Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-06
More Than $25,OOO,O 900
Left for Various
Purposes.
GIVER LITTLE KNOWN
Made Great Fortune in Banking
and Railroad Business
Years Ago.

New York, Nov. 6-John Stewart
Kennedy, one of Americas little known
rich men, who died of whooping cough
in his New York residence on Sunday
last. left bequests of more than $685.
600, 900 to religious, charitable and ed
ucational institutions in his will, filed
for probate here yesterday. The gift
q the largest single contribution Of
1 its kind ever made and the beneficiar-,
ies include educational and church In
stitutions north, south, east and west
in this country and several abroad, 60
in all.
Half to Presbyterian Church.
Nearly half of the s25,000,000 goes
to institutions connected with the
Presbyterian church, of which Mr..
Kennedy had been an active member
for many years. Other large beneh-
Charles include the American Bible so
ciety, the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
the New York public library, the
United Charities of New York, Colum-
bia university, and Robert college, Con
stantinople.
Aside from these gifts, Mr.. Kennedy
left approximately $S5. 1000, 900 to his
wife, his relatives and a great num-
ber Of friends and employees. The
Widows share will be about $4,000
600. All of the testator's employees re-
ceived gifts of from $500 to $1,000
each.
sBares OF Esadine Beneaciariss.
The charitable, religious and educa-
tional institutions which receive the
largest bequests are to share the res
idue of the estate after definite gifts
of approximately s12,OOO,OOO have been
paid out. Their shares are estimated
by counsel for the executors as fol
lows:
Presbyterian Board Of For
eign Missions ......$ 81, 100000
Presbyterian Board of Home
Missions -. ........... 2,25O,OOo
Presbyterian Church Exten-
sion Fund 49,. .......... 2,25O,O0O
Presbyterian Hospital, New
york -. ............... 2,25O.OOO
Robert College, Constantine
pie -. -. ........... 100000
Presbyterian Board Of Aid for
Colleges -. -. -. 100000
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York ....... ........ 2,25O,OOO
New York Public Library. 80. 2,25O,O00
Columbia University ....... 2,250,000
United Charities, New York. 100000
American Bible Society go. 10000
Charity Organization Society,
New York ............... 100000
List of Smaller Gifts.
The smaller gifts. made by specific
bequest, are as follows:
Yale college ......-....... 100000
Amherst college ......... 100000
Williams college .-........... 100000
Dartmouth college .......... 100000
Bowdoin college ...........-- 100000
Hamilton college ........... 100000
University of Glasgow, Scot
land ..... ............ 100000
Tuskegee Normal and Indus
trial Institute ....-.. 100000
Hampton Normal School and
Agricultural Institute .... 100000
Lafayette college, Easton, Pa. 10000
Oberlin college, Oberlin, Ohio. $4,000
Wellesley college ..... $4,000
Barnard college .... 10000
Teachers college columbia
university ............ $4,000
Elmira College for Women, FL
mira, n. Y. ................ 10000
seminary, Mortified,
Mass. 49,. ............. $4,000
Mount Hermon Boys school,
GIN. Mass. 49,. ........ $1,000
Anatolic college. Marsovan,
Turkey .................... $4,000
Syrian Protestant college,
Beirut. Syria 80. ..... $4,000
American school at Smyrna
(now under the care of Rev.
Alexander MacLachlan) 80. 10000
Lake Forest university. Lake
Forest, III. .............. $4,000
Central university. Danville,
KY. -. -. -....... $4,000
Berea college, kentucky .. 10000
board OF relief
disabled ministers ..... 10000
Although well known TO financial
leaders and those active in beneficial
circles. Kennedy had been doing his
work so quietly that the public heard
little about it. Many of his great
benefactions probably never win be
made public.
Also banker and investor. he
was always interested in the deveI-
opment of the northwest. He was
identified with Hill IN Northern Pacific
and Great Northern companies many
ware aod ofeo with Morgan.