The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-23
COL, OL|N SCOTS
WILL ADMITTED
TO PROBATE
Provides Education Fund for
Needy Boys
GENEROUS TO HIS EMPLOYEES
VIII Is One of the Most Remarkable
Because of Its Many Public
Requests.
GENEROUS TO HIS EMPLOYEES

The will of Col. DIN Scott, the
founder of the Bennington Machine
works who died at his home in this
village here April % at the age of 81
wears. was probated by Probate
Judge E. c.. Bennett today. The will
provides for several public requests,
leaves legacies to number OF the
dead manufacturers employees and
LAYS the foundation for trust fund
through which deserving young men
may acquire an education, trade or
profession. The will, in full is as
follows:
/. DIN Scott, of Bennington in the
county of Bennington and state OF
Vermont, mindful of the uncertainty
of life, and being in my own appre-
hension, of sound and disposing mind
and memory, do hereby make, pub
lish and declare the following to be
my last will and testament.
First; 1t is my will that all my
Just debts and funeral expenses be
pad and discharged by my executors
hereinafter named, as soon as con-
veniently may be after my decease,
Second. ! give and bequeath unto
my sister, Emily Scott, should she
survive me, the sum of ten thousand
dollars and to her heirs and assigns
forever.
Third. | give and bequeath unto
my brother, Franklin Scott, should
he survive me, the sum of ten thous-
and dollars and to his heirs and as
signs forever.
Fourth. | give and bequeath unto
my niece, Harriet S. Bull, the sum OF
ten thousand dollars, and to her
heirs and assigns forever.
Fifth. l give and bequeath unto
my granddaughter, Martin w. Scott,
five thousand dollars, and to his
heirs and assigns forever.
Sixth. | give and bequeath unto
my granddaughter. Frank II. Scott,
three thousand dollars, and to his
heirs and assigns forever. This leg
acy is fixed at this sum for the rea-
son that l have already contributed
to and become obligated to pay tow
ards his education enough to equal,
in nv Judgment, his brothers leg
acy.
Seventh. / give and bequeath I'M
to my niece by marriage, Helen
Strong, of Metuchen, N. j., ten thous-
and dollars, and to her heirs and as
signs forever.
Eighth. l give and bequeath unto
my cousin, Fannie DIN, the sum OF
five hundred dollars, and to her heirs
and assigns forever.
Ninth. / give and bequeath unto
William Wilcox and Harriet Dix
children of my cousin, Fannie Will
cox, five hundred dollars each, and to
their heirs and assigns forever
Tenth. l give and bequeath unto
Albert Fisk of Bennington, five hun
dred dollars, and to his heirs and as
signs forever.
Eleventh. | give and bequeath I'M
to each of the children of Silas r.
Wilcox of Bennington, five hundred
dollars and to their respective heirs
and assigns forever.
Twelfth. | give and bequeath un.
to the children of Henry Fisk of Ben
nington, FIVE hundred dollars, and
to their respective heirs and assigns
forever.
Thirteenth. l give and bequeath
unto the Second Congregational
Church of Bennington, Vermont the
sum of five thousand dollars, for a
trust fund, to be called the Celeste
f. Scott Choir Fund, the income and
interest received therefrom to be
used toward the maintaining of the
choir of said church forever.
Fourteenth. | also give and be
queath unto the said Second Congre
gational Church of Bennington, the
further sum of five thousand dollars
as trust fund, to be called the Olin
Scott fund; the income and interest
received therefrom to be used fol
general church purposes. or as / may
hereafter particularly direct.
Fifteenth. give and bequeath
unto the Bennington Free Library
Association of Bennington, Vermont
the sum of five thousand dollars, tC
be held in trust by said Association
and to be invested and kept invested
and the income arising therefrom Il
be by said Association expended and
applied from time tc time in tbs
purchase of books for its use anC
purpose as public library, and Il
not to be used for the payment o
salaries or current expenses.
Sixteenth. ! give and bequeatl
unto the New England Kurn pettiI
Home organized in 1894 and its sue
cessors and assigns forever, the sun
Of one thousand dollars, to be KEEP
by II as a permanent fund and tn
income only to be applied to the gen
eral expenses OF the Home.
Seventeenth. I give and beQueatl
the sum Of two hundred dollars d
the Town Of Bennington as a trus
fund, the income thereof to be FOR
ever applied 10 the care and In
prevement Of my family burial lot 4