Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1912 — FOR AGED WOMEN’S HOME [ARTICLE]

FOR AGED WOMEN’S HOME

Mrs. Jennie Caldwell’s Will Leaves a $750,000 Estate. r Lafayette, * Ind., Jan. 27. —(A.renouncement was made today that Mrs. Jennie Caldwell, a former resident of Lafayette, who died last Sunday in a Chicago hospital, 1 had left practically all of her estate, valued at nearly $750,000, to charity in Benton county, where she lived most of her life. Most of her- wealth was invested in Benton county farm 'land. Bequests of about sixty thousand doffars are made in . her will to relatives and a few friends. The rest of the vast estate, including the Caldwell mansion at Earl Park, Benton county, is given to charity. The will provides that a home is to be established for aged and indigent womeh, and the number to be provided for ax the instituion will be limited only by the capacity of the, home. J. v L. Dinwiddie of Fowler and James Barr of Earl Park are named as executors of the will, and trustees of the proposed home. Their judgment will 'rule as to the eligibility of the application for admission to ;the home. It wil] require some time to arrange the details in putting Mrs. Caldwell’s wishes into execution and to .get her proper*£ in shape to provide for the erection of the home and its maintenance. The Caldwell nransiqn will form ; the nucleus lor the proposed home. The estate includes 6,100 s acres of Benton county land. -Mr.-. Caldwell was the daughter of William B. Fowler, and was the last mepiben of the family. She was married to Harry J. Caldwell while her parents lived in this city. Her mother was Minerva Summers, one of an old IJencon county family. Mr. Caldwell, her husband, was an attorney and once a member of the legislature. He made a fortune in tihe grain business.