The Washington herald., 1907-10-31
RECEIVE TAYLOR'S MILLIONS
Charities and Relatives Get Wealth
Of Eccentric Farmer.
Says He Made 100000 Settlement
Before Death with Daughter of
HOusekeeper.

Riverhead. L. /, Oct. 30.-The will OF
the late George c. Taylor, the wealthy
and eccentric retired farmer. who died
some time ago in his handsome home at
Islip, was filed here to-day. The viii dis
poses Of a very large estate 70 a great
many institutions and to relatives and
workmen employed about the Islip place,
Not a cent. however, is left TO Mrs.
Lena Head Bodley the daughter Of Mrs.
Betsy Head, who was housekeeper for
Mr. Taylor. Mrs. Head died shortly be-
fore Mr.. Taylor. and although possessed
OF a small fortune she cut of her d. .,h-
ter with s.. because she had married
Frederick W. Bodley a coachman en-
ployed by Taylor.
In his original VIII. however. Taylor
had left the young woman the income
from $4,000 during her life, but when she
married the coachman against the wishes
OF her mother and Taylor, the millionaire
revoked the bcquest.
The will is dated December 10, 1900. II
provides for the bequest Of N.0oo00O in
real estate. houses. &c. in Islip to Mrs
Betsy Head, and the further bequest OF
S,0000Q0 IN bonds and stocks 10 her. bat
as Mrs. Head died before Mr.. TAYLOR The
bequest 10 her reverted TO the estate
The next provision in the will was for
Miss Lena Head. the daughter OF Mrs
Head. lie provided that she receive the
income from S5oo000 during her lifetime.
and at her death this money was 10 be a.
Yided among Yale. Williams. Harvard,
Hobart, and Princeton colleges.
When the girl married the coachmau
the aged millionaire revoked this pro-
vision by "a codicil, and instead of leaving
this money % the FIVE colleges originally
named, he gives the sum. with an addi-
tiOnal amount of SZ51mo, 20 the Moses
/ Taylor Hospital I'm Scranton Pa. which
institution was founded by his father.
He also beQueathed the sum OF Sl09.sF
to each Of his fifteen nephews. The sum
Of $500 each is left 10 three workmen
who We're employed about the place. one
of these benehciaries was Frederick ",
Bodley but when he married the Head
girl he too, was cut out Of the viii and
another workman gets the money.
The executors are Percy r. Pyne, a
nephew Of the deceased, and Henry A.
Lindsay, of Newark. Each Of these ex-
ecutOrs gets the sum Of $4,000, besides the
legal fee. The value Of the estate is given
at Si0o50G i'm real ana 100000 personal
property, but il is said the value of the
estate is over S21.00GOt0.
Mr.. Taylor was one of the oldest and
wealthiest men on Long Island at the
time Of his death He was never mar
Tied. While on a trip 10 Europe some
years ago ne met Mrs. Head and brought
both her and her daughter TO this cOun-
try and established them in his home at
Islip.
The girl was unusually pretty. and Mr..
Taylor became greatly attached to her:
but she incurred hisl dispeaSure when
she ran away with the cOachman.
When the girls mother died It was ex-
pected that the girl would inherit her
money. and there was considerable sur
prise when the girl was cut off with s..
There were rumors or a contest to be
made by the girl. but the matter was
dropped, and it is supposed that some
sort of a settlement was made with Mr..
Taylor before he died. Some say the girl
received S500G10