The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-01-21
Last Will and Testament OF The Late
Willis w. Cooper Admitted to Pro-
bate in the County Court.
WIDOW HAS ONLY AN ANNUITY
After Small Bequests Residue of Estate is
Left to Methodist Institutions for In
vestment- other Estates In Probate.

By the will of Willis W. Cooper, late
of this city, which. was probated in the
County court this morning the residue
of his estate, valued ia the petition for
probate at 800, 900, will be given to
the Missionary society of the Method
ist church and to Lawrence university,
the two institutions to have share and
share alike. In return for these gifts
the heirs of the deceased, Mrs. Anna A.
Cooper, the widow, and Mrs. Maude
Cooper Beachel, will receive annuities
of from two thousand to twenty-five
hundred dollars year.
The will is one of the most unusual
documents ever filed in the County
court. When it was called this morn
ing along with other cases the execu-
tor, HenrysS. Cooper, was in court in
person and by his attorney, Peter
Fisher. JamesICavanagh represented
the Kenosha branch of the Young
Mems Christian Association, while
the interests of the heirs of Charles F..
Cooper were represented by L. G..
Yocum, of Hayesville, Ohio.
The will was probated without OBJ
lection and later in the morning adj
ministration was granted in the estate
of Charles F. Cooper and L. G. Yocun1,
Observation-Disclosures appointed admin
istrator. His bond was fixed at $35, 900.
The estate of Charles F. Cooper is
stated to consist of personal property
amounting to $4,000 and real estate
valued at $500. The only heirs to the
estate are Ralph and Charlotte Cooper.
Added to this estate administration de
bonis non was asked in the estate Of
Flora Yocum Cooper, the deceased wife
Of Charles F.. Cooper. This estate is
valued at 1000 in personal property
and the reality is valued at IS, 400. Mr..
Yocum was also appointed administra-
tor de bonis non of this estate with
bonds Of $4,000.
The greatest interest ia the proceed
ing was in the will of Willis w.
Cooper. The will was made on Aug.
-, 1901, and was written by Attorney
| A. E. Buckmaster. It was witnessed
by E. L. Shippee and O. A. Mcneil,
who were the main witnesses for its
probate By the terms Of the will
Charles F. Cooper, and Henry S.
Cooper were named as co-executors of
the will but since the death of Charles
F. Cooper the entire work of settling
the estate has been placed on Henry S.
Cooper.
In the usual form the will demands
that all the debts of the deceased shall
be paid and following this provision ii
demands that all the property of the
deceased, both real and personal, be
converted into cash or interest paying
securities as soon as possible. From
this fund it is ordered that the execu-
tors, Henry S. Cooper and Charles F.
Cooper, each receive the sum of five
| thousand dollars. The will further
orders that the sum of ten thousand
dollars be paid to the Y. M. c. A. of
| Kenosha for an endowment and that
the association shall have the right to
use only the interest of the fund.
These are the only requests and the
provision for the division of the resi-.
due of the estate is made in the follow
| ing words:
Fifth. "It is my will, and I hereby
direct thatsall the rest, residue and re.
mainder of my estate be divided equal.
~ among the Missionary society of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and Law
renee university, of Appleton, Wiscon.
sin, in good interest bearing securities,
share and share alike, and hereby
direct that the boards of said society
and university, whose duty it shall be
to hold moneys and securities placed
in their hands, shall divide the amount
each shall receive, and place one-halt
to the credit Of my wife, Anna e.
Cooper, and the other half to the credit
of my daughter, Maud Cooper Beachel,
share aud share alike. Said amounts
shall be placed with the funds of said
society and university, and become the
property of said institution respective
~, to be used by them as perpetual
endowment to each, the interest only
of which said endowment fund shall
be used or expended each year, pro-
/ vided, the said boards of said Mission
airy society and Lawrence university
shall agree with my executors to pay
or cause to be paid at least once each
year, my said wife and daughter,
equally, such interest or annuity as
may be in accordance With the rules
and regulations by which requests are
accepted, subject to annuities to be
paid to benefciaries; the said amounts
to be paid to my said wife anti daugh-
ter fof and during term Of their
natural lives.
Under the statutes Of the state the
widow would have the right either to
accept under the will or to claim her