The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
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 THE FIRST SIZE.
WOMEN KEPT OUT OF IT
pdaunns .Ineonne 1Eade Col. Astor ..
 Bich ab GKandfathee Who Left
 Him Half
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 EE6 will of william Astor. father of p1l- yohn Jacob AstoE; which wss dled S7hent c65sfiIe ' nfty IF basss aud in- elhdin9 G1x codicils, making a total of DGoco Words. It provided against any D6lible cDntin0encH by which any P4ft of the estate 9ight be diverted non tho Astor direst line. This will dlGDDoea net Qu3y of the property left to William A1tor by his father, Wm. a. Xstor, but of certain property nam a iu au aute-nuptial agreement made au 10Eo prior to hi0 marriage with Car oline Wooster Schermerhorn. His will vas dated in 1882 and the last codicil In 1881, which was one revoking be- quests to his daughter Augusta, then oAr1. J. Coleman Drayton and now efrs. George Ogilvy Haig: The orig $nal will set aside @950.O00 for Mrs Drnyton. hut the -codfcil drawn at the time h6t matrimonial troubles became public, divided her share among her four children Mrs. Drayton had re- ceiyed o6OO,O0O from her father when che was married.
 The will made John Jacob Astor re- siduary legatee and put In his hands haIfE the estate of his grandfather, Wifjiam- B. Astor, the, other half of the latfef,s estate coming to William Waldorf Alter through his father. Col AhtSr ale3 received the accumulated surplus Income. covering seventeen years. of his fathers share of the William B. Astor estate. He became the absolute owner of one-half of his eather's estate immediately and of the other half in 1886, when he was 90 vears old. The accumulated surplus alone was nearly as much as William Astor received from his father in 1875 For that reascn 1t was estimated that Col A5t0r was nearly as rich as his Grandfdther was. although half the latter's estate had gone to William waldorf Astor.
 William Astor left to his wife a fund suf1lcient to produce an income of $50.- GO . year and gave her the use. of the E1fth avenue residence, providing also a fund to pay all the expense of main 4aining the residence. He left $850, 900 to each of his daughters or their is- sue. although the bequest to Mrs children The daughter Caroline (Mrs: Hf. Orme W1ls0n) also received the use for life of the house at 414 Fifth
 IF. Astcr's largest charitable be- quest was S50.000 to the Astor Library. mems Fund and the same amount to fhe Wo-7en's Hospital, Trinity Church, for benevolent purposes; and the Home for Incurables.~ The Home for Respectable Aged and Indigent Fe- males refelved $15.0oo and the same amount went to st. Lnke's Hospital at Jacksonville. Fla James s. Arm atrong got &sO.eoo, John Irving $25,- 60 and Thomas Hade. the Astor but
 10 provide against any part of hi. eotate going to his brother Henry As tor. who had been cut off in the vrill Of William B. Astor with petty aegncy. William Astor's will provided that any such portion as Henry, or lis heirs would receive in any con, fingency should go to the Astor Li-
 The win of Mrs. William Astor, which was fled on November 20. 1908, named her son and son-in-law, M. DPme wilson as two of the executors. nnd rave practically her entire estate fo Ter two surviving daughters. Mrs. WllDon and Mrs. Haig. She made this reference to her son:
 ~I desire my son, who receives no oart of my. estate, to understand that It is not from any want Of anection That I have made this exception, but 6ecause he has been fully provided for by his father"
 1drG Astor left to her son certain kewelry which under the. custom of fhe Astor family passed to the head nf The touaes Her estate amounted to nbout $1.000.COo. and jewelry compris- a the. m0et valuable part of it.
 1t is said of the original John Ja- r0h Astor that he never did anything xo improve the lands which he bought. ThiD b not exactly i. correct. From 0vnfIable records it would seem that furfune followed him to every ven- furs. 1Ie calculated shrewdly of course ao not the most strategic land and he 6usf precejlod population in many of 6ln lerHeDf opeEnt10nG. He did noth- 1mk, 6oW6vef @ ff1oQEnge doyel0p-