherine Maflte interest OH $500.
900, 1910 bonds, and at her death the
bonds to he divided among her children.
To my son, Cornelius j. Vanderbilt,
interest on 100000, l0.4O's bonds, and
upon the death Of Cornelius the bonds to
be given to the residuAry legatees. To
sister Phoebe 81 200 per annum during
her life. To niece, Phoebe Ann Blake,
$500 per Snnum. To Rebecca Little
and her daughter COrnelia $500
each per Annum. To brother
jacob II. Vanderbilt $4,000 Of the first
mortgage bonds Of the Staten Island Il.
X. Co. To my niece, Annie Root, $780,
900 Of like bonds. To nay nephew, Cor
nelius V. De Forrest, $4,000 Of register.
ed Lake Shore bonds. To my niece,
Phoebe Ann Dusten, $1,000 oi c0nsolida.
ted New York & Harlem bonds. To Mrs.
Sophia White 5000 Of like bonds. To
my niece, Charlotte Haskell, 5000 Of
such bonds. To each Of three daughters
Of my niece, Phoebe Ann Dusten, $4,000 Of
such bonds. To Charles SimUnson, son Of
his nephew, Charles NJ. Simonson, de.
ceased, $4,000 like bonds. To his fam.
lily physician, Jared Laisley, $40, 900 like
bonds. To Capt. James Brsisted, former
ly in the employ Of the Commodore,
$4,000 such bonds. To Lambert War.
dell, ah old and faithful clerk, $4,000
such bonds. His grandson, William X.
Thornc, jr., son Of his daughter Emily,
$4,000 registered bonds OF the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern railway
company. To Samuel Patton Hand,
son Of Obadiah Hand, brother Of
the Commodore'S mother, one such
registered bond Of said company
$4,000. To Rev. DR.. Chas. F. Deemes,
pastor oi the Church Of the Strangers $50.
900, such registered bonds. 10 Mrs.
Maria Lecher, wife OF Gen. Gordon
Granger, $4,000, such registered bonds.
To wife ot nephew, Samuel Barton, S25,-
900, first mortgage bonds on Staten Isl
and Railway Company. All the rest
residue and remainder of'property and
estate Ia bequeathed to William II.
Vanderbilt, his heirs, executora,
administrator and assigns forever. VIM.
II. Vanderbilt, his SONS Cornelius and
William, and Saml. Barton, nephew Of
the Commodore, are appointed executors
Of the will and trustees. II Barton re-
fuses to be executor and trustee, without
compensation, the bequest 10 his wife be-
comes void, and the bonds revert to the
residuAry estate. The codicil bequeaths
to his grandson Cornelius Vanderbilt, son
OF VIM. H., % 1896 shares OF capital stock
in the New York & Harlem K. K. Co., and
81 $50 shares OF capital stock in the n.
Y. Central & Hudson River Railroad
Company. To Wm. K. Vanderbilt, az
other son Of VIM. H., 10000 shares in
the n. Y. Central < Hudson River Rail-
road Company stock. To Frederick W.
Vanderbilt, another son Of VIM. H.,
10000 shares Of the same stock,
to be delivered when he comes
Of age. To Geo. Vanderbilt, another son of
VIM. H, 10000 shares Of the same stock,
to be delivered at the age Of twenty.one.
To his beloved wife, Frank A. Wander
bilt, 10000 shares Of like stock in addi.
ton to previous bequests. The will is
witnessed by Francis P. Freeman, Sidney
A. Carey, Jos. Parker, and Charles A.
Rapallo; and the codicil by Edwin D.
Worcester, S. Derickson, and Charles A.
Rapallo.