Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-08
PROPERTY ESTIMATED AT ABOUT
$4,000, IS GIVEN TO RELA-
TIvEs AND OTHERS.
MRS. CLARA WALKER, a
SISTER, GETS LARGE SHARE
Other Relative. Receive Sum. Ranging
From $500 to 81 ,5oo-sevsr.I Trust
Funds Arc Created and Baptist
Church Gets Conditional Bequest-
Remembered Missions and Aid.


business property at IL East Main
street, which has an estimated value Of
$4,000 or $4,000, and also in addition
! conditional requests Of $4,000 are made
societies in the will of Mrs. Sarah
Lucas, former old and well-known
woman of this city, who died at Well
iington, Kan, on Jan. IA.
To Mrs. Clara E. Walker, a sister,
sof wellington, Kan, was given the
I largest gifts, two bequests totaling
$4,000 One Of these, Of $4,000, goes to
her direct. The other, of $4,000, is to
be held in trust for her, the interest
it bears and the increase to be for her
support and maintenance. D. T. Den
mead IS named the trustee Of this fund,
to manage and control 1t. At Mrs.
Walkers death this trust fund goes to
her nephews, John and Harry Walker,
of Wellington, Kan.
Twelve Relatives Remembered.
Twelve relatives, who receive sums
ranging from $500 to $1,000, are made
benefciaries Of the estate. This list in
cludes the life interest which Mr..
Henry v. Speers, brother of this city,
properly at IL East Main street. This
IL another trust fund
D. T. Denmead and c. r. Speers are
named the trustees of this property to
control and manage it, the income to
go to Mr.. and Mrs. Speers. In the
event Of the death of Mr.. and Mrs
Speers this property passes, as the abb
solute property to their children, G. r.
and Harry v. Speers, of this city, and
Mrs. Bessie Speers Dodson, of Danville,
Va
Other Requests to Relatives.
The other requests to relatives are
as follows:
Mrs. Mary L. Johnson, sister, of At
kinson, Neb., $1,000.
Mrs Clara Hughes, niece, of Wash
ington. Pa, $1,000.
Mrs. Mary E. Jackmans, niece, of
Ohio, $1,000.
Addison E. Frye, nephew, of Ohio,
$1,000
Mrs. Flora Lucas, relative of Mrs.
Ltlcas' husband, address not known,
$500.
Harry V. speers, nephew, of this city,
$500.
Mrs Bessie speers Dodson, niece, of
Danville. Va, $1,000.
l. c. Speers, nephew, of Minneapolis,
$1,000.
John Walker, nephew, Wellington,
Kan, $1,000.
Morton Speers, youngest son of I. G..
Speers, trust fund of $500. The father
is made trustee of this fund.- which be-
comes absolute property of the son
when he reaches the age of 80 years. In
case of his death it goes to his father.
Cemetery Association Gets $1,000.
"A bequest of $1,000 in cash is given
to the Marshall Cemetery Association.
to be used for 1t as the executors OF
the will may direct.
The condition requests include $4,000
for the First Baptist church. of this
city, $4,000 for the American Baptist
Missionary Union. and $500 to the Bap-
fist Home Mission.
All of these latter three requests are
conditional upon there being enough
funds in the estate to make them, after
the other bequests are paid, in addition
to still another condition being inn
posed on the gift to the Baptist church
of this city.
The gift to the church. which is
trust fund. is conditional upon the
church raising within one year an ad-
ditional $4,000 which shall also be a
trust fund. The bequest to the church
Is made to the trustees, T. I. WATSON,
A. E. Wilbur, and Ira S. Johnston. to
be held in trust by them and invested
in income property, the revenue from
which is to go to the support of the
church. At the end of twenty years
this trusteeship ends, and the principal
of the gift goes to the church.
Relatives Get the Rest.
The rest of the estate, after all Of the
above named requests have been made,
Is to be divided equally between the
brothers and sisters mentioned in the
will.
Charles R. Speers and D. T. Denmead
are named executors of the will, which
ts dated Feb. 6, 1906.