The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-01-31
M MEnInRIAM.

Richie county, West Virginia, on
Monday, the 22d day Of January, 1888,
at $3.50 o'clock a. M. Mrs. Maria L.
Pribble, aged As years, 3 months and
10 days.
Painfully sad came to US and those
who loved her, the tidings, ssheis
dead.D Although our heart is heavily
laden with sorrow, yet we cannot
permit this occasion to pass without
paying a slight tribute to the mem
DRY -four friend, whose lonely grave
oday Is mantled by the cold SHOWS
ofwinter.
The deceased was the daughter Of
The late Col. Nathan and Ann Smith,
Of this city, and sister Of our worthy
County Clerk, ]. P.R.B. Smith. Col.
Nathan Smith, her father, came TO
Mason comfy at an early day and
took up bis residence in Point Pleas
ant. His history is closely identified
with that Of Mason county, as the
records thereof will attest. He was
a man Of high mental endowments,
ola kind and genial disposition, en-.
gaging in manner and attractive in
conversation; and his daughter, the
subject Of this memoir inherited
Fmanyof bis lequalilies. She was
possessed in an eminent degree ofall
the noble attributes Of womanhood,
whether Of wife, mother, sister or
daughter. Strongly endowed With
high intellectual qualities, with
innate and high born sense Of refine.
ment, regard and delicacy for tpe
feelings and happiness of others, sic
shed halo of joy and peace whereV.
er shemoved. Her refining influence,
noble and great qualities ofboth head
and heart shed a genial light around
the hearth and Preside of her home,
causing the sunshine of happiness to
chase the shadows Of sorrow there.
from. Mrs. Pribble was a woman
early imbued with piety and rev.
erence for religion, having connected
herself with the NJ. E. Church in this
city, at the elrly age Of fourteen, and
during her walk through life, was
an humble and devout follower
Of Him whose cross she bore.
Her noble and consistent Christian
life, in all its viccissitudes, led many
of her early friends and associates to
enter the fold of Christ, and become
an honor to the church. She arrived
at womanhood and spent the greater
portion Of her life in this city, and
on the the 25.h day of March, 1862,
was united in marriage to the
l." 4
Rev. U, Pribble, a member of the
church Of her choice, andlor several
years she followedlh varied fortunes
of an ilinerants wife, cheerfully par
taking Of, and sharing with him its
fyicissitudes and trials. Nomurmer,
no regret, no repining ever escaped
her lips at the life she had assumed.
Mr., Pribble, her husband, after a few
years Of an itiaerants life, was loca-
ted at his request, and took up his
residence in this city, and entered
into busipess which he carried on
for several years, and regaining his
health which he had impaired du-
ring his itinetahcy, he again entered
the ministry, his wife, the subject of
this sketch, cheerfully sharing his
sorrows and lows, until the Angel of
Death crossed the threshold Of their
happy home, and bid her come up
higher, and enter into the Heavenly
Rest. The fruits of her marriage,
we're Eve children, two daughters
and three sons, who together with
her bereaved husband, four sisters
and one brother, Col, J. P. R. B.
Smith, are left in the gloom of sad.
ness to mourn her departure, for a
mansion on high, not nude with
bands, eternal in the Heavens. We
have not at this writing learned any
of the particulars Of her death, but
are assured from her Christian con.
duct and noble bearing in life, that
all was we'll with her, when the
Messenger came and called her hence.
But one Of her sisters was with her
in her last illness, the other mem.
bers Of her fathers family not being
at her bedside, owing to their not re.
ceivlng notice Of her condition inI
time. This was a severe shock 10
them, for never in the history 6f a
family have We seen evinced so much
trraternal love and kind considera.
ton of one another as is manifested