## Narrative Summary of the Obituary  
Letitia C. Shands, 18, of Jerusalem, Southampton County, Virginia, passed away on 23 Jan 1863 from diphtheria at her grandmother's residence. She was the wife of Gen. William S. Shands and granddaughter of President Tyler.

## Narrative Summary of Funeral Services  
No funeral or burial details are provided in the transcript.

## Transcript  
Letitia Christian Tyler  
1844–1863  

Birth 27 April 1844 - Jerusalem, Southampton Co., VA  

Death 23 January 1863 - Southampton County, Virginia, USA  

                          OBITUARY  

  Died, on Friday, the 23rd inst. [23 January 1863], at the residence of her grand-  
mother, Mrs. Martha B. Rochelle, Jerusalem, Southampton  
county, of diphtheria, Mrs. LETITIA C. SHANDS, consort of Gen.  
William S. Shands, and granddaughter of the late Ex-Presi-  
dent Tyler, aged 18 years and 9 months.  

  Endeared all the claims of lovely women to her devoted  
husband, she was indeed the idol around whom his affections and  
his joys were twined. When a union thus cemented by time and  
consecrated by mutual love and all the kindly and ennobling  
feeling of domestic concord—changing earth into an ember of  
Heaven—is dissolved, truly has it been said, 'tis the survivor  
dies.  

  Lovely in life, she was no less so in death. Her placid and se-  
rene features but told, in silent and comforting eloquence, of the  
joys into which she had entered—a seeming gracious balm to the  
lacerated and bleeding hearts that surrounded her.  

  A paragon of innocence and loveliness, she combined those  
graces and charms that ever cast a halo of joy and delight around  
the social circle. Charity, toleration and sympathy; a philan-  
thropy wide and diffusive as the bounds of earth; a benevolence  
enlarged by unceasing indulgence, and a cultivated desire to mit-  
igate suffering dispense blessing to every one, were trophies  
she gracefully won and eminently merited.  

  But while earth is shorn of one of its brightest jewels, Heaven  
has added a saint to its congregation of angels. Too pure for the  
association of mortal imperfection, none other than a compan-  
ionship with the seraphs in glory was congenial with the virtues  
and the purity of her guiltless heart.  

          "Flowers bloom to fade, but fade to bloom,  
           While virtue will survive the tomb."  

     26 January 1863.

## Vital Statistics Summary  

| Field   | Details                                              |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------|
| Name    | Letitia C. Shands                                    |
| Age     | 18 years                                             |
| Birth   | 27 Apr 1844; Jerusalem, Southampton Co., VA          |
| Death   | 23 Jan 1863; Jerusalem, Southampton County, Virginia |
## Table of Relationships  

| Name                    | Relationship           | Residence                               |
|-------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Letitia C. Shands       | Decedent               | Jerusalem, Southampton County, Virginia |
| Gen. William S. Shands  | Husband                | Unknown                                 |
| Mrs. Martha B. Rochelle | Grandmother            | Jerusalem, Southampton County, Virginia |
| Ex-President Tyler      | Grandfather (deceased) | Unknown                                 |
## Publication Details  

| Field                | Details     |
|----------------------|-------------|
| Publication Date     | 26 Jan 1863 |
## Other Relevant Information  
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