The North Alabamian
Tuscumbia Ala
Sept 8 1837
Obituary
Died, at her residence in this county, on the 17th ultima, Mrs. Susan E. Reilly, in the 37th year of her age, relict of the late Capt. James T. Reilly, and daughter of the late Col. James T. Sandford, of Maury Co., Tenn.
No family, within the bounds of an extensive acquaintance, has the writer known to suffer so severely by death, in the same period, as that of Mrs. Reilly. A few years since, her warm hearted, amiable, and pious husband, sunk into the grave; then her venerable and highly respected father; shortly afterwards, several sisters; then two lovely daughters, one of them leaving two sweet children. (both since dead.) and the other a blooming girl who withered away slowly from earth; and she too has gone to rejoin the society of those she so fondly loved below, whilst five of her youngest children are left, to drop the orphan's tear, and feel the orphan's fate. Mysterious Providence: wise and just, surely, but how inexplicable!
Mrs. Reilly's character is soon told. It needs no apology--it shall receive no eulogy but that which facts confer. In her domestic and private relations she was whatever a wife, mother, and mistress, should be. Affectionate, attentive prudent, and sincere, she was a pattern of domestic virtue, worthy of universal imitation. She was a good neighbor, a warm friend, to the poor a benefactress, to the sick a sympathizing and welcome visitor. Having suffered, she knew how to feel for others. But the crowning virtue of her life was her Piety. She was a Christian. In early life she professed religion, and united herself with the Presbyterian Church; and although her opportunities of waiting upon the ministry of her own denomination were of late years "few and far between," yet piety had with her become a principle, and its practice habitual. She honored her profession. Gentleness, resignation, and kindness, were so blended with the firmness and consistency of deportment as to give stability to her purposes and dignity to her character.
A life thus exemplary and useful ensured a peaceful exit. She died as she had lived. Short was her passage from health to the tomb, and severe her sufferings, yet she murmured not, she repined not, nor seemed taken by surprise, but calmly and submissively breathed out her spirit at the command of her God and is doubtless gone to join the thronged hosts that worship in the upper sanctuary.
The editor of the Columbia Tenn Observer is requested to copy the above notice into his paper.
Tuscumbia Ala
Sept 8 1837
Obituary
Died, at her residence in this county, on the 17th ultima, Mrs. Susan E. Reilly, in the 37th year of her age, relict of the late Capt. James T. Reilly, and daughter of the late Col. James T. Sandford, of Maury Co., Tenn.
No family, within the bounds of an extensive acquaintance, has the writer known to suffer so severely by death, in the same period, as that of Mrs. Reilly. A few years since, her warm hearted, amiable, and pious husband, sunk into the grave; then her venerable and highly respected father; shortly afterwards, several sisters; then two lovely daughters, one of them leaving two sweet children. (both since dead.) and the other a blooming girl who withered away slowly from earth; and she too has gone to rejoin the society of those she so fondly loved below, whilst five of her youngest children are left, to drop the orphan's tear, and feel the orphan's fate. Mysterious Providence: wise and just, surely, but how inexplicable!
Mrs. Reilly's character is soon told. It needs no apology--it shall receive no eulogy but that which facts confer. In her domestic and private relations she was whatever a wife, mother, and mistress, should be. Affectionate, attentive prudent, and sincere, she was a pattern of domestic virtue, worthy of universal imitation. She was a good neighbor, a warm friend, to the poor a benefactress, to the sick a sympathizing and welcome visitor. Having suffered, she knew how to feel for others. But the crowning virtue of her life was her Piety. She was a Christian. In early life she professed religion, and united herself with the Presbyterian Church; and although her opportunities of waiting upon the ministry of her own denomination were of late years "few and far between," yet piety had with her become a principle, and its practice habitual. She honored her profession. Gentleness, resignation, and kindness, were so blended with the firmness and consistency of deportment as to give stability to her purposes and dignity to her character.
A life thus exemplary and useful ensured a peaceful exit. She died as she had lived. Short was her passage from health to the tomb, and severe her sufferings, yet she murmured not, she repined not, nor seemed taken by surprise, but calmly and submissively breathed out her spirit at the command of her God and is doubtless gone to join the thronged hosts that worship in the upper sanctuary.
The editor of the Columbia Tenn Observer is requested to copy the above notice into his paper.
The North Alabamian
Tuscumbia Ala
Sept 8 1837
Obituary
Died, at her residence in this county, on the 17th ultima, Mrs. Susan E. Reilly, in the 37th year of her age, relict of the late Capt. James T. Reilly, and daughter of the late Col. James T. Sandford, of Maury Co., Tenn.
No family, within the bounds of an extensive acquaintance, has the writer known to suffer so severely by death, in the same period, as that of Mrs. Reilly. A few years since, her warm hearted, amiable, and pious husband, sunk into the grave; then her venerable and highly respected father; shortly afterwards, several sisters; then two lovely daughters, one of them leaving two sweet children. (both since dead.) and the other a blooming girl who withered away slowly from earth; and she too has gone to rejoin the society of those she so fondly loved below, whilst five of her youngest children are left, to drop the orphan's tear, and feel the orphan's fate. Mysterious Providence: wise and just, surely, but how inexplicable!
Mrs. Reilly's character is soon told. It needs no apology--it shall receive no eulogy but that which facts confer. In her domestic and private relations she was whatever a wife, mother, and mistress, should be. Affectionate, attentive prudent, and sincere, she was a pattern of domestic virtue, worthy of universal imitation. She was a good neighbor, a warm friend, to the poor a benefactress, to the sick a sympathizing and welcome visitor. Having suffered, she knew how to feel for others. But the crowning virtue of her life was her Piety. She was a Christian. In early life she professed religion, and united herself with the Presbyterian Church; and although her opportunities of waiting upon the ministry of her own denomination were of late years "few and far between," yet piety had with her become a principle, and its practice habitual. She honored her profession. Gentleness, resignation, and kindness, were so blended with the firmness and consistency of deportment as to give stability to her purposes and dignity to her character.
A life thus exemplary and useful ensured a peaceful exit. She died as she had lived. Short was her passage from health to the tomb, and severe her sufferings, yet she murmured not, she repined not, nor seemed taken by surprise, but calmly and submissively breathed out her spirit at the command of her God and is doubtless gone to join the thronged hosts that worship in the upper sanctuary.
The editor of the Columbia Tenn Observer is requested to copy the above notice into his paper.
Tuscumbia Ala
Sept 8 1837
Obituary
Died, at her residence in this county, on the 17th ultima, Mrs. Susan E. Reilly, in the 37th year of her age, relict of the late Capt. James T. Reilly, and daughter of the late Col. James T. Sandford, of Maury Co., Tenn.
No family, within the bounds of an extensive acquaintance, has the writer known to suffer so severely by death, in the same period, as that of Mrs. Reilly. A few years since, her warm hearted, amiable, and pious husband, sunk into the grave; then her venerable and highly respected father; shortly afterwards, several sisters; then two lovely daughters, one of them leaving two sweet children. (both since dead.) and the other a blooming girl who withered away slowly from earth; and she too has gone to rejoin the society of those she so fondly loved below, whilst five of her youngest children are left, to drop the orphan's tear, and feel the orphan's fate. Mysterious Providence: wise and just, surely, but how inexplicable!
Mrs. Reilly's character is soon told. It needs no apology--it shall receive no eulogy but that which facts confer. In her domestic and private relations she was whatever a wife, mother, and mistress, should be. Affectionate, attentive prudent, and sincere, she was a pattern of domestic virtue, worthy of universal imitation. She was a good neighbor, a warm friend, to the poor a benefactress, to the sick a sympathizing and welcome visitor. Having suffered, she knew how to feel for others. But the crowning virtue of her life was her Piety. She was a Christian. In early life she professed religion, and united herself with the Presbyterian Church; and although her opportunities of waiting upon the ministry of her own denomination were of late years "few and far between," yet piety had with her become a principle, and its practice habitual. She honored her profession. Gentleness, resignation, and kindness, were so blended with the firmness and consistency of deportment as to give stability to her purposes and dignity to her character.
A life thus exemplary and useful ensured a peaceful exit. She died as she had lived. Short was her passage from health to the tomb, and severe her sufferings, yet she murmured not, she repined not, nor seemed taken by surprise, but calmly and submissively breathed out her spirit at the command of her God and is doubtless gone to join the thronged hosts that worship in the upper sanctuary.
The editor of the Columbia Tenn Observer is requested to copy the above notice into his paper.
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