The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-17
WIDOW GETS BULK OF
B0WDOIN 100000
will of Late Partner Of j. P.
Morgan Leaves Son Third
Of Estate.
$4,000 FOR HIS VALET
Leaves Painstaking Direction
About Use Of His Wine
Cellar by Heirs.
$4,000 FOR HIS VALET

ne will Of George sullivan Eowdon.
the veteran banker. who was a great
,,,pdson OF Alexander Hamilton and a
n.-ir.r o. the late J T. Morgan. was
slsd for probate Yesterday. Mr.. Bowdoin
sed az 80 Park avenue on December 1s
,s, The viii disposos OF many vslu-
abe family relics. including a silver wine
cco'er. presented by George Washington
20 Alexander Hamilton. which was lef;
Al, u, dccedent by his uncle. Alexander
Hamilton. and goes TO his son. Temps,
Bosdoin.
The Will gives the bulk OF the estate.
estimated al more than $1,000. coc. TO
N. Nlfs daughter and son OF the de-
,,dan,. with the exception OF requests OF
$50 cco each TO three cousins. In cod.-
,l Nj Sow dom increased these beauests
to $4,000 and left $4,000 to his man
servant The will itself was made in
1899. and named the late J. =. Morgan.
] T. Morgan. Jr.. Francis Lynde S,et.
son and the decedents wife Mrs. Julia
,i-irneu Bovdoin. as executors and trus-
tees William Pierson Hamilton. son-in-
lsv o. Mr. Morgan and member OF the
a-m Mas a witness OF both the will and
ccdicl.
IT, making his will Mr.. Bowdoin de-
voted great care 10 the character OF the
Investments the trustees were to make
with the trust funds he provided. He di-
rt,i,d that the trusts be made up only
u frst mortgage railway bonds or stocks
o. dividend paying railway companies
Ne sad "Preferring myself and recon-
rendirg to my said trustees in making
any Investment. great regard for the Sc
curity OF tho principal rather than the
amount Of income 10 he derived there
from
distractions About Wine Cellar.
NJ Rowdoin also left explicit instruc-
tons 20 his children. Temple Bowdo.n. his
sor. ard Edith Grnnell Bowdoin. his
daughter. concerning his cellar of rare
vines. He directed that his wife take
for herself such wines as she may want,
and then give the remaining contents
Of the cellar 20 his son. who is requested
10 divide them with his sister and Daniel
T Kingsford. husband Of a deceased
daughter OF Mr.. Bowdoin- The children
s-e directed to sell no part Of the wines
except 10 each other.
In the will Mr.. Bowdon ratified a gift
10 his wife Of the family home at 80
Park avenue with all its furnishings.
paintings and silverware and all stores
except such wines as have there" He
also gave his wife the proceeds Of all
his life insurance policies and $500. 900
cash. These requests were independent OF
the income OF a trust fund he created
FOR her from the residuary estate. which
will yield a large income He had two
peNs in Grace Church, one OF which he
gave to his son and the other to his
daughter.
To his wife and daughter as joint
i.nsnts Mr.. Bowdoin left his summer place
=; Bar Harbor. Me. and to his son he
gave his country seat of t~enty-eight
scres at New Hamburg, y. Y. which the
dscedenc inherited from, his mother. In
making this beouest Mr.. Bowdoin said
that his wife may occupy this estate II
she notifies her son of her intention within
SIX months after the decedents death.
The son also gets the half interest held by
RS father in about 1870 acres at lrvington-
on-the-Hudson. which Mr. BoNdo!n got
from his grandfather. James A. Hamilton.
The family portraits are TO be retained
by Mrs Bowdoin as long as she occupies
the family residence. They will go even
tus!ly 10 the son. Miss Bowdoin gets the
town house on her mothers death as a
token of remembrance The Will
gives $50. 900 each to three cousins. James
sullivan Bowdoin. Lillian Bowdoin and
Harry Bowdoin.
20 the son. Temple. and two-thirds are
III. IN trust OF which the widow gets
txo-thirds o. the income and the Other
third goes 10 the daughter. The testato;
sad ne expected his daughter TO live with
her rnorher until her marriage. Upon tins
death Of Mrs. Bowdoin the trust estate lef'
20 her goe. to the two children and &c
living Bowdoin Kingsford. grandson
who Is not otherwise mentioned IN the VIII
The codicil left $4,000 to Henry Bloom
field The testator's valet.
Mr. Bowdoin authorized his executors te
.rle and release all his interest In j. p