Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-28
HOME FOR AGED COUPLES
WILL OF GEORGE w. pAvEN
PORT PROVIDES FOR 1T.
Git to Franklin County Hospital Re-
voked-Fund May Have to Aceu-
mulate Before Home Is Possible
Minor Personal Beouests.

The will of George w. Davenport
late of Greenfield and formerly O
Brattleboro. has been filed for pro
bate by the executors, Joseph w
Stevens of Greenfield and Stepher
I. Davenport of Leyden. The estat,
consists of about $4,000. mostly left
the late Mr.. Davenport by an uncle
Oliver Davenport, who died in 1S9a
The amount may vary somewhat
from those figures. Probably from
100000 to $4,000 will pass under the
residuary clause to the fund for the
relief of aged needy and deserving
women and couples, natives Of Green
field, Leyden and Bernardston not
paupers, and now residing in those
towns.
| The will names Joseph w. Stevens.
William NJ. Smead and William A.
Davenport trustees of the fund for
aged poor, and authorizes the trus-
tees at their discretion and at such
time as they deem it advisable. to
invest part of the principal in a
Home" to be established in Green
field. The trustees have full control
over this home. In case of death or
resignation, the other two trustees
NIL the vacancy, or in failure to do
this the probate court fills the vaean-
cy If the purpose of the trust is
not carried out, the funds revert TO
the other legatees proportionately to
the gifts as named below. All legacies
are made on condition that legatees
make no contest. C. p. Aldrich, w.
II. Ward, S. D. Conant and Ellen
O'Keefe were the witnesses. The
nrisr lal will
from $4,000 to 100000, to the Frank
lin County hospital. This Mr.. Daven-
port revoked
The trustees are not yet able to
discuss the gift for a home. The i'm
preston of some is that the fund will
have to accumulate some time be-
fore ii is adequate for such an insti-
tuition. 1t might be possible to estab-
lish it soon by taking in some people
who could turn over small properties
to the institution, or by delaying the
of house for some time.
The will was drawn June 2. 1896,
and codicils Were added February %,
1900 and June 90 1904. The other
principal legacies are $4,000 to the
wife of his brother, Stephen T., of
$1,000 to Miss Emily Bull
lock of Greenfield: $500 to the Metho-
dist Episcopal church of West Ley |
len, the income only to be forever |
used for the support of preaching; |
not exceeding $500 for fund for the |
care of the burial dot of |
Charles n. Davenport at Brattleboro, |
where the testator's body was
buried; $500 to Mrs. Lila j. Mowry /
If Leyden. and to her daughters, /
Mary f. and Lucy w, $500 and $500
Three children of a I
nephew, William A. Davenport, of
Greenfield, are given $500 each.
The smaller legacies are as fol-
ows: Mrs. Lorenzo Whitcomb of
florida Mrs. Ernest White of Fail
river. and three children of Mrs. Liz
lie Sanderson. each $500; Andrew ,
of West Leyden, Mrs. Net
lie Dennison, his wife, Lizzie Nor
~ of East Colrain and Charles II. +
davenport of Brattleboro, each 5000; h
Irs. Frank Frizzell of Greenfield, IL
FRS. NJ Dayton Miner of Leyden,
FRS. Samuel C. Brown of Leyden,
our children of a brother, William
Watson Davenport of Leyden. four
aughters of Edgar H. Davenport, c
nd Herbert ]. Davenport of Sioux {
als, s. D., each 500. t