Macon Weekly Telegraph (Georgia)
12 April 1859, pg. 3
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"DIED, in Griswoldville, Ga., April 4th, 1859, Mrs. MARY S., consort of Gen'l D. N. Smith, and daughter of Mr. Samuel Griswold, in the 37th year of her age.
In her 16th year she embraced religion, and joined the M. E. Church in the city of Macon. Thus in the vigor of her days she consecrated herself to God and the great interests of eternity.
As a wife, she was kind, affectionate, and faithful; as a mother, patient and forbearing; as a mistress, honored, obeyed and beloved by her servants, and thus enshrined in the affections of her household, her influence for good was felt over all.
For several months she suffered severely, and was often in agony, from the excruciations of disease, -- the pangs of approaching death. But in all her afflictions she murmured not, but endured them with that patience and fortitude characteristic only of a christian.
She talked of death and eternity with great composure of mind, and gave satisfactory evidence of her acceptance with God. And as the energies of life began to sink in the cold waters of Jordan, the soul triumphed in extacies of joy and praise, and left the bed of death and circle of weeping friends, to join the hallelujahs of the heavenly world.
May God sanctify this afflictive dispensation of his Providence."
[Mrs. Smith rests at Clinton United Methodist Church Cemetery in Jones County, Georgia.]
