Famous Givers and Their GiftsBolton, Sarah Knowles
History
Famous Givers and Their Gifts
Bolton, Sarah Knowles
Philanthropists
Formerly a resident of Cleveland, but in later years a manufacturer at
Toronto, Canada, at his death, in the spring of 1896, left a million
dollars in charities. To Victoria College, Toronto, $200,000, all but
$50,000 as an endowment fund. This $50,000 is to be used for building a
home for the women students. To each of two other colleges, $100,000,
and to each of two more, $50,000, one of the latter being the new
American University at Washington, D.C. To the Salvation Army, Toronto,
$5,000. To the Fred Victor Mission, to provide missionary nurses to go
from house to house in Toronto, and care for the sick and the needy,
$10,000. Many thousands were given to churches and various homes, and
$10,000 to ministers worn out in service. To Mr. D. L. Moody's schools
at Northfield, Mass., $10,000. Many have given to this noble institution
established by the great evangelist, and it needs and deserves large
endowments. The Frederick Marquand Memorial Hall, brick with gray stone
trimmings, was built as a dormitory for one hundred girls, in 1884, at
a cost of $67,000. Recitation Hall, of colored granite, was built in
1885, at a cost of $40,000, and, as well as some other buildings, was
paid for out of the proceeds of the Moody and Sankey hymn-books. Weston
Hall, costing $25,000, is the gift of Mr. David Weston of Boston.
Talcott Library, a beautiful structure costing $20,000, with a capacity
for forty thousand volumes, is the gift of Mr. James Talcott of New
York, who, among many other benefactions, has erected Talcott Hall at
Oberlin College, a large and handsome boarding-hall for the young women.
CATHARINE LORILLARD WOLFE.
In the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, one sees an
interesting picture of this noted giver, painted by Alexander Cabanel,
commander of the Legion of Honor, and professor in the École des Beaux
Arts of Paris.
Miss Wolfe, who was born in New York, March 8, 1828, and died in New
York, April 4, 1887, at the age of fifty-nine, was descended from an old
Lutheran family, her great-grandfather, John David Wolfe, coming to this
country from Saxony in 1729. Two of his four children, David and
Christopher, served with credit in the War of the Revolution. After the
war, David and a younger brother were partners in the hardware business,
and their sons succeeded them.
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