At her home in Alfred Centre, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1893, of laryngeal tuberculosis, Mrs. M. E. Sheppard, wife of Dr. Mark Sheppard, aged 56 years.
Mrs. Sheppard, the daughter of Aaron and Julia Babcock Coon, was born in Petersburg, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1837. When about twelve years old she joined the church of that place, and from that time to the time of her death, was a consistent Christian. Always conscientious, tender hearted and loving, she drew to herself many friends. Those of her teachers and classmates , both of DeRuyter Institute and of Alfred University, will remember her as most talented and scholarly. Leading her friends always in literary pursuits, she has left them treasures of beautiful poems which reveal her own pure and lofty spirit, and point toward the Father and home that she loved, and toward the rest, which, after long years of patient suffering and waiting, is hers. She leaves an aged father, a loving and devoted husband, and many friends who sincerely mourn her loss. B. C. D.
