The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-11
MRS. ANNE E. G0RD0N'S WILL.
How She Disroses OF an Estate OF
Three-Quurtcrs Of Il Million.

Three-QUurtcrs Of Il Million.
BALTIMORE July 1.-THE vii of Mrs
Anne Eliza Gordon. widow Of Douglas II.
Gordon. of Eapu5haunock county. Va.
with two codiCils annexed, has been ad-
mitted to probate in the Orphans Court.
Letters on the estate were granted to
Mrs GoTdou.s sons. Basil 3. Gordon and
Douglas II. Gordon. and her brother,
James Peasants. VINO are named in the
VIII as executors without bond. The es-
tate Is estimated to be worth $1s0.gI and
the bulk is distributed equally among
Mrs Gordou-s four surviving children and
the children Of her daughter. Mrs. De
Courcey ". Thorn who died in 1892
The will, which Is a lengthy document,
contains the statement that it was writ
ten entirely by Mrs. Gordon 1t is dated
February ,. 1895. and starts out with the
declaration that whatever Mrs. Gordon
has given her children or grandchildren
shall be regarded as an absolute gift and
shall not be accounted for as an advance
mcnt To them in the distribution of her
estate Then the following Iegacies are
made.
Carrie T. Peasants, sister of the tesla
trix $3.50.
Douglas Gordon Carroll. namesake of
Mrs. Gordon's husband. $1,000.
Mamie c. Lowell daughter OF the tes-
tatrix three pieces Of statuaTy marbles.
The Greek Slave" "Proserpine,' and
Venus Coming from the Bath" also the
bronze clock in the library Of Mrs. Cor
don's house. with the figures of Paul and
Virginia. and the ruby ring of the tesla
trtx.
Rose L Gordon HaXaH. daughter Of the
testatrix the solitaire engagement ring Of
the tcstatrix, her sapphire ring, inlaid
parIor cabinet all her Dresden groups and
figures. a gilt bronze clock and silt bronze
vases
Basil 3. Gordon. son of the testatrix.
one of his mothers solitaire earrings. all
the silver in her house. q large copy Of
Muriuo-s Madonna" and any of the fam
lily portraits and water colors ne may de-
sire
Douglas II. Gordon, son OF the testatriX,
the other solitaire earring of his mother
an original equestrian statue by Marc
chettf. any of the bronzes in the house
of the testatrix not given to her daugh-
tiers and any OF the family portraits and
engraviugs which Basil b Gordon may
not desire
Mrs. Gordon requests in the viii that
her solitaire earrings left to her sons may
be used by them as engagement rings.
with her blessing. should they marr.- It
happened that both married before their
mothers death.
The will directs that the balance Of the
estate be divided into FIVE equal parts and
distributed as follows:
One to Douglas II Gordon. SON and J
TripIett HaxaH son-in-iaw of Mrs Cor
don, in trust for her son. Basil b Cor
don. with remainder to his children
lanes brother nd
Douglas II. Gordon. son Of Mrs. Gordon,
. in trust for her daughter, Mamie c. Low
ell with remainder to her children.
One to J. TriDlett HaxalI and Douglas
! H Gordon. in trust for Mrs Gordon's
daughter. Rose L G. HaxaH, with re-
mainder to her children.
One to James Peasants and Basil Cor
don, in trust for Mrs. Gordon's son,
Douglas H Gordon.
One TO Basil B. Gordon. Douglas H
Gordon. James Peasants and Mrs. Cor
don's sOn-in-Iaw. DeCoUTcey ". Thorn,
in trust for her grandchildren, Anne Cor
don Thorn, and Mary Gordon Thorn.
children of her deceased daughter. Mary
Gordon Thorn. who are to receive the
principal when they reach the age of
! twenty-one years or marry.
The will directs that no appraisement
be made of the estate
The first codicil, executed at Atlantic
City. y. J., August 2. 1895, substitutes the
Safe Deposit and Trust Company Of Bal
timcre. as trustee for Mrs. Gordon's two
grandchildren, in place Of those named IN
the Will
The second codicH, executed June Y,
1855. substitutes Mrs Gordon's sons Ba-
sill B. Gordon and Douglas H Gordon,
and the American Security and Trust
/ Company. of Washington. D C, as trus-
tee. in place Of all those named in the
will and first codicn- It also directs that
no bond shall be required Of Mrs. Cor
/ dOn's sons as trustees.
Archibald II. Taylor and Gordon VII
son are the witnesses TO the Will y 5
I Goodwin. Henry C. Jordan, and H H
! Bowling 10 the first COdiciI and Archibald
+ II Taylor and L Leslie Bash to the sec
Mrs. Gordon died at Atlantic City on
June .