Abby Langworthy, daughter of Their and Lucy Nye Crandall, was born January 5, 1820, and died at the home of her son, with whom she had made her home for nearly thirty years, March 7, 1917, aged 97 years, 2 months and 2 days.
Of a family of nine children she had been the only one living for several years. She lived nearly all her life in Westerly, R. I. On January 6, 1839, she was married to Albert B. Langworthy by Rev. Daniel Coon. February 13, 1858, she with her husband took letters from the First Hopkinton Church and united with the First Westerly Church at Dunn's Corner, of which she was an interested and helpful member all her life. The last chapter of Proverbs describes her character fully. Surely she 'looked well to the ways of her household and ate not the bread of idleness." She not only worked for herself, but was always ready to lend a helping hand to others.
Besides the son, Albert Langworthy, with whom she lived, she leaves two daughters, Mrs. Lucy E. Crandall and Mrs. William F. Saunders, both of Westerly.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Clayton A. Burdick, and she was laid to rest by the side of her husband, Dean Albert B. Langworthy, in Oak Grove Cemetery, Ashaway, R. I.
M. A. L.
