The Russellville Democrat., 1893-07-27

How painful and grieyous are the dispensa-
 tiOns of divine Providence when solroWng and
 Alhlcleu ones Ats e'sli@ea @ @ upon to surrender ana
 sever the ties Of affection which have -always
 bound together loving and kindred hearts in
 this vale of tears, and sad the task which ne-
 eessitates the melancholy duty of announcing
 to distant relatives and absent friends the visi-
 tations and decrees of the Omniputent Ruler of
 the universe. But such ls our fate, and we
 must bow with submission and fortitude to the
 inexorahle mandate and destiny which awaits
 Us all sooner or later.
 On Wednesday at one o'clock ?. m- the 18th
 day of July, 1893, at her residence in Dover,Pope
 county, Ark, Mrs. susan II. kirehhof departed
 this life, principally brought about from se-
 we're injury and fall she had sustained and from
 general debility and old age She was born in
 Charlottesville, in the State of Virginia on the
 2d day of October, is0a' and was S8 years,
 months and 10 days old at her death. In 1895
 she moved with her parents to Alabama, where
 al the age of l6 she was married 10 Rev. Daniel
 l.. Hallock, and to them were born seven chl- dren, only three of whom are now surviving. She and her husband and family moved from Alabama in iSf0 and settled at MOrrisOns Blud, then in Johnson but now in Logan county, Ark. They subsequently, moved Co the county of Pope and located at NOr1istown in iei6 or lSsl, where her husband, Rev. Daniel l.. Hallock, died. On the Fifth day of January, ,S50, she was married at Norristown, Pope Co. Ark- to Mir Henry Kir- chhof who yet survives her Soon after their
 marriage this noble and venerable old pair, who were always called by the endcaring appeiia tOns Of Uncle Henry and Aunt susan moved from NouistOwn t0 the old historic town Of DO- yer, Ark ausas, where they have been meInora- [ where their memories are deeply enRraVeu tn the hearts Oi loving friends. Aunt Susan's home was always pleasant and happy One ever in- yiting to a host of friends and especially so Co the commercial traveller and the public, who
 were at all times welcomed and received with smiles and cbeeriulness by Uncle Henry and Aunt Susan. and accorded rest, comfort, and thc | delicacies and luNuries of an overlooking and sumptuous table Co make pleasant and enioya- ble every desire of the heart under their h0spi- ! table roof Aunt Susan will be greatly missed, not only by her venerable and noble old hns- ! band, Uncle Henry, but by the hundreds who have enjoyed her cordial greeting and welcome !, her charities and beneyolcnce. She leaves children by her last marriage. Sine has been member of the Methodist Episcopal church, ! south, nfty-One years. zealuus and devoted christian, generous, liberal and full of charity and kindness Co the human race, without dis tinctiun of race c0lor wealth, poverty or line- l age. The writer has known her over fifty yeHra, and in penning this sad tribute t0 her memory
 can untlnuiy say have never had pgtler oi | ksder lteinds than Aunt susan and Uncle Hen | ry. When the din monster death claimed hof there were present at her bedeide Der two dangh- ! tera, Mrs. D. C. Brown and Mrs. D. r. West, | with their husbands and children, Mrs. Hallie | Lcscher and husband, Mrs Marie Miller and | husband, Mrs Maggie Baird and husband, Mrs Josephine Martin of Conway, her niece, and her | dear Old,discOnsOlhte and greatly bereaVed com paniou and husband, Uncle Henry, with many, | very many other warm and devoted relatives and friends Co smooth her dying pillow and bid | her q last and long farewell. Her son, Robert | l.. Hali0ck by her first husband, being absent in | California or Oregon. Her funeral sermon was | preached IA the Rev J. L. Hicks. of the Al. E c. | S, at Dover on the l2th day Of July lsg3 in tho ! M E. church, south, which was an able and | truly affecting one. From thence she was con | veyed tO the McFadden cemetery accompanied l by large c0rtege Of sorroWing relatives and ! friends and consigned e her hast resting place i Cheer up my good old, valued friend. Uncle | Henry, and cndeayor 70 bear up with forJtude | this grieyous and trying anietiun, in which you 1 have the deepest sympathies Of my neaft nav ! ing undergone and experienced Q similar one, ! Aunt susan, yOnr dear old companion. trust is now enjoying the realities oi me Golden Sit{, 1 safely housed iu thc paradise of Sod, ~wh0 docth ] all things Weln few more years only, at best, ! and you and Che writer of this -ad and meiHh- ch0ly tribute Co her memory Wiil be called upon i Co travel to the same mysterious and puknQwu ' future With, however, fondly cherished hopes 1 of meeting in happier land and sphere the ! dearly loved ones who have preceded us.
 May God in ilis niuite goodness be mefciiul | tO you, my dear old friend Uncle HenrN, and give you strength and torutude tp sustain yeu ! in your sad bereavement is nY prayer iu which hundreds of good, klu8 and devoted friends will unite in saying ~anen"
 JE0. R lloMER SCOTT, [