The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-07
'oSo"o"es eeVseeooeo
MRS. BENDETTE T0BIN.
A Tribute to Her Menury by Mrs.
y, c q. iglehatt.

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Austin, Texas April : The following ia
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| '' ~" ~ NV NV "bNhlN' pthuetIe lop'n'
| VINO died here Friday morning. 1t Is from
tho pen of Mrs Fanny Chanhcrs e. I,ic
| NM -, 49,
| - az" va" "ti''th l"i IA" '"uieueruNe
| veteran.
So flows my love along your life, O friend,
| whispered song with neither breuk nor
| end.
| Out brcathed wherever your dear foot steps
| tend
Amid the gay carnival Of color which
| comes with the lloral pageantry Of me
| bright hued. sweet brcathcd flowers of May,
! there came tripping lightly along fur
| fresh young girl hor beautiful face aglow
! with happiness her bewitching smile II
| vision of cnchantmont and the ughtsome,
dainty figure a rhythm of graceful motion
| as she moved along In rapturous enjoyment
| OF a TeXus prairie.
| Only three short days before had this
| dainty Young creature worn upon her regal
| rarinn brow the wreath of orange blossoms
| Moore the happy wife of Dr. William
| Henry fobln.
Bidding adinu to the loved scenes OF her
| childhood in Camden Ark, which, for her.
| held the tender memories and associations
of lifetime. she came at once to Groos
/ hccck. TcXHs the then terminus of the
| Houston and Texas Central railway. where
| Dr, robin had established himself In busi.
ness,
II was under the kind disposition of the
| fatcs that ! was permitted to become her
| FIRST friend In Texas. aud that, on the occn.
sion OF our trat meeting, a mutual rccog-
! milton of mutual needs formed the magnet
| which attracted and attached us to cpch
| other and a friendship resulted, which In
all these years of close intimacy, has never
known dlminution nor the intervention Of
| a nccting shadow How well do | recall
| hcr daintincss, her rare beauty ana charm
| her wonderful sweetness and AVAILABILITY as
thry were impressed uRoh me on our hrst
! those
! unusual cndowmoniS. | at once gave 10
/ her tue spanish dlnihutivc of Bcnclta for
| me more stately and dlguhcd Brndc t
! Vim Whnt itellhE OF satisfaction do ! now
! rccAll tnut IKE rs q gentle dotc going 10
nor nest uld TINS luNablc ana attractive
/ young girl-wifc come into my heart where
/ ever siurc "hc mas been securely cnthruned.
Bcndette Moore fobin has descended
| from long line of English. Irish ami
/ trench colonial ancestry, which had, rs
| iS Amerlcuh FOUNDER, James Moore, who
! lied from Ireland about 1850 on account of
/ religious persecution lie became colonial
| governor of the tHrolinHs when the two
/ formed one province, In or about 1900, sue
! cccdlng Governor Blake In 17C3 he sent
/ an expedition against the SpanardS IN
! Florida, and, aftcrWard, against the Ana
lachian Indians. who had been stimulatrd.
/ by the SpnniNrds, 10 hostility against tn
! colonlsts, This last expedition proved to
! he great blessing TO the coloulsts, for II
| made possible the success of the Engl sh
| settlements in the Caroinas This pa
! iernnl ancestor married Ann Eeamans,
| daughter of Baron NCamanS. who. on lcNY-
| ing the Carolinas went to the Bnrbn Toes
to engage In sugar raising James Moore
the second In llhc, was also governor of
the CAroinas. In 1910. succeeding Governor
johnson. He Ind previously commanded
an expedition against the Tusrarorn In.
dnns, defeating them, Later on down the
line We find two of Mrs Tohln's maternal
ancestors were French and In this TACT
Is given the key to her remarkable soclnl
charm, and those lndehnahle graccs OF
mind and heart. which complete chnr
acter that in Mi resnccts was unioue ANA
individual Mrs TohIu was a Colonial
Dame and her papers hive been ready for
some time to become n Daughter of the
American Revolution.
In her un,isunl combinations or cn,roo.
H., n,,5 ~ is, r" ,' pos'VSscu wv puRuIc,
w, au9 "uHrs, frhvsS 81 InS Enst.su, snc
mtn my SplisulllhyHs OF tne lrlsh, loGethtr
, MN nv pSrire{ charm ana SAVIOR latre ot
mnsnalv wt'n "t"sv.nyr inae nm