Will, 3 copies, with covers 1901

IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN: I, JANE LATHROP STANFORD, of the County of Santa Clara, State of California, widow of Leland Stanford, deceased, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, and mindful of the uncertainty of life, do make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, in manner following, that is to say:

I.

I give and bequeath to the UNION TRUST COMPANY OF SAN FRANCISCO, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Stae of California, the sum of Two Million ($2,000,000) Dollars, to have and to hold the same in trust for the following uses and purposes, that is to say:

a. I authorize, empower and direct said Trustee to invest said sum of Two Million ($2,000,000.) Dollars in first class bonds, or other securities, as it may deem best, and to pay over, at regular intervals the net income arising from one million dollars thereof to my brother ARIEL LATHROP of Albany, New York, for and during the term of his natural life, and upon his death, (as he has no children or descendants), this trust shall cease and determine as to one-half of said trust property, that is to say, as to one million dollars thereof, and the said sum or the property in which it may be invested shall belong to and be delievered to his relatives, as follows, viz: one-half thereof to the descendants of his deceased brother Daniel Shields Lathrop in the proportions of one-third to his daughter JENNIE L. LAWTON, one-third to his daughter AMY GARDNER HANSEN, and the remaining one-third in equal shares to DANIEL S. GUNNING and AMY L. GUNNING, the children of Christine L. Gunning, the deceased daughter of Daniel Shields

Lathrop, deceased.

b. To pay over at regular intervals to my niece, the said JENNIE L. LAWTON the full one-third of the net income arising from one million dollars, the other one-half of said trust fund, for and during the term of her natural life, and upon her death this trust shall cease and determine as to one-third of said one million dollars, and the said one-third of said one million dollars shall belong to and be delivered to the child or children of said Jennie L. Lawton.

c. To pay over at regular intervals to my niece, the said AMY L. HANSEN, the full one-third of the net income arising from said one million dollars, being one-half of said trust fund, for and during the term of her natural life, and upon her death this trust shall cease and determine as to one-third of said one million dollars and the said one-third of said one million dollars shall belong to and be delivered to the child or children of said Amy L. Hansen.

d. To pay over, one-half to each, at regular intervals, to said DANIEL S. GUNNING and AMY L. GUNNING, the children of my deceased niece Christine L. Gunning, one-third of the net income arising from said one million dollars, the said one-half of said trust property, until such time as the younger of the two shall reach the age of twenty-five years, at which time this trust shall cease and determine as to one-third of said one million dollars, the one-half of said trust property, and the said one-third shall belong to and be delivered to said Daniel S. and Amy L. Gunning, absolutely and in their own right, share and share alike, and free from all trusts;

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PROVIDED, however, that if either should die before the younger attains the age of twenty-five years, this trust shall cease and determine as to one-half of said one-third of a million dollars and that proportion of the trust property shall belong and be delivered to the children of the one so dying, or if there be no such children, then to the other; and the trust shall thereafter continue as to the other one-half of said one-third of a million dollars until the survivor reaches the age of twenty-five years, at which time the trust as to the remainder of said one-third of a million dollars shall cease and determine and the property shall belong to and be delivered to said survivor, but if such survivor dies before attaining such age of twenty-five years this trust shall then cease and determine and the trust property shall belong to and be delivered to his or her children, or if there be none such, then to his or her heirs at law.

II.

I give and bequeath to my brother CHARLES GARDNER LATHROP the sum of One Million ($1,000,000) Dollars.

III.

I give and bequeath to HERBERT C. NASH, the devoted tutor and loving friend of my dear son, also faithful secretary of my dear husband, the sum of Fifteen Thousand ($15,000) Dollars.

IV.

I give and bequeath to MISS BERTHA BERNER, secretary and devoted friend to me through seventeen years of trial and sorrow, the sum of Fifteen Thousand ($15,000) Dollars.

V.

To the following faithful and devoted servants, MRS. CHARLES ROBERTSON, housekeeper for twelve years; to CHARLES WOOSTER, coach-

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man for forty years; to EDWARD LARGELY, valet to my husband for twelve years; to JOHN KELLY, gardener and caretaker of our home in Sacramento, California, corner Eighth and N Streets, in our service for forty-one years; to AH WING, servant for eighteen years, to each and every one I give and bequeath the sum of One Thousand ($1,000) Dollars.

VI.

I give and bequeath to the OLD LADIES HOME in Albany, State of New York, of which Mrs. General Frederick Townsend is President, the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollars.

VII.

I give and bequeath to the PROTESTANT ORPHAN ASYLUM of Albany, State of New York, of which my dear father was Treasurer for twenty-five years or more, and of which General John F. Rathbone was President, the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollars.

VIII.

I give and bequeath to the BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS of San Francisco, California, of which my deceased brother Henry C. Lathrop was a member, that the society may bear him in loving memory, and for the benefit of the poor and needy of that organization, the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollars.

IX.

I give and bequeath to the HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN AND TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES, at Number 3700 California Street, San Francisco, California, of which Mrs. W. B. Harrington is President, the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollars.

X.

I give and bequeath to the CALIFORNIA WOMAN'S HOSPITAL at Number 3118 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, California, of which

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Dollars.

XI.

I give and bequeath to the SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY, for the benefit of the children under their care, their convent being at Number 890 Hayes Street, San Francisco, California, the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollars.

XII.

I give and bequeath to the HEBREW HOME FOR THE AGED DISABLED, at Number 507 Lombard Street, San Francisco, California, of which Samuel Polack is President, the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollars.

XIII.

I give and bequeath to the TRUSTEES OF THE HOME OF BENEVOLENCE, at Eleventh and Martha Streets, San Jose, California, the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars.

XIV.

I give and bequeath to the SHELTERING ARMS SOCIETY, at First and Humboldt Streets in San Jose, California, the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars.

XV.

I give and bequeath to the COLLEGE OF NOTRE DAME, corner of Santa Clara and Santa Teresa Streets, San Jose, California, in recognition and memory of the kindnesses shown to me and those I love by the sisters in charge of the same, the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars.

XVI.

I give and bequeath to the SAN JOSE SANITARIUM AND HOME, on Race Street, near San Jose, California, the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars.

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