The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-03

cent vault, ordered the construction OF one
on what is now known as Eagle street ana
which adjoins the Episcopal Church prop
erty at Tenafy. His sole ambition then, 1t
is said, was to live long enough to see tna1
vault completed. During failing health he
watched the progress of the workmen
with interest, and finally, when TOO
i'll to leave his room was wheeled TO a
window in an invalid's chair, where he sat
for hours and watched the workmen at WORK
on his last resting place. Scarcely had tne
last stroke of the stoneman's hammer oled
away, when old Mr.. Sisson breathed his last.
THE WILL.
Although it was known that he had maze
will, its contents were never known Dy the
family until after his death and burial.
Then came surprises The $1.000,O00
placed in trust astonished his heirs, but they
were astonished when the will was perused
further and it was found that the principal
was not to be released until the issue OF his
children had all arrived at the age of twenty
one The law would permit him to entail 1t
no further. As evidence of the fact that his
hatred for the wife of his son Elias was
never overcome, it was found that ne dl-
rected in case Eva, Elizabeth or Charles
the issue of his third wife) died previous to
| the time that their issue became twenty-one,
that such issue should receive the interest
| due the parents. In the case OF Elias death,
however, the interest of the one quarter OF
million was to be divided amongst his other
| heirs and their issue, except $3.50 year,
which was to be paid to Elias children until
they became twenty-one years OF age, and
then even that paltry allowance was to be
discontinued Under that provision Elias
children were shut out from any part OF the
million in trust
| Then came the one and half million,
which was to remain at interest twenty
years. The money has doubled itself, and
ha hf11e fqt to iS estimated tOdaV
| 81, ,000, 900. The one and half millions,
should his four heirs live until the twenty
years expired, was to be divided equally.
| If any of the four, except Elias. were to die,
| their portion was to go to their issue. Ii
| Elias had died, however, before the twenty
| years elapsed, his part of that fortune was
| to revert to his surviving sisters or their
issue and the issue of his brother. His chill
! dren would not have any claim upon that
sum either.
The old man, however, provided that if
| Elias married again and had children by a
second wife, the children by the second wife
were to come in for an equalshare with all the
Others Elias Sisson's first wife, however,
still lives She has had three children.
| Charles the Oldest boy, is now surveyor in
the office of Earle & Harrison in the Fuller
Building Elias H., Jr., lives at his home in
Tenafy as does also a daughter Mary.
Charles G.. Sisson leaves two children, Eliza
I
| ing has one.
| THE DIVISION.
| In August, when the one and half mil
| lion dollars, which has been at interest,
amounting now to S3,OO0,0OO, is divided,
Elias will receive about $3.50, 900, Mrs;
| Browning an equal sum and the issue OF
| the deceased heirs an equal part.
The one million bequest, which was tied
up until all the heirs became twenty-one,
| will not be released yet for about ten years.
the fact that Elias Sisson has survived the
number of years his father tied up his for
tune ensures his children comfortable for
tune, notwithstanding old Mr.. Sisson's eff
! fort to deprive them of any part of it.
Another illustration of what peculiar in
dividual Mr.. Sisson was may be shown by a
paragraph in his will, which directed his
executors to give to his brother Gilbert $3.50
| for his life time, and at his death to pay his
| funeral expenses and erect in his memory a
| tombstone The total expense, however, was
not to be more than $50.
Some of the oldest residents of this city
have for years watched with interest for the
| settlement of this estate.