The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-09-30
DEATH OF Mrs. P. A. McCONn.

DEATH OF Mrs. r. A. AIcCORn.
Mrs Pernslia 4 McCogn died
at tn residence of MI F, D. Hoy,
inihis city on the night Of the
och inst, from enlargement Of the
liver. She was born in Bedford
County, Virginia, near the Peaks
Of Otter, in 1910, and consequently
was in the f6'h year Of her age at
the time of her death. She was
the daughter Of the late Reuben
Hughes. and removed with her
father 10 this County in the year
1916, She being then but six years Of
age. She often spoke ofthe impress
ions made upon her as child at
the sights Ofthe peaksofoiter, and
Of the toilsome journey across the
mountains to the far West, as this
portion Of vifginia was then call.
ed. Her father owned a large body
of land on the Waters Of Big Six.
teen, and he lived and died where
Wilson G. Priddy now resides. At
an early age she married Joseph
McCown, and settled on a farm
near her father, and which is
nov owned BY the heirs of the
late John d. Adams. Her lus
band died in 1910, leaving her
with four small children to rear
aud educate, with but limited
means ut her command. II was at
this juncture that she exhibited
that indomitable will, remarkable
industry and unaagging energy,
that pervaded her whole life. How
nobly she carried out the sacred
trust confded to her, the lives Of
her children will attest.
Mrs. McCown was a woman en-.
dowed with rare intellectual gifts,
a retentive memory and fine con.
versaIional powers. The writer of
this as a boy, aud as a man, has
often sat at her Preside aud been
fascinated BY her grand descrip,
tive and colloquial powers.
Mrs. McCown under the teaching,
of such noble religious pioneers as
the Revs. William George and
Hezekiah Chiffon, early imbibcd a
n love for her Savior aud lived al.
ways Il truly christian life, having
been for many years a member Of
the Baptist Church, she raised her
children in the fear and admoni
tiun Of the Lord. One of her Sous
the Rev. John W. McCuwn, D. D.,
being II shining light in the Bap.
fist denomination Of the United
States.
She was a member Of the Baptist
Church al GordonsvilIe, Virginia, of
which her son was long the pastor,
but at the time Of her death she
was Il member Of the Baptist Church
at Ravenswool, W, Va, having
joined that church BY letter.
She died as she had lived in the
triunphs Of a living faith, leaving
Il bright example ofa truly chris
tian fortitude, patience and pcrse
verance under all the vicissitudes
of fortune, whether amid sickness
ar .orrow,of poverty or wealth, ever
maintaining an answering and
faithful reliance upon the mercy
and goodness of a crucitied and ris
en- Redcemer.
She kept the memory Of her HIS
band sacred, by remaining II wild.
ow for nearly Il half u century.
She was laid to rest by the side
of her husband at the old home.
stead, on Monday last, Rev. Il, W.
Davis conducting the funeral oxor
cises. Mrs. McCown leaves surviv.
Ing her, Maj. A. +. McCown, of this
city, Mrs. Sophia Kelley, Of Ravens.
wood, Rev, DR., John W, McCown, of
Gordonsville, Virginia, aud DR.. H.
W. McCOwn, Of Ashland, Ken.
lucky.
After liic's fitiul fever she sleeps well.
SUDDEN DEATH,-Mrs, Lucy Gil.