Mary Harvey was born the 28th of 3rd mo 1814, a daughter of William and Sarah (Charles) Harvey. She married 28 Jul 1835 Thomas Chalkley Coffin, son of Elihu & Jane (Starbuck) Coffin, for which offense she offered an apology to the Whitewater (IN) Friends Meeting. In 1836, they relocated to Parke Co., IN, where they remained until Mary's death in 1841. She was the mother of three children: Gulielma Maria, Mary H. and Franklin Rayle. After her death her husband remarried and moved to Iowa.
From contributor#49211343
OBITUARY NOTICE[S].
PARKE COUNTY, Indiana, March 21st, 1841.
DIED, In this county, on the 20th inst., MARY COFFIN, consort of Thomas C. Coffin, and daughter of Wm. and Sarah Harvey, of Wayne County, Indiana.
Death is called the king of terrors, and is generally an unwelcome visitant into the family circle; but when it’s summons is confined to the aged and decrepit, who are full of days and trouble, we consign their remains to the tomb with a melancholy pleasure, as an asylum from the turmoils of life: but when youth is snatched away, with all the vigor of life and buoyancy of hope, we sometimes stand amazed at the unscrutiable ways of Providence. The subject of this obituary was in the morning of life, - united to the earth by all the ties of consanguinity, which entwine around the hearts of the pious an virtuous; but it is not our intention to write an eulogy of her character. We leave a blank for the reminiscence of the imagination to fill, when we attempt a description of her worth; yet we hope we will be permitted to say, that in the death of Mary Coffin, community has sustained a loss for which it should be shrouded in mourning. She was blest by nature with a vigorous intellect, united with the modesty of character which adorns the female, in a pre-eminent degree.
The Richmond Weekly Palladium, Richmond, Indiana | April 3, 1841 | Page 3
From contributor#49211343
OBITUARY NOTICE[S].
PARKE COUNTY, Indiana, March 21st, 1841.
DIED, In this county, on the 20th inst., MARY COFFIN, consort of Thomas C. Coffin, and daughter of Wm. and Sarah Harvey, of Wayne County, Indiana.
Death is called the king of terrors, and is generally an unwelcome visitant into the family circle; but when it’s summons is confined to the aged and decrepit, who are full of days and trouble, we consign their remains to the tomb with a melancholy pleasure, as an asylum from the turmoils of life: but when youth is snatched away, with all the vigor of life and buoyancy of hope, we sometimes stand amazed at the unscrutiable ways of Providence. The subject of this obituary was in the morning of life, - united to the earth by all the ties of consanguinity, which entwine around the hearts of the pious an virtuous; but it is not our intention to write an eulogy of her character. We leave a blank for the reminiscence of the imagination to fill, when we attempt a description of her worth; yet we hope we will be permitted to say, that in the death of Mary Coffin, community has sustained a loss for which it should be shrouded in mourning. She was blest by nature with a vigorous intellect, united with the modesty of character which adorns the female, in a pre-eminent degree.
The Richmond Weekly Palladium, Richmond, Indiana | April 3, 1841 | Page 3
Mary Harvey was born the 28th of 3rd mo 1814, a daughter of William and Sarah (Charles) Harvey. She married 28 Jul 1835 Thomas Chalkley Coffin, son of Elihu & Jane (Starbuck) Coffin, for which offense she offered an apology to the Whitewater (IN) Friends Meeting. In 1836, they relocated to Parke Co., IN, where they remained until Mary's death in 1841. She was the mother of three children: Gulielma Maria, Mary H. and Franklin Rayle. After her death her husband remarried and moved to Iowa.
From contributor#49211343
OBITUARY NOTICE[S].
PARKE COUNTY, Indiana, March 21st, 1841.
DIED, In this county, on the 20th inst., MARY COFFIN, consort of Thomas C. Coffin, and daughter of Wm. and Sarah Harvey, of Wayne County, Indiana.
Death is called the king of terrors, and is generally an unwelcome visitant into the family circle; but when it’s summons is confined to the aged and decrepit, who are full of days and trouble, we consign their remains to the tomb with a melancholy pleasure, as an asylum from the turmoils of life: but when youth is snatched away, with all the vigor of life and buoyancy of hope, we sometimes stand amazed at the unscrutiable ways of Providence. The subject of this obituary was in the morning of life, - united to the earth by all the ties of consanguinity, which entwine around the hearts of the pious an virtuous; but it is not our intention to write an eulogy of her character. We leave a blank for the reminiscence of the imagination to fill, when we attempt a description of her worth; yet we hope we will be permitted to say, that in the death of Mary Coffin, community has sustained a loss for which it should be shrouded in mourning. She was blest by nature with a vigorous intellect, united with the modesty of character which adorns the female, in a pre-eminent degree.
The Richmond Weekly Palladium, Richmond, Indiana | April 3, 1841 | Page 3
From contributor#49211343
OBITUARY NOTICE[S].
PARKE COUNTY, Indiana, March 21st, 1841.
DIED, In this county, on the 20th inst., MARY COFFIN, consort of Thomas C. Coffin, and daughter of Wm. and Sarah Harvey, of Wayne County, Indiana.
Death is called the king of terrors, and is generally an unwelcome visitant into the family circle; but when it’s summons is confined to the aged and decrepit, who are full of days and trouble, we consign their remains to the tomb with a melancholy pleasure, as an asylum from the turmoils of life: but when youth is snatched away, with all the vigor of life and buoyancy of hope, we sometimes stand amazed at the unscrutiable ways of Providence. The subject of this obituary was in the morning of life, - united to the earth by all the ties of consanguinity, which entwine around the hearts of the pious an virtuous; but it is not our intention to write an eulogy of her character. We leave a blank for the reminiscence of the imagination to fill, when we attempt a description of her worth; yet we hope we will be permitted to say, that in the death of Mary Coffin, community has sustained a loss for which it should be shrouded in mourning. She was blest by nature with a vigorous intellect, united with the modesty of character which adorns the female, in a pre-eminent degree.
The Richmond Weekly Palladium, Richmond, Indiana | April 3, 1841 | Page 3
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"In memory of Mary Coffin consort of T. C. Coffin who departed this life March 19, 1841 in the 27 year of her age"
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