The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-01-01

A shadow Of those features fair and thin.
And softly from thst hushed and dsrkened
room
Two sngels issued where but one vent in;
--Lonatelloeo.
Sad was the news which came to
Chillicothe weeks ago proclaiming the
fact that the disease with which Mrs.
Col. A L. Brown had been 80 strangely
stricken was mortal and that death was
but question of brief time.
A strange and cruel fate, it seemed
for two lives which had in their associa.
ton 80 much of promise and of happi.
ness.
But few short years ago her loved
and honored husband, then in the prime
of life and the bloom of perfect health,
had been stricken down while on visit
to Hillsboro, and in the selfsame room
in which her loved companion on Satur.
day last gave up her still young life, he
passed to his eternal rest.
III when she left Chillicothe less than
year ago-how seriously i'll she did not
know-she repaired to Hillsbnro for re-
lief, and there she, too, found relief
!, only in death.
Here, where she had resided so many
years, and where she was known and
honored and loved 30 well, the sad news
came indeed with heavy weight.
Elizabeth Woodrow Brown died De-
cember Goth, 1890, in HilIsborc, o., after
, long and painful illness of that dread
and strange disease, creeping paralysis.
The germs OF the malady first showed
their influence about one year ago, and
although the best physicians were in
3 attendance, The onward march of the
, disease could not be checked by drugs
or medical aid.
l About tn. first OF July, it was thought
a necessary to take her to Cincinnati, to
. seek advice and treatment from those
eminent physicians, Drs. Carson and
Whitaker, but the result brought nc
n hope. Returning to Hillsboro Dr.
: Brown took charge of the case and was
q a faithful attendant until the end.
t Her parents were natives of Highland
;, county. The father, Mr.. John Barry
!, died in Hillsboro, in the same house and
J. same room which saw the end of the
!. lives of Col A. L. Brown, and later, that
n of his beloved wife; while the mother
9 Mrs. Helena Barry, still lives at the ole
a home, surrounded by most of her family
and now, rs always, highly respected
and deeply beloved.
Soon after the marriage of John ano
l. Helena Barry, they settled on Cleal
0 Greek, Highland county, where thei
y daughter, Elizabeth, was born April 9th
! 1840. When quite young her parent
q removed to Hillsboro for the purpose 0
y educating their children. There, unde
g the teaching of DR.. Mathews, assisted
0 by Miss Grand Girard, lady of culture
g and experience, she received thorough
education, which, coupled with the ex
i. cellent training received at home, en-
abled her to fill position of usefulness
through life.
a She was united in the holy bonds o
| w Soi' ~ lI' ASio"hS oO hO
3. home in Hillsboro, November 18th, 1868
\ One child, Helena w. Brown, was tn
fruits of this union. just when sh
!; joined the church is not known to tn
writer, but he is confident that it wa
more than thirty years ago. Uric Sloan
% and James @. Quinn were her first Sun
8, day school pupils. In all her churcl
g work she acted in that quiet, dignife,
way, consistent with her Christian char
v acter, never neglecting duty, howeve
:. inconvenient or unpleasant. She wa
ever kind to those in destitute cor
dition, gentle nurse to the sick, neve
ostentatious, and with her modesty wa
10 ever characteristic.
y Services were held at Hillsboro, b.
g. DR.. Mcsurely, prior to starting with tn
ls remains for Chillicothe, on Monday
t. where the funeral services proper wer
d held at the First Presbyterian Church
Rev. McWilliams assisting DR.. Biggs i
" officiating
% The interment occurred at Brown
, Chapel, near Clarksburg, where rest tn
:. remains of her loved husband, and b
!. whose side she now sleeps. Capt. job
y D. Madeira, James G. Qsinn, Esq, HoI
!. Theodore Spetnagel, A. L. Fullerton
4 DR.. John A. Nipgen and Mr.. Olaud
% Hopewell acted as pail bearers, an
20 many sorrowing friends accompanie
o har ram aino tO tho orova
70 The heartfelt sympathy of man
:. friends 60 out to the young daughte
At Miss Lena, now just entering upon tn
a Threshold of womanhood, and upo
"a whose habits and character the lovin
"a mothers influence has left so nanifel
an impression.
II ShOuld