Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-12-06
MRS. IRVINE'S WILL
PR0BATED IN COURT
Suit VIII Probably Be Filed To
Determine Provisions of
Several Bequests

value has been estimated at S4OO,OOO,
was probated in county court here
Monday morning.
The will was written by Mrs. Ir-
vine in her hand and was not wit
messed. Cashiers Robert r. Burnam
of the Madison National Bank, and
r. Nj. Rowland, of the Southern Ma
tional Bank, swore to her signature.
Messrs. John W. Crooke, of Rich
mbnd, and d. Irvine White, of Hunts
vile, Ala, are made executors of the
will, and named as a BOARD to have
charge of the property which Mrs. r.
vine willed TO the medical body to use
as a hospital.
Rigid stipulations are laid down in
her testament regarding maintenance
of certain rooms, and furniture, etc.
in the house, and it is provided that
in the event the stipulations are not
carried out, or the hospital should
''languish" and not prove a success,
the handsome grounds are to go TO
the city of Richmond as a public
park.
Numerous other bequests are made
in the. viii, which goes into great
detail regarding her property.
Attorneys state that suit viii IN
all probability be instituted to clear
up the disposal which Mrs. Irvine
has made of property which she own
cd in Kansas City, Mo, especially.The
will was read TO the court by Attor-
ney A. r. Burnanl, representing the
executors. A large crowd was in the
court room at the time the will was
offered It's provisions are in full
as follows:
My WEI
June 1st, 1915.
/, Elizabeth s. Irvine, was born in
Richmond, Kentucky, do make this
my last will.
My father was Col. David Irvine
(Senior) Of Richmond, Kentucky. My
mother was SUsannah Hart Mellow
ell Irvine, the oldest child of DR..
Ephram Mcdowell, "the Father Of
OvariotOmy," and his wife, Sarah
Shelby Mcdowell, she the first child
born TO Kentucky's first governor,
Isaac Shelby.
In the year 1916 | was married to
my first cousin, William NJ. Irvine.
Being Of sound mind, do this day,
June 1st, 1915, make and subscribe
to this last VIII and testament, re
voking all other wills. l am empOw-
cred by my husbands, William III.
Ilvine's last will to make any
changes in that instrument | might
desire, and / shall proceed TO do so
i'm this writing.
Ny long life has been passed in
this beautiful city, at the foothills.
God has been pleased to prosper me
here.
Many Of my ancestors are sleeping
with loved ones in our beautiful "city
of the dead" and now the long hon
ored name Of Irvine has passed out.
] alone remain yet little while.
1t seems, therefore, appropriate
that | show my appreciation by per
petuating the ancestral name of r.
vine by making the following be-
quest:
To the Medical Society of Kentucky
10 be called Forever
The Irvine and Mcdowell (Ephriam)
Memorial
1t is, therefore, my will and sin
cere desire that upon my death my
home, IIvinton, be converted into .
Memorial of Medical and Surgical
Treatment of Patients.
This said Irvinton is the same
home occupied by my father and mo-
ther when they commenced life to-
gether, as a residence. Then by my
self, being inherited from my father,
the late Col. David Irvine (senior)
and is still occupied by myself
1t is my will that the said devise
be known as the David Irvine ana
Ephriam Mcdowell.
1t is my will and l bequeath the
whole of Irvinton (owned by me) as
afterward herein outlined, to the uses
and purposes of the said hospital;
that is the whole portion which lies
between the streets in the city of
Richmond now called 4th avenue and
2nd street, and known as part or
Irvinton.
Just here l will be more explicit as
to a helping of the support of this
grand charity for an endowment fund
of the memorial.
| have leased this year 1915 my
vacant lot in Kansas City, Missouri,
Lot 10, Block 20, on Baltimore, for 9S
(ninety-nine) years at $4,000 per
year. payable quarterly payments.
The lessee has built a substantial
brick building on this lot. At the eX-
piration of the 99-year lease, the said
building and Lot 13, Block 20, (see
article of agreement) return to me
as my own property again.
Now it is my will that the rental
(Which is $55.00~ Quarterly from this
Lot 13, Block 20, Baltimore avenue,
Kansas City, be used for the equip
ping and expenses from time to time
of the said memorial in its struggle
and beginning, but | believe it will
be self-supporting if properly man
aged by the board | select, who will
have charge of its funds and manage
ment. These are the following good
and honorable men, ID. Irvine
White and John w. Crooke. These
good men are my friends and be
ieve, will carry out my every wish
conscientiously / give them control
of said funds, and when vacancies oc-
cur, will ask that those remaining
will carefully select others suitable to
fill them.
1t is my will that every year a
limited number of charity cases may
be treated in the hospital.
1t is my will that the chief operat-
ing room in the memorial shall beas