Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-07-07
Mrs. Julia F. Holstein.
"After the toll and trouble,
There cometh q day of rest;
After the weary conflict;
Peace on the Saviour's breast

Just as the Sabbath morn was
bursting into the sweet calm of a
golden day, in the leafy month of
June, when the flowers are brightest
and when the birds were singing
their most joyous notes, the gentle
spirit of Mrs. Julia r. Holstein took
its flight to her home in Heaven, on
the 18th day of June, 1909.
Almost sixty summers ago Miss
Julia E.. Dozier was married to Mr.
Moses N. H olstein and as beauti-
. ttul blushing bride went to the de
lightful Ridge land where she has
lived solong and which she loved so
well In her airy home. amid the
shady oaks. She was sister of
James A. Dozier, Esq, and DR.. Al
len. Dozier, both of whom were typi-
cal Southern gentlemen, and Mrs L..
Charlton her sister and playmate
during the happy days Of childhood
is left now alone and heart broken,
like the last rose of summer.
Mrs. Holstein had to pass through
the horrors Of the Confederate war
and its direfnl consequences, and if
the names of the faithful wives of
the Confederate veterans should be
carved on the tablets of the monu-
meat soon to Nbe erected to their
honor by the State, then that of Ju-
liza f. Holstein would be among
those at the head of the list.
She endured the shock with noble
fortitude and reared up a family of
children of whom any one might
well be proud and during her long
married life she never had death
in the home, as all her children are
now living and doing we'll. No crepe
ever hung on her hospitable door.
Her children were all about her
when she passed away and they to-
getller with herdevoted husband did
all that human skill could do to pro-
mote her comfort.
The leading characteristics of the
good woman were humility, practical
industry and 1,nsefish generosity.
She was as MODEST as the violet, and
without sny Of that ostentatious
pride Of those who love conspicuous
places, she loved to sit in the back
ground and be most seen through
her work. She was the perfection
of a domestic wife; devotedsto her
husband and children and given to
generosity and charity. No negro
lever. ever went out of her back yard
hungry, and several of her trusted
old-time negro servants came up, a
distance of about 25 miles, from her
plantation, to attend her funeral ser.
vice, and shed sincere tears over he1
grave. In the words of King Lem.
Iuel: ~
MHhe heart OF her husband doth
safely trust in her. She stretched
ther hands Ito the poor; yea, she
.Ireacheth forth her hands to the nee
She looketh well to the ways Of
Iher household and eateth not the
the bread of idleness: many daugh
ters have done yirtuously but SIT
lexcelleth them all. |"
i. With all her practical diligence
4 she was a devoted Christian and new
Ell forgot the religious training o
the days Of her youth, by her nobl
4 father, Rev. Allen Dozier who wa
4 q Baptist minister, and she taugh
the Bible to her children both b.
precept and example.
She was the embodiment of al
that made up the home and such
woman as one would naturally thin
! of when listening to that preciou
j song Home Sweet Home. D
Amid the many beautiful thing
lin this world one of the most adm.
rable was the warm attachment @
q this devoted couple. How sh
B would watchfo Or he, good husband
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