At Adams Center, N. Y., Dec. 30th, 1865, Mary B., wife of Leonard R. Green, and daughter of Charles and Eliza Potter, in the 40th year of her age.
Returning with her husband from a wedding at the church, they called at the parsonage, when, in starting away, before Mr. Green had fairly seated himself in the carriage, the horse took fright, wheeled around suddenly, threw him out, dashed down the hill, dragging Mr. G. half way down, dashed the carriage against the gate post, hurling Mrs. G. some twenty feet forward upon the frozen ground. She was taken up insensible, and carried into the nearest house, that of Mr. Witter, a brother-in-law. She lingered twelve days, but never returned to consciousness.
Her loss will be greatly felt, not only by her lonely husband and her father's family, in which this is the first link broken, but by the church, of which she has been since her youth a living member, and by general society, of which she occupied a prominent place. Her faith was strong and constant; her disposition affectionate and cheerful; her friends were many.
Funeral services were held New Year's day. The church was crowded, and many went away unable to gain an entrance. The "sources of comfort" were pointed out, with Job 2: 13 as a starting point. G. E. T.
