| Family Tree: | New World - Part 109 | |
| Daughter of: | ?? Ford | GBFA |
| Born: | 3/2/1848 in Cincinnati, Ohio | GBFA |
| Died: | 27/4/1920 | NY Times |
| Married: | Jabez Abel Bostwick (1830) on 18/12/1866 in New York City | GBFA |
| Her family traced its descent back to Mathew Ford, a native of England, who lived in Bradford, Essex, Mass, and appears in the county records there in January, 1681. |
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| Mrs. Bostwick was essentially the homemaker, devoted to her husband and children, a perfect type of nineteenth century womanhood. She was interested in the arts and had a notable collection of etchings. Her nature was sweet, charitable, and generous, and she was beloved by all who knew her, or who had experienced her courteous kindness. The members of the police force of New York, especially the traffic policemen of Fifth Avenue, pay a high tribute to her memory, on account of unfailing concern for their health and welfare. After Mr. Bostwick's death she passed her life in retirement at her home, 800 Fifth Avenue, New York, and during her later years, was a victim of ill health. Nevertheless she maintained her interest in charitable work. Her deeds of benevolence were many, but were performed so secretly that their nature and extent have never been known to the public. Her multi-millionaire husband predeceased her, and by his will left the bulk of his estate to her. The NY Times in an article on 5/11/1921 recorded that she had left an estate of $29,264,181 which she bequeathed "practically all" to her own family. She had 3 children, Nellie Ford, born in 1868, who died in 1906, Fannie Evelyn born in 1872 who married Dr. Serge Voronoff, and who was living in 1920 (but died the following year) and Albert Carlton, born in 1876 who had left 5 children, her grandchildren, when he died in 1911. Her estate comprised $20,000,000 Standard Oil Stock, $2,000,000 in Liberty Bonds, gems valued at $350,000 and "a fortune" in paintings and furniture. The newspaper gave a lot of detail which we did not attempt to record. This is a brief summary: The estate was divided between the families of Albert Carlton and Fannie Evelyn. The aggregate bequests came to $15,000,000, $9,500,000 to Fannie Evelyn and $5,750,000 to Albert Carlton's children. Legal complications arose because Jabez Abel's will restricted the rights of legatees to share in his estate, where they were non-resident in the USA or ceased to remain USA citizens, but these sorts of things are, in our view, not relevant to this genealogy, and we do not record them. |
NY Times 5/11/1921 | |