Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
BEQUEATHS Sl5O,OOO
viii Of the Late Mrs. Lois G. Stuart
Made Public. Many Bequeaths are
Made. Audubon and Her People
Not Forgotten

The will OF the late Mrs. Lois G..
| Stuart was filed with the Clerk of the
District Court last week and by special
order of court the instruement will be
| probated at the December term of the
district court which convenes in this
city the 10th inst. The executors of
the estate are II A. Arnold of this city
and N. p. Christensen, of Atlantic.
An inventory made of the personal
property on hand amounts to 1882, $50
Audubon comes in for good share of
the bequeaths made by Mrs. Stuart,
all of which goes to verify the statement
that she dearly loved the town and
community in which she lived so many
years. The churches of the town and
the public schools come in for liberal
portion. The will which is dated Sep
tember 20, 1911 contains the following
interesting bequeaths:
$1,000 each to nine organizations of
the Presbyterian church such az the
Womans Foreign and Home Missions
of Pittsburg, Philadelphia and New
York.
$1,000 to the Presbyterian church at
ElInira, Ill
$1,000 to the Presbyterian church at
Ryegate Corner, VT.
$1,000 to the Presbyterian church at
| West Barnet, VT
$4,000 to the Presbyterian church of
audubon and $1,000 each to the M. f.
church, Christian church, Evangelical
church and German Lutheran church
of Audubon.
800 year for five years to the Synod
Of Iowa of the Presbyterian Sabbath
school Missions
-,
| superintendent of Home Missions for
the First Presbyterian church at Ames.
$4,000 to the German Presbyterian
Theological school at Dubuque.
$4,000 to the Presbyterian Theological
| Seminary at Omaha.
$4,000 to the Buena Vista College at
storm Lake.
$1,000 to county Grammar school at
Peachan, VT.
5000 to the Odd Fellows and $1,000
to the Audubon Cemetery Association
Fhe proceeds from these amounts to be
used in identifying and caring for the
two Audubon cemeteries.
$4,000 for the support and maintain
ance of Y. M. c. A. in Audubon if
organized within three years.
$4,000 to the Independent school dis
carry on the educational affairs in the
district.
$4,000 TO each of her Ave grand chill
Iren, excepting one, and for this one
| 81 ,0C0 is to be placed in trust with
Chas. Bagley and John Weighton, the
proceeds from which are to go to the
heir during her natural life.
| $500 each to Harry and William
| oliver, sons of John Oliver.
$500 TO Laura Randolph Spurgeon:
$500 20 Lois Stuart Wight 500 10 five
nephews and neices; $1,000 to j. Harnil
ton Stuart, nephew.
$1,000 to Geo. H. Stuart brother of
her husband.
800 each to Chas. Stuart Wharton,
of Chicago; Chas. Stuart Arnold of tie
state of Washington, Chas Stuart
Somers, of West Barnet, VT; Chas.
Stuart McLeran, of Audubon; Chas
Smart Hite, of Topson, Vt; and Lois
Stuart Wilson, of Audubon.
$500 to each of her employees who
have been in her services 10 years or
more. $500 to j. r. Chandler and $500
to William Wilson. The use of four
acres of land in Melville township to
John oliver and $50 per month during
his natural life.
$500 each to seven distant relatives
and $1,000 TO each of the children OF
Abbie III. Badger
Mrs. Stuart had $40, 900 life insurance
and this is bequeathed to various par
ties, among them Mrs. ID. c. Mackin
tosh wife of former Presbyterian
pastor who receives $1,000
Coe College at Cedar Rapids receives
$4,000 in addition to the $4,000 already
given.
The Office building and the store room
occupied by Smith the druggist, to H
A. Arnold The three Audubon resi-.
dence properties valued at $4,000 to
Mrs. Arnold; land of equal value to
Mrs. Hinkson.
Christina Petersen receives all the
furniture in her room at the Stuart
mansion and 500.
Numerous other bequeaths are made
put these are not of interest to the PEG
lple locally. 1t is almost impossible to
arrive at any accurate estimate of the
estate left by Mrs. Stuart. but those in
position to know state that it will be
over million dollars.