Genealogy Pages for Northern Middle TN
Obituary for Mrs. Ann SMALL
Following is a transcription of the above person's (TN) obituary from The Tennessee
Watchman, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., TN, dated 08/10/1821:
Died--On the 5th inst. Mrs. ANN SMALL, consort of M Joe Henry
SMALL, of this vicinity. Blessed with an ardent and cheerful heart, her disposition
was naturally benevolent, and enlivened with all the affections of mother, christian and
friend. Thus, when all that makes human nature excellent expires; when the grave
suddenly and forever shuts from our eyes those whom the bonds of affinity have inseparably
linked unto us; whose tenderness and solicitudes have become incorporated with our
feelings; whose percept and example have stimulated us to good resolutions and confirmed
us in our faith, the pangs of separation are sharpened within us, whilst busy memory,
pondering o'er the past, lingers with aching recollections on the virtues that have ceased
to be--the tomb, however, cannot devour the righteous--the memory of the pious will not
perish in the grave, though it be a dark yet to them, we feel it to be a sure passage to
eternal happiness.