Annals of our ancestors; one hundred and fifty years of history in the ...

WHAT THE YEARS HAVE BROUGHT 321
for the midday meal, slie felt a change within herself wliich was
attended by great pain. A physician was called and she was
at once taken to the hospital, where an operation was declared
imminent.
At tins critical time, in entire ignorance of it all. Brother
Joseph and Grace were absent upon a tour in the South. They
were called up over long distance telephone and found in
Cincinnati. With all haste, by special car, they came home
and found her still alive and conscious. They were in time
to hear her last messages. One who was there has told me
that she passed away believing in the promises of Jesus. She
left behind the memory of a true and faithful wife and mother;
her domestic life was one of devotion. The servants of her
household attested to her kindness and consideration by long
terms of service. A friend who was with her much during her
last illness testifies to the abundance of her charities, dispensed
quietly and without ostentation.
I am writing these lines not only for our family in general
and for my niece, Grace Watkins King, but for the little granddaughter
of Sister Mary, her precious name-child, Mary Eleanor.
Her great-aunt hopes the little brown-eyed maid may some
day in her womanhood look into these annals and think of
this one back of her, a cheerful voiced lady whose smile was
sweet and whose carriage was dignified yet gracious, the
grandmother who passed from earth before Mary Eleanor's
father and mother were married.
L.
On November 19, 1904, Grace became the bride of Ernest
King of New York City. She began housekeeping in
the Broadway home, so lately bereft of its mother. When
I was there a few weeks ago I could but note how few were
the real changes in the arrangement of the old home, and I
liked that fact.
The mother of Ernest has her own place in our family's
story, and it is noteworthy that, left a widow with three sons
and a daughter to rear, she brought up a family which would
do credit to the combined efforts of both parents. When a
woman left alone to bring up a family of boys can educate
them, polish off the corners, and give the world three good