Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-03
HEREDITARY GIFT OF $4,000
LEFT BY GREAT GRANDFATHER
OF DODGE Is GIVEN TO SON

The will of Cleveland H. Dodge,
financier and philanthropist, who died
on June "a contained several clauses
of interest beyond those mentioned
las Dispatch at the time the will was
filed.
The entire estate is said to be
worth between $50, 900, 900 and $685.
0OO, ,OO0 One-third of the residuary
estate is left to the widow, Mrs.
Grace Parish Dodge. The remaining
two-thirds is divided into four shares,
which are left to the two sons and
two daughters of Mr.. Dodge.
Many millions of dollars were Civ
en- away to charitable causes, espe-
cially Near East relief, by Dodge
during the latter years of his life
During the war he cut into the
capital of his estate with his gifts
to the Red Cross and other war
work. A single gift of his to the
Red Cross was for $1,O00,O00. Be
cause of the magnitude of his bene-
factions the value of the estate is
said to be less than was expected.
One Request to Charity
With one exception, the will makes
no gifts to charity. The tenth para
graph of the document explains this
as follows:
Following the example of my dear
father. and believing it wiser to give
literally during my life to religious
and charitable objects, | make no
bequests of that. character, knowing.
the hearty sympathy of my dear
wife and children in such objects,
and feeling sure that they will use
the property entrusted to them lib
orally for humane and benevolent
objects. AS / have made a number
Of subscriptions to such purposes
during my life, authorize and di-
rect my executors to pay any SUBJ
scriptions of amounts which / have
agreed to pay for charitable, philan-
thropic, religious or other purposes,
in accordance with my promise or
subscription, and that the same shall
be considered as lawful debts pay
able out of my residuary estate.
The exception is an interesting
one This is hereditary gift Of
$4,000, ITO be devoted to the spread
of the gospel and to promote the
Redeemer's kingdom on earth" The
bequest of $500 in this language was
first made in the family of Anson
G. Phelps. the great grandfather OF
Dodge.
Leaves Charge to Children
This gift, which has now come
down through five generations, is
described in the will as follows:
Observation-Disclosures my honored and
revered great grandfather Anson G.
Phelps, bequesthed to my father,
William e. Dodge, as one of his
grandchildren, $4,000, with the in
junction that the same should be
considered as a sacred deposit CONF
mitted to his trust to be invested
and the income therefrom to be de-
voted to, the spread of the gospel
and to promote the Redeemer's king
dom on earth, and to be transmitted
unimpaired to his descendants, to be
sacredly devoted to the same OBJ
ject, which said sum was paid to-
my said father and by him kept in
vested and used as was enjoined;
Now. therefore, in compliance with
the viii of my said greatgrand-
father and the directions contained
in the will of my said father, un-
der which the said sum of $4,000
was bequeathed to me, I hereby give
and bequeath the said sum of $4,000
to my son, Cleveland Earl Dodge. if
he shall survive me, and if he shall
die before me give and bequeath
the same to the oldest one of my
daughters who shall survive me, TO
be by him or her kept invested. and
the income derived therefrom to be
sacredly appropriated as was directed
in my great-grandfather's will,
trusting that which ever of my chill
dren shall take the said sum under
this bequest will faithfully appropri-
ate the income thereof to the man
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