Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-05-13


Gilsey, after whom the Gilsey House is
named. Each of these widows is worth
at least So, 500, 600. They learned from
their husbands the value OF real estate
and also acquired the art OF buying at
the right time and selling at heavy
advance. Mrs Lucy Gilsey's father
was George NJ. Varian. He owned a
farm In what was considered suburb
Of New York. She saw its prospective
value and refused TO sell IL when 1t
came to her By her fathers will. She
waited until the city grew up to the
farm and then she divided the land up
into lots and made another fortune.
sHer income is nearly three hundred and
fifty dollars day.
William G.. Fargo, OF Wels-Fargo Elk
press Company fame, left his daughter
Georgiana $4,000, 900. She Is said not
only TO have every cent 1t, but TO have
added hundreds OF thousands Of dollars
TO it. Over a 81, 00O 900 that old Samuel
Wlletts made out Of whaling years and
years ago have come down TO his grand
daughter, Mrs. Caroline France. She
Is clever woman, it is stated, and is
increasing her grandfather's wealth.
Over $4,000, 600 OF Lorillard money
belongs TO Mrs. Louisa NJ. and Mrs.
James ?. Kernochan, of New
York. Mrs. Louisa Kernochan is
widow, and handles her fortune
almost without help. Mrs. Mary NJ.
| heckscher had 100000 willed to her
by her uncle, the celebrated William r.
| Travers. Mrs. Maria l.. Wadsworth,
who was daughter OF Mr.. Travers,
has 81, 500, 600 that she inherited from
! her father. Stephen Whitney, one OF
the leading metropolitan merchants in
his day, left his daughter, who married
William Whitney, S2,500,0 600. Mrs.
! Charles J. Folsom has similar amount,
| which was left her by her husband.
! Mrs. Cortland De PeYster Field has 81,
500, 900 that her brother, the late John
! w. HamersleY, made out Of real estate.
John Arnot, g wealthy banker at Elmira,
left fortuna of SO, 600, O0O TO his daugh-
ter, Mrs. George Griswold Haven, OF
! New York.
Three of the heirs OF the late A. T.
| Stewart are women and unmarried.
/ They manage their money and are re-
portod TO have made sons shrewd gains
in Wall street during the past year.
| There are the heresses Helen c., Rosalie
| and Virginia Butler. They got their
| fortunes from Mrs. Stewart, who was
/ sheir aunt. Miss Helen, who Is the
eldest, received So, 100000. The other
two were left S1OOO,000 apiece. They
are all very comfortable. Mrs. Catharine
Winthrop was one OF the daughters Of
| the late Moses Taylor. He bequeathed
| her S2,500 900. Her husband,
Robert Winthrop, is 4 prominent Wall
street banker. Two daughters Of B. T.
Babbitt, the soap manufacturer, receiV-
ed $500, 900 each when their father
died. One married Clarence f. Hyde
and the other Frederick Z. Hyde. They
have perfect confidence In their hus-
bands, but like the psstime Of handling,
10 4 large extent, the disposition OF their
fortunes. Frederick II. Cassett, the
dry goods merchant, left 81, 500, 600 70
each Of his daughters, Mrs George +.
Dodge and Mrs. Augustus D. TuIlisrd.
George Law, the contractor, left Mrs.
Sarah Williams and Mrs. Anna +.
Wright each $500, 600.
Few women In this coutry are shrewd-
er real estate investors than Mrs. Henry
LeGrand Cannon. She was Miss Eliza
beth NJ. Thompson, OF Detroit. She
GOT nearly 81, 500, 900 from relatives In
the west, and learned how 10 invest IL
and add ID its aggregate before she was
married. Everybody remembers the
late Miss Catherine Wolfe. She was
left an enormous fortune, something
~ har
John D. Wolfe. he was big hard
ware importer and extensive real
estate speculatcr. 'Miss Wolfe lived for
years quite alone in big house on Mad
ison Square. Her charities were nu-
merous and made her name familiar.
Among thu few friends 20 whom she
left part OF her riches was Miss Laura
+. Conkliug. Miss Conkling received
$1,000, 900 from tire female philanthro-
pist She is conservative in investing
and Is understood to have developed q
good deal of financial ability.
1t would not do, in writing Of the
rich women OF America, TO omit the
names OF those girls whose fortunes,
either In possession or in prospect, are
fabulous. Moreover. they are all good
LOOKING, hnu a. ledSs OHc VI snem -
strikiagly handsome. Miss Helen
Gould had SIS. 900, 600 left her By Jay
Gould. 1t was left 10 her absolutely
and without restriction. she is mis-
tress OF her own ducats, and itAis TO her
credit that much OF herr income
goes for charity. II her Afathsr
was anything but charitable his daugh-
ter is nothing unless charitable. While
Miss Helen has the handling Of her orn