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- Mary P. Newton Thompson - October 25, 1842 - September 9, 1902. Daughter of Ora and Julia Hyde Newton. Wife of
Albert G. Thompson.
Newspaper Obituary - Wednesday, September 17, 1902 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Mrs. Mary Thompson - It is not often that a community sustains a greater loss than the one sustained by us in the death of Mrs. Mary Thompson, which occurred, Tuesday, September 9, 1902, at Orwell, New York. It will take some time to find another to fill her place and exert the influence she exerted in the social and intellectual life of our people. “Earth has one Angel less, and heaven one more since (her departure.) Already kneeling at the throne, she has received her welcome and is resting on the bosom of her Savior.” She was born at Rodman, Jefferson County, in 1841. Her ancestors, for several generations, were New England people, but her parents, Ora K. and Julia (Hyde) Newton, left their New England home for Northern New York, in the early part of the last century. After enjoying educational advantages at Belleville Academy, she was engaged in the work of teaching. In 1860 she was married to Allen G. Thompson, who, in 1887, was called from his earthly labors to his heavenly reward. One daughter blessed their union, Mrs. Arthur H. Springsteen, of Carthage, who survives her parents, and who had the pleasure of administering comfort and relief to her loved mother during her last illness. The greater, and on the whole, most important part of her life was spent at Orwell, and the community is richer and better because of the life she lived in it. Several weeks previous to her death she was taken ill with a severe attack of dysentery, and though all help available was summoned, she gradually grew worse until the end came. Her funeral was held at her late home, Saturday, September 13, Revs. W. H. Seed and T. T. Davies officiating. The copious tears that fell and the expressions of sorrow that were heard upon the occasion, signified that one highly respected and dearly loved had finished her earthly course. Interment at the Orwell cemetery. To die without being missed bespeaks of an ill spent life. This, however, was not the case with Sister Thompson. She will be missed greatly, missed as a factor in the intellectual life of our people. For many years she rendered valuable service to the town through her correspondence to several local papers, ever impartial in her report of what had transpired. Her temperament was decidedly optimistic, and the sunshine of her own life was imparted to those who came in contact with her. The law of kindness was in her heart. She loved to make others happy, and to make life brighter to those who lived under her roof. She will be missed in the church of God. The Congregational society, of which she was a devoted member, and an earnest worker, will miss her. In all the activities and enterprises of her home church she was intensely interested. Her conception of the Christian life was one of daily communion with Christ which she beautifully exemplified in her own life. Our loss has been her eternal gain. “Life’s race well run, Life’s work well done. Life’s crown well won, Now comes rest.” -Rev. T. T. Davies. In the death of Mrs. Thompson, the Democrat loses a faithful correspondent; one who has assisted us well for six years. We feel that we have not lost only a faithful helper but an esteemed friend, one for whom we held a large amount of love which is felt for a true friend. B.G.S.
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1842 - 1902 (59 years)