Mary Cover Hassall (1799-1825)

Obituary
LAMENTED OBITUARY.—The melancholy news has arrived, per the Henry, of the death of one of Australia's Daughters, who had only some twelve months before been transplanted to Albion's soil, in the person of Mrs. MARY COVER LAWRY, eldest daughter of the late Mr. ROWLAND HASSALL, of respected memory in this Country, and wife to the Reverend WALTER LAWRY, formerly Wesleyan Missionary in New South Wales and in Tongataboo. This young lady leaves three children, with an inconsolable husband, to grieve over a loss that will be pronounced irreparable to all acquainted with her many virtues. She was not only almost idolized by her numerous connexions in this land, but also loved by those who knew her merely by name. An afflicted Parent is left to mourn over her first of several daughters. Mrs. Lawry accompanied her husband in his mission to Tonga, and despite of every entreaty, nobly braved the fury of savages. In Tonga she remained about a year, when her condition became so interesting as to tender her return to the Colony expedient, for the sake of medical aid, and she had scarcely been on shore one day before she was delivered of a fine girl. In some few months after, though advised to the contrary, she again risked the danger of the ocean, and proceeded to England with her husband:—and in England she died.

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