The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-30
RICH WOMEN.
Gossip About Some of the Noted Money
Queens of America.

Queens OF America.
Correspondence Cleveland Leader
New York has a number of rich widows Mrs
Josephine Aver is the reiict of the Dill doctor
who made fortune in patent medicines and left
her about So 100000 Mrs. Martin Bates was
left by her husband 81 500 600, which he made
in dry goods, and Mrs James Brown. who lives
in fine house on Park avenue and Thirty
seventh street, received from her husbands
estate about 100000 which he accu-
INFLATED as a banker. Mrs. W. E. Dodge
is worth ST. 900, coo, much of the income of which
she sends to the heather. Mrs Robert Goelet is
worth So, 600. 600, made in hardware, and Mrs
John Z. Green, the widow of the Princeton
College patron, is worth 10000, 900, Mrs
Commodore Vanderbilt received ST. O0O, 900 from
her husbands estate, which she has increased to
half as much more. Mrs. A. T. Stewart has an
estate worth $50, 000 0O0 but she lives like nun
in her big white marble palace on Fifth avenue
and the bachelor fortune-hunters might
as well WOO a statue of Diana. Mrs.
John Minturn is another wealthy New York
widow. She is worth $1,000 900, and her father
was an Aspnwall. Governor Morgan's widow is
worth several millions. Clarkson Potters widow
has an immense income from his estate, and
Mrs. Edwin Stevens, who owns Castle Point"
at Hoboken, is one of the richest widows in
America, and counts her wealth by tens of
millions. Mrs Paran Stevens husband made
SIS 600 900 in hotels. and he has left her the
Victoria and share in the Fifthavenue; and
Mrs. Marshall o. Roberts, the eight millionaire
widow of a mining king. was talked of while
MIR. Arthur was in the White House as the pros
pective wife of the President Here at Wash
incton we have few rich widows Mrs. Craig
Wadsworth, of New York, has a fine home on
Massachusetts, avenue, and she is said to be
worth million. Mrs. Alexander Ray is the
widow of millionaire miller whose -four is we'll
known over the United States and Mrs. Myers,
whose husband was chief of the signal
service some time before he died, is
worth at least milan dollars. Mrs Admiral
Dahlgren, who wrote the much-crlticised book
on Washington society year or so ago, has
several fine houses in the fashionable part of
Washington, and Mrs John o. Evans the widow
of the late president of the Mutual Union Tele-
graph Company owns great deal of Washing
ton real estate, and has good inconia The
widow Of Dick Merrck, the noted lawyer who
died the other day, will have fortune when her
father dies.
Philadelphias wealthiest widow is Mrs John
Ray Barton. who is worth 81, 900, 900, which she
inherited from her father, Dr. John Rush. Tom
SCOTS widow is worth So 0O0 OOO which her
husband left her from his railroad speculations
and the widow of M. w. Baldwin the locomotive
builder. is estimated as owning So 900 900 worth
of this worlds goods. Henry Diston, the saw
manufactures. left nearly million dollars to his
widow, and the Quaker City has half dozen
more rich widows whose bank books register
accounts as large as the wealth of Croesus.
Rlch single women are numerous. Miss Jennie
Riggs, OF ashington, inherited a fortune from
her father, the noted banker l have spoken
before of Miss Garrett, whose age is between