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- Niagara Gazette - 2/21/1895
BARKER'S WILL
The Missing Document Left by the
Eminent Photographer Has Been
Found and Placed on Pile,
ONE SON CUT OFF WITH 50c.
He Left Home When a Boy and Has Never Yet
Been Found - His Daughter Mary
is Given the Homestead on Buffalo
Avenue - Other Legatees.
The la*t will and testament of the late
George Barker, the famous landscape photographer,
has been discovered. No pubcation
ol tbia fact has been made so far,
and the public and those who knew the
deceased imagined thai he died without
a will, and that his property would be
divided equally among his children. It
was for this reason that eflorts were made
to discover a sou, George M. Barker, who
disappeared from here when a boy Acting
on this condition of affairs a petition for
letters of administration on the estate were
filed on December 19 in the Surrogate's
office at Lockport, the petitioners .stating
that the heirs were unable to Qnd any will
of said deceased. Letters of administration
were issued to. Mary Barker and Christopher
M. Young.
Thus the matter of the estate stood until
about two weeks ago, when Miss Barker,
in looking over some of her late father's
papers, lound a will. This document was
without doubt the last will and testament
of the deceased. It was drawn by himself
and was dated October 19, 1892. The
document is curious in one respect, otherwise
its provisions are fair in the disposition
of the estate. The will disposes ol the
property of the deceased as follows:
To his daughter, Mary Barker, he gives
his homestead, situated on Buffalo avenue
in this city, and also $10,000 in cash, payable
f rotn the proceeds ot bis life insurance.
To his son, George M. Barker, he gives 50
cents in cash, -no more no less.
To his daughter, Constance B. Barker,
he gives the sum of $4,000 in cash, payable
from the proceeds of his life insurance.
To his son, Raymond C. Barker, he gives
the lot No. 3 Main street in this city,
together with the furniture, fixtures , apparatus
nnd stock contained therein; also
all his negatives and materials for carrying
on the photographic business; also his cer-
tificates of stock to the amount of $1,000 in
Carter & Company, Limited. All the
above are to be held in trust for the said
Raymond C. Barker, until he attains the
age of 25 years.
The trustees are to be Mary Barker and
Christopher M. Young.
To his daughter. Louise S. Barker, he
gives the sum of $-1,000 in cash, payable
Irnm the proceeds ol insurance ou bis life.
To his daughter Dorothy M. Barker he
gives- lot No. 11 on Main street in Niagara
Falls, also $2,000, payable lrom proceeds
of insurance policies on his lile.
He appoints his daughter Mary Barker
aud Christopher M. Yonng to be his
executors.
The will and a petition for its probate
were tiled in the surrogate's office, February
11, 1895, by Ely. Dudley & Cohn, the attorneys
for tho executrix and executor.
The petition states that the amount of
property real and personal is about $40,000.
ALSO
Niagara Gazette - 12/1/1894
The funeral of the late George Barker
was observed yesterday under Masonic
auspices from his late home on Buffalo
avenue. Rev. George F. Rosenmuller
officiated. The floral emblems were pro-
fuse in numbers and exceedingly beautiful.
The attendance was very large. The pall
bearers were C. M. Young, George Wright,
William Tugby, W. A. Philpott and Arthur
Schoelkopf. The burial was in Oakwood
cemetery.
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Abt 1845 - Abt 1894 (~ 49 years)