The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-06
Mrs. Margaret A. MeCaGrey.

With heartfelt sorrow We record the death OF
this exemplary Christian lady, which occurred
in Wheeling from Acute PhthiSis, on Monday
evening December 2sth, 1865, at 81 o'clock, at
the residence of her father, James Quigg, Esq,
Oh Quincy street.
Mrs. McCaffrey was born October, 1884, near
Baltimore, Maryland, where her father then re-
sided In 1910 following the fortunes of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad westward, he re-
moved TO the vicinity Of Cumberland, where,
before she was twelve years OF age little Mar.
garet first tasted the cup OF deep sorrow ana
witnessed the shadow of great grief lall upon
her fathers household by the death Oh her
mother Thus bereaved, and thirstiOg Tor the
return of demonstrative love, God sent into the
family a welcome comforter to light up her
Young heart, and the name OF this comforter
was the lost name-MOther! How dutiiul the
child how devoted the mother; and how strong
the confidence and tender the love which ell
deared them one to the other, twenty long years
have shown, and a de2th-sed has beautifully
attested.
From Cumberland her father came to Wheel.
ing in 1853 where he has since resided and wit
messed tho growth OF his children to maturity.
In 1856. she was married to the late +. j. Nc
Catlrey a gentleman in the service OF the Bal
timorc aIC Ohio Railroad Company, and pos
sessng a very high order OF business skill.
Four wears after the date OF his marriage, Mr..
McCailrey quit the service OF the hoaG, ana re-
moved TO Covington kentucky, where he rcsid.
cd until the time of his death. He died of Pull.
monary tuberculosis, January, ls66, and his
remains now sleep i'll Cathedral Church yard,
Baltimore. ,.cr
frey returned to Wheeling and took up her
permanent abode with her aged and inirm
parents and made them happy every day by
her quiet presence, willing heart, and ever ready
hands
vacancies there is another vacant chair to sad.
dea.the hearts which miss her at home; but her
memory will be cherished as the memory of a
kind and gentle lady-a good Chlld-a devoted
sister, whose character was spotleSS. Her moral
worth coupled with the kind and generous i'm
pulses of her heart rendered her one of the
noblest of true women. Her intercourse with
her friends and acquaintance was always ehar-
acterized by the stristest integrity. She loved
unOstentatiOn, truth and candOr. DlSnlhed ard
self.possessed size always commanded respect,
was loved by all who knew her; and in every re-
latiOn of life the goodness of her nature was
dominant-geCtle and aifectiOnate she dltluSed
happiness all around her.
She was devoted to her Church, which, by her
death, has lost one of its brightest ornaments in
this community. During her illness, which en-
braccd period Of three months she was visit
ed by her friends from all directions. There
came some even from distant States, TO tender
their kindly offices and attest their continued
regard but, above all, was the consolation she
derived from the daily visits of the Clergymen
the Res. Father Duggan in particular. These
sustained her confidence while the hesh was
weak and made easy and beautliut her passage
to death. by the blessing oil AlInlShty uod'
she suffered but little pain during her illness
and to the last preserved all her lucidity Of
mind. IL is a remarkable fact that she never
missed the sound of the AngslUS, whose solemn
notes, mt o'clock on the evening OF her death,
were responded to by her prayer and blessing.
Just before her dissolution, in response TO the
offer of q medicine to appease cough, she said,
" Wait moment, and let us see what the dear
Lord will do forme - and II was only moment
until the slackened cord which bound her to life
was broken forever! and her happy spirit re-
turned to God WHO gave Tito honor MS name on
earth.
On the announcement of the sad event to her
far-of friends in Kentucky, Sarlands and cross
es of sweet flowers, emblematical OF the purity
of her life, were hurried forward BY them TO
adOrn her body for the grave. She had request.
ed simple burial, and her wish was as closely
cOmpled with as the hearts of her friends could
allow. On the morning OF the last day of the
year, NJ o'clock, her body was borne to the
Cathedral, followed by Catholics and Protest.
ants, and placed in front of the altar, where the
serN ice of requiem Mass was performed by her
relative, the Rev. ID. OConner, of Clarksburg,
assisted by the Revs. Sullivan and Duggan.
During this very solemn service, her favUrite
hymu-the same that was sung at the funeral of
her husband, was sung by the choir: Angels
ever bright and fair, and the refrain" Take,
Oh take her to thy care, was clothed in such
sweet pathos-was so appropriately and touch.
ingly sent back upon the hearts of the audience,
that the occasion will long be remembered by
the hundreds of friends who there came up
together TO pay tribute OF respect to her
memory.
AT the close of the Mass the venerable Bishop
Whelan, who had known the deceased from her
infancy, came into the altar and read from st.
Paul's lst Epistle TO the Thessalonians the
Ith chapter beginning with the l2th verse. The
instructions which no derived from this Scrip
ture WERE that il was not only the privilege of
the Church, but their duty to pray for the
dead-that Christ died both for the living and
the dead. 1t was not the custom of the Catholic
Church TO eulogize the dead, but merely 10 use
the occasion of death to urge the Importance of
the faithful discharge of every Christian duty.
lie said she whose death had called them to-
eether, needed no eulogy at his hands, for the
highest honor which could be paid her memory
was the sorrowing heart Of her aged father and
the tears of her who had come TO be the
mother of the orphans-these had said " Well
cone. my child" Her character could be ex.
pressed in single sentence: she had practiced
every virtue: and died peaceful as she had lived.
The bishop then blest the body, after which 1t
was glTeH in charge of the bearers, and, as they
sang
Ohlldren OF the Heavenly King,
AS We Journey let us sing"
her precious remains were deposited in the
Catholic Cemetery, near WheeIipg Thursday
December 3lst, side by side with the ashes OF
Thus lived and died Mrs. Marraro. Nocaf
frey, aged "a years and months. a -A0e"'
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