“Eighth. I hereby appoint my wife Frances F. Cleveland Executrix, and Frank S. Hastings Executor of this my last will and testament.”
Will of Roscoe Conkling
Roscoe Conkling died April 18, 1888. His will is as follows:
“I, Roscoe Conkling of Utica, N.Y., do make, publish and declare my last Will and Testament as follows:
“I give, devise and bequeath to my wife Julia, and to her heirs and assigns forever, all my property and estate whether real, personal or mixed, and I constitute and appoint my said wife sole executrix of this my Will.
“In Testimony whereof, I hereto sign my name this 21st of June, A.D. 1867.
“Roscoe Conkling.”
Will of William W. Corcoran
William W. Corcoran died February 24, 1888. By his will, after numerous bequests and legacies to friends and relatives, he gives the sum of seventeen thousand dollars to charitable institutions in the City of Washington, D.C., and adds, “All these sums to be held and invested by the institutions to which they are severally given, and a sufficient part of the income therefrom used to furnish the inmates with the usual Christmas and strawberry festivals and feasts, commenced by my daughter about forty years ago, and continued by me to the present time.”
A cane given to the testator by the widow of General Robert E. Lee, he gives to his eldest grandson, William Corcoran Eustis, as well as his diamond shirt studs and his library.