Alexander WATERSTON

                   NOTES:
    Civil War Veteran
                  

                   NAME:
    Thornburg aka Thorburn

NOTES:
    Civil War Veteran
                  

                   NOTES:
    Reportedly a Schoolteacher in Bryan,Rickalnd,Ohio before her marriage
    OBITUARY   Mary Ann Haines, daughter of Alexander and Janet Waterston, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, May 13, 1847 and died at her home March 13, 1933, at the age of 85 years and 10 months.  She was one of a fmaily of 11 children, all of whom preceded her in death.

    On Dec. 27, 1871 she was united in marriage with Johnathan Monroe Haines.  To
    this union were born eight children, four of them, Walter, Ursula, Wesley and
    Arthur preceding her in death.  Alexander, Emerson, Lewis and Mrs. Hattie
    Briner survive her.  There are 27 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

    Her parents, being early settlers in Bridgewater township, she has witnessed
    and taken part in the growth and development of the community of which she has
    been a residence since 1853.  Before her marriage she taught in the public
    school for several years.

    She was a member of the Eagle Creek Presbyterian church, the church of her
    girlhood days.  She was active in its work and faithful to its purpose to the
    close of her life.

    Loved in her home and community, she was an example of Christian faith and
    neighborly helpfulness.  She was a loving mother and grandmother, a faithful
    friend, a good and helpful neighbor.  She will be missed by a large circle of
    relatives, friends and neighbors.

    "Beyond the clouds of the sunset sky,
    The soul is unfettered and free
    There's growth in knowledge, in things of God,
    Throughout all eternity
    Cleansed and purged of all sin and the dross,
    In the mansions above of light,
    Our lives will be crowned with love all supreme--
    No shadows of sorrow or light

    Beyond the dark and the twilight sea,
    The sea where the deep surges roll,
    Is a place prepared where friendships sweet
    Will ever enrich the soul.
    Where trouble shall come never more;
    But with the Lord and the pure and the true,
    We shall dwell on eternity's shore

    Beyond our To-day to-morrow lies--
    Infinities await the blest
    We there may toil witih no weariness,
    And never a thought of rest
    From star to star in that bright Beyond,
    We then may be able to move;
    For "eye hath not seen nor ear hath heard" *
    Or measured God's wonderful love

    Beyond the peaks of the silent hills
    No parties shall come, no fear---
    The chorus of the redeemed shall resound,
    And the angels' song we shall hear
    No misunderstandings ere shall come,
    Mysteries we may then understand--
    When light of the Cross shall have led far away
    To the brightness of Glory-land

    (*I