The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-06
Among the Requests Is an Item of
100000 to Booker Washington's
School - Presbyterians Are
Literally Remembered.

sity and Robert college, Constantinople
Aside from these gifts, Mr. Kennedy
left approximately 900 TO his wife
and his relatives and a great number OF
his friends and employees.
The widows share will be about S16,-
600, 600
All of the testator's employees received
gifts of from $500 to $1,000 each The
charitable, religious and educational in
situations which receive the largest be-
quests are to share the residue of the
estate left after definite gifts of APP
proXimately S12,000,00O have been paid out.
Their shares are estimated by counsel for
the executors as follows:
Presbyterian board of foreign missions,
81, go, 900.
Presbyterian board of home missions,
50, 50O, 900.
Presbyterian church extension FUND.
1900 600.
Presbyterian hospital New York, s., 5o0,-
600.
Robert college, Constantinople 81, 600
Presbyterian board of aid for colleges,
$50, 600.
Metropolitan Museum of Arts, New
York, 2,250,0O0.
New York Public Library. $2,25o,ooo.
Columbia university, $225O, 900.
United Charities, New York, 81, SOC, 600
American Bible society, $750,o0o
N
York, $4,000.
The smaller gifts made by specific be-
quests are as follows:
Yale college, 100000.
Amherst college, 100000.
Williams college, 100000.
Dartmouth college. 100000.
Bowdoin college. 100000.
Hamilton college, 100000.
University of Glasgow where from my
a NO T dAI 1,pfH
country" 100000.
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial insti-
tute, 100000.
Hampton Normal School and Agricul-
tural institute, 100000
Lafayette college. Easton, Pa $500
Oberlih college, Oberlin, O., $4,000.
Wellesley college. $4,000.
Barnard college. $4,000.
Teachers college Columbia university
! $4,000.
Elmira College for Women Elmira, $50,
e00
Mortified seminary Northfield, Mass.
$4,000.
Mount Hermon Boys school. Gill
Mass, $4,000
Anatolic college. Marsouva, Turkey,
$50, 900
Syrian Protestant college, Beirut. Syria,
$4,000.
American school at Smyrna. Turkey,
$4,000
Lake Forest university, Lake Forest.
Ills, $4,000.
Centre college. Danville, Ky. $4,000.
Bera college, Kentucky, $4,000.
presbyterian board of relief for dis
abled ministers, 10000.
There are also numerous requests of
from 5000 to $4,000. generally to local
religious and charitable organizations.
Mrs. kennedys Part
Mrs. Kennedy besides receiving L NIL
lion dollar residence, the sunlrn,r home
at Bar Harbor and the bankers va1u
able library and art collier lions, also in
herits $,000000 in cash and a 81, 600. 900
share in the residuary state.
To relatives beQ-7ests of from $4,000 to
$4,000 each are made while share of
the residuary estimate, valued at about
s12, 1900 is - be divided among them.
Stephen Be err. for many years Mr. Ken
nedy's private secretary, receives $780,
-eG1. and the wife of Rev A. #. schauffler
gets 100000
MIR. Kennedy. whose death on Sunday
occurred with only brief comment by the
press, was one of the millionaire phil
arthropists whose gifts, though measured
IN millions. were made with as little pub
licity as possible. AS he gave so he
lived unostentatiously, and made his
prineely fortune with little blare of
trunpets. Besides being a banker he
was one of the country's chief builders
of railroads, patron of art and edu-
cation and In his own quiet way one
of New York's foremost advocates of
scientifically organized charity.
Was Quiet Man.
Although well known to the great finan-
cial leaders as well as to those most
active in the great benevolent works of
the Gay. his way of doing business and
of dong good YGas quiet that the pub
lie heard little about him Many of his
great henefactions probably never were
made public, but he figured In recent
years as the giver of the ss0000 home
for the United Charities In this city,
of 100000 to the Presbyterian hospital.
100000 TO the School of Philanthropy
100000 10 Columbia university, and $500,
900 to a nurses home for the Presbyte-
rian hospital.
Many, even among the well Informed
had little idea as TO the real wealth
of the retired banker. Early this year
an interviewer was sent to the bankers
house on his birthday to ask If he had
any million dollar gifts to announce In
honor of his anniversary.
no, sir" exclaimed Mr.. Kennedy, witt
| true Scotch caution, I'm giving no money
| away tOuHN IL pretty nearly cleaned me
out when I gave that fund to the hospita
| last October"
On Wall street Mr. Kennedy had the
reputation of keeping the largest casf
! balance in his bank accounts of any New
| York financier
AS a banker and investor he Away.
| showed great interest in the development
of the northwest. He was identified will
| ]. Pierpopt Morgan and James j. Hill II
the Northern Pacific and Great North
/ ern Railway companies for many year
and was q director in many railroads
life insurance companies and banking in
stltutlons.
Born near Glasgow IN 1880, Mr. Ken
nedy came to America In 1850 as agen
i for an English iron and metal concern
/ In 1857 he Joined the New York bankin,
| firm of Morris K. Jessup & Co, and abou
| II years later established the house o
| Kennedy e. Co. He retired from activ
! participation In the business In 1888
Miss Windham Dies.
| Heidelberg, Miss. November 5-Mis