The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-14
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 Eunice Foote, widow of the Rev. Dr. son CoWies, died in North Haven on Monday of this week. She was de- scendant of Nathaniel Foote, who came to Massachusetts from England In 1882 8, and later removed to Wethersfleld, Conn. Her fs ther was Dr. Joseph Foote of North Haven, an eminent practition- CT of the old school, and her mother, Eunfce Foote, of the same old Puritan stock. She was born July 1, 1909, She received such an education as the coun- the Rev Orson Cowles November 25, 1882, who a few months before had been ordained pastor of the Congregational church in North Woodstock, Conn. Here she entered upon the labors of pastors wife. Her conversion had oc- cured under the preaching of the Rev. William J. Boardman in North Haven in 1881, but In the great revival work in the Woodstock church in 1S33-4 the oSi iouSiCSS OL HGI CdililiE, peCuillC doubly apparent, and she strengthened then and there the foundations of that Christian belief so eminently shown in her after life. At one time In this place her husband had some desire to remove to another field, but through her influ- ence was dissuaded from the step. She assured him The could never obtain such a hold upon the heart of any other people," The Cowles memorial prepar- ed by her eldest son pr. Edward O. Cowles, in memory of his father, among other instances of her fidelity and steadfastness, relates that upon one occasion in midsummer at the weekly prayer meeting herself and husband were the only persons present ct the hour of service. Nothing daunted the pastor rang the bell vigorously and both commenced singing The tardy wor- shippers finally came.
 III health eventually forced MT. Cowles to resign his pastorate and he was dismissed in the fall of 1887. The two then came to her fathers house in North Haven, where Mir. Cow1es opened select school and continued 1t until 1840. when he entered the service of the A. B. c. F. Nj. as district secretary for southern New England, a position which he held for twenty years, or un- til his death in 1860.
 Mrs. Cowles was 8 woman of more than average ability. A profound faith in Gods words-an intimate knowledge of it--a remarkable memory, and a con- vinoing manner of speech kept her steadily at the front in ali lines of wo- mans church work She was a mother to any who sought her counsel, and helped stay up the hands of pastors and their wives in her community from the Rev. Leverett Griggs to the present, Rev William T. Reynolds For many years she was the faithful preacher of a large class of elderly women in the Sunday school, women who have grown up with her from infancy, and only ceased her work there when a distress ing accident in advance age compelled her retirement. In missionary enter pr.ses and systematic benevolence she was an able and tireless worker. Pos sessed of a rare vitality, which assert ed itself up to her last moment, she wearted not nor was faint In the service of her Master. For the last few years she had been confirmed invalid, and was unconscious several days before her death. Four children survive ser, Ann, widow of the late Uri Hart: Dr. Edward, ex-surgeon of the Fifteenth Connecticut, war of the rebellion, and William and Mary, the two latter un- married, and who were with her in her last days. A son, Henry Foote, lieu tenant in the Eighteenth Conn, died in 1885. Her funeral will be attended this afternoon by the Rev. W. T. Rey- | holds.