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Page 23 text: “MRS. AGNES SCOTT ”
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Page 22 text: “fll v8. Hones Scott ¥ ¥ ¥ ©OD ' S most perfect work is a noble woman. Who could help saying and believing this when he stands within the walls of Agnes Scott and remembers that this is a grand monument and tribute to the virtues of one woman who, though dead, yet lives in the grand results which her life and her influence have brought about. Thou, Agnes Irvine Scott, hast left thv impress on many through this school which has been raised to thv memory. Agnes Irvine Scott was born in Ballykiel, County Down, Ireland, June 13, 1799, and was the youngest of three children. Her father, William Irvine, died in the same vear which witnessed the birth of his youngest child, and six years later her mother was married to Edward Stitt, a distant relative. Novem- ber 29, 1814, Edward Stitt died, and the family then consisted of his widow, Man- Stitt, and her two d aughters, Susanna, then married to James Stewart, and Agnes. After her father ' s death Agnes Irvine made her home for several years with her uncle, James Irvine, who lived in Newry. James Irvine was very desirous of adopting his niece, but his plans in that respect were against the wishes of Agnes Irvine ' s mother, who did not wish to be separated from her daughter and who had decided to leave Ireland and come to America where she thought better advantages were offered to her children than at the old home in Ireland. It was on the 29th of March, 1816, that Mary Stitt, her two daughters and son- in-law sailed from Warren ' s Point, Ireland, for Philadelphia, and thirty-six days after they landed at the latter city. It had been no easy thing for Agnes Irvine to leave her comfortable home at Newry and take a long vovage in a small sailing vessel such as was then in use, and the trial was made even heavier by the loss of her sister Susanna, who died and was buried before the ship reached its destination. After landing in Philadelphia the small party traveled through the country by coach, for this was before the days of fast express trains, to their new home at Alexandria, in the interior of Pennsylvania. Here they settled among old friends and relatives, and here it was that Agnes Irvine was married to John Scott on the 29th of October. The Irvines were of Scotch-Irish stock, and of the true Presbyterian type, so it is not surprising to learn from the records that soon after reaching Alex- andria Agnes Irvine and her mother gave their letters of dismissal from the church at Kilkiel, Ireland, into the care of the Hartslog Presbyterian congre- gation. Of this church she was a member until the day of her death. John Scott died in 1S50, but his wife still continued to live in Alexandria. She died October 23, 1877, aged 78 years and was buried in the beautiful ceme- tary near Alexandria and overlooking the valley of the Juniata river. These are the simple facts, the outline of the life of one whose name to many women has become inseparably associated with the happiest part of their lives. To these and to all present students of Agnes Scott what has been written is enough, for they no not need to be reminded of the life and character of her whose name has become so dear to them. Let the pen then be silent and let not the hand of any, however tender, draw aside the veil, that the staring multitude may look into the inner life of this Christian woman. ”
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