Allegheny County PA Archives Wills.....CAROTHERS, Joseph C.  November 18, 1925
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  Source: Josiah V. Thompson Journals
  Written: November 18, 1925
  
  Letters were granted Mch 2, 1926 & filed same day by Gray, Thompson & Rose 
  Attys 312 4th Ave, The principal points in the will were:
        I, Joseph C. Carothers of Patton Tp give my entire estate to 
  Commonwealth Trust Co of Pgh who he appoints Exrs & Trustees for following 
  uses:
  Gives them all the powers he himself had but suggests that they confer with 
  his nieces, Sarah Carothers Whitmarsh & Amanda Carothers Wallace & the Rev 
  A.W. Hayes surviving husband of my niece Margaret C. Hayes and my Atty A.M. 
  Thompson all of whom are acquainted with my estate & wishes.
  With the exception of one acre hereinafter mentioned, I direct my Exrs to 
  convert as soon as possible, all my estate into cash stating that he has 
  several tracts of farm land & if necessary can have 10 yrs to sell same & they 
  to do the following things
  1st to pay my faithful housekeeper, Laura Maxwell $10,000 in cash & its 
  collateral inheritance tax
  2d Exr to select 1 A on the Monroeville Road adjg Turtle Creek on which Laura 
  Maxwell may build a house.
  3d To trustees 1st Pres Church Turtle Creek $500
  4th To Trustees Cross Roads Pres Church Monroeville, Pa $1500 to be used in 
  caring for the burial lots of the various members of the Carothers family 
  located in said cemetery of said Cross Roads Pres Ch & also in the Public Cem 
  adjoining & if any of income remains to go toward Pastor's salary.
  He then makes following bequests if estate is sufficient, if not, each to be 
  diminished pro rata 
  5th to the daughters of my deceased brother, David S. Carothers who may 
  survive me & to George K.C. Hayes, son of Margaret Carothers Hayes, a deceased 
  daughter of David S. Carothers $1000 each in cash. The names of the daughters 
  of David S. Carothers now living are: Sarah J. Whitmarsh of Swissvale, Pa & 
  Amanda C. Wallace of Detroit, Mich
  6th To the daughters of my decd brother James Carothers who now reside at 
  Swissvale, Pa, should they survive me $1000 each in cash.  Those of them now 
  living are Matilda G. Carothers, Sarah Carothers Johnson, & Wilhelmina 
  Carothers.
  7th to the son & daughters of my decd brother Robert Carothers who may survive 
  me $1000 in cash. Those now living are: Charles Carothers of Los Angeles, 
  Calif, Sarah M. Allen of Grand Forks, North Dakota & Wilhelmina Carothers of 
  Grand Forks, North Dakota
  8th to the Western Theological Sem of Pres Ch at Pittsburgh, Pa $1000 in cash
  9th to baord of Home missions of Pres Ch of U.S. $200 in cash
  10th to board of Foreign missions of Pres Ch of U.S. $200 in cash
  11th to board of Ministerial relief of Pres Ch of U.S. $500 in cash
  12th to board of pub & S.S. work of Pres Ch of U.S. $250 in cash
  13th All residue to be divided equally between my nieces Sarah J. Whitmarsh, 
  Amanda C. Wallace, Sarah M.Allen & Matilda G. Carothers.  Dated Nov 18, 1925 
  Joseph C. Carothers (seal) Witnesses Roy Rose, Walter H. Kelly.  Proven Mch 2, 
  1926 by said witnesses & sworn to before Joseph N. Mackrell Reg.  They 
  estimate the Personal estate at $10,000 & the real estate at $25,000 all in 
  Patton Tp, so says Earl A. Morton Trust officer of the Com Trust Co.
  
  
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