The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-01-28
GAINESVILLE Courier, Jan. Is, 1861
Mary Carlisle Loughry Churchill.

AFTER A LONG ILLNESS, A LADY OF HIGH
SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS CHARACTER
| FALLS ASLEEP-MEMoRIEs OF THE
| PAST-THE TWENTIETH ANNIvERS-
ARY-FUNERAL SABBATH AFTERNOON
The spirit of Mrs. Colonel Churchill
took its flight this morning at twenty
minutes past three o'clock, and the an
nouncement came to the people of
GAINESVILLE in the nature of personal
bereavement. The painful news has
gone to every section of the city and
to all parts of the State. In many a
home, in the humble cottage as we'll
as in the mansions of the wealthy,
the tidings have caused the profound
est sorrow. No lady in Southern
Ohio was more widely known and
more highly esteemed. Mrs. Churchill
" as the earnest friend of the poor;
upon her ears no appeal for aid ever
fell in vain; universally beloved for
her sterling traits of character; the
active promoter Of every good work /;
a wife whose first thought was of
husband and home, in all the relations
of life-a true woman.
Mrs. Mary Carlisle, wife of Col.
Mendall Churchill, the eldest daughter
of James and Nancy Loughry, was
born at Rockville, Adams county,
Ohio, February 25, 1888. Her father
was one of the most prominent farm
ers and fruit growers of Southern
Ohio. and he was also interested large
| ly in Freestone quarries. Mrs.
Churchill passed her girlhood days at
the home Of her parents, and later be-
came a member of the family of her
brother-in-law, DIR. Pratt, at Ports
mouth, Ohio. She enjoyed the advan-
tages of the public schools, and COM
pleted her studies at Seminary in
Maysville, KY, returning at the close
of her school days to the home Of her
sister. Mrs. DIR. Pratt. At her home
| in 1860, she met the gentleman who
afterward became her husband, and
who sits to-day in the gloom Of an
overshadowing grief. Col. Churchill
had then just entered upon the active
affairs of life, being engaged in the
| iron business at jackson c. H. Upon
| the breaking out Of the war in the
| Spring of 1861, he recruited eompa-
nv and left for the front, as Captain
Of Company E.. Twenty-seventh Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, bearing with him
| the blessing and love of his betrothed
who bade him perform his whole duty
/ in that time Of National peril. The
Twenty-seyenth Ohio was sent to the
South and while serving in MIS-
souri, in the Fall of 1851, the young
Captain procured leave of absence
for thirty days. He returned to Ohio
and on the 29th Of November
Thanksgiving Day-was united in
marriage to Mary Carlisle Loughry, al
the home of a relative of the bride
DIR. Joseph Taylor, in Cincinnati
Rev. Joseph Chester of the Poplar
Street Presbyterian Church, solemniz
ing the nuptials.
Promptly at the expiration Of hi
leave the soldier husband rejoined hi
command, and served till practically
the close Of the war, resigning as th'
Colonel Of his Regiment, after the fal
of Atlanta in the autumn of 1864
! Twice only during the time interven
ing between the marriage and the dat
when the Colonel was compelled b,
shattered health to resign his com
mission, was Mrs. Churchill permittet
i to spend few days with her husband
) During the war the patriotic, loving
wife was actively identified with tn
great work carried on under the aus
pices Of the Sanitary and Christian
Commissions, and her influence wa
4 always manifest among the men il
l her husbands command. To the oil
: veterans of the Twenty-seventh Obi,
and the associates of Col. Churchill il
the Army of the Tennessee, the sal
intelligence conveyed by these lines
will cause unspeakable pain.
Colonel and Mrs. Churchill came t,
GAINESVILLE on the 18th Of January
1S66-twenty years ago to-day. Thi
striking coincidence calls up worl'
Of memories, running through tw'
, decades Of singularly happy, busy
r useful life. Their beautiful home a
) the corner of Underwood and Marke
, streets has long been the center O.
, rare domestic felicity and social enjoy
/ ment. Mrs. Churchill was particu
larly devoted to religious and benevo
lent work as a member Of the Secont
Presbyterian church, and generous
contributor to the various charitable
organizations of the city. She became
i'll about year ago, but her indomit
able courage kept her up until the
Doth of August last. The last time
she left her home to attend the regu-
lar weekly prayer meeting of hel
church, and she returned completely
exhausted Her disease was an affec-
ton of the spinal cord, technically
termed Poliomyletes- wasting away
of the nerve cells. Her family physi-
clans exhausted every means known to
the profession to effect cure. They
were in correspondence with the dis
tinguished DIR. S. Weir Mitchell, of
Philadelphia, one Of the most success
full physicians in the United States in
the treatment of nervous disorders,
but all remedies proved unavailing.
Arrangements were completed several
times to convey the patient to Phila-
delphia for treatment, but each time
the recurrence of unfavorable symp-
toms thwarted the plans.
As late as last Tuesday it was hoped
that Mrs. Churchill could be taken to
Philadelphia. That day there was a
sudden and decided change for the
worse, and the sick lady rapidly de-
clined. The end came this morning,
and the patient, uncomplaining suf-
ferer was at rest.
The funeral will take place from the
family residence Sabbath afternoon at
two o'clock, and the remains are to be
temporarily placed in the receiving
vault at Woodlawn.