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VAN BUREN COUNTY .17
Mrs. Downing possessed a singularly cheerful spirit. She was sunshine in her family, a delight in the social circle, and a joy to all that came within the sphere of her influence. Home had a sacred shrine, and to it husband and children ever returned with assurances of welcome and pledges of love. Her ear was always open to the cry of the poor, and none ever went hungry from her door. Continually busy were her hands, scattering seeds of kindness upon every heart, and "none knew her but to love—none spoke of her but to praise.
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