The sun., 1910-05-22
S.1OO.OOO GO TO PRINCETON
uIUtN TNTlTE LEFT TO THE
GRiDI iTE SCHOOL.



Syrv Mas May p Princeton
rn,r--', B.. the beneficiary 70 the extent
.,-r.srI millions hy the will Of Isaac C.
Vyr4r who died at his home on la
a,sus street. this city. on Wednesday
4 close friend or Mr. wyman estimates
'rp esrlte at Ss.OOO.OO other estimates
run from D.oO0OJo to SSOOOO.OO
Practically tho entire estate Of the aged
rsr..-e, Nho was graduated from Prince
ton in lsis Is left ~ a memorial Of his
lasting Affection for his alma mater
o. the graduate school Of Princeton
Unverity 10 hs used in whole or in part
a. the trustees direct, TO maintain. do
vslop or assist in any way that will in
c-ease the power and usefulness Of the
university
The Wll was filed for probate here
to-day. Kohn NJ Raymond Of this city
and Prof Andrew S. West. dean Of the
graduate school Of Princeton. are named
- trustees Most Of the property consists
n real estate, scattered all over the
country About two-thirds ot tho valuable
.hora property In Marblehead stands
IN his name. Doubtless when tho in
veutory 10 made tho public will learn of
e.It edge stocks which Mr. Wyman is
thought to have owned. because early he
'-gAn picking up good dividend paying
securities one ~ his first ventures was
20 Susy Canal stock Tho trustees have
Glmost absolIt" c 'ntTol in the deposit, \
~ he property
Mrs Susan r. nickiuson ~ Marble,
head nicer and the Ouly surviving
relative II MT wyman. is % hive tho in
c1me from a sum Of r,oney. the amount
~ which IL 10 be fiNed Ivy the trustees
md the Probats Court Judges. during
her Ife and a. her death this fund reverts
e. the resituary estate Mr. wyman
H.-o directs that a chapel BE- ereCted az
q 1nemoral n his parents on the lot where
they are buried or upon land adjacent
thereto The testator directs that this
structure be large enough 70 hold neigh
hort1oi meetings o. sunday school
.Ia--r- IN
The sum of s5.0OO Is lefi 70 Mr wvman's
.u.-syeeper. and there arr minor he
GIssr- amounting 10 Sl.7On. the residue
h"ug .en IN the Princeton graduate
school
Nir Wymsa = gyAndfa ther. John Wyman.
l- % b have impoverished himself by
giving George Washington go uO1 q feed
t1s troops Of the Continental army early
b. I770 Ne was descended from the
Wymans who cg.me from Hartford Eng-
hai. seven miles from the ancestral seat
Di the Washingtons
Mr Wynn was horn IN " -tlaf ead IN
lAnu.ry 81. lSs, the oldest ~on - Isaac
Wymau He WIS eft an orphan 20 the
age u :. but with fortune estimated az
sso.OOo. IN wsich his brother William
I'D not share lie was graduated from
PrincetoB in Ists and took = two years
.rI7se at the Harvard law school. grad
.tIng IN isS0 He completed his law
.r.dies In the ofIice II Hallett 4 Thonus
Boston and was admitted 70 the har
FL. Isl
Nr WymanVhegsn Law practice a.
7~sistant 10 Mr. Hallett. who was the
United states Commissioner and District
attorney for Massachusetts,. but the
following year he quit the law. saying
rha' $1,000 a year was the most he could
hope for A. a lawyer and that such a sun
Foud never do him
Living on the southern border II Marble
bead he said that ha could walk n the
northern border ~ the town without
1E his own land lie was an extsn-
g.. holder Of Western lands. both in this
0'ry and Canada Where all of them
not known but he was not displeased
~.ar one aid that he owned property
. every State IN the Union Once he added
toair"nds statement IN that effect
-lss and nav taxes TO Spain and Eng-
iar1 - well
Tte spanish holding was a hotel IN
Havana. which he disposed II just before
ne >,anish-American war.
Within ten years Mr. Wyman bought
'av r'.s 10 more than 2O.OOo acres of land
b. Maine His favorits procedure in
'aa No-' vas % buy wooded land, .ell
mo timber. usually for more than the
p-.e Il the land. and keep the land He
frequently spoke % a coal mine a silver
m.rs and a railroad Of which he was the
.gr-.
Nr Wyman never married His per
era. habits were very methOdical When
a. 90 b" wlshei 20 talk over a deal with one
.' H.s agents IN which more than usual
-EsH was desired he would have she
aT"r' come - his home where he would
'" limited orly upon giving a signal
m" a.'.v chauRei and probably never
.. a' . more than ore
b. ... Ysioe On school street In Boston
10 ...sr Hsi a fire hut once. A. be e1-
fI-". 're pffice Was In Use only from
I. . and that for such a short time
10 ...f very we'll trarsact his business
w.. .- "vorooat on IN cold weather
D. have ffD hre built before he came
entail evrense. while II not started
f.''r h- came u would hardly be
ing 90 when he left Also n have
Portable an once would only
"..- callers remain longer.
'IW" when a dra vas built was
... 'n'"r II 1917. when Mr.. wyman
..r1Ynmi N Boston RAthar
f. ' hotel ~ sleep be- had tho
-'ls up some boNs~ and start
.-. rth" old fashionsd fireplace
N. fly"r-iun Wa the collection of
tni -0- unly dissipation an &C.
r.F'' u. oontinued his studies
s..' w" Icing q Latin and Greek
t. E'l ~ ver-@d in economies |