The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-11-29
OBIT u A r Y d.
IN MEMORIAM.


Anderson, Jr.
The deceased was the daughter of the late
COL Samuel Mosby and his wife, Mary Mosby
of Hanover county, Va. where she was born
on the Oath day of November, 1905 so that she
was at the date of her death, in the 18th year
of her age On the I'd of November, 1925, she
was united in marriage with the husband who
now survives her, living with him nearly fifty
two years. There was born to them large
family of whom FIVE daughters and one son sur
vive the mother. Her parents were in affluent
circumstances, and their home was graced by
the liberal and elegant hospitality which marked
the homes of the wealthy and cultivated Vir-
gnians of that day. They were beloved and
respected by all who knew them for the virtue
and refinement which enabled them to exercise,
without arrogance, the almost semi-regal sway
of the master and mistress of large estate and
numerous slaves, and enjoy, without ostenta-
ton, the luxury and elegant leisure which fol-
lows the possession of large wealth.
The subject of this memorial was one of the
two last remaining members of her fathers fam
ily her youngest brother, Benz amin Mosby, of
De Soto county. Mississippi, being the other
Her eldest brother, John S. Mosby, late of
Natchez. Miss, long and favorably known in
the South West a successful educator of youth
and an earnest member of the Presbyterian
church. having died IN 1872. Her eldest sister
Mrs. Elizabeth Price, late of Richmond, Va
herself devoted member of the same church.
and the mother of family of sons, long and
favorably known for their sterling integrity
earnest piety and fine practical sense-one of
whom, Rev. P. B. Price, of High Bridge, Va
is a minister of the Presbyterian Church-had
many years since preceded her to the grave as
had also her two brothers, Dir. Joseph Mosby,
of Orange, N. j., and Overton A. Mosby, for
many years prominent merchant and consis-
tent member of the Presbyterian Church in
Richmond, Va. Or the 28th of July, 1870
near the place of her birth and amid scenes
which recalled sacred memories of earlier and
happier days this noble Christian woman was
called to bear one of the severest trials of her
life. And one which, perhaps, as much as any
other that ever occurred to her tested her Chris
tian fortitude. She then stood beside the death
bed of her beloved and loving youngest sister,
the late Mrs. Mary S. Shelton wife of W. c.
Shelton, Esq, of Hanover county, Va. The tie
that bound these two sisters was one of peculiar
tenderness, marked, on the one side, by COM
mingling of maternal and sisterly affection, and
on the other by flal and sisterly love. For
much of the early life of the younger sister had
been spent with the sister whose loving hands
now smoothed her dying pillow. Bereft of the
love OF father at early period of life, she
had found in the home of her brother-n-law
then wealthy and prosperous merchant in
Richmond, and his hIgh-toned Christian wife
the tender care OF the mother and the wise head
and firm hand of the father to shape and mould
into symmetrical grace and beauty one of the
loveliest Christian characters the writer has ever
known. This younger sister became herself the
mother Of large family, most of whom, with
her devoted husband, now survive her, and
died the quiet, peaceful death of the Christian
member Of the Baptist Church
have referred to the immediate relatives of
the deceased that it may be known what stock
she came from. And that the beautiful traits of
character which made her beloved by all who
knew her, owed their origin, in part at least to
the training and associations of her youth
But this was not ALL springing she did from
an ancestry distinguished for those virtues which
make true men and women, and growing up
among brothers and sisters i'll whom the same
virtues were perpetuated as some special Wig
or or peculiar richness of soil lifts the solitary
tree above its surroundings; as some flower in a
garden of roses seems kissed by more genial
sunlight watered by more generous showers
and glows with brighter hue and Yields a
sweeter fragrance so there seemed to concen-
trate in this woman those virtues and graces
whose tout ensemble form the highest grade of
human character. Nature had endowed her
with an amia5le disposition, calm in veal and
cheerful and hopeful In woe sterling integri-
ty high sense of right and Justice and warm
heart full Of generous impulses and tender SYM
pathies Now take this character and throw
around it the Christian graces of meekness
charity, patience long-sufering, and kindness
purify 1t by the cleansing influences of the Holy
Spirit pass it through the fires of afficton, re-
leved often it is true, by CLEANS of earthly Joy
and happiness, whose radiance is softened by the
memory Of past sorrows, till, like the reiner of
silver, the good Master can see his image re-
Elected in the pure metal, ceansed of it. dross,
and you have a true picture of the happiest
type Of Christian character this world is ever
permitted to witness whose faith no cloud can
obscure and whose hope no disappointment can
depress Such was the deceased as a Christian.
In her social relations her character was
lanDV AS q mr. oh clt
peculiar tenderness TO her offspring and watched
and tended the development of their characters
as one who felt that she was training souls for
eternity. AS wife Of over fifty years she was
IN her feelings and actions, as tender and devo-
ted as the bride Of a month And the glow Of
the honey moon" still fingered and gave a
beauty to her brow and cheek that the rayaees
Of time could not efface or obscure
In early life she connected herself with the
Presbyterian Church And living. as she did
under It's influences, it is not surprising that her
character manifested so many of those qualities
which are the outgrowth Of its teachinps-faitb-
fitness in the discharge Of duty, charity toward
those with whom she differed or whose acts she
condemned and just estimate of those she
loved
That her virtues were appreciated by the
community in which she lived, is manifested bv
the fact that, at her funeral, large building
could not contain those who come to pay their
respects to her memory. Such a character is
worthy Of imitation. The Church rejoices in
such "living epistles known and read Of all
men" Society owes debt Of gratitude that