Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-11
Veteran Newspaper Man
k::>Oisposes Of Estate,
The Winthrop Street Univer.
saIist Church Remembered.
Remainder Of Property Left to Wife
9 And 0thes, Relatives.

The last will and testament of the
late Joseph A. Homan, who died April
20. at the advanced age of SO years,
was filed Monday in the kennebec
county probate court. The bequestS
of the will are as follows:
First. My will is that all my just
debts and funeral expenses shall I've
paid by my executors hereinafter
named out Of my estate. together with
the cost of any monument, which nay
wife should she survive me, or in the
event of her death, which the surviv-
ing legatees of this will may desire -
erect to my memory. the sum to he
paid for the same not to exceed $l0h:
and it is further my wish and will
with the consent of the corpOratorS Of
the Winthrop Street tnivcrsaliS.
church in Augusta. Me-, that d menu
Orial tablet suitably inscribed shall be
placed in some part of said church
building in the hope that my name
NAV be kept in remembrance as on
who contributed according to his abiii-
" to its erection and support. and
whose life has been made happier and
richer by the ministrations of faith
many years of his connection with j..
and for the purpose above stated my
executors are hereby authorized t" eX-
pend a sum not exceeding 500.
Second | give, devise and beGueath
to my beloved wife. Susan Holman.
should she survive me, all my house
hold furniture. piano. pictures. book'.
stauary bedding and clothing. and ali
other articles of household use or or
nament of which | shall be possessed
at my dccease for her sole use ana
disposal.
Third | give and devise to my exc
cutors hereinafter named in trust 'o'
and to the use, of my wife Susan H"-
man, the lot of land with the building
thereon. together with all the priv'l-
eyes and appurtenances theret" be-
longing, which ! now occupy. situate
on State street, Augusta, Me. and al
other property. real and personal. -!
which | may die possessed. not other
wise hereinafter disposed of in this my
will. for her use and benefit. during
her life to enjoy the rents and prohf :
arising from the same, the said trus-
tees to control the same for the best
interests of my said wife. Susan. ~
sell or otherwise dispose of the same,
as they shall judge for her advanta@"
and for the best interest of the estat".
Fourth. | give and bequeath t" M
sister. Nancy Thayer. widow ri
Charles II. Thayer OF Greenwood
Mass, the house and land now occu-
pied py her situate in said Greenwood
together with the sum of $4,000. to be
4 Ix.
six months after my decease. to her
self. her heirs. executors, adminlstra :
tors. or assigns forever.
Fifth. ! give and bequeath to my
nephew. Ashton II. Thayer. to my
nieces, Mary Fl. Pratt and Mamie n
Thayer. children of my sister. Nancy
Thayer. to Horace r. HOman to Ellen
NJ. Tucker and to Elizabeth s. Peach
children of my uncle. F.phraim A. Hoo
man of Marblehead. Mass. each and
severalIy the sum of $500 to be paid ~
them within six months of my deceaS'
for their sole use and benefit
Sixth give to my executors IN
trust the sum of $1,000 to be used by
them for the benefit of the sister "i
my wife. Caroline G. Manley. during
her life. and upon her decease the sun
shall go to my sister aforesaid. for her
use her heirs. executors. and assigns
Seventh ! give and bequeath to tl'
Winthrop Street Universa'ist church
and parish in Augusta all the interest
owned and held by me of WhateVei
kind. in said church building and thu
lot upon which it stands for the sol
use aud benefit of said church and par
ish. the property thus given to be held
as perpetual trust by the executiv'
committee of said parish and to he
used and controlled by them in tn
sole interest and for the promugati"f
only of the doctrine of the final hap
pinesS and holiness of all men
Eighth l give and bequeath to The
trustees of the Winthrop Street Uni
versalist Parish Fund. should such az
organization have a legal existence al
the time Of my decease and if not. tt
John l.. Stevens. A. G. Andrews and +.
F. Blackman. the executive committc
of said parish. or their successors il
office. in trust. the sum of $4,000. tn h
paid to said trustees or to said eNecu-
tive committee by my executors with
In one year after my deccaSe, the an
nual income only of which shall h'
taken and used only for the support
Of public worship in the Winthrop
Street l'niversalist church in August,
and in the event. and whenever saif
church shall cease permanently to b.
used for Cniversalst Worship. the sal,
sum of $4,000 shall belong and be pal,
over to the corporation known as tn
Maine Universalist Convention. the in
terest only of such bequest to be ex'
pended by it for the uses and purpose
aforesaid
Ninth. give, devise and bequeatl
TO my sister. Nancy Thayer all thu
residue of my property. real and per
sonal that SHAH remain after the de.
cease of my wife. Susan Homan. an,
after the payment of the sums herei-
devised and beQueathed. to her m,