Abigail "Abby" Ann (Carter) Harned was the daughter of Daniel and Barbara Ann (Benscoter) Carter. She was the 1st wife of Rev. Henderson Gaylord Harned. They were married October 12, 1861. Rev. Harned died January 19, 1928.
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Northern Christian Advocate
August 30, 1888
HARNED - Mrs. A. A. Carter Harned, wife of H. G. Harned of Wyoming Conference, died at Carverton, Pennsylvania, July 23, 1888. She was born in Auburn, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, March 31, 1839. At about fifteen years of age she was converted and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church. October 12, 1861, she was married with Brother Harned, then a teacher. Soon after their marriage he entered the ministry, and found her an invaluable aid in all the multiplied cares and responsibilities of the itineracy. On every charge he has served Sister Harned held a high place in the esteem and love of the people, both for the excellence of her Christian character and her activity in church work. She was a model housekeeper and made her home exceedingly inviting and attractive. Her death was peaceful in the extreme. The closing hours were invested with delightful associations rather than terrible forebodings. With her husband and daughters, Lena and Hattie, she conversed with utmost cheerfulness until the last, when, bidding them good night, her eyes closed in slumber until the morning of the resurrection. The eldest daughter reached the parsonage too late to receive her mother's last words, but saw on her face the beautiful smile which told how happily she had passed away. The writer conducted the funeral services at Meshoppen, Pennsylvania, assisted by Rev. G. C. Lyman and Rev. W. H. Stang. The church was thronged with sorrowing friends, and at Retta Cemetery, the place of her interment, a large gathering of former acquaintances and associates testified, with tearful grief, their love for her memory and their sympathy for her husband and daughters, and the many others so sorely bereaved by her death.
Written by R. W. VanSchoick
Obituary
Northern Christian Advocate
August 30, 1888
HARNED - Mrs. A. A. Carter Harned, wife of H. G. Harned of Wyoming Conference, died at Carverton, Pennsylvania, July 23, 1888. She was born in Auburn, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, March 31, 1839. At about fifteen years of age she was converted and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church. October 12, 1861, she was married with Brother Harned, then a teacher. Soon after their marriage he entered the ministry, and found her an invaluable aid in all the multiplied cares and responsibilities of the itineracy. On every charge he has served Sister Harned held a high place in the esteem and love of the people, both for the excellence of her Christian character and her activity in church work. She was a model housekeeper and made her home exceedingly inviting and attractive. Her death was peaceful in the extreme. The closing hours were invested with delightful associations rather than terrible forebodings. With her husband and daughters, Lena and Hattie, she conversed with utmost cheerfulness until the last, when, bidding them good night, her eyes closed in slumber until the morning of the resurrection. The eldest daughter reached the parsonage too late to receive her mother's last words, but saw on her face the beautiful smile which told how happily she had passed away. The writer conducted the funeral services at Meshoppen, Pennsylvania, assisted by Rev. G. C. Lyman and Rev. W. H. Stang. The church was thronged with sorrowing friends, and at Retta Cemetery, the place of her interment, a large gathering of former acquaintances and associates testified, with tearful grief, their love for her memory and their sympathy for her husband and daughters, and the many others so sorely bereaved by her death.
Written by R. W. VanSchoick
Abigail "Abby" Ann (Carter) Harned was the daughter of Daniel and Barbara Ann (Benscoter) Carter. She was the 1st wife of Rev. Henderson Gaylord Harned. They were married October 12, 1861. Rev. Harned died January 19, 1928.
Obituary
Northern Christian Advocate
August 30, 1888
HARNED - Mrs. A. A. Carter Harned, wife of H. G. Harned of Wyoming Conference, died at Carverton, Pennsylvania, July 23, 1888. She was born in Auburn, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, March 31, 1839. At about fifteen years of age she was converted and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church. October 12, 1861, she was married with Brother Harned, then a teacher. Soon after their marriage he entered the ministry, and found her an invaluable aid in all the multiplied cares and responsibilities of the itineracy. On every charge he has served Sister Harned held a high place in the esteem and love of the people, both for the excellence of her Christian character and her activity in church work. She was a model housekeeper and made her home exceedingly inviting and attractive. Her death was peaceful in the extreme. The closing hours were invested with delightful associations rather than terrible forebodings. With her husband and daughters, Lena and Hattie, she conversed with utmost cheerfulness until the last, when, bidding them good night, her eyes closed in slumber until the morning of the resurrection. The eldest daughter reached the parsonage too late to receive her mother's last words, but saw on her face the beautiful smile which told how happily she had passed away. The writer conducted the funeral services at Meshoppen, Pennsylvania, assisted by Rev. G. C. Lyman and Rev. W. H. Stang. The church was thronged with sorrowing friends, and at Retta Cemetery, the place of her interment, a large gathering of former acquaintances and associates testified, with tearful grief, their love for her memory and their sympathy for her husband and daughters, and the many others so sorely bereaved by her death.
Written by R. W. VanSchoick
Obituary
Northern Christian Advocate
August 30, 1888
HARNED - Mrs. A. A. Carter Harned, wife of H. G. Harned of Wyoming Conference, died at Carverton, Pennsylvania, July 23, 1888. She was born in Auburn, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, March 31, 1839. At about fifteen years of age she was converted and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church. October 12, 1861, she was married with Brother Harned, then a teacher. Soon after their marriage he entered the ministry, and found her an invaluable aid in all the multiplied cares and responsibilities of the itineracy. On every charge he has served Sister Harned held a high place in the esteem and love of the people, both for the excellence of her Christian character and her activity in church work. She was a model housekeeper and made her home exceedingly inviting and attractive. Her death was peaceful in the extreme. The closing hours were invested with delightful associations rather than terrible forebodings. With her husband and daughters, Lena and Hattie, she conversed with utmost cheerfulness until the last, when, bidding them good night, her eyes closed in slumber until the morning of the resurrection. The eldest daughter reached the parsonage too late to receive her mother's last words, but saw on her face the beautiful smile which told how happily she had passed away. The writer conducted the funeral services at Meshoppen, Pennsylvania, assisted by Rev. G. C. Lyman and Rev. W. H. Stang. The church was thronged with sorrowing friends, and at Retta Cemetery, the place of her interment, a large gathering of former acquaintances and associates testified, with tearful grief, their love for her memory and their sympathy for her husband and daughters, and the many others so sorely bereaved by her death.
Written by R. W. VanSchoick
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March 31, 1839
July 23, 1888"
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