The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-09
FOUNDER IS DEAD
MRS. MARY BAKER EDDY DIES AT
HER HOME IN CHESTNUT
HILL, BOSTON.
PNEUMONIA BROUGHT END
Interesting and Remarkable Career
of the Woman Who Founded
a New Re-
Iigion.

Boston, Mass. - Mrs. Mary Baker
Glover Eddy, founded and leader OF
Christian Science has passed away at
her home in Chestnut Hill.
Natural causes" explains the
death, according to DR.. George l..
West, a district medical examiner. who
was summoned a few hours after Mrs
EDDY passed away. Later Dr.. West
added that the more immediate cause
was probably pneumonia.
The news of Mrs. Eddy's death waa
made known simultaneously by Judge
Clifford p. Smith. first reader of the
mother church at the close of the
morning service, and by Alfred Far
low. Of the Christian Science publica-
ton committee, in a statement to the
press.
According to Mr.. Farlow, Mrs. Ed
dy passed away at l0:45 o'clock Sat
urday night.
She had been indisposed about nine
days" said Mr.. Farlow's statement,
but had been up and dressed and as
late as Thursday transacted some
business with one Of the officials of
the Christian Science church.
saturday night she fell quietly
asleep and those around her could at
first hardly realize that she had gone.
Her thought was clear until the last
and she left no final messages.
n physician was in attendance,
but she had the assistance of the stud
ents who comprised her household.
With her at the time of her departure
were Mr.. Calvin A. Frye. Mrs. Laura
X. Sargent, Mrs. Ella S. Rathyon, Rev
Irving c. Tomlison, her corresponding
secretary, VIM. r. Rathvon and her
secretary. Adam II. Dickey.
Burial Service to Be Simple.
nc arrangements regarding the
time or place Of her burial have yet
been decided upon. 1t is we'll known
to her household that she believed in
simplicity IN such occasions and in
compliance with this knowledge. it is
expected that the service will be pri-
vate and Of a simple nature, consist
ing probably OF prayer and readings
from the Bible with some brief selec-
ions from the Christian Science text
book. Only her relatives, her house
hold and the officials OF the church
are expected to be in attendance.
There having been no physician in
attendance. DR.. George l.. West, of
NnUfnn Cnnfnp nnIino1 nyou,iy,ov FOR
the district. was called early Sunday
morning. DR.. West, after investiga-
ton, pronounced the death due to ma
tural causes and issued the custom
airy certificate.
"A telegram was sem to her son,
George w. Glover, of Lead. s.. D.. ap-
prising him OF his mothers demise and
requesting information as to his at.
tendance, and that of his family
Mis-. Eddv was born in Bow, n. H.,
July 16, 1921 and was, therefore. in
her ninetieth year"
Her life began among the granite
foothills of New Hampshire. Her
father. Mark Baker. was a farmer,
and a descendant of revolutionary and
colonial heroes, while her mother was
of Scottish ancestry.
Her education in little schools, and
later at the Pembroke academy. was
supplemented by what she gathered
from discussion of religious matters
at the family fireside, when several
We'll known ~clergymen called to talk
over church matters with her father
In the early forties George Wash
ington Glover became associated with
Samuel Baker, the third son, and as q
result Mary Baker and he were mar
ried Christmas in 1843 at Fulton, N.
H.. The Glovers wen to the south
where Mrs. Eddy saw slavery in its
worst forms, and there, the June after
her marriage, she was left a widow
Returning to New Hampshire she gave
birth to her son. George Washington
Glover. in September.
In Literary Work.
Mary Baker Glover spent the next
few years with her sister. Abigail
and other relatives in New Hampshire
and began literary work with several
articles on her observations of slavery
in the South. She also taught school
About 1850 a wave of %spiritualism
swept owe New England. which drew
her attention to some extent. After
nine years of widowhood Mrs. Eddy
was married to DR.. Daniel Patterson,
a New Hampshire dentist. This mar
riaee vas not a happy one However
the relationship was KEEP. Up for 20
years, when it was severed by divorce
A notable event Of Mrs. Eddy's life
was her meeting in 1862 with Phineas
Quinby. a mesmeric healer at the In,
ternational hotel in Portland. Me