, 1879-07-23
MRS. DORSEY'S WILL.


Points couearntnE Her Legacy to JeAerson
nAvls-Wh"t Ia 3utd by 'tolatlvcs IN l'rook-
1yn Of tn" E1-tonfctierHtc's Relations with
s1rs. nor.ey-Ths rp1kad-of Contest
.ytt l'ork 6na, .Iuiy ~.
The ssory ri q contemplated contest OF tho
wNl ~ w., sa,o, A T,,r.ov ,vh, 1.ft l,cr n,on.
W. ~ 1'T ~. Do'oss, w.. ,s's Nv, Ivy
sy ~ ''1, I,. "as .u,u , ~ 1'o o"'.o.
beneficiary under the will of Mrs Dorsey, lived
In the mansion on the Heauyofr nlnntat!on. Mis.
t,n, ,r,,, N,s I,o+sev I'm nu,v othcr ,,cc1,-
e"e.pp,' ~" "'". os' ,a.sy NV "5 or'.. "a,
pant OF tile noaee neinE Mortimer Uaniefch,
the half brother Of Mrs. Dorsey, md son
Of Gen. Charles II. Dahlcrcn, who mnrr.ed
tho widow Et1,s- Mrs, norarv,. motb.r.
Ar, 1,av,s I, IL s,,d w. mo,n dovoted to
rcauyosr than to any other spot in the South.
The nIr, mostcncd b5 the brcexcs from the
Gulf, was especially salubrious, and llo COM
u'o.ueo tu' p,1s "a ao A,o's s',,.o ~.
In America lie 'fesuchtay saIo 70 M.s' porss.
before he became her permanent guest that he
should like nothing better than to own Beau-
,.s,.. t.. H., ,,o,t,.inr IN .hn ,r,r.
coming p'uuc. .os vi. :. Nv s.ras
of It's being put upon Lie nfa'ke.. "nsn Mts'
Do.sey WINS visiting nt No. 1058 Lafayette
avenue, Brooklyn, the residences OF Col. y.
Perry Fills, her brother, two years aeo, sha
spoke Of dtspossng Of bcauyoiF 70 Jeilcr@
son Davis, but her relatives never
lug making It n ~. There 10 largo rercnuo
aud lie plantation was exceptionally profitable
| fur that ruason. Mrs. Dorsey had very little
care 0u account OF her houIu The many acres
about It were 'easc1 for cultivation: most OF tho
| lesscta being the negroes, who IN nr. Dorsey's
| lifetime were slaves. She eal her home richly
titlel ur aud tt,a spent most Of her time tEcro
,nl In her library, which wins raru ono Tor ttlRt
sectIon. Sir. Ellis daughter has stent winter
with her since Mrs. Dorscy's visit TO brookiyp,
and was thu chief communion Of lleF aunt. The
girl naa faSortte Of Mr. dorsey, and It was
rpacrrpt,w her ind her brother TINT hu f1od ex-
| pressc1 to his wife wish that Incomes for ltfd
should some day be provided for them. Mrs.
Dorscy p'ssessed an ailecllo'iate disposition,
her.
TIE natural heirs. who were neglected In favor
| Of the cx-preeidcnt Ut tle Southern Confcl'
eracy, wcTc Col. T. Percy Ellis aud bis two chill
droa, son and daughter; Mrs. lnez Peek'
| Uu.rcys sister. n,u her two chllt!sen, who bear
the ,ln,,e OF Gorden; Mrs. pcckhntn's former
] husband, aud the son Of Airs. Dorsey's dead
| bro.llrr Thomus. who lost hts tife serving the
Lost Cause, tur which she manifested religious
devotion. 1t is regarded Us especially surprls'
rs she was warmly attached to her brother
| Thumns, md scanned to rIvetc hls memory tR-
rasc e lost tIls ltfu In the Confederate sorFice.
He had an attack of pneumonia, and, while he
was set couynlcscent, he was ob!iEpd 10 undergo
q forced 1nurcl winch causeA rclapse, ind he
died soon nilerwunl. Ills widow Mid her son
live in PHILADELPHIA
Mrs. DorAcr's relatives hope 10 find In Their
Investigation that her eccentric bequest Of all
OF her largo estute tn NJ: DaVia was purely tlio
result Of the tlrro-worsslp that sio trdn!scd IN
relattve to her GUEST, At.l tic feeling st'o had
TINT lie had not been Eunerously treated fn re-
turn for sIss sacrifices. They wero thrown TO-