People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1893 — LEFT MILLIONS. [ARTICLE]

LEFT MILLIONS.

The Large Fortunes Devised by Twelve Millionaires—Lines off Business In Which Fabulous Fortunes Were Made Surprises in a Cases. New Yoke. Jan. 17.—Many millions of dollars were left by twelve New Yorkers who died in.,1892 whose families have divided among them $1,0b0,000 or more each.* The report of the surrogate for 1892 is full of surprises. Those who have been reputed to be millionaires are found to have left only modest fortunes The other surprises are almost as many, namely, those caused by the discovery that men unheard of except in their own narrow circle of business and social friends, men whose names were never seen in the newspapers and whose manner of life was unpretentious, were really worth millions. Perhaps the most striking example of this was in the case of the late Daniel B. Fayerweather. He was known in “Tlie Swamp” as a rich man, and his | close friends knew that, he was not ; obliged to economize, but, outside of his immediate family and his banker, no one ever thought of him as a millionaire. When he died and his will revealed that he had left many millions New York was amazed. The best example of this in the year that has just closed is that of Benjamin Richardson, the late Harlemite. Everybody knew that he owned a lot of land up town, but his warmest friends were . surprised when his will revealed $2,000,000 worth. Tlie following are the taen who left $1,000,000 and more in 1892: Willjam Astor, real estate. 875,000,OK) Jay'Gould, railroads... 72,000.0jX) Wilson G. Hunt, railroads 5,v00,000 Benjamin Richardson, real estate 2,000,000 A. Bradish Johnson.- 1,750,000 Willjam G. Vermilyea, banker..,..... 1.500,000 Mrs. August Belmont . 1,500,000 ■ Gen. George W. Cullum, soldier 1,200,000 E. S. JafTray, merchant.. 1,000,000 Jacob Halsted, importer 1,000,000 Augustus Kountze, banker «... 1,000,000 uornelius Vanberbilt, Jr., inherited... 1,000,000 Only two of these fortunes were made in commerce, while three were made in banking, for that ,of Mrs. August Belmont ittest be inducted in this category, her moniy having been inherited from her husband, who made it all.himself bank. Realestate is responsible for three fQr.tynes —those of m Astor, Benjainin Richardson and A. Bradish Johnson. Real estate is realty /ppre or less, for almost till the fortunes left by New -Yorkers’, for wl&Oer ■ 'business they are in it is safe to say they doubled in real estate. Not s.o with that of. Jay Gould. The kd bWned formed a poraparatively ~insignificant part of his estate less than onesetfenth.