The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-11-26
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~ The following obituary notice o.
Mrs. Eunice. Parke Ia notice of whose
death will be found in another eolumD) :,
we copy from the Montrose Pa, J Ia
dependent Repsbliean. Mrs p. has
many relatives and friends residing In
this place.
Mrs. Parke was the daughter of Will
lam Champlin, Of Westerly, Il Island,
born in 1868, married to Col. Thomas
Parke, in 1900, and came to the farm
on which she died { (Parkevilla) in 1901,
when the whole country north Of Wyo-
ming was wilderness. As her child
hood and youth was spent in the midst
of the turmoil and conflict Of the Revo-
lutionary war, separated for more than
two years from her father and a portion
of his family, who we're prisoners in
Newport, while it was garrisoned by the
British, SO the mature part of her life
was spent in rearing numerous family
amid the privations of a new country.
She saw the birth, the infancy, the man
hood Of this nation passed through
three generations, and lived until her
children's grand children arose to call
her blessed. Though her sight was
nearly gone, her health was generally
good, her mind to the last unimpaired !;
and her recollection, especially of the
scenes and events Of her early life per-
fectly clear and accurate.
Though the change from her New
England home and its refined society, to
a log cabin in the forest, almost without
society, was, to one of her age, very
great, yet believing that her path was
marked out, and her lot in life cast by
Him who cannot err who has joined
our truest and most enduring pleasure
with the conscientious performance of
our duty, the whole tenor of her life was
active, self-denying, lowly, and single
minded, spent in the Jealous discharge
of her duty, in that state of life into which
it has pleased God to call her, SO that
not only her family, but all who knew
her, testified that she was an aifectionate
kind, and faithful wife, mother, friend,
and neighbor.
Mrs. Pa1ke had in early life been
trained in the faith of the founder of
Rhode Island-Roger Williams--bpt
when she made public profession of
she with her husband joined the
Episcopal Church of which she remain
ed a member until her death. Her
christian life was quiet, unobtrusive,
steady, and peaceful Her heart was
an altar upon which the incense of
love and gratitude, kindness and affec-
ton, was continually burning; while
her life, by the consistent tenor of al
quiet holy walk, was a constant hymn of
praise to her Saviour. For her, Death
had no terrors. For several of her last
years she bad quietly and peacefully,
though with cheerfulness and resignation
awaited the summons, The master is
come and calloth for thee" She knew
in whom she had believed, to whom she
had committed her soul, and often said,
/" l cannot be mistaken, He will keep
me in safety" Her last end was befit-
ting her life and trust calm, tranquil
and peaceful Like the sun setting
gently in his gilded couch, her life pass
ed away-the taper quietly burned out.
She had no pain Of body or anxiety of
mind Conscious to the last, her faith
waivered not. She regarded the grave
as merely the necessary passage way
from this world to the next. and though
under ground, she said " it was not dark
to her, the lamp of promise hung on this
side, and glory shone at the other"