Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-01
ORDERS
MANNER OF
BURYING HIM
Webb Also Directs Shifting OF
Aunt's Body Because tie
Wasn't Consulted.

The will of John Burkett Webb. of
Cedar Grove, filed IN the s~urrogate's
Office today, is one of the most com
plete documents of its kind ever file'i
in the office. -Four things make ii re-
mark..ble. one is the death-bed codicil,
in which Mr.. Webb, who died on
February II, at $40 West Fourteenth
street, Manhattan. said; Il. JOAN
Burkett Webb. low lying at the point
of death, but in full possession of my
reasoning faculties and able to express
my Leaning . . = appoint my sol,
of my estate. TO serve without bond or
SECT .ty."
This document was signed just a
short time prior K the death of M
Web. and made no change in the gem
eral tenor OF the will, except to APP
point the son sole executor instead of
coexecutor with Cornelius Doremus.
other remarkable features of the
Will are the directions for his burial
in Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia,
where, after specifically describing the
plot. The VIII reads as follows: My
body is to be placed in line with thai
Of William G. Webb on one direction.
and with that Of my parents in IN
other. my head pointing toward my
fathers grave. The spaee between my
grave and that OF William G, Webb's
is to be occupied ny my wife, the body
of my aunt, Rebeoca, placed there
without consulting me to be removed
to .the other side Of her husband, WILL
1sm O. Webb"
The original will is entirely In the
handwriting Of Mr.. Webb and Is dated
june &c, 1911, and its completeness OF
detail and specific instructions would
make a model for any lawyer.
To Lincoln University, Of Chester.
Pa, is bequeathed real estate in Phila-
delp1ia, Camden and Williamson, to
the value of $4,000. OF this sum $4,000
or whereabouts is TO be used for the
purpose of endowing a professionally of
physics at the university ( be named
the Burkett Webb Professorship of
Physics, in memory of the donors
grandfather, while the remainder Of
the endowment is to be used for the
purpose of purchasing suitable scien-
tifc instruments each to be inscribed
in memory of Charles Roe Webb,
father Of the donor.
Other requests are to Phillip g. HUI
bert, of Belport, N. Y. who is given
in trust for his son, William Haight
Hubert, the auxiliary catboat Sea-
man. owEed by the deceased. To Pro-
fessor James r. Denton the sum of
$500 is given; like amounts going to two
cousins, Agatha and Jennie Beatty, of
Jerseyville, Ill. To Professor Charles
O. Gunther. of Grand View, Rockland
county. N. Y, Mr.. Webb's one-third
share of &c royalties on a bocs on
'Integration." written and published by
the two men.
The provisions for the immediate
fan are as follows: To Margaret
Webb. daughter, S400 yearly; to Carolus
Roe Webb, S n, SAC yearly; to Gregory
D., Dudley L., Hubert G. and Harold
W. sons. not to exceed $500 yearly
from the income of the estate. TO the
widow, Mary G.. Webb, is given $500
yearly and the home q. Glen Ridge,
this to be in lieu of her dover right.
The residue Of the estate is left in
trust with Carolus Roe Webb, as
executor and trustee, til trust to last
until 1925, when the estate will be
divided among the children as follows:
To Margar Webb and Carolus r.
webb, two shares each, and to Gregory
B., Dudley L., Hubert q. and Harold
w. Webb, n share each. All of the
children are of full age. No estimate
of the value Of the estate is given In
the will.