OBIT: Letitia N. SMITH, 1845, formerly of Huntingdon County, PA

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OBITUARY RECORD.

  On Thursday, the 10th instant, at Athens, in the State of Tennessee, 
Letitia N. Smith, widow of Richard Smith, Esq., of Huntingdon.
  Mrs. Smith had left Pennsylvania only a few weeks, in company with 
her nephew Mr. Van Dyke, with whom she intended to spend the remainder 
of her days. They reached Athens, his place of residence, about the 
first of June. Notwithstanding the fatigue of so long a journey, her 
health appeared as good as usual. She attended a Sabbath-school 
celebration on the 4th of July. - In the evening she complained of a 
slight headache, which, however, rapidly increased, causing 
excruciating pain. Her mental powers yielded to the intensity of her 
bodily sufferings, and during the last two or three days of her mortal 
existence she appeared quite insensible. Thus in the mysterious 
dispensation of an All-wise Providence, she was denied the privilege in 
her last moments of bearing testimony to the faithfulness of a 
Saviour's love, and to the excellence of that religion, of which she 
had been for many years a worthy and consistent professor. She was a 
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
  The circumstances attending the death of Mrs. Smith, were 
communicated to a lady of this place and this brief notice will, no 
doubt, be read with feelings of deep emotion by her numerous friends. 
Those who knew her best loved her most.
  Huntingdon, July 30, 1845   O.

Huntingdon Journal, Wednesday, July 30, 1845