St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-20
WEALTHY QUAKERESSES.
Ladies' Whose Fortunes are Expressed
by Seven Figures.
A Large Number OF Marriageable
Misses With Bank Accounts.

A Large NUMBER OF M arr1ageaDle
Misses With Bank Accounts.
81 think that am pretty safe in saying
that there are not less than fifty women in
the city with fortunes of $500, 900. and |
can count my fingers full of women who
are worth $1,000, OOO," said a Philadel-
phian to Record reporter the other day.
The fact is that the town is full of rich wo-
men.
Probably the richest woman who calls
Philadelphia her home is Mrs. W. F. Weld.
Mrs. Yields husband came to this city from
Boston some years ago in order, it is said,
to avoid paying the heavy taxes levied by
Massachusetts upon his personal property.
He lived quietly in the handsome peakroof
house on West RittenhOuse square and LO-
Gust street, aud was not rated by people in
this city as very rich man. 1t therefore
considerably ast0nished folks when he died
to find that he was worth $40, 600, 900, and
probably at the time Of his death was the
richest man in Philadelphia. His wife, SO
it is said, got SIS, 900, 900 of this vast estate.
The distinction of being the richest
woman in the city. since Mrs. Hall moved
to Boston the other day, probably belongs
to Mrs. DR.. Jayne who lives in the splen-
did marble mansion at the southeast corner
of Nineteenth and Chestnut streets A
prominent officer OF one OF the largest trust
companies i'll the city estimates Mrs. JayneS
wealth at So, 600. 600. she lives with her
sons, DR.. Horace Jayne and Henry La
Barre Jayne. in her splendid marble palace;
but she never entertains and the house is
nearly always closed up tightly.
Mrs. Jayne spends great deal of her
time at the mountain and seaside resorts
and in Europe.
Few people who visit that beautiful
section known as Rittenhouse square fail to
admire the splendid sandstone residence
facing the square from Eighteenth street
and the first house on Eighteenth street
from Walnut This is the house of Mrs.
Joseph Harrison. whose husband left her
the pOSsesSor of at least 81, 90. 900. Mr..
Harrison was partner of Ross WinanS,
the Baltimore contractor, and the two built
the first railroads in Russia, realizing mill
ions of profit from that work. and both of
them returning to America with over S15,-
900, 600.
Mrs. Harrison is very charitable wo-
man. but her giving is done so quietly that
few people know of it. Mrs. Thomas
CCOtt buS WiuoW Vi tll6 ldtlOuS pItSluOUb
of the Pennsylvania Railroad company,
who lives at No. 1882 South Rittenhouse
square, is also worth million or two.
Mrs. Clara Moore, the widow of the late
Bloomfield Ii. Moore of the Jessup &
Moore Paper works has a splendid resi-
dence at $40 South Broad street, where
she entertains with lavish generosity. Her
house is filled with the finest works of art,
and large fortune has been spent in
decorating it. She is worth about So, 00O,-
600.
Mrs. Alexander r. McHenry. who was
formerly Miss Coke, is worth $1,000, 900
in her own right and her husband is also
very wealthy. Mrs. j. Dundas Lippincott
nee Miss Patten of Princeton. N. j.. of
No. 500 South Broad street, is said to be
worth at least $1,000, 900. Her husband
is descendant of James Dundas, who died
in 1865, and whose daughter still lives in
the famous residence at the northeast
corner of Broad and Walnut streets. In
the lifetime of Mr.. Dundas the grounds at
tached to this house contained the finest
collection of flowers and PLANTS in the
United States.
Mrs. s. B. Bancroft, who lives at No.
1, S03 Vine street. is credited with being
worth 81, 900, 900 at least, as is also Mrs.
Mary Gibson, of No. 1901 Chestnut street.
Undoubtedly the richest unmarried lady
in the city is Miss Helen Nj. SerrlI. Miss
Serrill is young woman and exceedingly
attractive She has very clear complexion
and winning face. Her father recently
died in New Orleans. leaving $40, 900, 600
to his two daughters share and share
alike. Her sister lives in Chicago and is
married. Miss Serrilrs home is with her
aunt Mrs. Ii. s. Harper, No. 1,31O Pine
street. but she Is out of the city at present.
There is no young woman in the city whose
fortune begins to approach that of Miss
Serrill. excepting the daughters of the late
Francis A. DreXel.
Mrs. Wilson G. Swami, whose house at
No. 1919 Walnut street is curiosity, is one
of the millionaire women of the city. She
is the wife of brother of the late Gov.
Swami of Maryland. who was at one time
president of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
Mrs. Swami has great fondnesS for an
tique furniture and ornaments, and her
home is filled with rare bric-a- brac, which
would bring large fortune Of itself at auc
ton. The old lady lives alone in her great
house with only the rare curiOsities and her
servants for companions. Her fortune is
estimated at $1,000 900.
Mrs. Matthew Baird of No. S14 North
Broad street, is worth more than 81, 900, 900
and is one of the most charitable women
in Philadelphia. She has beautiful sum-
mer residence at Spring Lake, but often
goes to Europe.
Mrs. Baird's husband was a member of
the Baldwin Locomotive works here. Mr.
Baldwin's widow, whose house on Chestnut
street. above Eleventh, is known to all
Philadelphians, died short time ago and
left nearly 81, 900, 900 to her children and
grandchildren.
Mrs. Henry S. Disston, who occupies the
splendid residence No. 1915 North Broad
street, is probably worth over $1,000, 600,
which was left to her by her husband the
famous sawmaker. Mrs. Disston's house
is one of the most beautiful in the city. In
the summer she occupies large and beau
tifnl cottage at Atlantic City.
ut is an interesting fact in this C onnee
tion," said weil-posted banker in discuss
ing the names OF the rich people of the
city, THAT there are more young unmar-
ried women in Philadelphia with fortunes
OF 800. 900 and over than any city in the
country"
ssEgtrams Vera Hluie.'s
New York Evening Telegram.
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