This is an 8.5x11 printed
sheet of yellowed paper on John H. Boyd of Whitehall NY's
daughter. This
leaf of paper came to our family through his granddaughter Inita Boyd
who married into another
Boyd family, my great uncle Glenn Boyd. (B.J. Cox)
"IN MEMORIUM"
Died, in North Granville, N.Y., August 1, 1878, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Boyd) Davis.
The deceased, daughter of the
late Hon. John H. Boyd, of Whitehall, N.Y.,
was born on January 16, 1837,
and was baptized when an infant by Rev.
Lewis
Kellog. In 1861,
October 2, she was married to the late
H.W. Davis, and was
received into the Presbyterian
church, at North Granville, April 28, 1878,
by Rev. L. Kellogg, who at
the same time baptized her two sons, John B.,
and Henry W., who she leaves
to mourn her loss, aged 15 and 11 respectively.
Being blessed with a very acute
and comprehensive mind, she received a
thorough education at the
Whitehall academy, at Burlington, Vt., Galway.
N.Y., and the North Granville
Seminary, of which she was the first
graduate, on July 30, 1856.
A brilliant member of society, a devoted mother
and a sincere christian, her
loss is deeply felt in this town and wherever
she is known.
Two years ago last March an
attack of pneumonia, which she barely escaped
with life, brought on the
pulmonary disease which, with varying intervals
of acuteness, has terminated
her life. Last October she rode out for the
last time. Since April she
has been confined to her bed.
Her faith in her Redeemer was
implicit. She repeatedly asked that the 14th
chapter of John and the 46th
Psalm be read to her, and expressed great
satisfaction in hearing them.
Her cousins, Mrs. M.E. Billings
and sisters; as well as William B., John
W., and Jesse L. Eddy
have sought to provide every comfort that could avail
to mitigate her sufferings,
sufferings which she strove to endure
patiently, praying daily for
God's assistance. Her great resignation for
months proved that her prayers
were effectual. Her sister, Miss Kate L.
Boyd, or Miss J.A. Bunce
have been constantly with her for nearly three
months, and Mr. and Mrs. James
G. Brown, with whom she has made her home
for seven years, have faithfully
cared for her and her two sons till the
last. Often did she mention
these and other friends with deepest gratitude.
It was at the dawn of a new
day that her gentle spirit took its flight,
emblem of that glorious day
in which she henceforth will dwell. On the
afternoon of August 3rd, the
funeral services were conducted by Rev. L.
Kellogg, who read a part of
the 7th chapter of the gospel of St. John and
referred in his remarks to
the grandmother and mother of deceased, whom he
had attended to their final
resting places. The choir of the Presbyterian
church sang "Rock of Ages"
and "Just as I Am." The sad procession moved
without carriages from the
house to the cemetery, which was near; and the
coffin, profusely covered
with flowers, was gently lowered into the grave
which was beautifully lined
with evergreens and flowers. Not more gently
could the bearers have lifted
the living form and placed it to rest. The
pall-bearers were Messrs.
Shumway, Buckley, Willett, Wilcox, Thomas and
Kincaid. Mr. James Doren made
the arrangements for the funeral in his usual
quiet manner.
Her glory is not of this shadowy
state,
Glory
that with the fleeting season dies;
But when she entered at the
sapphire gate
What
joy was radiant in celestial eyes!
How heaven's bright depths
with sounding welcomes rung,
And flowers of heaven by shining
hands were flung;
And He who, long before,
Pain, scorn, and sorrow bore,
The
mighty Sufferer with aspect sweet,
Smiled on the timid stranger from his seat;
He who returning, glorious,
from the grave,
Dragged Death, disarmed, in
chains, a crouching slave.
Bryant.
Barbara
Cox
Barbara Cox
1615 Hazelhurst Dr
Jacksonville FL 32216
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