Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-03
HAmDEN NOTES.

Funeral of mrs. Mary E. ReardsIey- Contributions by she M. E. Church. A Tribute to she Late Nancy Rogers, Long a Resident of Hamden. April 2.-The funeral of Mrs. Mary E. Beardsley was largely attended yesterday, notwithstanding the severe storm which pre- vailed. The Rev. MT. Dinsmore of the Whit neville Congregational church oficiated, the deceased having been a member of that or ganization.
 Yesterdays snow storm that Fingered in the lap of spring" caused @ slim attendance at all the churches.
 The Rev. Nathan Hubbell preached his closing sermon for the conference year at the Methodist church yesterday. He has accept ed unanimous request from the Quarterly conference to remain another year.
 The contributions for benevolent purposes at the Methodist church during the past ec- clesiastical year now completed include the following sums: For missions $205, church extension $1O, Sunday school union $8, Tract society $9, Freedman's Aid society SIS, edu- cation cause $34, Bible cause $11, Woman's Foreign Missionary society SIS, home mis- sions $1, bishops $21, worn out preachers $47, and Pastoral and Church Aid society SIS.
 
 at spring blowing, and much seed is already in the ground.
 The New Era, of Deep River, Conn.,, in it's issue of March 22, contained the following obituary of Mrs. Nancy Rogers, for many years resident of Hamden and who was buried at Centerville few days ago:
 "Passed from earth to her Home bright and fair on Monday morning, March IS, at 8 o'clock. For the past three years she made her home with her son, MT. B. W. Rogers, in this place. She was born in the village of Rockland, town of Madison, on the 27th of January, 1910, and at the time of her death was 79 years of age. Her maiden name was Nancy Hale. In 1880 she became the wife of Joseph A. Rogers, and then made her home in Centerville, village in the town of Hamden. She was the mother of nine children-fve girls and four boys-six of whom are now living, viz: E. w. Rogers and Mrs. B; M Goodyear, of Deep River; Warner, of Hamden Plains, wife of Hon. Hubert E. Warner; E. H. Rogers and Mrs. Eliza H. Tucker, of Durham.
 Mrs. Rogers was 8 faithful worker in the Lords vineyard. She was member of the Methodist Episcopal church, joining that society when she was but fifteen years of age: was charitable and benevolent, ever ready to lend helping hand to every good work. She was president of the Ladies' Aid society con- nected with the Hamden Plains Methodist church for great number of years, and was in sending many needed sup plies to the Five Points mission in New York; to the soldiers during the war of the rebel- lion, and to the sufferers by the Chicago fire l She also taught class in the Sunday school, | where she was highly prized as being 80 thorough a Bible scholar. Each year l she made it 8 practice to read the l Holy Scripture through at least once. l When she left Centerville to take up her | residence in New Haven, the Sunday school | made her present of an elegant Bible, a l token of the high esteem in which they held l her.
 About four years ago her husband died at ! New Haven, her health also failed, and she ,ame to spend her remaining years with her l children in this place. Mrs. Obadiah Pratt, who also resides in this village, is sister of I he deceased, and is the only one now re- naining of the family of Hales. Mrs. R. has been great though patient sufferer, and when the summons came it found her ready md willing to go to the master.
 Her remains were taken to Centerville for ,urial, being accompanied by Undertaken 'wan of Essex. The funeral in that place was conducted by Rev. Nathan I 1ubbell of the Methodist church, and was ttended by many of her former friends.