HARVEY, Mary (Busey)
Date of death:17 May 1897 – Shirley, Henry County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat,1 May 21, 1897,
Volume XXXVII Number 45, page 4 column 5/p>
FROM OVER THE COUNTY.
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MORGANTOWN.
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Monday evening a message came announcing the death of Mrs. Dr. Harvey, of Shirley, Ind. For the past few years her health has been declining, caused by a severe attack of the la grippe. She was confined to her bed while here this spring on a visit. She nigh recovered strength enough to return home but this did not last long as she was again confined to her bed, which culminated in her death. Mrs. Harvey taught the primary rooms of our public schools for several terms and she was liked by all her scholars. The deceased is a sister of Mrs. C. H. Obenchain and Lou Busey. She also leaves a mother to mourn her loss. The remains were brought here Tuesday evening for interment in the Bethlehem cemetery east of town.
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, June 11, 1897,
Volume XXXVII Number 47, page 2 column 4
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IN MEMORY.
Mary M. Busey departed this life at her home at Shirley, [Hancock County] Ind., May 17th, 1897, after a confinement of several months with hemorrhage of the stomach.
Deceased was born in Johnson County, Aug 8, 1863, where she continued to reside until grown. April 26, 1896, she was married to Dr. Harvey, a prominent young physician of Centerton, Morgan County, where the happy couple made their home for a few months, afterward moving to Shirley. She united with the Baptist church in 1887, in which faith she lived a devoted Christian life. She always had a pleasant and friendly word for all whom she chanced to meet. She taught the primary rooms of the Morgantown schools for three winters in which work she gave the best of satisfaction and was dearly loved by her pupils.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Henry, of Franklin, at the M. E. church, May 18. The remains were taken to Bethlehem cemetery, east of here, for interment, followed by a large concourse of mourning relatives and friends.
She was a daughter of Mrs. Busey and a sister of Miss Lou Busey of Morgantown.
Sister, thou hast found release,
Rest sweet spirit, rest in peace;
Rest from all they tolls and pains
Rest where bliss eternal reigns.
I thy peace would not annoy,
Nor recall thee from thy joy;
Rest, sweet soul, forever more,
Rest with loved ones gone before.
Let me ever feel the near,
Oft in memory thy face appear;
blessed one thou art to me
One who ever more shall be.
Dead! Ah, no! ’Tis not true!
Living hidden from our view,
Living and absent is all
Coming back at memory’s call.
From thy heights in glory shine,
Flood with light this soul of mine,
Dispel my gloom, my doubts, my fears
As thou didst in other years.
Lift my eyes from sordid earth
To those things of greater worth,
Teach me how to break away
From the pleasures of the day.
A Friend.
Morgantown, June 8, 1897.
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Link to Mary (Busey) Harvey’s grave
Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson