Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-03-06
VIII Of the late A. Il. Il. Stuart.
HIS ESTATE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEE
HIS THREE DAUGHTERS.


HIS ESTATE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN
HIS THREE DAUGHTERS.
! Yesterday the will of the late Hon. A
IL. II. Stuart was admitted to probate ii
the Hastings Court 1t is dated May 22d
1890, is written by his own hand, dlstrib
utes an estate valued at 5000, and ap.
points his son-in-law, Mr.. Alex. F. Robert
son, Executor without surety. 1t makes
the following requests
To his daughter, Mary Stuart Mcclure.
wife Of Dr.. Hunter MEG uire of Richmond
all his interest (one-half) in the ''Rose-
bank' farm on South River, with about so
acres additional of woodland near blythe
whole being 400acres in extent; also 2 tracts
known as Pineland near Lyndhurst, aggre-
eating 225 acres and having on them two
dwellings.
To his daughter, Susan Baldwin Gibson,
wife OF Rev. Robert A. Gibson, rector of
Christ church, Cincinnati, the five 3-story
brick warehouses ON Middlebrook Avenue
III Staunton, opposite the Chesapeake &
ONO Ky. depot; also the vacant strip of
land in rear of said warehouses; also brick
carpenter shop now occupied by David
Butcher in Staunton, and parcels of land
near Lyndhurst, the two aggregating II
acres.
To his daughter, Margaret Briscoe Rob-
ertson, wife of Alex. f. Robertson, of
Staunton, the old mansion house on Church
street, in which testator was born and
died, and the frame residence adjoining;
also the lot in rear of his residence, adjoin-
ing the lot now occupied by Mr.. Robertson;
the stables, carriage house, &C., and the
lots on which they stand; also the law
office near the courthouse, occupied by him
for over forty years, subject to the follow
ing qualification: MY daughter is to have
the right to occupy the said Office from the
date of my death until her infant son,
Alexander Stuart Robertson, shall attain the
age of twenty-four years, and if at that
period he adopts and follows in good faith
the profession of law, he is to become the
owner of said Office as a gift from me, his
grandfather, for whom he is named"
To the three daughters, the household
furniture, &C., and his forty-one shares of
stock in the Staunton Gas Co. to he equal
ly divided, and the same as regards all his
stocks, bonds, &c.
To his grandson, Alexander Stuart Nc
CURE, the silver pitcher bearing a compli-
mentary inscription, presented to him by
the Wings of Rockingham county in 1913.
To his grandson, Alexander Stuart Glib
son, the gold watch given him by his father
and which he had worn for over sixty
years. 'This watch having been ordered
by my father through his friend, James
| Monroe, the American minister to England
his name was, by mistake, engraved in the
watch instead of my fathers"
To his grandson, Alexander Stuart Rob-
ertson, "the fine Swiss watch which 1 veal
and which was the property Of my son
Archibald G. Stuart, who died in 1885,"
To his friend, Mrs. Adeline Baldwin
widow of the late James Baldwin, he leaves
a legacy Of $500 las small testimonial Of
my esteem for her character and my CRATE
full appreciation of her uniformly kind and
considerate attention to my personal com
fort and that Of my children and CRANE
children during the long time she has had
charge of my household AFFAIRS
The will covers some eight pages of Legal
paper and is entirely written by MI. Stu
arts pen. He says i'll the opening para
graph that it is his desire to divide his es
tate as equally between his daughters as
possible, and he thinks that purpose ha6
been carried out in the requests.