Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-12-25
IN MENrORIAM,

~, In the STAR several months ago, and
such al urgent demand was made for
copies of the paper by friends of the
deceased that we again print it, with
u few additional comments.-Ed.l
Mrs. William Cathey Chambers,
mother of the wife of Col. A. j. Kellar,
of this city, died at the home of the
latter on Monday morning, June s,1s96.
a brief funeral service was held at the
family residence on Tuesday afternoon
Rev. H. v. Rominger officiating.
She wa bornin Iredell county, North
Carolina, in June, 1911. Her maiden
name was Sarah Catherine Davidson, a
daughter of Thomas Pinckney David
son,who served under General jackson
in the Florida wars. George,the father
of Thomas Pinckney Davidson, served
in the Revolutionary wal ascolonel and
his uncle, also, General William David
son, to whose memory a statute will be
erected under an act of congress passed
at its present session and for which
purpose $4,000 has been appropriated.
The mother of Mrs. Chambers was a
White, and cousin of Judge Hugh Law
son White, who, as candidate for presi-
dent, carried Tennessee over Van Buren,
General Jackson's candidate. On both
sides of the family Mrs. Chambers kin
dred we're Presbyterian Scotch and
Scotch Irish, a pioneer race, hardy,
brave, self-reliant and gifted.
"Grandma," as every one who knew
her delightedto call her,grew old grace
fully and kept her heart young. Her
life from beginning to end was one of
usefulness and of help to others. Eighty
five years old, yet she thought of and
cared for the comfort of those about
her. She loved the beautiful and every
work of her active hands bore the true
artists touch. Her old rose gardens in
the south are remembered as marvels
of beauty, even in the land ofcolor and
fragrance. Her faith in life beyondthe
grave was something more than faith;
her spiritual vision could see angels as
cending and descending for many a
before the garment of flesh was laid
aside. To her, death vas but the lifting
of the veil that divides this world of
shadows from the real; that revealing of
that true existence where would begin
that grander work in life eternal. She
thought of what men call death. as but
the opening of the door that leads to
the higher duties awaiting her, and for
which she was ready. 'Death" to her
was an unmeaningterm. She was only
going away."-STAR, June 18th.
10 those she left, this going away is
softened by the memory of her beauti-
full. unselfish life. Requiring little.
she gave all. She had known all the
shocks and horrors of civil war. and its
hand was laid heavily upon her. yet
she was ii .brave lady to the end. In
peace no less than in war. her house
was the refuge for the suffering and
helpless. and the deeds done by her
active hands and generous heart are
still remembered. Always putting self
last. the glow of her fine. strong. and
cheerful personality warmed every life
that it touched.
Few among the younger generation
possessed her literary taste. or her.
sense of the beautiful in nature and
art. In the homes of her children, and
/, ,,oIa Inv, 1,nr Nu,n hn,,.1. .i,,,n 1,n,.
SEVENTEEN year. is q scrap book for
each grand-child, containing the best
literature of the past and present. She
was planning the same gifts for her
two great-grand-children when u great
cr gift was hers-immortal life. Her
vigorous mind was clear to the last,
and she read the best works of eminent
men and women. discussing item with
scholarly insight and love. She united
progressive thought with domestic and
artistic attributes. and with the spirits
She cast her vote twice for what she
considered right.
Her years of usefulness ended late.
but her life's evening closed. not amid
grey mists and shadows, but in the
radiance of Il beautiful sunset.
In her desk among other choice Sc.
lections. and typical of her belief, was
the following: "Love is Gods loaf, and
this is that feeding for which we are
taught to pray, Give us this day our
daily bread.'" Love and duty were
her hand maidens, and truly might her
motto have been 'happiness is a way.
side flower growing only "by the patti
of duty"