The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-01-27
MARSHALL FIELD'S Will
Bulk Of the Estate Held in Trust
For Two Grandsons.
REQUESTS AGGREGATE s25,5ssooO
laughter Receives 100000 In Trust,
and Widow Chicago Home and
$1,000, OOo-s9, 100000 to Endow Mu.

and Widow Chicago Home and
ooo0o-$9, 100000 to Endow Mu.
scum In chicago-other Requests.
Chicago, Jan. 25.-By the will of
| Marshall Field, filed in the probate
court the city Of Chicago is made the
beneficiary of $8.0O0O00 which is to
be used for the endowment and main
tenance Of the Field Columbian Mu-
scum, now situated in Jackson Park.
The Request OF the museum, however,
is made upon the express condition that
within six years from the death Of Mr..
Field there shall be provided. without
cost to It. satisfactory site for the
permanent museum. If within the six
years the site has not been provided.
the SS.O0O,O0O is to become part Of the
residuary estate.
In addition TO the sum left for the
museum. various requests. aggregating
$17, $685. 900. are made to relatives and
friends of the testator
With these exceptions. the entire es-
tate Is to be kept intact until one Of
the two sons OF Marshall Field, Jr.,
grandsons OF the testator. shall have
reached the age OF so years The grand
sons are now and II years OF age.
Marshall Field, Jr., died on November
Il. 1905, Of a bullet wound accidentally
inflicted while handling a revolver.
The executors Of the will are the
Merchants Loan and Trust Company;
Chauncey Kepp, an old friend Of Mr..
Fields. and Arthur B. Jones. for many
years Mr.. Fields secretary In ono
instance the United States Trust Com
pany, of New York. is made trustee
for a fund of sS.OOO,OOO; the Illinois
Trust and Savings Bank and the North
ern Trust Company. both of Chicago,
are also included among the trustees,
but the bulk OF the estate is to be man
aged by the three trustees first men
toned.
The business Of Marshall Field G.
Co. Is to be maintained as a portion OF
the residuary estate.
Because OF failure to file a petition
for the appointment Of administrators.
the total value Of the estate was not
furnished by the court, and even the
executors themselves are not able at
this time to estimate the value with
accuracy.
The requests given by Mr.. Field fol-
low:
To Mrs. David Beatty of England.
daughter of Mr.. Field, s6,OOO.OOO in
trust.
To Mrs. Marshall Field, widow. in
addition to the provision made for her
in a marriage settlement, dated Sep
tember 5, 1905, Sl.0OO.0OO, together
with the Field family home at 1905
Prairie avenue, Chicago, with all its
furnishings and equipment Of every
kind, for her during her life. No men
ton is made In the will Of the amount
given to Mrs. Field at marriage.
To Mrs. Laura F. Dlbblee, Mr.. Fields
sister. and her two daughters, $780,
900 in trust. To Mrs Dibblee, $3.50 900.
and 500. 900 each to Bertha and Fran
ces Diblee, nieces.
To Mrs Helen F. James, a sister.
and her three children, 100000. two
nephews get $780, 900 each, and another
nephew, $4,000.
Gwendolyn Field. a granddaughter,
gets 81 100000 in trust.
Marshall Field, Jr. or descendants,
81. 900, 900.
Some Of the other requests are: Mrs.
Nora Scott. sister of Mr. Fields first
wife. 100000; Grace C. Gillett, a niece,
100000; a number OF other nephews !
and niecas. $4,000 each; to other rela-
tives from $4,000 to $4,000 each; Ar
thur b. Jones. Mr.. Fields secretary,
100000. Employees of Marshall Field
G Co., sums ranging from $4,000 TO $780,
600.
Mr.. Field leaves 100000, to be d.
vided among his employees Of 25 years
standing. and sums to his family ser
wants.
Concerning the management OF the
trust estate and the Income therefrom.
the will directs that the estate shall
be administered and applied by the
trustees in such a manner that the
grandson, Marshall Field. Sd, and his
descendants, shall receive a three-hfths
portion. and the grandson, Henry, and
his descendants, a two-ffths portion.
II is further directed that when Mar
shall Field, Sd shall attain the age OF
25 years he shall be given for his own
use absolutely $3.50, and like sum
when he shall attain respectively the
ages Of 30, 35 and 40 years. The grand
son, Henry, is TO receive when he shall
attain the age of rs years, 5000, 900,
and a like sum when he shall attain
the ages Of go IS and 40
years.
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