biography
-- Anna Smith was the daughter of William and Charity Smith, of the
township of Ancaster, County of Wentworth, Ont., born July 31st, 1816, and
on Jan. 8th, 1835, she was united in marriage to John Bartholomew, of the
township of Barton.
There were born to them six
children, three sons and three daughters, William, Henry, Allan,
Catharine, Mary and Margaret Melissa all of whom are yet living.
On April 1st, 1835 she and
her husband moved to the township of Windham, County of Norfolk, then
almost a wilderness, settled on the farm where she has lived for over 56
years.
About the year 1857 she
joined the Methodist new connection church of which she remained a
consistent member till she was translated to the church
triumphant.
Her children have grown up
and settled in various occupations, also she was witness [to] many very
notable changes in the community, the forest has given place to beautiful
buildings and broad clear fields, villages, churches and schools have
grown up around her. She loved to see them all prosper and did what
she could towards that end.
She was a faithful wife, a
loving mother, and a kindhearted neighbor. We all mourn the loss of
one so good and true, but our loss is her gain.
Her
spirit with a bound
Left the encumbering clay,
Her tent at sunrise on the ground
A darkened ruin lay
May we triumph so, and dying find
Our latest foe beneath our feet at all.
The
subject of this sketch was the last remaining one of the first settlers in
this section of the country.
