Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-11-11
MRS. STEWARDS WILL.
Requests and Instructions of the Relief of the
Millionaire Dry Goods Merchant
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requests ana instructions or The Rellct OF the
Millionaire Dry Goods Merchant.
New York Sun.
The will of Mrs. Cornelia Stewart, the
wife of the late millionaire dry goods
merchant has been filed by ex-Judge Hor-
ace Russell, Mr.. Henry HiIton's son in
law Citations were Immediately issued
to the heirs and the next of kin, made
returnable on November ID.
In the instrument Mrs. Stewart be-
queaths $4,000 per year during life to
her brother, Charles p. Clinch: to each of
her sisters, Anna, Emma and Julia Clinch,
she leaves an annuity of $4,000; to her
neice, Sarah n. Smith, she leaves $3.50,
900; to Cornelia S. Butler, she leaves
100000; to each of her children, Law
renee and Charles S. Butler, $4,000; to
Kate A. Smith, 100000; to each of the
remaining children of Sarah n. Smith,
namely, Ella, Bessie and James, 100000;
to each of the children of her deceased
sister Louise formerly the wife of
Charles h. Butler) namely, Rosalie, Helen,
Virginia, Lilliad, Maxwell, and Prescott,
$4,000. All the rest of the estate, real
and personal, she bequeaths to Charles
j. Clnch, nOWof Paris, and Henry Hilton,
of this city. None of the legacies is to
be payable until three years from the fl
nal probate of the will, nor any of the
annuities until six months after such
probate.
The executors of the will are Charles
j. Clinch and Henry Hilton, and the wit
nesses to the instrument are Henry E.
Davies, James Henry Work, and Edward
B. Hilton.
The will is dated July 5, 1877. In a
codicil to the will she revokes the bequest
b Of hoJ Of hon,
duary estate, and bequeaths to him one
half of the residue of her property and
estate in trust to collect, receive, hold,
manage, control, sell and apply the same
to the following purposes:
To complete the Stewart memorial
church now in course of erection by her
at Garden City, Long Island, and to sup
ply it with al that is necessary to make
make it a free church and cathedral for
the Protestant Episcopal church of the
diocese of Long Island, New York, to
endow it with such money as will main
tain it forever, with provisions for the
bishop of the diocese and his assistants,
to construct two buildings to be used as
schools and seminaries of learning to be
attached to such cathedral and to endOw
them with such money as will sustain
them forever, and to erect such other
buildings as the cathedral and seminaries
and schools may require. All these
buildings are to be erected on Mrs
Stewards lands there, known as Hemp
stead Plains, Long Island. These build
ings, when completed, are to be conveyed
to the use forever Of the 2. E. church of
the diocese of Long Island or the cor
poration known as the Cathedral of the
Incarnation in the diocese of Long
Island. All the One-half of her residu-
airy estate so devised is to be applied for
the above purposes. If any heir becomes
a party to any proceeding to interfere
with the will in his or her favor is to be
cancelled. The codicil of the Will is dated
May 81, 1878.
By another codicn Mrs. Stewart author
ICES Mr.. Hilton in regard to the share
and portion of the property devised and
bequeathed to him in trust to lease and
dispose of it from time to time as he
shall deem expedient, all such acts to be
valid and as efectual as if made by the
testatrix, and all expenses to be allowed
him without further proof than that they
we're actually made. Judge Hilton is en-
powered to divide any surplus among the
legal heirs. He is empowered to appoint or
substitute trustee or trustees to act in
his place for any desired period and at
will to revoke such appointment and by
will to appoint his successor, provided
however, that the said trust shall not con
tinue longer than the lives of said Kate
A. and James G. Smith named in the
will.
BY another codicil dated Nov. 1, 1888
Mrs. Stewart bequeaths to Sarah f. Smith
and her heirs one equal part of the share
in the estate granted to her nephew Char
les j. Clinch. She gives $4,000 to be
distributed by the executors among her
household servants living with her at the
time of her death.
The last cOdicil is dated Nov, 60 1885.
After stating that the Cathedral and
st. Paul's School at Garden City has been
completed and endowed, she revokes all
former claues to the will and codicils
thereto except that the trustee is en-
powered at his discretion to build and
endow a seminary of learning for women
as described IN previous codicils, and to
erect such other institutions and build
ings connected with the cathedral as may
be necessary. Absolute title to the pro-
perty is vested in the legatee to convey
and transfer the property in accordance
with the provisions of the will and
cOdicils.
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