St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-11
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UOn 5 Dull, Vuo thompson DlOCk Oh
lower Third street, opposite Mr.. Kelly's
store on East Third street, and the cor
ner OF Sixth and Broadway. A great
deal of the real estate has been con-
verified into cash and invested in the
First National bank since Mr.. Thomp-
sons demise. Mrs. Susan Thompson.
who resides in Dresden, Germany, and
her daughters, now control the stock of
this bank. The estate was easily valued
at1fS1, 100000. Mrs. Carrie Thompson
can count up 100000 in personal prop
erty easily in three little items.
Mrs. Pascal Smith.
Mrs. Asenath M. Smith, the widow of
Pascal Smith, a wealthy commission
merchant who died at Marseilles, France,
Nov. 81. 1880. is another very popular
and wealthy lady who shines brightly
easily S250,000, is shared by her sons
Charles and Edward Smith. The Smith
heirs own real estate amounting to over
$4,000, the most valuable being In st.
Paul, and some land lying in Meeker,
Mobiles, Rock and other western cOun-
ties in this state, and some in New
York. The personal property amounts
to about $4,000.
Mrs. DR.. Stewart.
When DIR. J. A. Stewart, who in his
life time was the most popular man in
the st. Paul political world, who sat in
the state legislature and in congress,
and who served as Union soldier, sur
geon, and mayor of the city-when he
died, Aug. 25, 1884, he left to his widow,
Mrs: Catharine S. Stewart, his daugh-
ter. Mrs. DIR. Wheaton, and his sons, DR..
j. Stewart and Robert Stewart. nice es-
tate, including the very classic residence
built shortly before his death, on Wash
ington street, opposite Rice park, and
$4,000 worth of st. Paul real estate.
The good doctor was of such charita-
BILE and liberal turn of mind that, like
Commodore Davidson, when the Silver
and Copper Island Mining company
boomers came along he allowed his
name to go down for stock in that un-
satisfactory scheme to the extent of
$4,000. The Stewart estate is worth all
of $500, 600, and possibly much more.
Mrs. John Nicols.
Mrs. John Nicols is among the
wealthy widows who have the cream of
st. Paul residence real estate. The
property on St. Anthony hill and the
interest in the handsome business of
Nicols & Dean, left to his heirs by her
husband, was then valued at 100000.
Mrs. Conrad Gotzian.
Mrs. Conrad Gotzian with her daugh-
tiers, Mrs. A. B. Driscoll, Mrs. Theodore
Schumacher. Harriet, Valie, Jessie and
Paul Gotzian, share an estate of
considerably over million dollars.
She received at the time of her hus-
bands death about year ago, $242, $50,
and each of the children about $4,000.
In the estate are the magnificent
homestead on Tenth and Wacouta
streets, back of J. j. Hills; the Lindeke,
Warner & Schumacher building at
Fourth and Sibley, and the Gotzian and
Tarbox, Schliek 81 Co. buildings on
lower Third street, as we'll as numerous
fine residence blocks and pieces of land.
The real estate was cOnSer VatiVely
appraised at S274, 400. while the personal
property amounted to over $780,, 900. This
personal property included First Ma
tional bank bonds of this city; $4,000
worth of Chemical National bank of
New York bonds; stock in the Montana
Central Railway company; the Great
Falls, Mont, Water Power company,
and other enterprises, and any amount
of government, bank, county and other
bonds. Mrs. Adam GOtZian has COLI
verted all her property into money, and
she no longer resides in st. Paul.
Mrs. j. G. Burbank.
Mrs. Evelyn Burbank, widow of ]. G.
Burbank, and her daughters, Mrs. Lii
ian Vose and Eva Burbank, and the
grandchildren, fell heirs at the death of
Mr.. Burbank in June, 1876, to over ST.
100000. There was S250,000 worth of
stock in the First National bank in one
item. Mr.. Burbank was interested
very extensively in stock. He held
big blocks in the st. Paul e Sioux City
company, the ST. Paul Fire and Marine
Insurance company, the New York
Mining company and other large con-
cerns.i Then there were acres and
acres of land in Southwestern Mime
sofa, LIE Sueur and WatOnwan, Otter
Tail, Pope, Douglas, Wilkin, Morrison
and other counties in the state, cOnsid-
cradle land in Kansas and good list of
ST. Paul real estate. The Burbank
residence on Summit avenue was sold
to George r. Finch by Mrs. Burbank
for about $4,000, who, in turn, sold 1T
to Manager Cakes, of the Northern Pa
cific, for over $4,000.
Mrs. Girart Hewitt.
Mrs. Allie Hewitt fell heir to lot of
nice St. Paul real estate when her hus-
band, Girart Hewitt, died in July 1879.
Two sons, Walter and j. B.. Hewitt,
shared this estate with her. The land
which at the time of Mr.. Hewitt's death
was approved at only 100000, has
since made tremendous leap in value,
especially the acre property between
the two cities, near Hamline. In the
estate was realtyfin La Fond's, War
rem & Rice's, Leech's, Rice & Irvine's,
Lyman Dayton's, Stinson, Brown q
Ramsey's, Dayton q Irving's, and
Warren q Winslow's additions, Wilkin
& Hayward's outlets, Kenney's outlets,
and in Rose and Reserve townships.
The Hewitt estate can be placed at
100000, which is probably too low.
Mrs. Herman Greve.
Herman Greve's wealth making was
phenomenal. He came over from
Sparta. Wis, with about $4,000. He
proceeded to buy up all the
tax titles and qui claim deeds
he could get hold of. When he died, in
October, 1885, he left over S2,0O0,OOO to
his widow, Marie Greve, and his daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Ansel Oppenheim, Mrs. Ar
mold Kalman, and the Misses DOrothie
and Sophie Greve, who, by the way, are
among the best liked ladies in the city.
These heiresses own the block on
Fourth street, back of the
Davidson block, where Cook 8
barn was, the store on Fifth street, con-
siderable real estate all over the city,
land in Pope county, in this state and
in Mandan. OAK; Cook and Dupage
counties, Illinois; Monroe, Jackson,
Polk and st. CrOiX counties, Wisconsin !;
Winnebago county, Iowa; 5000
acres q IN Texas, and lot of
city property in the city of Dali
las. Mr.. Greve's interest in the firm
of 81. Greve q Co. NOW Oppenheim &
Kalman) amounted to $175, 1896. The
real estate in st. Paul alone was APP
praised at S133.670, although by this
time it has increased probably to $780,