The daily gazette., 1882-01-13
From the Smyrna Times.
s'Death Loves q SHINING HEark." /"

On Thursday last, Jan. 6th, at o A
NJ, death, with bis silent foot, enter
ed the portals OF Woodlawn, the resi-
dence OF Geo. w. Cmmins, near thi
town and bore thence to the paradis,
ofGod, the spirit of her who iol
nearly twenty years had been th,
households most precious and highly
cherished treausure-Mrs. Am
DENNY.
| Mrs. Denny was born at Leipsic
Kent county, Del, on Jan. l, 1778
and consequently had just entered
her l05th year, and though she had
seen so many years, she died not Of
old age, but Of q cold Of several days
duration, which developed into con.
gestlon Of the lungs. Mrs. Denny was
born in the days when our heroic
forefathers were 90 nobiy struggling
tor that blessed liberty which we now
enjoy. Thus she was older than the
government under which we live and
her childhood was spent in the days
when our public men were noted for
that purity of life for which she her-
self was so distinguished.
She was the daughter of Emanuel
Stout and Mary Griffin, his wife and
the sister of the late Judge Stout, OF
this county. During her childhood
the family attended the old .Presby-
terian church which formerly stood
just south OF this town, and she WIS
baptized therein in her infancy. We
may mention as pleasing incident
of her childhood, that she and many
others gathered in Wilmington to
greet Gen. Washington as he passed
through to his first Inauguration as
President of the United States and
when the. Great man came opposite to
her attracted probably by that sweet.
ness Of expression which was always
hers, he stopped, took her in his arms
and kissed her. In early wooman-
hood Mrs. Denny becams a mem ber
of the Society Of Friends, aud cons
tinued her connection Herewith un-
til she went to join the Great Society
Of Friends of Christ which is above.
On the 10th day of October, 1897,
Ann Stout was married to William
Denny a prominent farmer and highly
respected citizen of this vicinity.
About the year 1914 Mr. Denny re-
moved TO New Garden township,
Chester county, Pa, where he died on
Feb. II, 1915, leaving his widow, til IN
only thirty eight years old, with seven
children, all minors, TO rear aud edu-
cate. They had 10 all nine children,
three of whom survive their mother.
William Denny left his widow a
moderate fortune, which time proved
could not have been left in wiser
hands, for she SO managed it 80 as to
be able to educate her children at our
best institutions Of learning, and to
crafty their every reasonable desire.
After the death of her husband, she
moved to Wilmington for the purpose
OF educating her children. Having
accomplished that object she returned
to her native county. She built the
dwelling on We jdlawp, the present
residence of Geo. w. Cummins, and
resided there with her daughter Sarah
until 1851, when she again moved to
Wilmington, Having resided there a
few years, she and her maiden dauqh>
ter went to live in Philadelphia, where
she continued to reside until the death
Of that daughter in 1864. since which
time she has been o member Of the
family of her son-in-law, Geo. w.
Cummins. Here, in tho midst OF
loved and loving ones, she was the cen-
ire OF attraction and the light of the
household.
Mrs. Denny was most remarkable
woman In every sense Of the word
remarkable for her physical constitu
tion, which enabled her TO attain such
great age with strength but lutte d.
minished; more remarkab able for the
vigor Of her mind which she retained
unimpalred TO the last moment of her
life, and her memory being clear as TO
events OF each successive year that had
rolled over her; and most remarkable of
all Tor her sweetness of disposition and
lovely Christian character. None OF
the family at Woodlawn children,
grandchildren, or servants-ever re-
eeived from her harsh word, or an
unkind look, and her love for the Mas
ter was as pure and trustful as that OF a
/ little child tor It's mother. She said TO
her daughter 3 short time since, II am
trying to wait patiently for the SUM-
mons, only afraid | may become impa
tient." The ''imp silence" never came,
and when the "suBmons" did, We feel
sure she was t'ready."
The following extract from letter
written by an old friend TO the family
since her death, referring to his last
visit, shows the estimation In which she
was held by those who knew her best !:
alt seemed to me then-and 1t Is a
deepened sense now-as If she had so
long been at the heavenly portal that
she was breathing even then the atmos-
phere Of the New Jerusalem; as il she
had at least caught some glimpse of the
King In His beauty, and that though
her feet were on the earth yet her con-
Versation was.i Heaven. Do you re-
member the message she gave me ?
Tell my friends she said, shat have
q beautiful home here, but that | desire
so to live that ! may be ready and will
ing to leave it whenever the message
may be sent to me-"
For several years her most intimate
friends, the writer among the mum Der,
have gathered on her birthday, al
| WOODLAND, to pay their respects and to
bring renewed ass uranees of their love
FOR her. When he took her dear hand
on the . inst. to bid 'fareWe ell" he ex
pressed the hope that they might msei
again on hsr next anniversary she re
piled, II neither hope for nor expec,
it." Little did the company of friends
who gathered around her on that day