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Memorial of Hadassah J. Moore

In the death of Hadassah J. Moore 4/27
1897, another beloved member of the Association
is numbered with the many dear
ones who have passed from our midst in
the last few years and whose vacant places
remind us of the uncertain tenure of
life and of our ever present sense of loss.

In 1839 Hadassah J. Moore moved from
Baltimore with her delicate husband to
live in this neighborhood, at Plainfield, the
remainder of her life. Slight and fragile
herself and contending for many years with
very limited means she was ever the neatest
and most methodical of housekeepers.
She was full of benevolence towards her needy
neighbors, both white and colored, and her sweet
nature and interest in all her neighbors
near and far continued to the end of consciousness.

After she became too feeble to attend our
meetings she never failed to send an acceptable
contribution, a few verses of poetry of which
she was particularly fond, an apt extract or a
valuable receipt, and always messages of
love for each and every member.

Her memory was phenomenal and the birthdays
of her friends, old and young, were often remembered