The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1894-09-26
Rebecca X. Hart.

''How beautiful can time and goodness make an
old face look"
Rebecca K. Hart widow of the late Rev.
John c. Hart, entered the reward of the
Christian hope early last Thursday morning,
September goth, 1894, after an earthly life of
almost four score years and ten.
The memory of this excellent woman will
remain enshrined in many hearts and illu-
mine the pathway of many lives whose priv
ilege it was to come into the circle of her
acquaintance and 10 know the refinement
and gentle piety of her ways. With the clear
insight of spiritual perception she saw Alright
into the divinity of the human soul and the
majesty of life fashioned after the precepts
of the Great Teacher. Mrs. Hart ever lived
the life OF a true Christian, exemplifed in
the faith that sustained her to the last and in
the oft repeated acts of kindness and Christ
ian charity that beautifed her character and
reflected the graciousness of her being. She
possessed mind of natural superiority and
was gifted with fine intellectually. Her
remarkable mental potency abode with her
almost to the limit of her mortal sojourn.
In the twilight as well as in the zenith of her
long and useful life she lived pre-eminently
| in the present, taking an equal interest in
| the trend and character of human affairs
with the keenest minds of the younger gen.
Grafton. Fashioned after the code of an in
| tellectualized christianity, the life of this
good woman was an exponent of moral con-
stancy and its influence is an inheritance OF
precious worth.
Rebecca K. Starr was born in Norwich, Ct.
Feb. Goth, 1905, being daughter of Christie
pher and Olive Douglass Starr. She came
to Warren, ..Ohio, about the year 1925, with
her uncle, the late Gen. Simon Perkins, of
that city. A few years afterward she was
married to Alexander Moore, a native of
Norwich, but at that time merchant in
Kinsman, 0. Two children were born to
them, Alexander, who died when about ten
years old, and Olive, who married Ethelbert
Sill, of Cuyahoga Falls, and who died in 1858.
Mr.. Moore died about six years after his
marriage. In 1874 his widow was united in
marriage to Rev. John C. Hart, at Akron, he
being at that time Pastor of the Congrega'
tional Church at Hudson, where they went
Immediately after their marriage. Albert ]
Hart, the only son and child, who is called
upon to mourn the departure of such a
mother, was born to them in Hudson.
The family came to Ravenna in 1854, where
Rev. Hart officiated as pastor of the Congre
gational Church until 1861, being succeeded
by Rev. E. B. Mason. After eight years alb
sence, they returned to Ravenna and moved
into the home where they spent the remain
der of their lives and from which they botf
passed to the Higher Home. September 20
1871, the husband and father entered int
rest and % years later. on the same day Q
; the month, the wife and mother followed
him.
Mrs Hart was first taken severely i'll Sal
urday evening, Sept Sth, with bowel trouble
but was not regarded as being seriously sic
until the Monday preceding the end. Th
I disease at the last developed into congestio
of the BRAIN
The care and comfort of the widowe
mother was ever an object of tender solic
tude on the part of the son and of her steE
daughter, Miss Sarah Hart, who, although {
no blood kinship, took the place of an atfe
tionate and devoted daughter to her, b.
tween whom and herself there ever existe
the closest relationships.
The funeral of Mrs. Hart was held SaJu
day, at O'Clock, from the house, Rev. S. v
> Meek officiating.