The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-18
Death of Mrs. Langhorne

We copy the following account of the
death of City Tax Collectors Smiths
sister, Mrs. Langhorne, from the Che.
halls (wash.) Bee-Nugget:
The funeral of Mrs. Julia p. Lang
horne was held in Chehalis 1T 2 O'Clock
Monday afternoon at the Presbyterian
church. The church was not capable OF
seating the large gathering of friends
who had assembled to pay their last
respects TO the deceased. Rev. d. A.
Mackenzie was in charge ofthe services,
bat Rev. J. r. Monfort, who had for q
number of years been Mrs. LanRhorne's
favorite pastor during her active daVs
as q church worker, preached the fun
eral sermon. The interment was In
the Urquhart cemetary, beside the re-
mains of w. D. Langhorne, son of the
deceased, who died several years ago.
There were very many deliberately
beautiful floral offerings. The pal
bearers were J. D. Rice, w. n. Urqu-
hart, Daved Urquhart, ]. T. NOwland,
H. w. FELTON, and J. M. Ponder, Judge
Rice and G. II. FOrney acting IS escort.
Mrs. Langhorne was the wife of
Judge W. w. Langhorne, who is we'll
known to many friends in Southwest
Washington. Her maiden name was
Julia r. Smith and she was q daughter
of Alexander Smith. Her grandfather
was Colonel Alexander Smith, n Of
the early settlers of eastern Tennessee.
Colonel Smith commanded q Ten
nessee regiment under General jackson
during which he was severely wounded,
and he was q warm personal friend OF
jackson. Mrs. LanRhorne's father held
q commission az b~rigadier general in
Tennessee before the Civil var For
many years he was president OF the
Cincinnati, Cumberland Gap and Char
lesion railroad The family plantation
home wa Greenlawn, in Cooke county,
Tennessee, and it was there that Mrs.
Langhorne was born March Is, 1641 She
later educated in select private
Miss Gays in Knoxville. Judge Lang
horne and Miss Smith were married at
Greenlawn November 8, 1858. They
lived In that section, at Newport, until
November, 1890, the judge having an
extensive practice in eastern Tennessee.
In 1890 came 70 Olympia, Wash, and
in July, 1891, located In Chehalis, which
has been the family home ever since.
It was here that the mother enjoyed b
pleasure of seeing her daughters grow
to womanhood and took pride In the
political success of her sons, one Of
whom, Will Langhorne, was twice
elected county clerk of Lewis county.
the other, M. A. Langhorne, being also
twice elected to the Office Of attorney OF
Lewis county, q position he is fllinG
today. Mrs. Langhorne joined the
Presbyterian church In her girlhood
and ever lived a Christian life. She
took an active interest In church work
until breaking health interfered. She
was the domestic type of woman who
loved her home and loved her family
and was very dear to them. For sew
eral months previous to her death Mrs.
Langhorne had been sick and althO
everything possible that could be done
for her was done, death finally came to
end her su1ferings at the Crystal Springs
S~anitarium near Mt. Tabor, Ore, March
q. Besides the bereaved husband,
w. w. Langhorne, three children sur.
vive the mother, M. A. Langhorne, OF
Chshalis, Mrs. r. r. Bassett Of Aber-
deem, and Mrs. l.. n. Miller of Ashford.
A sister, Mrs. A. w. Rhea of Seattle,
and q brother, T. M.Smith of Hender-
sonville,1 N. c., are also living. The
family has the sympathy of a large cir
Gle Of friends in its bereavement.