Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-05-03
A MEMORIAL.

NAV we pass TO our graves like thee
Mild the green memories ofunnumbered hearts. .
SUNDAY. April %, the remains Of Mrs.
Mary Adleck were buried in Forest Lawn
Cemetery, Buffalo, n Y. The previous
Friday her spirit had fed TO the iowery
kingdom, from the residence Of her
daughter, Mrs. Frank Sharp, where she
was surrounded by her oiCn-thOse whom
she had nOurished and cherished from the
rising Of their suns to the setting of her
own. All who knew her win pause In sor-
row at this announcement.
Mary Howard, born March 9th, 1909, in
Concord, Belmont county, Ohio, was mar
ried November lst, 1887, 10 DR. John Glad
stone Af1eck, a relative of VIM. &. Glad
stone, the peerless English statesman. I'M
mediately after the wedding she removed
to her home on the bluff in Bridgeport,
where tor half century she was the cen
tral figure 10 what was then and is sun
known as the Afieck homestead.
There her daughters, Harriet and Mary,
were born, aud two sons, each OF the Tour
adding solid jOv TO that hearthstone.
When the old flag was torn and tattered
hv shot and shell in 1861, Mary Ahleck,
Ike the Spartan mothers OF old, suiled the
love sobs I'm her own bosom and bid her TWO
b0vs-GO.
Howard. fated % be one of that heroic
host. who should yield up life to establish
and perpetuate free and magnificent
empire, fell iu the front OF the battle at
Shillh. MORALLY wounded.
The almost heart broken mother found a
most fitting epitaph, for the tombstone OF
her patriot son, In the verbatim words OF
the immortal Byron:
"Aud when showered
The death bolts deadliest. the thin'd files along
Even where tle tSicSest OF wars tempest low
er'd.
rAev reached no uobler breast than thine,
young gallant Howard
The loss of her son was hfe's great grief.
Aside from that, She took the world calm
ly and philosophically
Having clcan.cut, well defined Ideas OF
existence here, her sentiments were lear
lcsslv advocated 40 all proper times
Combining in a wonderful degree the IN
tcueotua. yigor ordinarily attributed 10
men. with an the sentiment and pathos OF
the geutler sex. she could turn easily ana
gracefully from the discussion OF pohtlcs,
history and science, 20 flowers, poetry ana
charity.
I'm Ter own home. how entertaining.
Surely. all of the Multitude who enjoyed
her hospitality Will ever bear IT IN sweet
remembrance Nor Will they ever forget
how refreshing was her old time frankness
and caudor. coupled as it always was with
uarfecr c0rdialitv and pleasautnesS.
Earth's pilgrimage over, and the paths OF
duty closely followed for four score years
ana more. when the supreme moment came
She ir1s rcIdu The farewells said TO chill
dreu and grandchildren, she turned cneer-
ulvt 90 rclc0ms wha is % most tne grim
munster but to- her it was the relief guard,
come 20 opcn wide the golden gates, already
9far. that she might 80 in 70 meet those
cone before. knowing full well that the
loved ones left would follow her.
.Ah. yes. methinks there's not heart
That throbs with life and love,
But has some Mary in that band
90 blessed ones above.
And with thc breath OF summer uo"er'
Borne ON the balmy air,
Come word, OF peace Co aching hearts
From many Mary t1ers.'