(In an advertisement on the reverse is the number "87.", probably meaning the year, 1887)
Obituary Notices.
Mrs. William Walpole.
We are called upon this week to record the death of another of the older residents of the town of Bedford, Mary Burnett, wife of William Walpole.
Their home for several years has been at Cantito Corners, but her death occurred on Friday, Dec. 31st, at the residence of her son-in-law, William Cargan, near Katonah. On the previous Sunday she had attended the funeral of another son-in-law, Charles Troup, late of Brooklyn, held at the Katonah Methodist Church. After the service she went to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cargan, where she had a severe attack of asthma, to which she had been subject for many years. Though unable to return to her own home, her illness was not considered serious until the morning of Friday last, when her lungs became congested, and her death quickly followed.
She was in the seventy-fourth year of her age, having been born in Bungay, England, May 8, 1813 [Note by H. D.: one bible gives 1814]. Her father, William Burnett, removed to this country in 1833, and resided for several years in New York, where his daughter, Mary, was married to William Rushmore [Note: bibles give Rushmer]. Removing to Richmond, Va., they made their home there until Mr. Rushmore's death. Two children by this marriage survive their mother - Thomas Rushmore, of San Francisco, Cal., and Hannah, wife of William Bumstead, of Bedford Station.
In 1848 [Note: bible gives 1847] she became the wife of William Walpole, and after living for a few years in Scotch Plains, N. J., they removed in 1853 to Bedford, where they have resided since, with the exception of five years spent in Unionville. A brother of Mrs. Walpole, Mr. D. Burnett, is a well-known resident of Mt. Kisco. Three children by her second marriage are living - a son, Wm. Walpole, of Golden's Bridge, and two daughters, Hattie, wife of Wm. Cargan, of Katonah, and Rachel, the widow of Charles Troup, of Brooklyn.
Mrs. Walpole became a Christian in early life, and for more than forty years was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Her convictions were strong and earnest, and the Bible a cherished book. Feeble and frail of body for many years; often prostrated by severe attacks of illness which seemed likely to prove fatal; called to pass through experiences of sore trouble and sorrow - her faith in God's word remained firm. God was her refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Her favorite hymn was the one beginning
"How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in his excellent word."
Her funeral was attended on Monday, January 3rd at 1 o'clock, at the Katonah Presbyterian Church, her pastor, the Rev. J. H. Eastman, officiating, assisted by the Rev. W. S. Winans, Jr., pastor of the Methodist Church. The burial was in the Katonah Cemetery.