Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-10-11
OBITUARY..

D'c"' W fankID county, on 2ath ult. after we're
anu P,o''a'ied suffering i,om pulmonary dis.as
Mrs. MARY HALE wife Of Mr., John lI,I,. md elias
osaet'"r OF Col Joab Early. In the death of hi,
esmabIo la1y, We receive another, among the man,
lessons, Of The usrcfta"iy Of all earthly happiness
aud the truth OF The sentiment
That man nude 10 mourn
DePr'veh oi htr mother al tho ago Of II }eafs she
assumed The diff u task OF peio ,nng all the d,'ies
winch devolved upon mother, To her youngc, bro
lhe's aud sisters; and they will how tahiullv
she performed thcn. She was a duiful ,nup liter
ahDd s'ttrr an aiieciionae vile, and devoted parent.
iier friends have the dehgh consolation 10 be-
liose that what Is their loss Is eain-,hat she 10
40" mhgltng her Voice With that angelic .ihrone
winch continually siNg the anthems al redeen,inp
love, The word, heard tron her d yng lips were
Happy happy, harpy -
From The tallahassee Star.
Died, q" 81. Josephs, on the IL h July. Mrs NAN
cr DuvAL, wife Of Governor Duval of tins CIV
MIS- Duva' was on VISIT 10 n beloved daughter in
tending TO spe Il the summer months, IN the absence
III 6"'. Duval NJ Washington, aud antlcip ulnr
bsn'hI 10 Ter health, (which had been somew Ia,
impa'rcd) iiom the II Hence OF sea air and sea
bahng ButR mysterious Providence has ordered
otherwise. few days after her arrival, thu fatal
malady broke out, by winch she fell Of It's first
victims. IL IN an even, which has wrapped ,his
whole community IN mourning. Where Ms. Du-
val has been long known, she was beloved by ali I;
lof she was lIuiy he mother Of society al Talia-
hassee.
When The seat Of the Territorial Government, wa,
located ~ 1921, tins was unbr Ken Wide ness,
IA ablcd only by the native sons of the iorrs,--
Governor Duval was among the FIST sciilets aud
beipR tr .Wt0 Indian agent, the Indians looked up
10 hun for protection and support. lis II nuence
aud control over them, II, that period is matter Of
history. But hat OF Mrs. Dnya not less
In her they nei with n kindness and condrscenslon
winch inspired IN their rugged bosoms an mprcs.
sion ihal she was being OF superior order. They
~e,e devoted To be, service, and To be permitted TO
furnish her with game, and 10 teach her sons 10
hunt, and practice Their Wild OF living as
great piNii'ee and such was The estimation OF some
Of the che Is Tor her, thatu is believed, her presence
al any Iine during the present Seminole Wal would
have awtd aud controlled them, aud insured pro.
lecli"n TO he,sed and any oil her family.
When the Indians pete removed further to the
South. ~ emigration tiop The States b, gan TO as
sumo more polished AID l. shonabe caste, Cover.
nor Du,al's house was IN n measure head quarters.
LIS purse aud ores we've OF en- 10 The ed,
his hospaltes To alt; and thus from HE pos anon ui
Mrs. ID. state OF society grew up around her, re-
ce"lng a tone and impulse from her .xample, which
will long character re II, above all other new
tied countr.s
To mind OF superior order Mrs. Dnyal had al
ded by long course Of well selected and judiciOus
reading, particularly history and travels, ioT which
she had a great iondness, fund Of useful and en-
teiialune information, which rendered her alike an
such was The simplicity of her manners that the
young often forgetting the disarce which age had
placed between them. sought her as freud aud
lonfdant As aneig Dor, she was kind, sincere and
charitable always cheerful and uniform IN lcr tempe,
aud drporlmeni and never permitting her mind be
disturbed by any OF the Iiile unlOwsrd incidents in
the cheque,ed path fife.
But II was IN the quiet domestic circle Of her n.
nla5!e family, that all her virtues were shown TO
the best advantage, and wheI she would be seen to
he known aud properly appreciated. Her reI'g ion
was deep aud abiding principle OF the sou breath
ing through her every action not IN AN 0stenla-
ious display u great rieiy, but practical acts. mani
tested IN all the social rel ,iions of life. Sue de-
voted and untirng IN the performance OF all The du
Ties 81 " lie and moher-kind, cousjeiate aud iur
bear ng towards her seVanls-doing good TO all,
speaking evl Of none and with a conienied and ell
disciplined mind ,ackno~ Lodging the providence OF an
all gracious aud benefceni God, receiving his tes-
sings with cheenuIness, aud submitting his DIS.
pensalions without murmur. She a mem
ber IN communion, with any organized Church;
h,r Bible Was her creed; her closet her altar. Sue
has gone TO the society ii Angels IN Heaven, whilst
on earth large circle OF itieLds will long NOUN
her loss. To her bereaved children, she has IL
her vnluous aud useful example, which, when time
shall have worn oil the poi nancy Of heir grel they
Will delight and contemplate and follow. But what
consolation we offer 10 the husband, who had
learned for h'riy six years, TO contemplate her ~
his chief good, whose existence was interviewer itll
every fibre Of his heart, and who was not permit ed
IN the last hou, TO watch over her dying pillow and
CATCH her parting words " e Can ieel-We Can
sympa'hise-but Tor consolation. to "f1m who tenn
pers The WInGs 10 the shorn lamb" we commit hum
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