| Memorial | MRS. NEWELL BARNARD.
The death of Mrs. Catherine Imlay Barnard, wife of Newell Barnard, of Saginaw City, occurred Monday night, March 27, 1882, at 10:35 o’clock. While such a result of her illness was expected, yet her death was a great shock to the family, and to friends in the community where she has lived so long and was so well and favorably known.
The deceased was born July 27, 1822, on the Island of St. Bartholmew, West Indies. Her father, the Hon. Horatio Munson, was born in the State of Connecticut, and was American Consul upon the island at that time. A few years later he returned to his native State, and in 1832 removed to the village of Palmer (now St. Clair), in this State, where he was engaged in general merchandising and lumbering, and where, for some years, he held the office of judge of probate and several other official trusts in St. Clair County, with credit to himself and profit to the people. He always commanded the full confidence of the community where he was known for his ability, morality, and strict integrity, He died in 1852. Mrs. Barnard received a good education in the city of Detroit. Her home was with her father until his death, shortly after which she visited friends in Boston, Mass., where she made the acquaintance of Mr. Barnard, and where she was married to him September 12, 1854. Returning to Michigan, they spent the following winter with friends at Pontiac. She arrived at Saginaw in April, and commenced housekeeping on Hamilton Street, May 1, 1855, where she has ever since lived. She leaves two children, two grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. John A. Sanborn.
Mrs. Barnard was a woman of marked character, and a person of large and beneficent influence, which comprehended a much wider circle than the city in which she lived. The beautiful and elegant home, and the generous hospitality for which it has long been distinguished, are evidences of her refinement and cultivated tastes. She has always been not only a faithful and devoted Christian, but she was especially distinguished as one of the main pillars in the support of St. John’s church of Saginaw, and foremost in every cause and interest which was made the work of the church. Her character and Christian labors were not by any means confined to the society of her church, but extended to all worthy objects which carne within her reach.
As a friend she was most loyal and true, and towards the envious she manifested charity only. As wife and mother, her loss cannot be measured to the wide circle of those who were so fortunate as to be able to call her a friend, her place cannot be supplied; as a noble influence in the community in which she lived, no loss could be greater.
The funeral services will be held at St. John’s church at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon, March 30, 1882. |