Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-11-02
MRS. STEWARDS WILL
how THE MILLI0NAIREs WIDOW
LEFT HER PROPERTY.
Requests to Relatives Large Sum to the
Protestant Episcopal Church
Her Servants.
IBy telegrar h TO the Dispatch. ]

INV YORK, November 1.-The will OF
Mrs. COrnoIa NJ. stewart, wife OF the lice
millionaire dry-2oods merchant, was fled
for probate to-day by ex-Judge Horace
Russell. Mr.. Henry Hilton's son-ln-laW.
Citations were Immediately issued To the
heirs and next OF kin, made returnable on
the 18th instant. In the instrument nrs.
stewart bequeaths 100000 per year during
lie 10 her brother, Charles j. Cllnch, 10 De
laid TO him quarterly; to each OF her sis
ters-ADna, Emma, and Julia Clinch-she
leave" an annuity OF $4,000 year, to be
paid quarterly during life; TO her niece,
Sarah y. Smith, she leaves the sum OF
s25O,OO0; to COrnelia :. Butler she leaves
100000. and TO each OF her children,
Laurence and Charles ;. Butler,
$4,000; 10 Kate A. Smith, S90O,0OO
10 each Of the remaining children oil So
rah \. smith namely, Louisa, Ella, Bessie,
and james 100000; TO each OF the chill
dren OF her deceased sister Louis, formerly
the wife OF Charles +. Butler namely, Ro-
sale, Helen, Virginia, Lillian. Maxwell,
and Prescott - $4,000. All the rest OF the
estate, real and personal, she bequeaths 10
Charles J. Clinch now in Paris, aud Hen.
~ Hilton, Of this city. None Of the lega-
cies are TO be payable until three years
rom tue final probate Of the will, nor any
OF the annutits until six months after such
probate. The executors TO the will are
Charles !. Clinch and Henry Hilton, AMI
the witnesses to the instrument are III. +.
Dawes, James Henry Work, and Edward
Il. Hilton.
The will is dated July 5, 1877. In a
eo6 do, :. .; aha will she r9yOkes the beGoue:.
to Henry Hilton OF one hall OF her re,iiu.
10 Ia. 70
one hail Of the residue OF her property and
estate in tlust 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 supply it with all that
j. necessary to make 1t free church aud
Cathedral for the Protestant Episcopal
Church Of the Diocese OF Long Island,
y. y; 10 endow it with such money As
VIII maintain II forever, with the provision
for a bishop OF the diocese and hi, assist
ants; 10 construct two buildings, To be
used as schools and seminarieS OF learn.
ing 10 be attached to such Cathedral, and TO
endow them with such money as will Su'-
tain them forever, and to erect such other
buildings as tue Cathedral aud scmnaies
and schools nay require. All these build
inCs are 10 bee erected on Mrs. SlewartS
lands there, known Is Hempsted Pllns,
Long Island. These buildings, when COM
pleted, are 10 be conveyed TO the Use for.
ever Of the Prot slant Episcopal Church
Of the diocese OF Long Island, or 10 the
corporations known rs The Cathedral OF The
incarnation. i'm the diocese OF Long Island.
All the one half OF her resduary estate 30
devised i, 10 be applied for the above pur-
poses. For any violation Of the terms
and conditions, or the letter OF them.
the said and>, building, and endowment
fund shall revert TO Charles j. Clnch,
her nephew, and bis heirs. Charles
j. Clinch and Henry Hilton are author
lied 10 make such partition ana division o.
their interests in the estate As they may Sc
IT.. II any bcir becomes party 10 any pro-
ceediug 10 interfere with the will the pro-
vision IN The will in hIs or her favor i 10
be cancelled. Tie coded 81 the viii i,
dated May -. 1873. ByanothCr c5dic,l Mr.,
stewart authoIizcs Henry Billion. in regard
to tie share and portion OF her property
devised and bCqueathed to him in trust, 10
lease and dispose Of 1t from time tO tune a,
be shall deem cXpcdient, all such acts l. De
valid aud rs eticctual a. II made by the t..
iatriX, and an expenses To- be allowed him
without further proofs than that they We're
actually made. Judge Hilton il empOw-
cred 10 divide any surplus among her legal
heirs. He j. also empowered to appoint or
sui stitutc q trustee or trustees 10 act in his
place for any desired period, and at will
to revoke such appointment, aud by
Will 10 appoint his successor: provided.
however. that said trust shall not continue
longer than the lives OF Kate \. and James
{. smith, named in the will. The will l.
-igncd by the decreased, and the names Of
the WITNESSES affixed are j. Henry Work
and Edward Il. Hilton.
Ry anothtr codlcil. dated May 81, 1888,
Mrs.. Stewart lcqucaths 10 Sarah W. Smith
and her heirs one equal part Oi the share
in hcrestale granted 10 herncphew, Charles
j. Inch. and TO Lawrence Butler, a child
Of Prescott and Cornelia Butler. an a,ldi-
tional sum of $1,000. She gives SlJ.00) 10
lie distributed by her executors among her
hou.e hord servants living with her at the
time Of her death. The cOdicil l. wit.
nessed 10y James Henry Work and Henry
G.. Hilton.
The last codicil is dated November 80,
1853. and relates 10 the GardcT.City Cathc-
dral. After stating that the Cathedral and
It. Puufs school ut Garden CITY have lie n
complies, d ana endowed, reyO6es all former
clauses to tie will aud codicil- thereto. cN-
ccpt that The trustee l. empowered, al hi,
discretion, 10 bIild and cndoN a seminary
q learning for women, a. described in PIE
y'ous codicils. and TO erect such other in
stiillons and buildings connected with the
Cathedral as may be necessary. Absolute
title 10 the property is vested in the legatce
to convey and transfer the property IN ac-
cordance with the will and Codicl>.