The sun., 1903-12-28
DEATH OF MRS. ". N..EYARTS.
LIKE HER HUSBAND, SHE LIVED
PAST THE SID BIRTHDAY.
Died AT the Farm in windsor. VT, In which
She and Her Husband Took Great
Pride-She Had Lived There since
the second Avenue House Was Sold.

She and Her Husband Took Great
Pride-She Had Lived There since
the second Avenue House Was Sold.
Mrs. Helen Minerva Wardner Evarts,
widow OF William NJ Evarts, died yesterday
on the old Evarts farm, Runnymede, at
Windsor. VT. after having survived her
husband by nearly three years. Mrs.
Evarts was in her eighty-fourth year.
Mr. Evarts celebrated his eighty-third
birthday just before he died,
The news that she was very low was
received here on Friday and on Saturday
morning her son, Sherman Evarts, left his
home in Plainfeld N. j.. to reach Mrs.
Evartss bedside He was followed by
Maxwell Evarts and Allen W. Evarts. two
Of the three other sons. The fourth. the
Rev. Prescott Evarts, lives in Cambridge.
Mass.
Mrs. Evarts was the eldest daughter Of
Allen Wardner, a banker Of Windsor, VT
When she was a young girl her mother
died and on her devolved the work OF keep
ing her fathers house. When she was
about 20 Mr. Evarts. who had just been
graduated from Yale, went to Windsor TO
study law and to teach The young lawyer
met Miss Wardner and they were married
on aug. ~, 1919, IN Dt. fdul SIluTCI, lTOHl
which In March, 1901. Mr.. Evarts was buried
and from which his widow will be buried.
In the later years OF Mr.. Evarts's life.
when the family still retained the old Evarts
house at Fourteenth street and Second
avenue, in a district then long abandoned
by New York society. not little OF the
dignity Of the household was due to Mrs
Evarts.
Senate Evarts took a great interest in
his farm. where he spent at least part OF
the summer and entertained many friends.
1t was also the scene of many family reun-
ions. The pride that Mr. Evarts took in
his farm, which he always maintained
was self-supporting, was enthusiastically
shared by Mrs. Evarts. She and the chill
dren were accustomed to 60 there early
in he spring and stay we'll into the fall.
Soon after Mr.. Evartss death the Second
went TO Windsor. The farm contains
several thousand acres. its meadows
extending for mile along the Connecticut
River There Mr.. Evarts built five large
houses, his own house, The Mansion,
being in the middle Of row on side hill
These were occupied from time to time by
the members of his family.
Four sons and five daughters survive
Mrs. Evarts They are Allen W.. Sher-
man. Prescott, Maxwell and Miss Mary
Eyarts, Mrs. ,Hetty, Sherman Beaman,
Mrs. Charles H. Tweed, Mrs. Elizabeth H.
Perkins. who is the widow of Edward c.
Perkins Of Plainfield. n. j., and Mrs. Louisa
W. Scudder. the widow of Charles ID. Scud-
der of this city.
Mr.. Evartss will. which was admitted
to probate soon after his death, gave parts
OF his Windsor and Cornish, n. H.. estates
to his daughters and his sou. Maxwell. The
rest of the Windsor estate was beQueathed
to Mrs Evarts. Mrs. Evarts's estate which
her husband had held during his life, was
returned to her increased in value to So, 900.
Besides that. fund was created from
the rest of his estate with the provision that
the income be given to Mrs. Evarts while
she lived and that on her death the residue
be divided among the children.