Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1916 — PEARCY LEFT MONEY TO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH [ARTICLE]

PEARCY LEFT MONEY TO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

-Aged Bachelor Left SI,OOO to Meadow Lake Church—Body Taken to Canada For Burial. •'' * ' ' . •/ The last will and testament of the late Alexander Pearcy, a retired farmer of Gilboa township,, who died at the Haskell hotel at Wolcott on Saturday, March 18, was probated yesterday. Mr. Pearcy had resided in Gilboa township for over forty years and at the time of death owned 240 acres of valuable land near the -White county line. Mr. Pearcy was an old bachelor and until a few months ago resided on the farm. He requested before his death that his body be taken to his old home in Canada for burial, and the remains were taken to Toterham, Canada, and laid to rest in the old family burial ground. James W. Burling of Gilboa is named as executor of the will and the greater portion of the fortune is left among brothers, sisters and other relatives. Mr. Pearcy was a member of the Presbyterian church and in the will he bequeathed the income of $4,000 to the Meadow Lake church in White county, the principal to be invested by the executor. He also left a like amount to the Presbyterian church of Toterham; -Canada. The last clause in the will bequeaths to the Fowler Presbyterian church the sum of $3,000, should there be this amount left after all other bequests and claims are paid. It is said that the estate will pay all the claims and that the Fowler church is assurred.of the $3,000. Mr.Pearcy was 78 years of age at the time of death. He was held in high esteem by all the citizens of his township. -- t