The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-08-09
TWO RICH BOYS.

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by her first husband whose name was
Frank Smith, but he died on the 18th
of June 1880, this then left Mrs. Lewis
without husband or child to sympathize
with her in her bereavements.
Dearborn street having been opened
through upon which her lot,
also fronted, had commenced to in
crease in value and the real estate men
thought they saw great things in the fu-
ture for Dearborn street property, they
commenced to buy up all the property
that was owned by Colored people on
that thoroughfare, and they have pretty
well succeeded in doing so, for they got
them all out but Mrs. Lewis, and it was
only through pluck, such as a woman
only can have, that she withstood the
real estate sharks, Notwithstanding her
own friends would tell her that she was
foolish being lone woman trying to
hold on to property that they would
beat her out of in the end and leave her
flat without anything to support herself
in her old days. But she would tell
them all that she not only intended to
keep it, but she inteneed to fix it 80
that Colored people should remain
property owners in that block, years
after she was gone. .,.-...
The property fronts on Dearborn
street No. 298. It is now leased to Jno.
7. Dale, for the term of SO years with a
revaluation clause in said lease every
five years, the next revaluation will take
place May LIST 1898, at the rate of per
cent on the actual valuation of the prop
erty. In the last two years Mrs. Lewis
has been greatly annoyed by real estate
men wanting her to sell out, also by Mr..
Dale insisting upon her to change the
revaluation clause as he sees that it will
be impossible for him to carry the lease
under the 5 years revaluation clause.
Thus all kinds of schemes were worked
upon the old lady to make her either
sell or change her lease. On the 18th of
July a Colored man called upon Mrs.
Lewis and laid before her a document
looking very much to her and lady
that was present at the time, to be
deed, and insisted upon her making her
mark in a place where her name had
been signed, telling her that it was some
thing relative to her property and that
it would be to her interest. Of course
she refused to Sign it and told him to 20
and see Mr.. Rollins who looks after her
business. But it was not MIR. Rollins
he wanted to see, therefore, he did not
60 to see that gentleman. Mrs. Lewis
sent for Mr.. Rollins and told him about
it, and at the same time said that she
desired to fix the property so that they
could not worry her about it any longer.
So after few days consultation with an
attorney, she had him to draw UP a
deed in the name of F. w. Rollins, to be
held by him in trust for his two boys
F. S. and P. A. Rollins, to be turned
over to them on their becoming of age,
and $4,000 to be paid to Laura Cooper,
the wife of Robert Cooper, after the
death of said Maria Lewis. But Mrs.
Lewis is to receive allthe rents or profits
from the said property during her
natural life.
Frank VIM. Rollins, was born in King
George county Va. on the Goth, of Nov.
l849. His parents removed to Stafford
county when he was about year old.
After which they removed to Washing
ton City. where young Rollins was
raised. In those days Colored children
could not attend public schools. But
young Rollins took private instructions
until the breaking out of the war and
the first school he attended was branch
of the Harvard University taught by an
old quaker and his wife by the name of
DR.. Turner. Yong Rollins was pupil
of Mrs. Turner's class, his zeal and apt
ness for learning won for him great in
terest of his teacher in his advancement.
But young Rollins took notion like
great many young men have done since
to carry out the suggestion of Horace
Greedy, go west young men," Thus
young Rollins started and located at
White Water Wisconsin in April 1865.
But Mrs. Turner kept track of him by
correspondence, persuading him to re-
turn to school again as she felt the re
were great things in the future to be had
out of him. Young Rollins, however,
did not remain in Wisconsin very long
IS the weather was too cold in that re-
gion for him. He returned to Chicago
and lived until March 1868, when he re-
turned to Washington City, and the