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Show . . ., ,, . ed some of hi experiences.and the incident inci-dent of his conversion to Christianity in hii early life. Upon obtaining his freedom free-dom he came to this city and bought a mall fartj npoti what was then the outskirts out-skirts of the city, and which has since been built up into ths fine residence section sec-tion now bounded by Park avenue, Brighton avenue, Meigs and Rowley streets. Altbongh real estate speculator reaped soinebf the benefit of the tremendous tre-mendous increase in the value of this property, Mr. Jeffries was at his death a rich man. lie lived to the advanced age of 90 years. His wife and four children survive him. The exact value of his estate es-tate is not known, but it is certainly over fCO.OOG. Rochester Post-Express. From Slavery to Affluence. The will of the late Roswell J. Jeffries has been admitted to probate by Surrogate Surro-gate Adlington. The deceased was a slave before the war, and often relatod ia the prayer meetings which he attend- |