| Obituary | May 15, 1892 | OBITUARY: Death of Mrs. C.M.L. Bartlett - Mrs. Cornelia Margaretta (Lawrence) Bartlett, who we reported last week, as being very sick at West Newton, Mass., where she had been spending the winter, deceased on Saturday afternoon, not being able to withstand the weakening effects of pneumonia, with which she had been prostrated for over a week. Mrs. Bartlett was the only surviving representative of the Lawrence family. She was born June 24, 1837, the daughter of Aaron and Lucretia (Claggett) Lawrence. her early years were spent in Amherst. June 22, 1871, she married John R. Bartlett of Boston. The union not being a happy one a separation took place, since which her home was with her sister Elizabeth, till her decease. Lately she has lived alone refitting elegantly her home here, but preferring, on account of the severity of the winters, to spend the cold months elsewhere. Although away among strangers at the time of her death, yet she had every care and attention that ample means could purchase, two trained hospital nurses ministering to her needs, and the undivided attention of an experienced physician bestowed upon her. Mrs. Bartlett was a woman of a great many good and noble parts. Eccentric in some ways, yet she never thrust her eccentricities upon others. Coming from a race and family long noted for its generosity, she inherited many of the characteristics that distinguished it. Possessed of ample means she was able to gratify her generous impulses, and numerous societies and institutions have been helped by her munificence. She was a zealous worker in local charities, and took great delight in efforts for the alleviation of the poor and unfortunate. She was a loyal daughter of Amherst, and bent her efforts to further anything which was for its interest; taking great delight in the work of the Improvement Society. Possessed of a good education and being a woman of quick wit with a keen appreciation of the ridiculous, made her a most delightful conversationalist. Her very nervous temperament (which none knew better than herself) kept her from mingling in society as much as she would have liked. Those who knew her best appreciate her many sterling qualities and virtues, and will miss greatly her pleasant association. She anticipated death with calmness, directing how arrangements should be made for her funeral, requesting that H.E. Abbott, Esq., of Brookline, Mass., should have charge of the arrangement. Her funeral was from her late home here, on Tuesday p.m., Dr. Davis and Rev. Mr. McGown conducting the religious services. Music was furnished by the choir of the Cong'l church of Milford, and interment took place in the family lot at the west cemetery.
Published in The Farmers' Cabinet, 19 May 1892, "Amherst," p. 5, col. 1.3
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