Testament

In Marion, was probated the last will and testament of Warren G. Harding. It was dated June 20, 1923. It was drawn by Attorney General Daugherty and witnessed by Mr. Daugherty, George B. Christian, Jr., and Charles E. Hard of Portsmouth, O. Charles D. Schaffner, President of the Marion County Bank, was named executor and trustee.

The bequests:

To Mrs. Florence Kling Harding, the widow, the earnings of a trust fund of $100,000 worth of Government bonds and of his stock in the Harding Publishing Co., during her lifetime; also his personal property and his homestead on Mount Vernon Avenue.

To Dr. George Tryon Harding, his father, for life, income of a trust fund of $50,000 in Government bonds and the use of the residence property he now occupies.

To each of his nephews and nieces, $10,000.

To the grandsons of his wife, Jean de Wolfe and George de Wolfe, $2,000.

To the editor of the Marion Star, $2,000.

To the circulation manager and business manager, $1,000 each.

To the Park Commission of Marion "for the creation of some permanent improvement," $25,000.

To the Trinity Baptist Church of Marion, $2,000.

To St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Marion, $1,000.

To his brother, George Tryon Harding, Jr., and to his sisters, Charity M. Rensberg, Abigail V. Harding and Carolyn Votaw, the residue of his estate, divided share and share alike. The principal of the trust funds for Mrs. Harding and for Dr. Harding will be similarly divided at the respective deaths of those persons. The sisters, on Dr. Harding's death, will also receive title to the house whose use the Doctor is given.

Mrs. Harding was requested to give a ring and watch to each of the three sons of his brother and to bestow other gifts and souvenirs as she may see fit.

The will also declared:

" I request that no part of my estate shall be expended for a monument other than a simple marker for my grave."