Mary N. Sullivan
Abt. 1804-Feb. 21, 1867
Niles Republican, Saturday, March 2, 1867, page 3, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
OBITUARY
Died in this city on the 21st inst., at the residence of her sister, Mrs. H.C. Griffith, Mrs. MARY N. SULLIVAN, of Consumption, aged 62 years.
The deceased was the widow of the late William H. Sullivan, Esq., of this city, and daughter of the late Joseph S. and Olive R. Neil, of New Market, N.H., and where she resided in early life and also in Concord, where the name of Mary Neil was cherished, and will long be remembered by those who survive her there--As in early life she was a model girl, so in riper years was she a model woman adorning her sex. She leaves to mourn her loss three daughters, one own sister, and two half sisters and a brother, children of Maj. A.P. Stinson, with whom she was reared, and several nieces and nephews, none knowing or caring to know, but they were all of one family. The deceased has many relatives and friends residing in N.H. and Maine, who will like her relatives and numerous friends here deplore her loss. So amiable and lovely was she in her demeanor, that she won the esteem and good will of all with whom she mingled, and died as she lived, without one to reproach her. Mrs. S., so far as is known to the writer, was never united to any christian church, yet ever gave the strongest evidence of her faith in the christian religion, by a "godly life and confirmation," being early taught by a sainted mother, whose example she followed. Her attachment to the M.E. church, while a youth, under the Ministry of Broachard, Ruter, Kelley, Stosts and Dow, became strong, which only increased in the west with riper years. The Rev. A.J. Eldred, of Grand Rapids, ever a favorite preacher of the deceased and her family, accidentally being in the city, was solicited by the friends of the deceased to officiate at the funeral, which he cheerfully complied with on the 23rd inst., when all that remained of Mary N. Sullivan, was consigned to the last resting place on earth, in the beautiful Cemetery of this city, beside her late husband. It was remarked "it seemed as mourners, instead of friends who had come to pay their last tribute of respect to the memory of a friend and neighbor," and so it verily seemed. A vacuum is left in the family circle and in the neighborhood, not soon to be filled. Consumption, that loathsome disease, which baffles the best medical skill, had been praying upon her constitution for years, but succeeded not in its mission till the evening of the 21st, when, without a groan or a struggle, Mrs. S. fell asleep among relatives and friends and such friends few possessed. All that could be done to alleviate her distress and if possible stay that disease, was done by her able physician, her sister and friends, but all for vain, her saviour called and she was ready to depart and be with him, who while living, she acknowledged to be her Redeemer and Saviour. Peace be in her ashes.
Niles Republican, Saturday, April 6, 1867, page 3, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Chester Rollo, the City Sexton, submitted his quarterly report of interments in the Cemetery for the quarter ending March 31st, of which the following is a summary:
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Feb. 23, Mrs. Mary S. Sullivan, age 52, years, native of New market, N.H., at Niels, of Consumption.