Grace Shannon Harris.
Miss Grace Shannon Harris, daughter of Capt. W. A. Harris of this city departed this life at Fremont, Ohio, August 30th, after an illness of five months. Her age was slightly past sixteen years.
Singularly free from selfishness, petulencce <sic> and vanity, Grace endeared herself to all her acquaintances by her invariable sweet temper, her joyousness in the sunshine, and her patience while passing through the clouds of her short life. As a student she was conscientious and diligent to the utmost detail. At Oberlin college which she entered a year ago, she was from the first esteemed and loved by faculty and students alike for her exceeding loveliness of person and disposition.
To those who knew her best, and mourn her departure inconsolably we can but commend the sweet sentiment of one who knew the deepest note of sorrow: “Why does the Builder lay a foundation so broad and so deep and with such care? It is that in his own land he may build on and on a palace whose beauty shall be infinite.”
~ The Daily Record, 12-Sept-1889, Page 4, Column 4
You can visit the memorial page for Grace Shannon Harris.
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