Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1910 — MISS C. P. MONNETT DEAD. [ARTICLE]

MISS C. P. MONNETT DEAD.

Former Wealthy Rensfceladr Lady Dies At Chicago i Training School. , diss Cordelia P. Monnett, for ny years a resident of Rensselaer and who a few years ago gave all her property here, worth upwards of SIOO,OOO, to the Chicago Training School, dSed at the latter place Tuesday, where she had made her home for the past two or three years, since transferring her property to that institution. V Deceased was a native of Ohio and for many years she resided in Rensselaer on the Range Line road, in, what is now known as the “Monnett Childrens Home.” About 2)4 years ago she gave all her real estate here, worth SIOO,OOO, to the Methodist Training School of Chicago, and a buildijig was erected on Indiana avenue with the money received from this estate in memory of Miss Monnett’s mother, Mary Delamar Monnett. She was regarded as very eccentric while here, and the gift of her 1,000 acres of land here to the Chicago Training School resulted in a suit to set aside such transfer by her brother Fletcher Monnett, who charged undue influence on the pirt of Rev. Meyer, who is at the head of the Chicago institution and who frequently visited Misjs Monnett while she resided here. The suit was finally compromised and dismissed, it being alleged that the plaintiff was given a substantial consideration for the dismissal. The funeral took place in Chicago Thursday, and was attended by Mrs. A. P. Burton and Mrs. H. L. Brown of Rensselaer, nieces of deceased.