OBITUARY: Mary J. Ragsdale, Table Rock precinct, Jackson County, Oregon ********************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE: ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ********************************************************************************* Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by Elizabeth Corethers 10 Jan 2003 *************************************************************************** Jacksonville (Oregon) Democratic Times, Friday, 6 Mar 1885, p. 3 RAGSDALE-In Table Rock precinct, Feb. 22d, of typhoid fever, Mary J., youngest daughter of Mrs. S. J. Ragsdale; aged 11 years, 8 months and 7 days. We've laid our darling down to rest, Her troubles are all o'er, And she is sweetly resting On the banks of that bright shore. She has crossed the crystal river, And her little heart is free; Why weep we for our treasure? She is happier far than we. Around the mound we'll wander, Our hearts are filled with grief, But God has taken Mary To a place of sweet relief. Deck her grave with flowers- The daisy here shall bloom, While Mary's sweetly sleeping In the still and silent tomb. Let us put aside her playthings- She will never want them more. She is happy with the angels On that bright, celestial shore. We'll never see our darling Gathering flowers around the door; For our little Mary angel Now treads the golden shore. -S.E.J.