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Note: Mrs. Agnes C. Hodgson-Obituary from the 71st annual report of the Philadelphia Conference Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church-March 1892 Mrs. Agnes C. Hodgson, widow of the late Francis Hodgson, D.D., of the Philadelphia Conference, was born in 1807, married in 1831, and passed to her home in heaven, after an illness of only a few days, with that mysterious disease known as the grippe, May 3, 1891. Mrs. Hodgson was a woman of more than ordinary culture and intelligence, of great strength of will, high-toned and lady-like in her bearing, of high social character, and of remarkably sincere piety, admirably adapted to fill the position to which she was providentially called as the consort of one of our most popular and influential ministers. During the forty-nine years which she spent wither her honored husband in the work of itinerancy, she proved herself, in every sense of the word, a true help meet indeed, not only making his home comfortable and happy, but aiding him also in his work among the poor and others needing his attention and sympathy. When the time came for husband's retirement through serious illness, she watched over and cared for him with true wifely devotion. And since his decease she had quietly endured the griefs and loneliness of her widowhood, and patiently awaited the summons of her Lord to go up higher and rejoin her companion in the home of the blessed. The funeral service was attended by many of those who had known her in active life, on Thursday morning, May 7th , at the house of Mr. R.H. Fels, her son-in-law. The Rev. Dr. Neely, Presiding Elder of the South Philadelphia District, was in charge of the services and made a short address. The lessons were read by Revs. T.A. Fernley and A. Manship; addresses made by Rev. Dr. W.L. Gray and T.C. Murphey, and by her pastor, Rev. J.J. Fox; a paper adopted by the Preachers' Meeting was read by Rev. J.D. McCullough, and prayer offered by Rev. W. Mullin. Revs. Murphey, Fox and McCullough conducted the services at the grave, in the minister's burial ground, at Mt. Moriah Cemetery. To her son, for many years an associate and successor oh his honored father in the work of the ministry; to her two daughters, who have ministered to her comfort as they had opportunity, and to her son-in-law, Mr. Fels, who in his devotion has been even more than a son, we tender our sympathies in the loss they have sustained in the death of their mother, whilst we pray that the God of all grace may richly comfort them, and grant unto each and all at last a happy reunion with their sainted parents in heaven. The memory of the just is blessed.
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