Show IS RICHE RICHEST ST WOMAN W 0 MAA i aa y mrs taylor daughter of former governor inherits millions death of mrs sarat sarah M flower widow of roswell P flower makes D daughter wealthiest woman in northern IN Y watertown water town N Y with the death in n this city of sarah if flower widow of the late governor roswell P flower the only living daughter mrs emma flower taylor becomes one of bue i richest if not the richest woman in northern new york while as yet mrs flowers will has not been filed for probate estimates of the value of the estate place the sum at a figure far exceeding and possibly close to double this sum that her daughter emma will inherit the greater part of this amount Is deemed likely mrs taylor who was them the wife of john byron taylor roi of this city I 1 whom she divorced but a few months ago I 1 to la already the richest woman in this section and her liberal expenditures of her riches for benevolent purposes have made her as well the most popular since the death of her father governor flower in 1899 at which time she inherited a considerable sum she has devoted her time to plit abllan lant acts and her charitable de deeds eds both public and private have been numberless the estate of governor flower at tho the time of his death was valued at in his will be made bequests amounting to and left the residue to be equally divided 46 b e tween his widow and his daughter by the terms of this will mrs taylor received over while mrs flower received an equal sum in addition to the fortune which she then possessed mrs flower was a daughter of norris AT and roxana woodruff mr woodruff ff was one of the pioneer settlers of this section where he be In invested a large amount during the early days of the settlement of the country lie he also went into land deals elsewhere with john jacob astor mrs flower upon the death of her father inherited no small sum governor and mrs airs flower had three children helen flower and henry keep flower both of whom are dead and emma gertrude flower taylor who now becomes heiress to thu combine fortunes of her father and mother what the entire sum buin will amount to Is problematical mrs airs taylor was born in this city march 23 1870 and the greater part of her girlhood was spent here although she lived at various times in albany new york and washington with her parents |