| Show A NOBLE I 1 I 1 the life af a I 1 decele sister of hon D ad 1 peery I 1 I 1 EDITOR HERALD oa 61 the banks of the bi 01 c g sandy river ao 10 the thic intermountain inter mountain region of kentucky on the he of of the jear yeah there fpud based way away from the associations 0 of men one of the noblest women th tb atthe writer of this sketch was ever permitted to meet our nation ie is fall of grand women of whom we all are proud nod od whose records are fortunately placed before us that their examples maybe may be imitated but how many types of the purest and best are unknown on account of their retired localities and their life devotion bittle world immediately around alem such au one Is the subject of my toy thoughts at pre ent being a near relative of some of our respected citizen citizens I 1 thought brief sketch would be interesting my memory recalls no name nam with more mure recollections than that of mrs hatcher she a member of an old bold respected abo an honored family of virginia a laughter daughter of major david and eleanor harman feery peery and was waa b barp orn ia in ra tazewell zewell county Vir virginia gisila march 15 isio she was married in 1831 to james G hatcher and shortly afterward moved to floyd county i kentucky a here where she remained ped to the hour ot of her death her ifer husband was eased in the mercantile bu burkness but in 1852 1832 fell a victim of that dreadful dread tui dis disease easo cholera leaving a number of children child renall 1 all boys bo but two to the caro care of his widow and andalea an daleo alegi upon her the ilia responsibility 0 01 bis bim U business As she me ie is a sister of bf our one es e s teemed and honored cItIzen Mayor D ft 1 keery and nd au sin aunt yf aur ur moet estimable dr tj 1 car n a h AD 1 als fieo 0 a bister sister of mrs harris a and ad co consequently n an aunt to her het sons the that harris 8 boye who are so welt well known in our circles I 1 with a mental activity on only I 1 y exer A cased by the few of her sexy the entered upon the assumption of her many re responsibilities apons and for thi shirly raf five years she superintended the af 51 fairs of the estate conducted the arbe mercantile In interests teresta in person aid reared ari d her heg children to position in society that are eni enviable lable I 1 think every eon bott ehe she had became a merchant with a business faculty and integrity scon second to none in the and her daugh daughters teril married equally hao arable their credit ie Is good wherever known i in n addition to their they are alio also extensive and farmer in the midst venture to eert sert that no vs womac omit riall the broad land landvik vim n mor aio oio e richly endowed with feelings of kin kindness duess and bighearted big hearted hospitality aba than waa a ill 92 us llen I 1 cfall ber er bhe waa was a friend to alca Lubo ho her door evell the poor missionary found a beneath her roof roaf and bad had hie his hunger dated at her richly supplied aed table F furtune 1 uno I 1 throw threw me upon tipon her hoe boa pa pil lt alty I 1 1 y years agaj but I 1 can iii now recall every little act att of thoughtful kinda m no so do deeply aply were Y ro they impressed imi upon me I 1 1 L ibave awod in her doorway an anu U wat cheil her I 1 gentle with in an entire absence of offield sel ish upon inq o 0 pe casion 1 I yv 43 detained ather it at her hir bouse house for several weeks on of the high waters ciul caused by uie physical geography pf that r of the tile country durloo that time cimei I 1 never saw a day that less lee than eight or ten per person sonie sat down fit nt her tables tuble a table supplied who were they one of them wai a partner in a farge wholesale etzi in oil ro the were men then land tand women from the be udas adjacent nt hill who had come to the store of them bATe barefooted footed and a little bag tealley called a poat of gini ginseng trig gootan root an herb indigenous to that country to trade for tome little thing in the store all were ex extremely poor I 1 observe closely and no d ig arence did I 1 her tr treatment etie antof of the rich merchant and of the poor artil woman or man whose abode was blittle nl a little ittle log og C cabin at the top of the mountain never before did I 1 eee see exhibited euch such true soul edul and hospitals ty ry and with it all an air of or doing na nothing thing more than duty how many hearts have blessed her I 1 I 1 know labe abo people in that community y will in in years to come cabber their little ones around them andrell and tell obber kinda ss love cwi ye they have come to mourn even her tier servants always approve ched her with an air of veneration androne and none in all 11 tl taiti land I 1 but what can isay she iiara was a christian lu its the trel knife wase df idt the word I 1 I 1 I 1 i I 1 she was 76 70 years ei eight months donth and ia days old when abe die d i I 1 1 her body now lies in the little graveyard en on the banks of the BI biz sandy in the mountains of eaon eastern kentucky may it rest in n peace 1 may no unhallowed influence ever come near it and may way the vie requiem sung by saddened hearte awaken avi aken a spirit of emulation in all who dt ill eiro I 1 ta I 1 to 0 make of life a access acea uc ea ft that A t bli brings 6 0 no grief nor pain to others other a dec Is 1880 I 1 ill |
