The daily union., 1852-12-14
sketch or the Countess Rumford.

| Miss Sarah Thompson the Countess OF Rumford. as
before stated, died al Concord, n H., the Cd inst
On the 5th the Rev Dr. Bouton delivered discourse
the death OF the Countess the following extract from
which forms interesting bios raphy;
Yesterday few family friends and aequainanees fol-
lowed the grave aged lady, known among the
Countess Rumford But whence did she derive that IL
lie Of nobility Who was she What was her origin
| andsher history The Countess Rumford was a grand
daughter OF Rev, Timothy Walker, the brs minister OF
this Town. She was the only daughter Of Benjamin
Thompson, formerly resident OF this town. and
born spot where she died. October IS 77i Her faith
remarkable for his native talent and enteprIsr. came
to this town from Wnburn, Mass. teacher in l772.
and marrying the eldest daughter--then widow-of
Rev. MIR Walker, settled among But AS the OF
the revolution being suspected of principles and
feelings adverse 10 the American cause he was obliged
flee for safety. first to his native town. and then TO
Boston, under the protection OF the British, whence he
was soon after sent by Gen Gage as the bearer OF de-
spatches 10 England Attracting the attention OF the
government there, he found honorable employment till
the close OF the revolutionary war Soon after that l7s3
Bavaria, and employed by him in various services.
civil and military in whcn he acquired most honorable
distinction.
Residing awhile at Munich the capital of Bavaria, he
became distinguished Tor his efforts suppress the sys
tenn of vagrancy and mendicty. which bad become
the Eeeo he
Of the Holy Roman Empire" with pension settled on
him for life Of nearly $4,000 annually. To this title he
ia this town, which formerly called by that name.
About the year 1885, he sent request 10 his daughter in
TINS country, 10 meet London which she did-h0r
mother having previously deceased 1892, aged fftytwo
years Subsequently the daughter attended and shared
the fortune OF her father until his death 10 France, in
1914 The and changes in her eventfu life ia
many respects remarkable. The forsaken infant of
prosecuted father, fleeing from unmerited reproach and
insult ior protection from an enemy he had opposed in
armsan orphan by the decease OF the only parent left
to protect her. orsaking the home OF her childhood to
pass an isolated life with her paernal grandmother in
counterng the pers Of The Atlantic, at the call Of an
exiled, and 10 her long athera resident Of the
capital Of Bavaria, when Munich was about to be bona
barded by the Austrian army, and which alone pre-
vented by the stern energy Of her father that time the
commander n-chief OF the Bavaran foces-the caressed
daughter OF one honored among the learned savans
Of Europe, and received among the Ais Of the sa-
looms Of Paris-douby orphan in foreign land,
and thence inheriting the estates and titles OF her
Understanding to England and settling upon the
lpaernal estate at Brompton, the English metrop
lolis-receiving at will the attentions of the lterati Of
to all the nqueiude naturally the result of the revou
tons and the counter revolutions OF the tickle govern
ment and people OF Francehe Countess Rumord after
long absence, returned in 1s45 from her soioun in for
egn lands, TO end fe's pilgrimage in her native State,
upon the spot haowed by the Affections OF father, the
shShonS aad se sd Ss
where she born the Sd OF December instant aged
7s years The countess never married, but left her
chief mourner adopted daughter who assduousy and
affeconatey waited her in the nrmites OF age, in
her last sickness and death. The countess left very
considerable property, which she has saved from her
fathers estates and from pension OF nearly 1000
nua that she received for nearly forty years from the
Bayaran government in consideration of her fathers
services. The last years of her life spent in quiet
retirement, enjoying the social intercourse of few fam
friends and acquaintance She iasefully ornamented
with trees and shrubbery the grounds about her resi-
dence and mindful doubt by her own experience
of the trials and sorrows which orphans are subject
she in her last will made charitable disposition Of
large portion of her property, and particularly is
ders,ood, the place where she resided and the
of about e. 5000 for the establishment there OF asy
nm for widows and female orphan children of Concord.
Her remains inferred in the old burying- ground by
the side OF her mother and the graves of the Walker
family.