Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-24
KITTSON'S WEALTH.
How TIE LATE COMMODORE DISPOSED OF
HIS WEALTH.
After Number Of Small Legacies His Property
Equally Divided Among HIS Eleven
Children.

Below is o synopsis Of all Of the pro-
visions Of the last will and testament OF the
late Norman w. KittsOn. This covers all
Of the deyiseS, legaCies, requests and direc-
lions contained in the will, and is sutli-
GENTLY full aud complete to indicate
clearly the intention OF the testat0r regard
ing his estate. The abstract has been
carefully prepared by the st. Paul Trust
Company from the original will i'll the
cOmpaDy's possession.
The will of the late Norman W. Kittson
bears date OF August 1, iSS6, and the
cOdicil December Z, 1857, the former Gov
eriUg twenty -eight pages and thirty-t~o
sections, and the latter consisting ut four
sections. both witnessed by DR.. Samuel ID.
Fiayg, l V. ID. Heard and Daniel Muir
phy. The sections of the will, of which
an abstract only is here given, provide as
follows:
After making some MINOR requests and
providing for the payment Of all his Just
debts and funeral expenses.
Sec. 10. Dsyises: To the st. Paul Trust
company, to he placsd at interest, in trnst
for the testator'S three grandchildren the
children Of the testator's deceased SOD,
Alexander KittsoD) $30, 900, $4,000 for
each, interest to legatees, payable annu-
ally until majority, when principal IL pay
able. In case Of death before majority,
principal to revert TO testator's undivided
estate.
Sec. IL. Devises to his son Norman
Kittsou, the Astoria block on Wsbasha
street, st. Paul, and one eleventh of all
the testator's undivided estate which shall
remain after the payment and iultillment
of all the other legacies, devises, condi-
tons and provisions of the will.
Sec. a. To the testator's son, Rev.
Henry KittsOn, certain real estate in st.
Paul, and certain bonds, mortgages and
stock, and One-eleyenth of the undivided
estate al in section Is.
Sec. Is. To the testatOr's son, Louis
Kittsop, one undivided half of all the real
and personal property at Erdeuheim, near
Philadelphia, Pa, subject to one half OF its
liabilities, which he is TO pay; also lot Z,
block %, in Rice 4 IrVine's addition to st.
Paul, ane one. eleventh Of testatcr's uudi-
yided estate rs in section IL.
Sec. 10 To his SOD, James f.. kittson,
one halt of the foregoing property ut En-
denhsim, subject to Ons-half OF Its hablli-
ties; also certain note, and stock, and one
undivided eleventh Of the undivided es-
tate, rs in section IL.
Sec. Il. To the It. Paul Trust Company,
in trust for his son, Hercules l.. Kittson,
lots 3 and 4 in block /, Randall's addition;
the east half OF lot 3, block %, st. Paul
proper, and other real estate in 81. Paul,
and elsewhere in Minnesota, together with
certain mortgages and stock; also, One.fitth
of all property inherited by testator from
his late wife, Mary A. Kittson, and one
eleventh Of the testator's undivided es-
tate as in section Is Out OF said devise
and bequest the Trustee is to pay the bene-
ficiary q certain sum per year until he ar
riyes at the age of twenty-five years, when
he shall receive one-half of the foregoing
devise and bequest; when he arrives at the
age of thirty years he is to receive the re-
mainder; rents, issues and profits being IN
the meantime payable to him.
Sec. Is. To the St Paul Trust company,
in trust for his son, l.. c. Kittson, a num-
Der of lots in st. Paul, certain stock,
mortgages and bonds, and one undivided
fifth and one undivided eleventh, as IN
section II, the trust to be carried out in
same manner as the one in section II.
Sec 10. To same trustee, for his minor
son, Alfred Kittson, number of lots In st.
Paul and other real estate in Minnesota,
certain bonds mortgages and stock, and
undivided fifth and eleventy, IS IN section
II; trust to be carried out in same manner
a. in in section Il, except that trustee Is to
pay for education and support during
minority. oooo
Sec. 20. To same trustee S4OO, 600 in
United States registered bonds, In trust for
teststor's four daughters before named,
800 600 for each; interest payable to
iepatee during life; at death principal to
revert to the undivided estate, unless mar
rage and issue, when principal vests IN
children.
Sec. 81. To the same testator, for the
same daughters, fouI-elsyenths OF the tes-
Iator,s undivided estate on the same terms
as in section 20.
Sec. %. To the same trustee, for Louise
Iorette Kittson and Mary Kittson, two OF
the said four daughters, two-h OF the
oatota ;nherited by the testator from their