Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-07


SouPs Unitarian Church of
This City and Colby College,
Waterville.
A trust fund OF $4,000 was left to
All Souls Unitarian church of this
city by the late former Chief JUS
tice Leslie G. Cornish, by his will
which was filed for probate Monday
morning. The fund is left in mem
DRY of his wife, Fannie H. Cornish
1t being stipulated that the fund
shall bear her name and that the
income only shall be used for the
maintenance Of the church. The
sum Of $1,000 is left to the Lithgow
Library and Reading Room in trust.
the income only to be used for the
purchase of books. This fund In to
be known a. the. Leslie G. Cornish
fund. The will expresses the wish
that II at any time new alcoves are
added to the library, one Of them
shall be inscribed as a memorial to
his wife, Fannie H. Cornish, The
estimate OF the estate as filed at
the probate court is total estate of
$4,000. of which 100000 is per-
sonal.
| A trust fund Of $1,000 in memory
of his wife is left to Colby college.
the same to form a part of the en-
dowment fund of the college, the in
come to be used for scholarship aid,
This Is to be known as the Fannie
H. Cornish Scholarship Fund.
Other bequests of a public nature
are to the Wins1ow Public Library
OF Winslow, Me-, to the Winslow
CONGREGATIONAL church, to Coburn
Classical Institute, and to the Delta
Kappa Epsilon House Association OF
Waterville.
Me bulk of the estate, after sew.
eral requests to grand-nieces and
sranq-nephews. goes to his three
nephews, Justice Norman L. Bassett
OF Augusta, j. Colby Bassett of Bos.
ton and George K. Bassett of Wins.
! low. His nephew, Norman L. Bas.
out bond.
The text of the will fs az follows.
|. Be 1t Remembered that I. Leslie
| c. Cornish, of Augusta, in the
| County of Kennebec and state of
Maine, being of sound and disposing
mind and memory, but mindful of
the uncertainty Of this life do make,
publish and declare this my last will
and testament, hereby revoking all
former wills by me made.
! After the payment of my Just
debts, funeral charges and expenses
| of administration, / dispose of nv
estate as follows:
First give. and bequeath to my
grand-niece, Charlotte Bassett,
daughter of ]. Colby Bassett of Bos-
ton, Massachusetts,, If living, the sum
of five thousand dollars ($,5OOO) as
| token of my love.
Second-I give and bequeath to
my grand-niece, Barbara Bassett,
daughter Of ]. Colby Bassett of Bos-
ton, Massachusetts,. If living, the sum
of fve thousand dollars ($5,0OO) as
a token of my love.
Third give and beQueath to my
grand nephew. Cornish Bassett, son
of j.. Colby Bassett of Boston,
Massachusetts. if living, the sum of
five thousand dollars ($5,OOO,) my
gold watch which formerly belonged
to my father, his great-grandfather,
and the cane which formerly belong
ed to Tuition Simpson Of Winslow,
my grandfather and his great great
grandfather. as a token of my love.
FOURTH give and beQueath to
Lula H. Bassett, wife of my nephew,
Norman L. Bassett, IL living, the
sum of five hundred dollars .($50O)
as token of my love and esteem.
Fifth give and bequeath to Jo-
sephine Bassett of Boston, Massa-
chusetts, wife of my nephew, J..
Colby Bassett, il living, the sum sof
five hundred dollars ($50O) as a
token Of my love and esteem.
SIXTH give and bequeath to
Denne B. Small Of Portland, Maine.
il living; the sum of one hundred
$1,000 as a token of my love and esr
TEEN.
/ Seventh give and bequeath to
Clara Goodwin, my former ward,
now Clara Goodwin Kendall of
Providence, Rhode Island. If living,
the sum Of Ave hundred ($5OO) as a
token of my love and esteem.
Eighth give and bequeath to
each of my longtime and true
friends, Richard E. Goodwin of Au-
gusta, Maine, and Fred w. Chase of
Washington, D. c., If living, the sum
of one hundred dollars ($1OO) as a
token of my friendship for them.
NINTH give and bequeath to my
namesake Leslie Robertson Phalen,
son of Reverend and Mrs. Paul 8.
PfIalen, now Of West Newton, Massa-
chusetts, If living, the sum of one
thousand dollars ($1,O0O) which I
trust may be Of assistance to him In
his education.
Tenth give and bequeath to All
Souls church (Unitarian) Of Au-
gusta, Maine, the sum Of three thou
sand dollars, $4,000 in trust. in
memory of my dear wife, Fannie H.
Cornish, whose name 1t shall bear,
the same to be funded and only the
income thereof to be used toward
the maintenance Of said church.
Eleventh. give and bequeath to
the Lithgow Library and Reading
Room Of Augusta, Maine, the sum
of two thousand dollars ($2OOO) In
trust, the same to be funded and
known as the Leslie G. Cornish FUND
and only the income thereof to be
used for the purchase OF BOOKS. II
at any time new alcoves are placed
| in said library 1t 10 my wish that one
be inscribed az q memorial TO my
dear wife, Fannie H. Cornish.
TWELFTH give and bequeath to
the winslow Public Library OF Win
slow, Maine. my birthplace. in
memory Of my parents. Colby e.
Cornish and Pauline B. Cornish, the
sum of one Thousand dollars t$1,OoOI
in trust, the same to be funded, and
only the income thereof to be de-
voted to the purchase OF BOOKS.
rli.4aanfhI give and beQueath