The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-03
IN MEMORIAM.

Her life was gentle and the elements
so mixed in her that nature might stand
up and say to tie world: This was a
woman
These words fifty represent the subject
of this sketch. Annie f. Mcdonald was
born in Berkeley county. Va, December
5 1893 She was married to Thomas Lee
Throckmorton in 1857. Two children
were the fruits of this marriage, May L..
and William B. Throckmorton. The fam
lily moved to Kansas April %, 1873. Both
the children are well known residents of
Wichita. Her husband T. L. Throck
morton preceded her one year, his death
occurring April 6. 1903. Grandma Throck-
morton. as she was Familiarity known by
her intimate friends. made her home
with her children, and at the date of her
death. which occurred on the thirty-first
anniversary of her arrival in Wichita,
was living with her daughter. Mrs. c. L.
Davidson. on North Lawrence avenue.
from which place she was buried.
Born on a southern plantation, sur
rounded by slaves and with the blood of
the best families of Virginia in her veins
she was truly an ariStocrat not in the
commonly accepted meaning of that term,
but as applied TO Lee. Washington and
jefferson. Aristocracy in Virginia stood
for patriotism. good breeding. education
and culture. These elements she pos
sessed. When her neighbors and friends
were lending aid and succor 10 the south
she put principle and love for the old
flag above self interest and stood for the
Union. Her home was in the famous
Shenandoah valley, and the soldiers OF
both sides were constantly in evidence,
advancing and retreating before her door.
Many times she hid the Union soldiers in
the barn under the hay to prevent their
ca pture and her tact and ingenuity was
tested TO the utmost in preventing her
husband who was Quaker. from being
drafted into the Confederate army
She had a great admiration for men.
big, strong. manly. forceful men. who
conceived great things and accomplished
them. No one ever heard her say so.
for she never found fault but a suspicion
existed that she regretted her feminine
birth. There were the elements wrapped
up in her that wou.A have made the kind
of man she admired. She had the spirit
OF the early mothers OF Virginia. who
trained the makers OF history. So she
believed that her duty was not II make
laws or exercise the right OF suffrage.
bur by doing womaH's duty make good
citizens OF her children and others in
trusted TO her care. Her life was devoted
entirely 10 her home and the comfort
and success OF her children Her sunny
disposition and her bright ard witty con-
versation made the young and even the
older ones love TO SIT and listen to her.
She was a friend 10 the lowly and es
peciaily 10 the colored people. and they
mingled their tears with those OF others
al her grave. Her children and grand
children as they looked fondly into her
lifeless face. exclaimed. -HoT hes utiful.
How beautiful she looks She vas beau
tiful 20 them. because they saw her sweet
life reflected in her face. Her lie IN
death made her beautiful and lovely .
look upon \ true Christian. q dutiful
mother. a faithful wife. patriot citizen
she is now an inheFitor 81 the promised
haven CT rest Her silver hair rests light
" upon her forehead her E1i-!sxcring
hands are folded. her eyes give back ID
more the kindly recognition. and the
tired body Of a sweet mother, who has