The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-05
WILL OF DON III. BACON
INTERESTING DOCUMENT

st. Augustine Record: dec. 22.)
THE larger portion of the estate
of the late Don. H. Bacon who died
in this city Sunday afternoon will
go to the Flagler Hospital of this
city, according to the will which
was probated in the county court
Yesterday afternoon. Besides an
Immediate gift of $4,000 TO the
hospital to be used in the payment
of any Indebtedness, which may be
outstanding at this time, and the
creation of the Mary E. Bacon
Fund from the residue of the es-
tate after the payment of other
specific requests in the will, it pro-
vides for a trust fund for the pay
ment of annuities to seven relatives
which eventually will revert to the
hospital at the death of the parties
concerned.
"a trust fund of $4,000 is also
left to the Evergreen Cemetery
where both Mr.. Bacon and his wife
are buried and the sum of s25, 600
is left to the Florida Normal and
Industrial Institute of st. August
inc. Frank Harold of St. August
inc is left $1,000. The Rosahe
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ters are given 81 900 annually from
the Mary E. Bacon Memorial Fund.
''The provision for the relief of
the indebtedness of the Flagler Hos
pital is as follows: 81 further di-
rect that there shall be immediate
ly paid to the trustees OF Flagler
Hospital, the sum of $4,000 in
cash, or so much thereof as may be
required, to be used in the payment
of any Indebtedness of the hospital
which may be outstanding at the
time of my death"
"The provision for the creation
of the Mary E. Bacon Memorial
Fund in memory of the deceased's
wife who died in this city three
years ago is as follows: 'All the
rest, residue and remainder of my
estate / give devise and bequeath
to the trustees of the ~Flagler Hos
pital as an endowment fund, in
memory of my wife, Mary E. Bacon,
to be known as the Mary E. Bacon
Memorial Fund, that from the in
come from said fund free beds to
the number of five 80 shall be
maintained as necessity may re-
quire, said beds to be available to
either sex without regard to color,
and also from said income there
shall be paid annually the sum Of
One Thousand ($1,000) to the
Rosalie James Circle Of Kings
Daughters.
"It shall be the duty of the
trustees of the Flagler Hospital to
assure themselves that anyone en-
joying the privilege Of a free bed
as above provided shall be clearly
entitled thereto
"The Executors of the estate are
directed to create from the estate
an ample trust fund, preferably
from stock and bonds of the Mon
tana Power Company owned by the
deceased, the income from which
shall be approximately $11, 900 an
nually and which shall be paid in
specified annual installments to the
following persons: Miss Grace C.
Moody, Mrs. Mary Moody Good
man; Mrs. Kitta Castle Naylor; Mrs.
Mary Bacon Hofhines; Mrs. Jessie
Bacon Baldwin; Mrs. Inez Bacon
Wiser and Don E. Bacon.
"A subsequent item provides that
when the benefciaries named in
the above paragraph shall all have
departed this life, that the prinei-
pal of the fund and it's earnings
will be paid the trustees of the
Flagler Hospital and become part
of the Mary E. Bacon Endowment.
According to the provisions of
the will the following amounts are
left to the following relatives
Louis O. Moody of New York City
a nephew, $4,000; Miss Clara NJ
Penna, Los Angeles, CAL, sister-in.
law, $4,000; Miss Clarissa Bird
East Smithfield, Pa, 5000; Miss
Mary S. Bradshaw, Duluth, MINI.
$4,000; George R. Brown, step.
son, $4,000; Mrs. Mary Moody
Goodman, Lockport, N. Y, niece
1000; Mrs Kitta Castle Naylor
Denver, Col, niece, $1,000; Mrs
Mary Bacon Hofhines, Hutchinson
Kansas, niece, $1,000; Mrs. Jessie
Bacon Baldwin, bingham, Kansas
81 900; Don E. Bacon, Lyons
Kansas, nephew, $1,000 and tt
Miss Grace c. Moody ,Lockport. N
Y, $1,000.
William NJ. Morse of Dalton
Ca, an old friend, is given $4,000
and Frank F. Harold of st. August
inc $1,000. One thousand dollar,
each is bequeathed to Mrs. f. Nor
com and her daughters, Carolin.
Morcom and Harriet E. Morcom OF
Tower, Minnesota.