Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-24
From the Central Presbyterian.
OBITUARY.
Mrs. r.. F. Dennis.

Died. OH the 9th of September 1895,
Mrs. MARTHA JANE DENNIS. wife of
Robert +. Dennis, distinguished law.
yer Of Lewisburg, in the county of
Greenbrier, West Va.
She was the youngest daughter of
John A. North, for many years clerk of
the Circuit Court of Greenbrier county,
and of the Court of Appeals in the un-
divided State Of Virginia. She was
the grand. daughter of Rev. Daniel
Balm, of Rockbridge county, who was
associated with DIR. George a. Baxter
and the other noble Presbyterians of
the Valley, and OF whom pleasing &C
count Is given in Foote'S Sketches of
Virginia. Her mother was the sister
of Rev. Daniel Balm, who was long q
member Of the Synod of Virginia, and
the aunt of the present possessor of
that honOred name. She WAS born on
the 7th of July, 1928, in the town where
her whole life was spent, intermarried
with Robert +. Dennis of the county
of Charlotte in the twenty-second wear
OF her age; and after long married
life of over forty-five years of excep.
tlonal happiness passed into the peace
OF God on the 9th Of September, 1895.
Mrs. Dennis was marked character.
She was exceptionally lovely in person.
tai, and finely formed with a strik.
lngly handsome cOuntenance, she at.
tracted attention in every company
Her mind was highly gifted and when.
ever her prevalent taciturnity was
broken, her conversational powers were
uncommonly good. She was a woman
of fine practical Judgment. rather
aNerse to general society. devoted to
her own home and it's duties, an excel
lent domestic manager with strong
partlallties for animal pets-deyoted Ia
her husband in an unusual degree and
IN the elegant home his affection pro.
Vlded for her she passed long married
lie OF uncommon satisfaction. She
had no children, but the lack did not
seem To affect her happiness Content
WIN her abundant blessings, satisfied
with the affections allotted to her, she
never seemed to regret ANYTHING that
was denied her. She was one of tbs
most contented and balanced Characters
we have ever known.
| Mrs. DENNIS was member of the
church OF her fathers, attached to It's
principles and faithful servant of its
interests, i'll the same quiet and unob
trnslVe way in which her work in every
sphere OF life WAS done. Reserved in
al her relations, she was reticent or
those which took hold on the future
her light burned in a quiet niche. buI
many an act OF kindly charity and GOOD
service was done which was known onl,
10 GOd and the recipients of the relief
Under the shade OF home, which was
more exclusively home for its inmate,
man is at all usual. her quiet work wa,
accomplished. But In the retirement
and under this reticeDee glowed strons
sensibllities to all pleasant and beauti
iul thlngs. Occasionally q laugh of IN
tense merrIment would disclose cana
Ollltles In the grave and dignilied wo
man winch were not suspected i'm he,
CHARACTER. Strong sensibilities to Tn,
beautiful showed out in the flowers q,
her lawn and the pictures on her walls
In the graceful pets that lay sleepjng n,
the porches, or bounded to meet he
WIN delight when she appeared anon,
them. Death spots many beautifu
scene IN this strange world. This vi
sion or beautiful and energetic wo
man, the animating spirit Of a charm
ing home, surrounded by the symboj
OF an unobtrusive and contented do
nestle lite, has vanished i'm the gra
dusk OF age and inexorable death. an,
passed into higher scenes. The swee
old home is desolate and there is M
medicine to restore it. II the hope O
the holy faith did not point tn a highe
and better abiding place, the triumpl
or death would be unbearable. n.
qufescat IN pace.