MABEL BELL GETS TELEPHONE INVENTOR'S 'ENTIRE ESTATE'
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On September 14, 1922, "the will of Alexander Graham Bell*, inventor of the telephone, was filed ... for probate."
The Evening Star reports that Mr. Bell "leaves his entire estate...to his widow, Mabel Gardiner Bell**, absolutely and without conditions."
Executors of the inventor's will include Mrs. Bell and his cousin Charles G. Bell. The will was executed in Nova Scotia in 1898.
*Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland & became interested in the science of sound because his mother & wife were deaf.
**Mabel Gardiner Hubbard Bell (1857-1923) was born in Cambridge, MA & became her husband's most important influence. She lost her hearing at age 4 due to complications of scarlet fever.
SOURCES
"Alexander Graham Bell," Ducksters, www.ducksters.com/
"Dr. Bell Leaves Entire Estate To His Widow," The Evening Star, September 14, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
