Beaufort County NcArchives Obituaries.....Perry, Mary, Mrs.  January 25, 1865
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The Raleigh Standard,  March 1, 1865
The Raleigh Standard, March 1, 1865
   DIED, at Rosedale, Beaufort County, N. C., on the 25th day of January, 
1865, MRS. MARY PERRY, wife of D. B. PERRY, ESQ.
   The death of this estimable lady will be heard with regret by the large 
circle of her friends and acquaintances, whom the fortune of war has expelled 
from their homes. Her house has been for more than thirty years the center of 
a refined and generous hospitality. Nor will the poor soon forget the 
benefactress whose bounty so often relieved their distresses. Mrs. Perry was 
the only daughter of COL. THOMAS LATHAM, and was born on the 24th day of 
March, 1796. She was twice married, first to JOHN G. WILLIAMS, who only lived 
a few years; and on the 25th of January, 1831, to D. B. PERRY, ESQ.
   MRS. PERRY possessed in an eminent degree the admirable qualities which 
distinguish the Southern matron. Religious, charitable, hospitable and 
industrious, she never tired in discharging the holy duties of wife and 
mother. She was a model housewife, liberal without waste; and economical 
without stint; and dispensed the hospitalities of her husband's mansion with 
the graceful dignity of a matron of the old school, while every guest felt a 
warm welcome.
   The afflictions of war fell heavily upon her. Her son, LIEUTENANT THOMAS L. 
PERRY, Adjutant of the 4th N. C. Regiment, was mortally wounded at the battle 
of Seven Pines. The proximity of her residence to the enemy's line entailed 
many hardships besides the loss of property. But she bore up under her 
misfortunes with the fortitude of a Christian, while life lasted, and 
rejoicing at its close, which shut out the spectacle of so much misery. God 
has called her home to Heaven.
                                      C.

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