The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-11-18
Obituary.

DIED. or the 18th inst, in the 22i wear
ut her age, Mrs Many 4 CuSNngs. con
sort of 4. J. Cnnnors. Esq at the Residence.
of the latter in Lane ,srcr h. strict, =. C.
The subject "f this obitu-rv was a M.
tive of Charleston. =. G.. aud resided there
until her marriage. which occurred in Jan.
nary at the present wear Tier mai,icu nam.
Was DOYLE. The peculiar circumstances
Of her death. and its suddrnnrss. amidst
youth and cherri < prospects fr u Iii. "f
happiness and srinl cnin, n,rnt. /. NOR.
than ordinarily calru lated Ia -iiri, n p,,,, ,r
regret from her friends nn,i Ia effect dcrply
.he hcnrt-s,rings of these cnnnecird with
her by n nearer tic. No friend of her child
h"sd, aud no blood relation was with her
in the last hour, and vet, it will Ia. cvus,l
ing To these, ho wrfu necessarily drbarrcj
this melancholy pleasure. To knew that sh,
MAS moancd as II dutiful daughter. nm afI,c
tionaie sister and as n devoted ami mu,I
loved wife. Her married lif. WAS Ia MI an.
Pcar.nc"s happy one. devoid as il wa. Of
many Of the cares and Ills inciden, 10 NOR.
ia.lty. She VAS esicrinrd and lov. d by
her husband. and his splicitudr for her com
fort and happiness WAS r,inccd in number
less ways; and she had singul.rlv fastened
the affections and wnn the regard of each
membrr Of his family. With her ncw a-.
q""ini"ns"-, outside uf the fIu,iiy crvlr.,hr
was favorite. li-r social disposition. live
illness OF manner, her unassuminy d-port
mrni, marked by suihcicAcy Of dignity and
discretion, was such ~ would in her
friends wherever She moved. She pnSsrss-
ed many of the attributes of "a iru. woman.
rs MAS shown IN her domestic arrangements
and her general care and consideration for
the comfort Of others. From her =. fined
taste and conversational p 'wers. whici c,n
crd. upon OCCASION, u mind "f more Than or.
dinary intelligence, and her social dispo.i.
tion, she was calculated to wi-ld hraIhfuI
iniuvncs IN society. Bat her DAYS ar. cut
on IN The prime OF her ynu'h, and bv n
Providence, at whose insrruiiibc WAYS.
man should not murmrr. She cnj,vrd her
new life but little more than ten months.
Snd with but few hours warning she was
called 10 an account. But YESTERDAY. 80.
Was d"ing the honors of her hou>eh"ld, and
to-day she is shrouded in the hahi!inmcn,s
al the dead : Confined in the saurc icnc-
mcnt with its mother, and rcpoSng in her
arms, is the still born babe, the iirst and last
pledge "f her nuptial VOW,
''Shc's gone! for ever gone The king Of
SIors
And blasts her with his iccy breath"
And yet;
Death but path that must be ,rod.
II man would ever pass to Col"
The surviving friends Of III. deceased
are not as those who mourn without hope.
They have reason Ia believe that she was
n Christian 10y practice ~ well ~ bv pro-
iession. Her early associations were in
favor Of the Methods st Episcopal Church,
and "f that branch of the Christian Church.
she had become n member since her sojourn
in Lancaster. She died in the hope of a
blessed resurrection, and her friends are con.
hdent in the bslief that she is to-day. with
her lender babe. nm inhabitant 81 that realm.
Where pain and sorrow and death are felt
no more.
@ The Chsrle'ton Ners and Kingstrer
Star, viii please copy the above and for.
ward bills to this office.