The San Francisco call., 1895-11-15
WILL OF GENERAL KEYES,
Most of His Vast Estate to Be
Held in Temporary
Trust.
WANTS BUT A MODEST TOMB
Should Any Contest Be Made the Con.
testants VIII Lose Certain
Privileges.
WANTS BUT A MODEST TOMB.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALI1
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OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANcIsco CALI
sos Broadway, Nov. a.
The will of General E. D. Keyes, who
died at Nice France, October IA, was filed
late this afternoon for probate by his sons
Winfield Scott keyes, Edmund Lawrence
keyes and Alexander Darwin Keves. the
executors named in it. 1t is dated New
ork City, November 7, 1885, There are
four codicils dated as follows: Oakland.
February Z. 1898; Oakland, February %,
1898; San Rafael. July %, 1898.
The will provides for trust which is to
expire when the youngest child becomes
OF age, afeer which all the property. real
personal and mixed, is to be disposed of as
directed. deed of trust to certain real
estate in San Francisco, dated October II
1853, made by him and his wife to S. II.
loughborough, her brother, is referred to
@s aehnlng the manner of distributing his
real estate in San Francisco to the hers.
An agreement made in lie Vigan, France,
IN August, 1887, defines the estate which
his wife is to have, and it is agreed to by
the sons, ''for very valuable considera-
ton
Mary L. Bissen- -Bighetti at the time of
her marriage was given upward of S1O,-
goo and an allowance of $50 monthly during
her fathers life, IN consideration of which
she renouncad all claims to the estate of
her mother and father.
"Ot my children" he says in one clause
OF the Will EIGHT are now living; four
were the issue of my first wife. and four
the issue OF my present wife. OF the
deceased, Caroline was the wife of S. R.
Franklin, now rear-admiral of the United
States navy, and she left no issue. Bessie
NJ. died IN the sixth year of her age. NY
grief for the loss of those two is undimin-
ished."
All real estate in San Francisco, with
the exception of that in the trus: deed, is
to be divided between the eight children
equally. He recommends that they shall
let II remain in trust for eight or ten years.
The lot at Davis street and Broadway
which he owns with his son w. S. KeYes,
Is to be sold to the latter for $4,000 if he so
elects, the money to be reinvested for the
beneht OF the heirs in common.
The Oak-street property in Oakland
with improvements, constitutes part of
the life estate of his wife, and after her
death it is TO be divided equally among the
eight heirs OF their issue. The other Oak
land property is his own separate estate
and is bequeathed equally to Alexander
D., Henry E., Agnes G. and Francis w. c.
keyes, TO be distributed at the same time
as the San Francisco property.
The tract of thirty acres in Monmouth
County, n. J., held in common with his
son, is to be sold to the latter if he so
elects, al a valuation to be placed on it by
three immediate neighbors within six
months. If not sold it is to go into the
Tust TO be equally divided among the
eAght heirs.
The shares of the Humboldt Savings and
Loan Society or San Francisco are to be
sold at the trustees discretion and the
proceeds reinvested in the improvement Mt
OF the real estate or otherwise as they see
fit.
The trustees are to select his burial spot
and to erect a tomb at a cost ranging from
$1,000 to $1,000, and no one but his wives
and lawful descendants are TO occupy the
sepulcher with him.
No moneys paid TO the heirs after they
became of age Is TO be charged to them or
deducted at the time of final settlement,
provided they approve of the will and do
not oppose its probate; but in case any
one or more of the heirs shall begin an at
tempt to break the will by any process or
suit he or she shall have charged against
them all moneys received after reaching
their majority, the whole amount to be de-
Quoted without interest.
All portion of the real estate allowed
to the daughters is set aside as their own
respective estate, and the same is not to
be subject to the use. control or manage
ment of the husbands of any OF them.
present or future. Besides the Battery
street and Oak-street properties Mrs.
keyes is given all the personal property
except half of the silver spoons and forks
in the residence in Paris, which are to be
divided equally among the four children
by the first wife. All books, manuscripts
commissions, clothing and personal effects
in California and New York 90 to the
trustees to be disposed Of HIS gold watch
goes to Alexander d. ..Keyes.
In the first codicil he fixes the annual
income OF his wife at $1,000, and if it falls
no
death, it is to be made up by the trustees
from the estate. The property at Stock
ton and O'Farrell streets is placed in the
trust to be divided with the eight heirs.
The second codlcil directs that moneys
received from the sale OF the Broadway
property shall he given: $4,000 to Eleanor
+. Chetwood, $1,000 to Florence Adele Glib
son, the two daughters, ard $1,000 to Alex
ander D. keyes for care in his last illness.
These sums to be above previous portions
given.
The third codicil places his Montgom-
cry and Sutter-street property in the hands
of the trust, and shuts out any heir
from all benefits in his estate who shall
attempt to sell or incumber any lands, or
bring suit to have the estate partitioned
during the life of the trust
The fourth codicil directs thatall moneys
paid to his daughter, Agnes Geraldine
Prenezykowski, in excess of 500 month
from her marriage to his death shall be
charged and deducted from her share, as
500 was all he allowed monthly to any one
of his daughters. A commission was is
sued TO g. 2. Gordil of New York City to
take the deposition of 7. Bighetti, who
was one of the witnesses to one OF the
codcils.
From the will it is learned that the we'd
ding of his daughter to Lieutenant Blghetti
cost about $4,000. The estate is supposed
to be worth about 81 200, 600.
ROASTS THE COUNCIL.