Evening star., 1907-11-19
WILLOF SAMUEL WARD
LARGE ESTATE DISTRIBUTED
AMONG RELATIVES.

The will of Samuel Gray Ward. for
merly of Boston. Mass. who died at his
residence, zoos K street northwest, last
Sunday, at the age of ninety years, was
filed yesterday for probate 1t bears date
of January 10. 1903, and bequeaths to the
president and fellows of Harvard Univer-
sity the sum of 5000, to be added to the
endowment left by his father. Thomas
Wren Ward and known as the Ward
trust.
The will also provides the following leg
acies: Elizabeth H. Perkins, grand
daughter, $4,000: George Cabot Ward
Howard Ridgely Ward, Eerdinand Won
Hoffman and Philip Won Hoffman. grand
sons. 5000 each; Prudence r. Howard
81, 600; Abigail A. Angler, 5000, and An
| ME Gum, $500. To each of his household
servants who has been in his employ one
year, Mr.. Ward by his will directs that
| 500 be paid, and to each of the other
servants so: to Robert Bias. his coach
man, is given $50 and to his nurse, kath-
| crime More. 5000
After providing for the distribution OF
lures and the like, among his children
and grandchildren by lot. the will directs
that the remaining estate be divided by his
executor and trustee, the America Sc
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parts. One of these portions is to go to
his son, Thomas Wren Ward; another to
his daughter, Elizabeth de Schonberg: an
other to his daughter, Lydia Won Hoff-
| man, and the remaining fourth to be di-
vided equally between his two grandchil-
dren, Louise Endicott and Ward Thoron
Codicils Filed.
By a codicil dated May "a, 1905. Mr..
Ward directs that the bequest to Harvard
be added to the teachers endowment
fund instead of the Ward trust as pro-
vided by the will He changes the legacy
to his nurse, Katherine More, to $500
from $500.
By codicil of December l. 1905, the be-
quests Of $1,000 each to his grandsonS,
George Cabot Ward and Howard Ridgely
Ward, are revoked, the testator explain
ing that he had made advances of that
amount to them. He also directs that the
provision in his will rewarding his house.
hold servants be doubled.
petition for the probate of the will
has also been filed. In it the value of the
estate is not given. 1t being set out that
the furniture in premises No 1908 K street
northwest is worth 5000; that the value
of the securities held by the estate is In
excess Of $250,0O and that Mr.. Ward
also owned the property No. 160S K street
northwest.
The heirs of Mr. Ward as enumerated
New York city. son; Lydia Won Hoffman
of Meran, Austria. a daughter; Elizabet tn
de Schonberg Of Brixen. Austria, a
daughter. and his grandchildren, Louise
| Endicott of Danvers, Mass, and Ward
| Thoron of this city, children of a de-
ceased daughter.
Stocks and Bonds.
The stocks and bonds owned by the es-
tate. as set forth in the petition for the
probate of the will, comprise:
1.234 shares Pennsylvania Railroad
| stock. 22o shares Chicago and Northwest
erh Railroad. common; 100 shares Pitts
burg. Fort Dayne and Chicago Railroad,
50 shares New York New Haven and
Hartford Railroad, 100 shares Southern
Railroad, preferred; 90 shares Illinois
Central Railroad, 10 shares Newport and
| Wexford Railroad and Steamboat Com
pany, 432 shares General Electric, 100
shares Amoskego Manufacturing Com
pany, 80 shares Westinghouse Electric and
Manufacturing Company, preferred: 54
shares New York and Texas Land Com