"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 57, N 28, p 447, July, 15, 1901. At North Loup, Neb., May 28, 1901, after weeks of great suffering, Mary Arminda Green, daughter of John Russel and Mary Ann Maxson. Sister Green was born at Walworth, Wis., June 13, 1854. In 1864 she moved with her parents to Dodge Centre, Minn. In 1866 she moved to Carlton, Minn. While living here she professed faith in Christ, and was baptized by Rev. D. P. Curtis and united with the Carlton Seventh-day Baptist church April 18, 1871. She was married to Maxson W. Green Dec. 24, 1874. She with her husband moved to North Loup, Neb., Oct. 12, 1878. She transferred her membership to the North Loup church Oct. 8, 1889, since which time she has remained a faithful member till the ties were severed by the hand of death and she was called home to the church triumphant. Sister Green was possessed of a cheerful disposition and seemed to be always looking for a chance to make others happy. She leaves behind a husband, brothers and friends who feel deeply their loss. E. A. W. "North Loup Loyalist", North Loup, Nebraska, Friday, Sept. 18, 1936, p 1. North Loup's last Civil War veteran, "Uncle Mac" Greene, passed away Saturday evening September 12 at 9:40 p. m. at the John Davis home, where he had resided for the past five years. Mr. and Mrs. Davis gave him every care during his long illness. Though he had endured much suffering for many months, the end came peacefully. Uncle Mac had often expressed the desire to be at rest. He was 91 years of age. Funeral services conducted by Rev. W. H. Stephens, were held at the Seventh Day Baptist church on Tuesday afternoon at 3 p. m. A quartet composed of Mrs. Esther Babcock, Mrs. Ava Johnson, Dell Barber and Richard Babcock sang three selections, "Son of My Soul", "Rock of Ages"' and "Come Unto Me", with Miss Maxine Johnson as accompanist The body was laid to rest in the North Loup cemetery. Pall bearers were Paul Jones, Albert Babcock, Frank Schudel, Clyde Barrett, Beecher Van Horn and Merrill Wellman, of the American Legion. Wilbur Maxson Greene was born in Allegany county, New York state, June 20, 1845 and died at the home of John S. Davis, North Loup, Nebraska September 12, 1936, aged 91 years, 2 months, and 24 days. He was the youngest son of Joseph C. and Martha Johnson Greene. He, with his family moved to Minnesota in early boyhood, remaining there until the summer of 1878, when he and his wife, Mary Maxson Greene, his father and sister Laura, emigrated to Valley county, Nebraska, which has since been his home with the exception of a few winters in the southland. He homesteaded the J. V. Thomas farm north of town, now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Fidelo Davis, where his wife, Mrs. Mary Greene died. He enlisted in early manhood in the Civil War and served about one year being mustered out at the close of the war. For some time he has been the last of the Civil War veterans in Valley county. In the year of 1905 he married Angie B. Stubblefield, and since the death of his wife in 1923 he has been failing in health. He has been a member of the Seventh Day Baptist church since early manhood and though he had no children, he has made homes and cared for many people and has in his quiet way enjoyed sharing, materially, with others. For many months he has longed for the call from his "Heavenly Father". He is survived by four nieces and nephews. Florence Greene Wright, of Boulder, Colorado, Martha Burdick, Minnie Maude and Frank L. Davis of Denver, Colorado, and Courtland Greene of Burwell, Nebraska, and a host of friends. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 140, No 7, p 147, Feb. 18, 1946. Newell Arthur, son of Deacon Arthur E. Babcock (who passed away December 9, 1945) and Frances McKee Babcock, was born April 21, 1908, at Nile, N. Y., and died January 21, 1946, at the Cuba Hospital, a victim of a sudden attack of pneumonia. He was baptized by Rev. John F. Randolph July 15, 1922, and joined the Friendship Seventh Day Baptist Church at Nile. He was united in marriage with Harriet Velna DePew June 28, 1934. He is survived by his wife, his mother, his brother Harold D., and two children, Calvin and Carolyn. Farewell services were conducted by his pastor, Rev. Ralph H. Coon, at the Friendship Seventh Day Baptist Church. Interment was at the Mt. Hope Cemetery, Friendship, N. Y. R. H. C. "The Gazette Xtra", Janesville, Wisconsin, Sunday, Mar. 5, 2006. Milton - Harriet V. Burrows, 90, of Milton passed away Thursday, March 2, 2006 at the Skaalen Retirement Home in Stoughton, WI. She was born March 8, 1915, in the Town of Genesee, NY, the daughter of the late Clifford and Donna (Jaques) DePew. She attended Friendship Central School at Friendship, NY, graduating on June 27, 1934 with honors. She married Newell A. Babcock on June 27, 1934. Newell died in 1946. She then married Philip F. Burrows on Feb. 6, 1948. Harriet worked as a school librarian in New York, worked for a plumbing wholesaler in Galesburg, and as a bookkeeper at a bank in Kansas City. She was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Milton, and the women circle. She liked to cook, sew, knit and crochet. Harriet is survived by her husband Philip Burrows of Milton; a son, Calvin (Meleta) Babcock of Janesville; and a daughter, Carolyn (James) Babcock Gould of Canyon City, TX; 5 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Newell Babcock; and a brother William DePew. Funeral services will be held Monday, March 6, 2006 at 3:00 p.m. at the Whitcomb-Lynch-Albrecht Funeral Home, Milton. Burial will take place in Mt. Hope Cemetery at Friendship, New York on Friday, March 10, 2006. A visitation will be held on Monday from 1:00 until 3:00 p.m. at the Whitcomb-Lynch-Albrecht Funeral Home, Milton. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

If you go to: http://archivegrid.org/web/jsp/index.jsp and input Seventh Day Baptists in the search box, 40 entries regarding such are returned for items in university and other archives around the world. One may also put in family surnames and get a wealth of detail. If your surname happens to be the same as some county name however, be prepared to wade through a lot of non-relavent detail. What I did in one case was to use the search term format of surname family which excluded the county records. And of course one may also input county names such as Madison County, NY and get returns based on geographic location that may or may not include family history. Perhaps someone will find a clue to their own personal family history, if not at least it is interesting. I certainly have. Tim Stowell tstowell@chattanooga.net Chattanooga, TN

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 13, No 3, p 11, June 26, 1856. In Petersburg, May 28th, Mrs. Azuba Matteson, wife of Luman Matteson, in the 46th year of her age. Sister Matteson made a profession of religion and connected herself with the Seventh-day Baptist Church in Petersburg in early life. She was distinguished by a uniform piety which shone in all the walks of life with a steady but increasing lustre, even to the end of her pilgrimage on earth. She was afflicted with a complication of diseases, which occasioned her much suffering all of which she endured with Christian fortitude and resignation. Although she had been sick for some length of time, still her death was sudden and unexpected. When apprized of her approaching dissolution, she was calm and resigned to the Divine Will, and having conversed with different members of the family, and imparted her dying counsel to her weeping children, she quietly fell asleep in Jesus, with a full assurance of a blessed immortality. A. E. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 110, No 8, p 573, May 4, 1931. Mary Jane Hall was born near Petersburg, N. Y., July 15, 1832, and passed from this life at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. H. Thorngate, March 18, 1931, at the age of 98 years, 8 months, and 3 days. She was the daughter of Prentice and Sally Hall. When Mary was about seven years old she moved with her parents into Pennsylvania, where she lived until her young womanhood, when she returned to her birthplace to obtain employment in a shirt factory located there. While at Petersburg she met and married Luman Mattison in the year 1857. They lived on a farm near that place until the spring of 1864, when they moved to Peoria County, Ill. They lived on a farm here until the death of the husband and father in 1877. This left her with four children, the oldest a boy of nineteen. In the fall of 1879, she with her family, started by way of a prairie schooner for Nebraska in search of cheaper land. They first settled near Hastings where their home was for three years, but because of the Seventh Day Baptist settlement at North Loup they moved here in the fall of 1882, where the son, Byron Mattison took a claim. They lived here until the spring of 1894. By that time the three girls were married and the home was broken. Mrs. Mattison has lived with her children since. The youngest daughter, Mrs. Clara Sayre, with whom she made her home most of the time, died in New Auburn, Wis., in 1901. Since then she lived, until about nine years ago, with her son Byron and her daughter Mrs. Mary Loofboro, both of whom lived in New Auburn, Wis. In the fall of 1921 she returned to North Loup to spend her remaining years with her daughter, Mrs. H. H. Thorngate, at whose home she died. The last few days she was cared for by her granddaughters, as her daughter was in the hospital, seriously ill. She is survived by a son, Byron Mattison of Chippewa Falls, Wis.; and two daughters: Mrs. Mary Loofboro of New Auburn, Wis.; and Mrs. Eva Thorngate of North Loup, Neb.; also thirteen grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren. Grandma Mattison, as she was familiarly called, has been a widow for more than fifty years being left alone when some of her children were still small. As long as she was able her greatest pleasure was in service to others, which made it doubly hard for her when she had to accept help from others rather than give. She had been an invalid for nearly twelve years. She was a woman of deep religious convictions. She was baptized and joined the Seventh Day Baptist Church when a young woman and has always been especially loyal to her church and denomination. During all her years of suffering her faith in God never faltered and she looked forward to the time when she might go to be with him. "The Lord gave and the Lord taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord." Farewell services were conducted from the H. H. Thorngate home by Pastor Hurley S. Warren. The text chosen by the family was, "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints." - Psalm 116: 15. Songs that Mrs. Mattison loved to hear over the radio were used by the singers. Ralph and Margaret Sayre sang "The Land Where We'll Never Grow Old." Sylvia Brannon and Arthur Stillman sang "There's No Disappointment in Heaven." A quartet composed of David and Minnie Davis, Esther Babcock, and Arthur Stillman sang "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth." Mrs. Esther Babcock played a prelude and also acted as accompanist. Interment was made in the North Loup Cemetery. H. S. W. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 36, No 47, p 3, Nov. 18, 1880. In Albion, Wis., Nov. 3d, 1880, of spinal affection, H. M. Sheldon, in the 60th year of his age. Bro. Sheldon was a native of Western New York, but emigrated to Albion in the year 1855, locating on the farm where he died. Soon after coming to Albion he embraced religion, was baptized by Eld. T. E. Babcock, and united with the Albion Seventh-day Baptist Church, of which he continued an accepted member until his death. His last illness, of near nine months duration, was, for the most part, very severe, attended, at times, with excruciating pain. But he bore all with Christian fortitude and patience, believing that all things work together for good to them that love the Lord. His last exhortation to his family was to "live and die for God." He leaves a wife, one son, and three daughters (one of the latter an invalid for nearly two years), to mourn his absence. S. H. B. "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 42, No 49, p 5, Dec. 9, 1886. In Albion, Wis., Nov. 15, 1886, of pleuro-pneumonia, Mary A., eldest daughter of Ezekiel Saunders, deceased, and widow of Henry M. Sheldon. She was born in Potter Hill, R. I., March 24, 1823. When four years of age, her parents moved to Alfred, N. Y. At about the age of fourteen years she embraced religion, and with about forty others was baptized by Eld. Stillman Coon, and united with the First Alfred Church. January 24, 1848 she was married to Henry M. Sheldon, who departed this life Nov. 3, 1880. In the spring of 1855 she with her husband, moved to Albion, Wisconsin, where she became a member of the Albion Church. She was the mother of seven children, four sons and three daughters. Three of the former preceded her to the spirit land while one son and the daughters, one of whom has been an invalid for many years, are left to mourn their loss. Her life was quiet and unselfish. She believed more in doing than in talking. One of the expressions she frequently made was, "I hope I can help someone today." Her nearest neighbor said of her, she knew no one to whom the words "She hath done what she could," more appropriately applied. It was always her delight to seek out the poor and needy ones, and help them in every way she could. She, with her children, were among the first to respond with a liberal contribution when the call for means to lift the debt of our Societies was made. When she learned the nature of her disease and the probability of a fatal termination, she replied, "It is just as well." She afterwards became unconscious to material things and passed away into the abode of the blest. "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, ye have done it unto me." "Enter thou into the joy of the Lord." They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 167, No 12, p 16, Oct. 5, 1959. Maude C., daughter of Albert and Dora Webster Burdick, was born Dec. 21, 1885, and died Sept. 8, 1959. On Oct. 22, 1903, she was married to Harold Whitford. Her entire life was spent in Albion, Wis. She had been a member of the Albion Seventh Day Baptist Church since 1897, and was a member of its Missionary and Benevolent Society. Surviving are three sons: Jerome of Rockford, Ill.; Sydney of Lincoln, Neb.; and Ray, of Edgerton, Wis.; 12 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Her husband and two sons preceded her in death. Memorial services were conducted in the Albion Church on Sabbath day, Sept. 12, 1959, by the Rev. Victor W. Skaggs. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery at Albion. V. W. S. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 38, No 33, p 8, Aug. 17, 1882. In Albion, Wis., June 10, 1882, Sophia Burdick Carpenter, aged 88 years and 3 months. She was born in the State of Rhode Island in 1794. When quite young, she, with her parents, moved to Berlin, N. Y., thence to Lincklaen, Chenango county. She embraced the Savior in early life, and united with the Seventh-day Baptist Church of Lincklaen. In 1844, she, with her family, came to Albion, and united with this Church, continuing her membership until removed by death. The last thirty-two years of her life were spent in widowhood, twenty-five of which she lived with her oldest daughter, Mrs. D. M. Coon, of Albion, by whom she is greatly missed. The last eighteen years of life to her seemed almost a burden, yet with patience she quietly awaited the message to depart. S. H. B.

"The Milton Junction Telephone", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, Mar. 3, 1932, p 5. Mrs. Geo. Crandall, Sr., 86, died early Tuesday of pneumonia after a two weeks illness at her home, Clear Lake, Milton Junction. Sarah Isophine Lester was born March 29, 1845, at Waterford, Conn. February 25, 1878, she was married to George S. Crandall in Waterford, and moved to Wisconsin the same year. They have lived in Milton Junction since then except for three years at Waterford, Conn. For the past three years, Mrs. Crandall has suffered from heart trouble. She had been ailing more than usual in the past month and a week ago was confined to her bed. She was baptized in her youth and became a member of the Seventh Day Baptist church at Waterford, Conn. Later she joined the Seventh-day Adventist church here, of which she has been a member since. Mr. and Mrs. Crandall celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1928. Last Thanksgiving all the living children gathered to celebrate an old time homecoming with them. Mrs. Crandall has always shown a beneficent and friendly spirit. Relatives and friends both here and in Connecticut will mourn her death. Surviving are her husband, Geo. S. Crandall, Sr., two sons, George and Vivian, six grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. A daughter, Mrs. Homer Balch, died in 1925. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Milton Junction Seventh-day Adventist church. Rev. J. O. Marsh, Madison, will officiate. Burial will be in the Rock River Cemetery. "The Milton Junction Telephone", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, July 15, 1937, p 1. George Silas Crandall, the oldest of the ten children of Silas Henry and Harriet Stillman Crandall, died at 6 p.m. Wednesday at his home at Clear Lake north of Milton Junction. He was born here Aug. 3, 1846, attended the local school and Milton college. While a student in the college he embraced the Seventh Day Baptist faith and it was when he attended a S. D. B. conference at Waterford, Conn., that he met Sarah Isophene Lester whom he married February 25, 1878. They settled here, later moving to a farm at Cameron and then to Waterford, Conn., to take care of his wife's mother. They came back in 1924, and on March 1, 1932, Mrs. Crandall died. For a number of years Blossom Balch Chapman and her husband Glenn, have made a home for her grandfather, Mr. Crandall. Surviving are two sons, George and Vivian, both of route 2, Milton Junction; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; also one brother and three sisters, Elmer and Minnie Crandall and Mrs. Jessie Gray of North Yakima, Wash., and Mrs. Emogene Moore of Toledo, Ore. A daughter, Mrs. Homer Balch, preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held Friday, July 16th, at 2 p.m. in the Gray and Albrecht funeral home, Rev. John Fitz Randolph officiating. Burial will be in Rock River cemetery. Mr. Crandall loved to reminisce - that Milton Junction is on land that was once his father's farm - that he used to hoe corn on what is now the main street - that his father leased land to the railroad company for a term of 99 years - that this land is not only used by the railroad company for its right of way but it includes the park, the land occupied by the Milton Junction lumber company and all of Main street to the very doors of many of the business places. (For that reason some buildings were set back several feet so as not to be on the leased land.) "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 123, No 5, p 80, Aug. 2, 1937. George Silas Crandall, son of Silas Henry and Harriet Stillman Crandall, was born at Milton Junction, Wis., August 3, 1846, and died at his home by Clear Lake, near Milton Junction, July 14, 1937. While a student at Milton College he embraced the Seventh Day Baptist faith. He married Sarah Isophene Lester of Waterford, Conn., February 25, 1828. Mrs. Crandall died March 1, 1932. He is survived by two sons, George and Vivian of Milton Junction; also one brother, Elmer, and three sisters, Minnie Crandall and Mrs. Jessie Gray of North Yakima, Wash., and Mrs. Emogene Moore of Toledo, Ore. A daughter, Mrs. Homer Balch, preceded him in death. Funeral services were held July 16, 1937 in the Gray and Albrecht funeral home, Milton Junction, Rev. John F. Randolph officiating. Burial was in Rock River Cemetery. J. F. R. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

Laverne, This is wonderful information. Thank you so much. I really appreciate your sharing. Betty Weatherly At 03:09 AM 3/2/06 +0000, you wrote: > >For Betty Weatherly: > >Jane Pyatt who was wife of Rev Jonathan Dunham is a part of the Piatt family that I am researching. Here's what little I have: > >JANE/JOAN PYATT (d/o RENE PIATT and ELIZABETH SHEFFIELD) >b 15 Sep 1695 >d 15 Sep 1779, Piscataway NJ (on her birthday??) >m 5 Aug 1714, Piscataway NJ > >to >Rev JONATHAN DUNHAM (s/o Rev EDMUND DUNHAM & MARY BONHAM) >b 4 Mar 1692/3, (16 Aug 1694 per Joe Kearney) >d 1777, Piscataway NJ > >children (DUNHAM): >1. Elizabeth, b 1715; d 1771; m 1739, Col Micajah Dunn >2. Col Azariah, b 9 Feb 1718; d 22 Jan 1790, will dated 23 Dec 1789, will probated 19 Feb 1790; m/1 Jane Thomas or Mary Truxton; m/2, 21 May 1753, Mary Ford >3. Jonathan, b 20 May 1721; d 1752; m Kezia FitzRandolph >4. David, b 17 Mar 1723; m 1750, Rebecca Dunn >5. Isaac, b 16 Aug 1725; died young? >6. Ruth, b 3 Jan 1727/8; d 1766+; m 1747, James Martin >7. Samuel, b 27 Mar 1730; d 1801+; m 1750, Mary Lucas >8. Jane, b 2 Apr 1734 > >Source: Piatt Family Newsletter, Vol 1, 1986. The issue cites researchers Joe Kearney, N Louise Lodge, and Ruth Thayer Ravenscroft as sources for the information. > > >Jane is buried in the Dunham Burial Ground in Piscataway NJ. > >While looking at the papers of the late Oliver B Leonard, longtime SDB researcher, at the New Jersey Historical Society a couple of years ago I found two interesting items concerning Rev Jonathan Dunham, Jane Pyatt's husband. First, Leonard believed that Rev Jonathan Dunham was ordained at Conococheague in south central PA in the mid 1700s. If true, it was a very early time to be that far west in PA. The Conococheague settlement, I believe, refered to a large area centered around Greencastle PA. Indeed if he was there, he wasn't a stranger as Jane's brother Jacob Pyatt I was a licensed Indian trader in the area. > >Also among Leonard's papers was a copy of a letter from the church at Conococheague to the church at Piscataway. The church at Conococheague was seeking assistance as its congregation was plagued by an inability to get along with each other. > >The second interesting item about Rev Jonathan concerned his long ministerial apprenticeship before assuming his father's pulpit. (Rather like Prince Charles today.) To fill the time, Rev Jonathan became a supply preacher filling in for other ministers from time to time around the area. Several times he went over to the church in Shrewsbury NJ to spell Rev William Davis. > >I find the latter amusing as my husband is descended from Jane Pyatt Dunham's brother, the Indian trader, on his father's side, and from Rev William Davis on his mother's side. And while Jane Pyatt Dunham was acquained with Rev William Davis in the 1700s, the particular branches of the two families did not cross paths again until 1933 in OH. > > >-- >Laverne Ingram Piatt >Ontario, OH >lapiatt@att.net > > > >==== SDB Mailing List ==== >Your listowner is Audrey_Ann@comcast.net > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/272 - Release Date: 3/1/06 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/272 - Release Date: 3/1/06

For Betty Weatherly: Jane Pyatt who was wife of Rev Jonathan Dunham is a part of the Piatt family that I am researching. Here's what little I have: JANE/JOAN PYATT (d/o RENE PIATT and ELIZABETH SHEFFIELD) b 15 Sep 1695 d 15 Sep 1779, Piscataway NJ (on her birthday??) m 5 Aug 1714, Piscataway NJ to Rev JONATHAN DUNHAM (s/o Rev EDMUND DUNHAM & MARY BONHAM) b 4 Mar 1692/3, (16 Aug 1694 per Joe Kearney) d 1777, Piscataway NJ children (DUNHAM): 1. Elizabeth, b 1715; d 1771; m 1739, Col Micajah Dunn 2. Col Azariah, b 9 Feb 1718; d 22 Jan 1790, will dated 23 Dec 1789, will probated 19 Feb 1790; m/1 Jane Thomas or Mary Truxton; m/2, 21 May 1753, Mary Ford 3. Jonathan, b 20 May 1721; d 1752; m Kezia FitzRandolph 4. David, b 17 Mar 1723; m 1750, Rebecca Dunn 5. Isaac, b 16 Aug 1725; died young? 6. Ruth, b 3 Jan 1727/8; d 1766+; m 1747, James Martin 7. Samuel, b 27 Mar 1730; d 1801+; m 1750, Mary Lucas 8. Jane, b 2 Apr 1734 Source: Piatt Family Newsletter, Vol 1, 1986. The issue cites researchers Joe Kearney, N Louise Lodge, and Ruth Thayer Ravenscroft as sources for the information. Jane is buried in the Dunham Burial Ground in Piscataway NJ. While looking at the papers of the late Oliver B Leonard, longtime SDB researcher, at the New Jersey Historical Society a couple of years ago I found two interesting items concerning Rev Jonathan Dunham, Jane Pyatt's husband. First, Leonard believed that Rev Jonathan Dunham was ordained at Conococheague in south central PA in the mid 1700s. If true, it was a very early time to be that far west in PA. The Conococheague settlement, I believe, refered to a large area centered around Greencastle PA. Indeed if he was there, he wasn't a stranger as Jane's brother Jacob Pyatt I was a licensed Indian trader in the area. Also among Leonard's papers was a copy of a letter from the church at Conococheague to the church at Piscataway. The church at Conococheague was seeking assistance as its congregation was plagued by an inability to get along with each other. The second interesting item about Rev Jonathan concerned his long ministerial apprenticeship before assuming his father's pulpit. (Rather like Prince Charles today.) To fill the time, Rev Jonathan became a supply preacher filling in for other ministers from time to time around the area. Several times he went over to the church in Shrewsbury NJ to spell Rev William Davis. I find the latter amusing as my husband is descended from Jane Pyatt Dunham's brother, the Indian trader, on his father's side, and from Rev William Davis on his mother's side. And while Jane Pyatt Dunham was acquained with Rev William Davis in the 1700s, the particular branches of the two families did not cross paths again until 1933 in OH. -- Laverne Ingram Piatt Ontario, OH lapiatt@att.net

"The Milton Courier", Milton Wisconsin, Thursday, July 11, 1974, p 5. Dr. Harold O. Burdick, 77, of Alfred, N. Y., former Milton college professor, died Monday, July 8. Dr. Burdick, born June 26, 1897, in New Market, N. J., was the son of Alberne H. and Josephine Dunham Burdick. He was married to Hannah Shaw in 1919. He graduated from Milton College in 1919, taught high school for one year in West Virginia, served as professor of biology and chemistry at Salem College, Salem West Virginia from 1920 to 1929, taking time to serve as graduate assistant instructor of zoology at the University of Wisconsin where he was granted his Master of Science degree in 1925, and returned to Milton College as professor of biology from 1929 to 1931. In 1931 he joined the faculty at Alfred University, Alfred, N. Y., where he served as professor of biology and chairman of the department. He was granted a Doctor of Science degree by Salem College in 1939. From 1948 until 1955 he served as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Alfred and was instrumental in the establishment of a school of nursing at the institution. In 1956 he returned to his teaching and remained active until his retirement a few years ago. During World War I he trained with the S. A. T. C. unit at Milton College and during World War II he volunteered to work with the American Red Cross, serving as field director in India. Dr. Burdick is listed in Who's Who in America and American Men of Science in recognition of his educational and research accomplishments. He has had several articles on endocrinology published and contributed much toward cancer research. He served as Director of Alfred University Research Foundation and was a member of the Endocrine Society, American Physiological Society, American Society of Zoology, Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine. Throughout his life he was an active member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church, serving many positions of leadership on both the local and denominational levels. His interest in young people led him to donate land for Camp Harley Sutton near Alfred. He was preceded in death by one brother, Frank, and two sisters, Edna and Grace Sanford. Surviving are his wife; three children, Dr. Kenneth Burdick, Redwood City, Calif., Mrs. Carol Hudson, Alfred, N. Y., and Mrs. Judith Downey, Camp Hill, Pa.; and a nephew Rev. Don Sanford, Milton. No funeral services are being planned, but a memorial service will be held July 20, at the SDB Church, Alfred, NY. "The Milton Courier", Milton Wisconsin, Thursday, Apr. 24, 1986, p 24. Mrs. Hannah Shaw Burdick, 90, of Alfred, New York, died Friday, April 4 at the Wellsville Nursing Home following a long illness. Born on June 4, 1895, in Alfred, N. Y., she grew up in Plainfield, N. J., and North Loup, Neb. She married Harold Burdick in 1919. She attended Milton College, graduated from Salem College, W. Vir., and later earned a library science certificate from the University of Wisconsin. She returned to Alfred with her husband and family in 1931, where she lived until November of 1985. Mrs. Burdick first worked in the library, then became a part-time English instructor at Alfred University. She was involved in village and university organizations such as Wee Playhouse, Historical Society, Friends of Music and Amandine Club. For many years she taught Sabbath School, belonged to the advisory board and was a deaconess for the First Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church. She is survived by two daughters, Carol Burdick, of Alfred, and Mrs. William (Judy) Downey, of Camp Hill, Penn.; one sister, Catharine Jacox, of Columbus, Tex.; two cousins, Stephana Shaw and Mrs. J. Paul Green, both of Milton; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband and by her son, Kenneth. Memorial contributions may be sent to the H. O., Kenneth and Hannah Shaw Burdick Scholarship Fund, c/o University Relations, Greene Hall, or to the First Alfred S. D. B. Church. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 187, No 20, p 13, Dec. 1, 1969. Rev. Herbert L. Polan, retired Seventh Day Baptist pastor, died Nov. 8, 1969, at the Dearborn Convalescent Center, Dearborn Heights, Mich., where he had been a patient just three days. He had been living for 18 months in Livonia, Mich., in the home of his daughter, Mrs. William Turck, and family. His second wife, the former Ruby Tappan Clarke, had died Sept. 22, 1969, after several months in a nursing home. The funeral was held in Battle Creek, Mich., where he had lived from 1951 till failing health meant leaving their home at 11 Buckeye St. His pastor, Rev. Eugene Fatato, and his son-in-law, Rev. David Clarke, officiated. A memorial service was held in the Milton, Wis., Seventh Day Baptist Church the following day conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Earl Cruzan and Mr. Clarke. Burial was in the Milton Cemetery beside his first wife. Mr. Polan was born March 7, 1883, at Lick Run, Doddridge Co., W. Va., the son of Charles Lewis and Frances Hoult Polan. His parents moved soon afterward to Jackson Center, Ohio, where he was baptized at the age of 12 by the Rev. Willard D. Burdick. His education was delayed 3 1/2 years by helping on the farm while his father was ill. He graduated from Milton College in 1910 on was married on June 21 that same year to Adeline Almira Shaw of Milton. They both taught school and then he continued his education for the ministry at Alfred and Union Theological Seminaries. He served as pastor of Seventh Day Baptist churches at New Market, N. J.; Nortonville, Kans.; North Loup, Nebr.; Brookfield, N. Y.; Verona, N. Y.; and Daytona Beach, Fla. He also acted as pastor of Columbus Quarter Baptist Church, Columbus Community Church, and Bartlett Baptist Church in New York. He served his denomination on several committees and was a member of the Commission in the late 1920's. After his wife died March 19, 1949 he continued as pastor at Verona until the summer of 1951 when he retired and went to Battle Creek, Mich., where he married Ruby T. Clarke, August 1 of that summer. A son, Dighton, lost his life as a navy pilot in 1942 during World War II. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Roy (Nina) Potter of Ft. Myers, Fla.; three daughters, Mrs. Philip (Muriel) Baber, Keeseville, N. Y., Mrs. David (Frances) Clarke, Alfred, N. Y., Mrs. William (Lura) Turck, Livonia, Mich.; and also by eight grandchildren, one great-grandchild, three stepchildren, eight step grandchildren and five step great-grandchildren. A number of memorial gifts have been received by the family, who suggest that any further gifts be made to Our World Mission, a cause for which Mr. Polan consistently campaigned. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 173, No 24 p 16, Dec. 24, 1962. James Irish, son of A. B. and Mary Clarine Coon Stillman, was born April 5, 1899, in Nortonville, Kan., and died at Methodist Hospital, Houston, Tex., Nov. 20, 1962. He became a member of the Nortonville Seventh Day Baptist Church at the age of 14 and transferred membership to Milton soon after. On July 17, 1924, he was united in marriage with Catherine Shaw. For thirty-six years he was a resident of Houston, Tex., where he and his son George were partners in a structural engineering firm. He was preceded in death by four brothers and a sister. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Catharine Shaw Stillman, and daughter Mrs. Robert S. Hanna, both of Houston, two sons: George S. of Houston, and James I. of Riverside, Calif.; one sister, Rose, Milton, Wis.; and seven grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted by his pastor, the Rev. Marion C. Van Horn, at the chapel of George H. Lewis & Sons in Houston and burial was in Memorial Oaks Cemetery just outside the city. M. C. V. H. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Milton Courier", Milton Wisconsin, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005. Loyal Babcock Wells, 89, of Mequon, died December 17, 2005. He was born February 11, 1916, in Dodge Center, Minnesota. On May 21, 1941, he married Ruth Meyers of Edgerton, who preceded him in death after 49 years of marriage. As a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church, he moved to Milton at age ten with his mother, grandmother and sisters. He attended Milton High School and Milton College. He was a 1937 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His involvement in the fur industry, in the days when Wisconsin played an important national role in that industry, began with his association with the Fromm family of Milton. He was treasurer of Federal Foods, Mequon, before co-founding Ross-Wells, Mequon, with his lifelong friend and business partner, W. J. (Bill) Ross. In 1992 he formed a citrus production company near Haines City, Florida, specializing in growing pomelos. Before moving to Mequon in 1992, he was a 50-year resident of Cedarburg, Wisconsin. He was a director of Colonial State Bank (presently M&I), and a ! member of the Board of Trustees of the former Milton College. His major volunteer interest was the Thiensville Mequon Rotary Club where he was a member over 47 years, He served as president and was a recipient of the club's honorary Paul Harris award. He was instrumental in founding Rotary Park, Mequon, and donated the Pukaite Woods with the Loyal Wells Nature Walk at that site. He is survived by his twin sister, Lucille Wells Sunby, Milton; brother-in-law and lifetime friend Louis Sunby; niece Carol (Brian) Watson, and their children Emily and Rob. His sister Roberta (Richard) Wells preceded him in death. He is further survived by his wife, Eve Oliver Wells, Palm Harbor, Florida; his children Marilyn (William) Sprague, Devon, PA, Jean (Gregory "Sandy") Custer, Mequon, Susan (Daniel) Minahan, Mequon, Robert (Cecelia) Wells, Mequon, and John Wells, Mequon; grandchildren W. Douglas (Jill) Sprague, Anne (Christopher) Hart, Robert Sprague, Susan (Bernard) Kuhn, Lynn (Anthony) Jewett, Elizabeth Custer, Peter Custer, D. John Minahan, Katherine (John) McGregor, Anne Minahan, Douglas Minahan, Andrea Wells, John Wells, Robert Wells, Daniel Wells; and great-grandchildren Matthew and Will Sprague, and Madeline and John McGregor. His grandson Stephen Wells preceded him in death. A memorial service will be held on Friday, December 23, at 3:30 p.m. at Crossroads Presbyterian Church (corner of Highland and Green Bay Road). In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Thiensville Mequon Rotary Park Foundation, P. O. Box 104, Thiensville, WI 53092. Mueller Funeral Home, Cedarburg, is in charge of arrangements. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 41, No 34, p 8, Aug. 20, 1885. At Utica, Wis., June 28, 1885, after a short illness, Edwin S. Burdick, aged 74 years and 9 months. Brother Burdick was born in Berlin, N. Y., and in early life removed with his parents to Alfred, where, while quite young he experienced religion, and united with the First Alfred Church. In the year 1856 he came to Wisconsin and settled near Milton. Here he was within a few years bereft of his wife, Phebe Celestia, a woman respected and beloved by all who knew her, the daughter of Abel G. Burdick, formerly of Verona, N. Y. Bro Burdick married for his second wife H. Lovinia, daughter of Dea. A. P. Stillman, and having settled in Utica, he united with the Utica church, in June, 1867, of which he was a faithful and zealous member till his death. Bro. Burdick followed peddling for many years, and was known to be scrupulously honest in all his dealings. He was keenly alive to every Christian obligation and so sensitive to his convictions of duty as to suffer wrong, lest he might do wrong. His funeral was held at the Rock River Church, and his remains buried there beside those of his first wife. His widow and a son survive him. W. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 40, No 8, p 5, Feb. 21, 1884. In Edgerton, Wis., Feb. 7, 1884, Lester W., son of Rev. L. C. Rogers, aged 22 years, 4 months, and 5 days. He had been running down for a long time, chiefly from abscesses, which continued to form and discharge in spite of the best medical skill that could be employed. For months he had been nearly or quite helpless, but bore his great suffering with extraordinary patience, never once having been heard to murmur. He left very comforting assurances that his peace was made with God often engaging in audible prayer with his parents, and by decided expressions of faith and trust in God's forgiving mercy through Christ. His last audible words were, "I feel the blessing in my soul!" The funeral services were held at the house on Sabbath, the 9th, in the presence of a large gathering of sympathizing friends. Sermon by the pastor of the Milton Junction Church, from Rom. 13: 11, "And that knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvat! ion nearer than when we believed." N. W. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Telephone", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, June 20, 1912, p 1. Nathan Thomas Langworthy was born in Brookfield, N. Y., May 5, 1828, and died at his home in Milton Junction June 13, 1912, being a little over eighty-four years of age. He was the son of Nathan Langworthy, a worthy farmer, and deacon of a Freewill Baptist church in the western part of the town of Brookfield, N. Y. The family to which he belonged was one that has long been known in that part of the country for piety, sturdy manhood, kindliness, and hospitality. When ten years old Thomas, as he has been called, gave his heart to Christ and was baptized, uniting with the church already mentioned, which contained both what are known as Seventh-day and First-day people. He was an observer of the Seventh-day Sabbath. He received an elementary education and worked as a farmer. He was always fond of nature and tender in his susceptibilities. In 1857 he was married to Mary Ann Clarke, by the Rev. Joshua Clarke, her brother, then pastor of the Seventh-day Baptist church in Brookfield. Mr. and Mrs. Langworthy lived on a farm west of the village of Brookfield till they came to live in Wisconsin in 1866. During that time there were born to them four children: Alice M., who became Mrs. T. V. Kumlien, Frank T., who lived near Milton Junction, Angie M., who has always lived with her parents, and Cora M., who became Mrs. Elbert Maryott. The two younger daughters, with another daughter, Clara C., who was born in Wisconsin, are still living. When Mr. Langworthy came to Wisconsin he settled on a farm near Albion, where the family lived till they moved to Milton Junction in 1900. While at Albion they were regular attendants at the Albion Seventh-day Baptist church, of which Mr. Langworthy was a generous and sympathetic supporter. He was a very tender hearted man, somewhat reticent about his personal religious feelings, very kind and possessed of many friends. He was uniformly hospitable and interested in the welfare of everyone. He was fond of flowers and domestic animals, and especially of children, who were always attracted to him. He is survived by his widow, three children, fourteen grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. After he sold the farm and moved to Milton Junction, he purchased a small tract of farm land, on which he labored industriously till about five years ago, when his health began to fail and his powers to wane. During the last two years before his death he was unable to take any active part in affairs, but was the recipient of loving and patient care, especially from his devoted wife and daughter Angie. Funeral services were held at his late home in Milton Junction, June 15, 1912, conducted by President Daland of Milton College, assisted by the Rev. O. S. Mills. Interment was made in the village cemetery at Milton Junction. Those from a distance who attended the funeral were: Miss Margaret Kumlien, Rockford, Ill.; Miss Ethel Kumlien, Appleton, Wis.; T. V. Kumlien and family and Chas Kumlien, wife and baby, Whitewater; Glen Maryott, Herbert Main, wife and daughter, and Sam Garthwaite and wife, Fort Atkinson; Elbert Maryott and daughter Viola, Beloit; J. L. Clarke and children, Afton; Lamont and Elmer Langworthy and Mrs. Geo. Vickers, Edgerton; Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Crandall, Mrs. Freeman Atwood and wife, Chas Williams and wife, and Nathan Kelley and wife, Albion, Wis. "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 90, No 12, p 383, Mar. 21, 1921. Mary A. Langworthy was born in Lincklaen, N. Y., June 5, 1828, and died in Milton Junction, Wis., February 8, 1921, at the age of 92 years, 8 months and 3 days. She was the eldest daughter Elnathan and Maria Spencer Clarke and one of a family of eleven children, four sons and seven daughters. Mrs. Langworthy came of a long line of Puritan ancestry; her ancestors coming to Rhode Island from England in 1637. The name "Clarke" itself suggests the occupation of the family in England; that of "clerks" to the government which fact is proven by records extending back to 1541. Her great-great-grandfather, Rev. Joshua Clarke, served in the colonial wars and in the Revolution; was a member of the R. I. Legislature, a trustee of Brown University, and the first "town meeting" at Hopkinton was held at his house. It is also interesting to know in these times of hurry and discarding of the old, that Mrs. Langworthy's brother, Joshua, preached in 1858 in the same church at Hopkinton, that her great-great-grandfather was ordained in and preached in just a hundred years before. Mary A. Clarke received her early education mostly from DeRuyter Institute, DeRuyter, N. Y., after which she taught for a short time. In the fall of 1857, while living at Brookfield, N. Y., she was married to Thomas Langworthy of the town of Brookfield, by her eldest brother, Rev. Joshua Clarke. They lived on a farm near this place about eight years when they moved to a farm near Albion, Wis., at which place they resided until moving to Milton Junction in 1900. Mr. Langworthy died at this home June 13, 1912. To this union were born five children, Alice, Frank, Angie, Cora and Clara, two of whom, Alice and Frank, passed on several years ago. Fourteen grandchildren and twenty-two great-grandchildren survive her. During Mrs. Langworthy's declining years and failing health, she has been devotedly cared for by her daughter Angie. The last few years, when forbidden the activities of life, she spent a great deal of her time composing religious poems which showed her faith and trust in her heavenly Father. Funeral services were conducted from her late home by her pastor, Rev. Edgar D. Van Horn, assisted by Rev. Henry N. Jordan, a former pastor. Three old and favorite hymns were beautifully rendered by Mrs. Edward Hull and Mrs. R. A. Gillaspy. A large gathering of relatives and friends paid tribute to the high esteem in which "Aunt Mary" was held. The body was laid to rest in the Milton Junction cemetery. E. D. V. H. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Telephone", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, June 20, 1912, p 1. Nathan Thomas Langworthy was born in Brookfield, N. Y., May 5, 1828, and died at his home in Milton Junction June 13, 1912, being a little over eighty-four years of age. He was the son of Nathan Langworthy, a worthy farmer, and deacon of a Freewill Baptist church in the western part of the town of Brookfield, N. Y. The family to which he belonged was one that has long been knownin that part of the country for piety, sturdy manhood, kindliness, and hospitality. When ten years old Thomas, as he has been called, gave his heart to Christ and was baptized, uniting with the church already mentioned, which contained both what are known as Seventh-day and First-day people. He was an observer of the Seventh-day Sabbath. He received an elementary education and worked as a farmer. He was always fond of nature and tender in his suceptibilities. In 1857 he was married to Mary Ann Clarke, by the Rev. Joshua Clarke, her brother, then pastor of the Seventh-day Baptist church in Brookfield. Mr. and Mrs. Langworthy lived on a farm west of the village of Brookfield till they came to live in Wisconsin in 1866. During that time there were born to them four children: Alice M., who became Mrs. T. V. Kumlien, Frank T., who lived near Milton Junction, Angie M., who has always lived with her parents, and Cora M., who became Mrs. Elbert Maryott. The two younger daughters, with another daughter, Clara C., who was born in Wisconsin, are still living. When Mr. Langworthy came to Wisconsin he settled on a farm near Albion, where the family lived till they moved to Milton Junction in 1900. While at Albion they were regular attendants at the Albion Seventh-day Baptist church, of which Mr. Langworthy was a generous and sympathetic supporter. He was a very tender hearted man, somewhat reticent about his personal religious feelings, very kind and possessed of many friends. He was uniformly hospitable and interested in the welfare of everyone. He was fond of flowers and domestic animals, and especially of children, who were always attracted to him. He is survived by his widow, three children, fourteen grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. After he sold the farm and moved to Milton Junction, he purchased a small tract of farm land, on which he labored industriously till about five years ago, when his health began to fail and his powers to wane. During the last two years before his death he was unable to take any active part in affairs, but was the recipient of loving and patient care, especially from his devoted wife and daughter Angie. Funeral services were held at his late home in Milton Junction, June 15, 1912, conducted by President Daland of Milton College, assisted by the Rev. O. S. Mills. Interment was made in the village cemetery at Milton Junction. Those from a distance who attended the funeral were: Miss Margaret Kumlien, Rockford, Ill.; Miss Ethel Kumlien, Appleton, Wis.; T. V. Kumlien and family and Chas Kumlien, wife and baby, Whitewater; Glen Maryott, Herbert Main, wife and daughter, and Sam Garthwaite and wife, Fort Atkinson; Elbert Maryott and daughter Viola, Beloit; J. L. Clarke and children, Afton; Lamont and Elmer Langworthy and Mrs. Geo. Vickers, Edgerton;

"The Journal-Telephone", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, Sep. 16, 1915, p 1. Lewis Alexander Platts was born in the town of Chapman's Creek, near Northampton, Clark Co., Ohio, February 21, 1840. His father, David Rittenhouse Platts, was born near Bridgeton, N. J., March 30, 1805, and came with his parents through Pennsylvania into Indiana and Ohio when but a lad. Of his more remote ancestry Dr. Platts had but little knowledge. His grandmother, the wife of Jonathan Platts, was Rebecca Keene, a native of Shiloh, or possibly Roadstown, N. J. The Platts family were observers of the first day of the week as a day for religious devotions until this woman came into it. She was a staunch Seventh-day Baptist, a member of the church of that faith at Shiloh, N. J. She was a devout christian woman who taught her children the fear of God and the law of the holy Sabbath. Her husband in his mature years became a devout believer in Jesus Christ, embraced the Sabbath and with his son David, Dr. Platt's father, received baptism at the hands of Rev. Lewis A. Davis. The mother of Dr. Platts was Angeline Davis, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Davis Davis, whose ancestry on both her father's and mother's side is traceable through five or six generations to William Davis who came from Wales to the American colonies in 1682. The double Davis connection largely extends the number of Dr. Platt's relatives in the families of that name; while the marriage of the Davis women for several generations back. makes him more or less intimately related with the Sayres, Loofboros, Babcocks (Simeon), Huffmans, Livingstons, Van Horns, Bonds, Randolphs, etc., whose families are scattered throughout the states. David Platts came with his family to Wisconsin in 1844. In the family there were Benjamin, an older half-brother of Dr. Platts, a sister, Sarah Eleanor, and Lewis. After one year's residence at Milton, now Milton Junction, the family moved to Marquette county near the present Marquette; then later to the town of Dartford, six or seven miles south of the city of Berlin. Among the families which constituted the Seventh-day Baptist society organized at that place were those of Oliver Champlin, Elder Julius M. Todd, Datus E. Lewis, and Asa Burdick. The privations of that first summer in beginning pioneer life made a deep impression on Lewis' life. The hastily, poorly constructed "pen of logs" which served as their home until a more commodious and comfortable log house could be constructed in the fall; the coarse fare; the scanty supplies; the hard work were events not easily forgotten. Work was expected from every member of the family who could lend a hand. Lewis when nine years of age was sent into the field to plow day after day in the spring plowing. At twelve years of age he did a man's work at most of the common farm work. In 1851-52, an extensive revival took place which reached nearly every family in the neighborhood in which the Platts family lived. Elder J. M. Todd, who was the pastor of that little church, was leader in the meetings and conducted most of the services. Large numbers were converted during the meetings. On March 17, 1852, Lewis, in company with his brother Benjamin and six or seven others, was baptized. School privileges in those days of rugged living were few and were often denied the boys and girls who were old enough to share in the home making, bread-earning tasks of the farmers. In 1855 David Platts moved his family from Berlin to a temporary home on the farm of Erastus Brown, two or three miles northeast of Milton that his children might enjoy the greater educational facilities of Milton Academy whose principal was Prof. A. C. Spicer. The children now numbered five, three sons and two daughters. Among these was the future wife of John H. Babcock, "Aunt Metta" as she is familiarly and affectionately known to many young people of more recent days. Lewis and Benjamin were enrolled as students in Milton Academy; but the latter soon tired of the routine tasks of school and returned to the labors of the farm. At the outbreak of the Civil War the two young men with a younger brother enlisted. Lewis, after a rigid medical examination, was rejected and returned to his school work which was interrupted at intervals by the necessity for earning money to meet expenses. [Note: both brothers died in 1862 in war service.] among his school acquaintances and close friends were Rev. A. H. Lewis, Rev. O. U. Whitford, Rev. S. R. Wheeler and Prof. A. R. Crandall. Lewis was graduated from the Academy in the summer of 1864. On his graduation day, Dr. Platts was married by the Rev. William C. Whitford, to Miss Emma A. Tefft, who was a member of and a graduate in the same class. That union was the commingling of hearts and hands, minds and souls for the splendid work they were to do for God and humanity in the various fields of activity to which they were to be called. Three sons were born to Dr. and Mrs. Platts: William, who died from injuries received in an accident in Los Angeles, Cal.; Rev J. Allison, who was deceased some years ago; and Dr. L. A. Platts Jr. of Chicago. Dr. Platts in a sketch of his life says that from the hour of his conversion the conviction was borne in his mind and heart that somehow, sometime he should become a minister of the gospel. This conviction was wisely fostered by his mother. She used to say that in any worthy occupation we could serve God as his true children, and that it was of first importance that we might be true christians and that after that we might be farmers, or mechanics, or doctors, or preachers; if it should please God to make her first born a minister of His word it would be the greatest joy of her heart. When Lewis was turned back from participation in the war, the conviction grew that he ought to enter the ministry. The feeling was intensified by his mother's prayers and by the encouraging advice of Elder Wm. C. Whitford. To better fit himself for his calling he and Mrs. Platts, following their graduation, went to Alfred University, Alfred, N. Y. From this institution he was graduated in 1866. While pursuing his studies at Alfred he was supplying the church at Nile, N. Y., as pastor. On July 25, 1866, he was ordained to the gospel ministry. Later on he accepted the call to the pastorate at New Market, N. J., and continued his studies in the Union Theological Seminary at New York City and was graduated in a class of forty May 8, 1871. In religious and denominational work Dr. Platts always took a prominent part for he was by ability and disposition eminently fitted for places of responsibility where clear discernment and wise counsel were needed. He was remarkably successful as a pastor, a preacher of power who was clean-cut, forcible, logical and convincing in the presentation of his message. He was also a writer of superior ability. He held official relationships with the various denominational boards and the General Conference; was a teacher of English and Church History in Alfred University and of the English Bible in Milton College; and for more than ten years was the able editor of the Sabbath Recorder. He held pastorates at Nile, N. Y., 1866-68, New Market, N. J., 1868-76, Westerly, R. I., 1876-82. While living in Alfred he supplied the churches at Hornell and Andover, N. Y., and was acting pastor of the Alfred church for a time. For thirteen and one-half years he was the beloved pastor of the Milton church and at the time of his death he was the pastor-emeritus of that church. His last pastorate was at Los Angeles, Cal., from whence he returned to Milton Junction in 1913. In 1914 Dr. Platts removed to Milton enfeebled by age. In August 1915 he attended the General Conference at Milton, the forty-seventh consecutive session he was permitted to attend. He passed away at the home of his son Arthur in Chicago September 8, 1915. On Sabbath afternoon, September 11, brief services were held at the home of his sister, Mrs. J. H. Babcock, and a memorial service was held at the Seventh-day Baptist church at Milton at 2:30. Rev. George W. Burdick read a portion of Scripture and offered prayer; Mrs. Robert Carr brought a tribute of personal friendship; Mr. J. Murray Maxson brought a message of love from the friends of the Seventh-day Baptist church in Chicago; Prof. Albert Whitford, a former teacher of Dr. Platts, told of his relation to Milton College; Rev. W. D. Burdick spoke of Dr. Platts' relation to the denomination; and Rev. Henry N. Jordon read a brief biographical sketch and spoke of Dr. Platts' work as a pastor. Just as the Sabbath was drawing to a close his body was laid to rest in the cemetery at Milton. H. N. J. "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 98, No 24, p 766, June 15, 1925. Mrs. Emma T. Platts was the daughter of Jesse and Dency Bliven Tefft. She was born in the town of Almond, N. Y., May 23, 1841, and died May 7, 1925, at the home of her son, Dr. L. Arthur Platts, in Park Ridge, near Chicago, Ill., being almost eighty-four years of age. As a young woman she attended Alfred Academy at Alfred Center, N. Y., and fitted herself as a teacher in the district schools of those days. When about twenty years old she came to Wisconsin and taught near Utica, Dane County, where an uncle of hers was living. She then attended school at Milton, and on July 5, 1864, at the close of the commencement exercises of Milton Academy, of which they were both graduates that day, she was married to Lewis Alexander Platts, by Rev. Wm. C. Whitford. There were three sons born to them: William Whitford Platts, who died in Los Angeles, Calif., in October, 1911; Rev. Jesse Allison Platts, who died in Pittsburgh, Pa., in May of the following year, 1912; and Dr. Lewis Arthur Platts of Park Ridge and Chicago, Ill. Mrs. Platts has lived with her husband at Alfred, N. Y., Nile, N. Y., New Market, N. J., Westerly, R. I., Los Angeles, Calif., and Milton Junction and Milton, Wis., and has been a member of the Seventh Day Baptist churches in these several localities while living in them. She made a public profession of religion while she was a student at Milton, during a series of evangelistic meetings conducted by Rev. O. P. Hull. She was the youngest of eight children, four sons and four daughters, and was the last of all to go. Farewell services were held on Sabbath day, May 9, 1925, in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church, conducted by her pastor Rev. James L. Skaggs, assisted by Rev. Erlo E. Sutton and Rev. Edwin Shaw, and the burial was made in the family lot in the Milton cemetery. J. L. S. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders