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- Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, January 23, 1868 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Died - In this village, January 11th, after a brief illness, Mattie E. Maltby, aged 17 years, 2 months and 4 days. Her funeral was attended at the Baptist Church. Worship by a large concourse of mourning relatives and deeply sympathizing friends. Thus suddenly and most sadly, were family and loving friends bereft of one of earth's choicest and loveliest tokens. The cold reaper, with his icy _ has taken dear Mattie, we trust, to the Home above the loved of earth are continually gathering _ _ day she was with us in the full vigor and _ _ early spring time, and engaging cheerfully and _ly in her accustomed duties; but in an unexp_ment, a fatal illness seized her. She endured ravages with Christian fortitude and patience _ly yielded up her noble life on Saturday. _ thus quickly dismiss her to the dark chamber . Though her beloved form will no in the family circle and schoolroom, the memory of her many virtues and Christian graces, her shining and angelic sweetness of temper, are too deeply _ed upon the hearts of those who knew her _ _ effaced. Though summoned thus early to _ earthly life, she leaves behind a noble and _ _ worthy record. Her life was one of spotless _ _ activity. Gifted by nature with an _ thirst for learning, books were her delight in cherished companions. She ardently and _ pursued her studies, and had already acquired an efficiency in them which was truly enviable. _ of her death she was the most advanced _ Academy. Fidelity and cheerfulness in _ _ of every duty, and a critical accuracy in sch_ _ characterized her. Her lively fancy and _ humor, her keep appreciation of the _ _ beautiful, made her a genial friend and gave _ often thoughts a vivacity and tenderness of _ which never failed to please and secure praise. But not for these noble and endearing truths would we hallow and cherish her memory. Her _tian meekness and gentleness, her innocence _ity of purpose, are still more deeply _ _ tablet. Her fortitude and happy _ mind never forsake her, even in her dying _. She besought her weeping parents not to _ loss, and her ransomed spirit left her for the _ of that "place which the world can neither _ _ away." Kind, noble, gentle, gifted one with _ tribute we again resign thee to the _ _ consolation receive the words of that little : 0, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day; Twas an Angel visited the cold earth, And took the flower away.
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1850 - 1868 (17 years)
d. 13 Oct 1897 (Age 79 years)