The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-07-16
FILE CLEVELAND
WILL FOR PROBATE
BULK OF FORMER PRESIDENTS
PROPERTY is LEFT FOR HIS
WIDOW.
$4,000 GIVEN TO EACH CHILD.
Document Drawn in Testator's Own
Handwriting Gives No Hint of
Value of the Estate.
PLAIN SEAL RING TO EXECUTOR.

PRINCETON, n. j., July 11.-plain-
~ drawn in the testators own handwrit.
ing, the will of the late Grover Cleve-
land was probated here yesterday, Mrs.
Cleveland coming here from New Hamp-
shire for the formality.
The will provides for the creation Of
fund Of $4,000 for each If the Cleve-
land children, makes few minor be-
quests and de, ises the residue of the
estate to Mrs. Cleveland. There is no
disclosure as to the extent of the estate
The text of the will Is as follows:
!, Grover Cleveland. of the borough of
Princeton, in the state of New Jersey, do
make, publish and declare this my last will
and testament. hereby expressly rcyOking
all previous Wills by me made.
l. ! hereby direct that after the payment
Of all my debts and funeral cxpcns ) an
appropriate monument with brief inscrlp-
ton, and only moderately expensive, lie lo-
Gated at my grave and paid for out OF my
estate. | desire to be buried wherever /
may reside ut the time of my death, and
that my body shall always remain where
it shall be first buried, subject to removal!
only If ii shall be absolutely necessary in
order that 1t shall repose 10y he side of my
wife and In accordance with her desire.
daughter of my sister, Anna Hastings, tn"
sum Of 5000, TO be paid TO her as soon rs
practicable after my death.
3 | give to my friend, Richard Watson
Glider. the watch given To- me in 1913 by
the said Glider and +: {. EDurdict ana i
j Sinclair and also the chain attached to
the same when last worn by me
1. | give TO each of the four daughters
of my nephew, Richard Hastings, now or
lately living with my sister Anna Hast
lngs the sum of 5000 each.
;. | give to Frank Hastings, my good
friend and executor of this will as the
most personal memento | can leave to him.
the seal ring | have worn for many ycnrs.
which was given to me by my dear wife,
and with whose hearty concurrence this
gift is made.
6. | give to my two daughters, Esthct
and Marion, and to my, TWO sons, Richard
F., and Francis G., the, the sum Of $1,000
they shall arrive at the age Of Il years
Until these legacles are paid or shall lapse
they shall be kept Invested, and the income
derived therefrom shall be paid to my
wife and the aggregate Of said income
shall be applied by her to the support
maintenance and education of said children
In such manner and In such proportion ~
she shall deem best, without any liability
to any Of said children on account there.
Of If. however, either Of my said daugh.
tiers shall before her legacy becomes pay
able, cease for any reason TO reside with
her mother, then and from that time the
income shall be paid to said daughter In
case either OF my said children shall die
before his or her legacy shall be actually
paid leaving child or children. then said
legacy shall lapse and become n part of
the resiQuory estate disposed Of by this In.
strument.
J. All the rest and residue IF my estate
and property of which ! may die seized
or possessed, OF every kind and nature,
whcrcsOover the same may be located.
give. devise and bequeath 'o my dear WIFE,
Frances +. Cleveland, and to her heirs aud
assigns forever. and | hereby appoint her
guardian OF all my children during their
minority.
:. | hereby appoint my wife, Frances +.
Cleveland. cXocutriX, and Frank : Hast
ings executor of this. my last Will anu
testament.
Witness my hand and seal at Princeton,
\. J.. this DIST day OF February, one thou.
sand nine hundred and six N3o6D
GROVER CLEVELAND.
The will was witnessed by Prof. 4. +.
West of Princeton and Prof. John T.
Finley Of New York.