Greene County NcArchives Photo Document.....Margaret Speight - 1826 
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               Margaret Speight
	In Greene County, on the 15th instant, Mrs.
Margaret Speight, the amiable wife of Wm. V.
Speight, Esq.  The deceased was one of those
persons, of whom as little harm could be said as
of most persons.  She was willing to look over
the faults and foibles of mankind, and to forgive an
injury rather than retaliate.  In fact, she seemed
to live up to the rule taught by the Saviour of
the world, “to do unto all men as you would they
should do unto you.”  She was not fond of the 
pomp and show of vain persons; but instructed her
family in principles of economy and prudence, 
and seemed to be one of those good wives repre-
sented by the wise man: “She seeketh wool and
flax, and worketh diligently with here hands.”  At
her departure a more affecting scene seldom oc-
curs, but that was only the forerunner of one more
solemn.  At her interment, scores of neighbors
attended her funeral, who mingled in the afflic-
tion of the family and bore strong testimony of her
worth.  Before the paper reached us, that an-
nounce the death of Gen. Speight’s wife, we have
to communicate the death of his brother Wil-
liam’s wife-two ornaments to society.  The de-
ceased has left four children to care of a fond
and afflicted husband.

The North Carolina Star, Raleigh, September 22, 1826


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