Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-11-18
Great Gifts to Humanity.


pie. He was John Stewart Kennedy,
banker and investor, and though he was
known;as philanthropiSt and wealthy
man, the amount OF his fortune astoniShed
most persons. In his will he left more
than S25,OOO,OOO 10 religious, charitable
and educational institutions-the greatest
gift of its kind ever made, and the bene
| ficiarieS include educational and church in
stitutionS North, South, East and Westin
this country and several abroad-sixty in
all.
Nearly half of the S25,OOO,0O0 goes TO
institutions connected with the PreSby-
terian Church, Of which Mr. Kennedy had
been an active member for many years.
Other large beneficiaries include the
American Bible Society, the Metropolitan
Museum OF Art, the New York Public Lii
brary, the New York United Charities,
Columbia University and Robert College,
ConStantinople.
Aside from these gifts, Mr. Kennedy
left approximately 35,OOO,OOO to his
widow, his relatives and a great number
of friends and employees. The widows
share will be about Sl6,OOO,OOO. All of
the teStator's employees receive gifts OF
from $500 to $4,000.
The long list OF gifts is prefaced in the
will by this paragraph
"Having been greatly prosperedi in the
business, which carried on for more
than thirty years, in this my adopted
country, and being desirouS OF leaving
some expression Of my sympathy with its
religious, charitable, benevolent and ed
ucatonal institutions, make these gifts. y
The charitable, religious and education
institutions which receive the largest be-
quests are to share the residue OF the eS-
tate left after definite gifts OF approxi-
mately $12,0O0,0O0 have been paid out.
Their shares are estimated by the ex-
ecutorS as follows:
Presbyterian Board OF Foreign Mis-
sions, $2,5OO,0OO.
Presbyterian Board Of Home Missions,
2,25O,OO0.
Presbyterian Church Extension Fund,
2,25O,OOO.
Presbyterian Hospital, New York, R,-
25O,OOO.
Robert College, Constantinople, 81 500
600.
Presbyterian Board OF Aid for Colleges,
S75O,OOO.
Metropolitan Museum of Ar, New York,
$2,25O,OOO.
New York Public Libray,$2, ,25O 600.
Columbia University, $2,250,OOO.
United Charities, New York 81 500 600.
American Bible Society, $750,OOO.
Charity Organization Society, New
York, $3.50, 900.
The smaller gifts made by specific be-
quest, are as follows:
Yale College, 100000.
Amherst College, 100000.
Williams College, 100000.
Dartmouth College, 100000.
Bowdoin College, 100000.
Hamilton College, 100000.
University OF Glasgow, Scotland
twhere from my infancy resided until !
came to this country 100000.
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial lnsti-
tute, 100000.
Hampton Normal School and Agrcultli-
raj Institute, 100000.
Lafayette College, Easton, Pa, $5O,-
900.
Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, s5O,-
600.
Wellesley College, $4,000.
Barnard College, $4,000.
Teachers College Columbia Uniyer-
sity), $4,000.
Elmira College, for Women. Elmira, N.
Y, $4,000.
Mortified Semininary ,Northfield Mass,
$4,000.
Mt. Hermon Boys School, Gill, Mass,
$4,000.
Anatolic College, Marsovan, Turkey,
$4,000.
Syrian Protestant College, Beirut, Syria,
$4,000.
American School at Smyrna, Turkey now
under the care of Rev. Alexander Mac
Lachian, $4,000.
Lake Forest University, Lake Forest, ILL.,,
$4,000.
Centre College, Danville, KY, $4,000.
Berea College, Kentucky, $4,000.
Presbyterian Board OF Relief for Dis
abled Ministers, $4,000.
The executors of the will are Emma b.
Kennedy, William Stuart Tod, Robert Eliot
Tod and Robert w. Deforest. Mrs. Ken
nedy is his widow, William S. Tod and
Robert E. Tod are nephews and Mr.. De-
forest is lifelong friend of Mr.. Kennedy.
Mrs. Kennedy, besides receiving the
milIion-dolIar residence, the summer
home at Bar Harbor and the bankers
valuable library and art collections, also
inherits 81 900, 600 in cash and sl2, 2,0OO,-
600 share in the residuary estate.
To relatives bequests offrom SIC, 900 to
s25O,0OO each are made, and share OF
the residuary estate, valued al about sl2,-
10000, is to be divided among them.
Among the friends and employees who are
to be remembered, Stephen Baker, for
many years Mr.. Knnedy's private secre-
tary, receives $4,000, and the wife Of
Rev. A. F. Schauffler gets 10000.
When a small boy mentioned in Short
Stories grows up, the scientific curiosity