"The Seventh Day Baptist Yearbook", 1894, p 45. Nathan Wardner was born in Wheatland, Monroe Co., N. Y., April 6, 1820, and died at Milton Junction, Wis., April 6, 1894. His father, Phillip Wardner, was a Baptist deacon, and his mother an earnest Christian worker, zealous in the cause of missions, who dying when he was about two and a half years of age, consecrated him, it is supposed, in his infancy to the gospel ministry and especially to missionary work among the heathen. When he was about five years of age his father with his family moved to Andover, Allegany Co., N. Y., where the limited resources of the family and the toil and struggle, incident to a comparatively new and undeveloped section of the country, rendered his early life, as a farmer boy, one of busy, yet healthful toil, and one affording very little opportunity for attaining the education which it was his early ambition to acquire. The influence of a well ordered Christian home early laid the foundation of an upright, truth-loving and morally steadfast life. In the spring of 1839 he became the subject of saving grace and in the following June was baptized into the Baptist Church of Andover, N. Y. After his conversion and baptism came the conviction of duty to preach the gospel and with it the increased sense of his need of education as a preparation for a work of so much importance and responsibility. In the way of effort for the attainment of the needed culture he spent the winters of 1839 and '40, 1840 and '41 in study at Alfred Academy. After the summer of 1841, having attained his majority, with an occasional term out, to earn the means to meet his expenses, he continued his studies at Alfred until 1846. At Alfred he commenced the investigation of the Sabbath question in the confident expectation that he should find abundant Bible authority for Sunday-keeping and having little, if any, thought of the possibility that he would himself be led to accept, instead of the Sunday, God's sanctified seventh-day Sabbath. The struggle through which he passed was that of the devoutly, loyal Christian man, honestly endeavoring to lay the foundations of a Christian life upon the sure word of God. It ended when at last he surrendered himself of the divine will and authority and conscientiously committed himself to God in the keeping of his holy day. This change of sentiment and corresponding change in his practice of Sabbath-keeping occurred about the middle of January, 1843. About two months later, March 18, 1843, he united with the First Alfred Church. The joy of this second and more complete giving of himself to God, he himself describes as "exceeding even the ardor of his first love," and as "rewarding him a thousand fold for all the sacrifices he had made." In September, 1846, he accepted the call of the Seventh-day Baptist Missionary Society to become a missionary on the foreign field. On the 6th day of the following month of October, at a missionary meeting held with the first church of Alfred, he was united in marriage with Miss Olive Brown Forbes, who was also a convert to the Sabbath, and both willing and ready to share with him the self-denial, cares, labors and responsibilities incident to missionary labor on a foreign field. At Plainfield, N. J., Dec. 31, 1846, he was ordained to the work of the gospel ministry. At the same time himself and wife, Solomon Carpenter and wife were, by prayerful consecration, set apart to the China Mission. Five days later, Jan. 5, 1847, this company of Seventh-day Baptist missionaries set sail from New York harbor for their future field of labor. In the autumn of 1857 Missionary Wardner returned to his native land expecting to go back to the China field within a few months at the longest. From this he was deterred by the condition of Mrs. Wardner's health, who had been in this country for a year or more, seeking the restoration of impaired health and strength, but was not sufficiently restored to go back and take up again the duties of the missionary on the China field. Since his return to this country Mr. Wardner has spent most of his life in meeting the active and responsible duties of the pastor, and has served with efficiency and acceptance the following churches: Second Alfred, N. Y., 1858-1866; Pawcatuck, R. I., 1866 to 1868; West Hallock, Ill., 1868 to 1875. From 1875 to 1877 he was in the employ of the American Sabbath Tract Society as Sabbath Reform missionary to Great Britain with his headquarters at Edinburg, Scotland. The Haarlem, Holland, Seventh-day Baptist Church and Mission came into existence through the publication and distribution of Sabbath Reform literature at Edinburg by Missionary Wardner. In 1877 he again became pastor, settling with the church at Milton Junction, Wis., in which relation he continued until 1890. From 1890 to 1982 he was busy with certain lines of literary work and frequent preaching. From 1892 until the time of his death he was the pastor of the church at Utica, Wis., thus being permitted, with a good degree of mental and physical vigor, to work up to the margin of an active and useful life. The companion of his early life and toil in the Master's vineyard, Olive Forbes Wardner, died at Milton Junction, Oct. 5, 1888. There were born unto them two sons, one of whom died in childhood, the other, Dr. M. S. Wardner, is now a practicing physician at Garwin, Iowa. Dec. 4, 1889, he was married to Miss Mattie Harvey, a worthy and devout Christian, who, after a brief and happy married life, is left to mourn him, whose loving ministry in sickness and suffering had brought to her the fuller appreciation of the loss sustained by his death. He was conscientious and steadfast in his devotion to truth and duty, upright in life and character, incisive and logical in his methods of thought and discourse, and leaves behind him the influence and benediction of a life sincerely earnest in its purpose and effort to walk with God and lead his fellowmen to the knowledge of that truth which makes men wise unto salvation. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

Hello researchers, Annette Lynch wrote: >It would be helpful if you had indicated where these people were living, if >you want someone to check local newspapers. I wasn't thinking when I first sent out my request, so I will try again. Betty Weatherly Oregon Ann Elizabeth Dunham Ellis 1827 Allegany NY-1872 Ashland, Minn. James Ayers Dunham 1800 Piscataway, NJ-1853 Trivoli, Ill. & Sarah Holton 1805 New Market, NJ-1859 Camping Grove, Ill. Jonathan S. Dunham 1775Piscataway, NJ-1848 Piscataway, NJ & Elizabeth Ayars 1780 Cumberland, NJ-1841 Piscataway, NJ Samuel Dunham 1730 Piscataway, NJ-1827 Piscataway, NJ & Mary Lucas 1730 ?- 1805 Piscataway, NJ Rev. Jonathan Dunham 1694 Piscataway, NJ-1777 ? & Jane Pyatt 1695 Piscataway, NJ-1779 Piscataway, NJ Rev. Edmund Dunham 1661 Eastham, Mass.-1733/34 Piscataway, NJ & Mary Bonham 1661 Barnstable, Mass.-1732 Piscataway, NJ Benajah Dunham 1640 Plymouth, Mass.-1680 Piscataway, NJ & Elizabeth Tilson ? - ? John Dunham 1588 Bedfordshire, England-1668/69 Plymouth, Mass. & Abigail Balliou ? - 1689 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.2/252 - Release Date: 2/6/06

Hi Betty On October 11th 1705 William Gibson of Hopkinton RI (who replaced William Hiscox) as Pastor found that one of his early duties was to ordain the Pastor of the Piscataway, New Jersey SDB Church Edmund Dunham. The service for this was held at the Hopkinton SDB Church on October 11, 1705. No doubt the records of this will be at the SDB Historical Society in Janesville WI. Regards Pat R

Hello SDB researchers, My line of Dunham's begins with: Ann Elizabeth Dunham Ellis 1827-1872 James Ayers Dunham 1800-1853 & Sarah Holton 1805-1859 Jonathan S. Dunham 1775-1848 & Elizabeth Ayars 1780-1841 Samuel Dunham 1730-1827 & Mary Lucas 1730-1805 Rev. Jonathan Dunham 1694-1777 & Jane Pyatt 1695-1779 Rev. Edmund Dunham 1661-1733/34 & Mary Bonham 1661-1732 Benajah Dunham 1640-1680 & Elizabeth Tilson ? - ? John Dunham 1588-1668/69 & Abigail Balliou ? - 1689 Does anyone out there have any of the Birth / Marriage / Death notices from the "Sabbath Recorder" or regular newspapers that they might be willing to share? I also like to collect photos of gravestones and people too when I can. Please contact me if you have any information to share. Thanks, Betty Weatherly Oregon -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.2/252 - Release Date: 2/6/06

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 42, No 10, p 8, Mar. 11, 1886. At Long Branch, Neb., Feb. 14, 1886, of consumption, Sarah S. Petty, wife of Julius T. Babcock, in the 28th year of her age. She was born near Pardee, Kansas, where she lived until her marriage. Since that time she has lived in this community. She professed faith in Christ, and united with the Pardee Church, at the age of ten years. She removed her standing to this church when she came here to reside. Her life was one of true piety, and in the church and society she was a faithful, earnest worker. In the Bible school she was an efficient teacher and a faithful student. But, nowhere shall we miss her so much as in the prayer meeting, where she was always present, when practicable. But the faith she cherished in life, was sufficient in death. Her sufferings were born without a murmur. To her pastor she remarked a few days before her death, "I have perfect peace and rest in Christ." She leaves a husband and two little children to mourn their loss. Funeral services held at the church, Feb. 16th, at 11 A. M. D. K. D. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 122, No 3, p 60, Jan. 18, 1937. Noble C. Lippincott, son of J. Herbert Lippincott and Alva Lippincott McWhorter, was born in Garwin, Iowa, March 27, 1898, and died in St. Joseph's Hospital, Hartford, Wis., on December 14, 1936. He was united in marriage to Iva Schrader in 1922. To this union was born one son, Wayne Curtis, now twelve years of age. Noble came to Wisconsin in 1916, and on November 8, 1919, brought his church letter from Garwin, uniting with the Milton Church. He was graduated from Milton College in 1921, since when he has taught in the high schools in Barron, Lake Geneva, and Hartford, Wis., having been in the latter place for eleven years. He is survived by his wife and son of Hartford; his mother, Mrs. Henry McWhorter of Jackson Center, Ohio; a brother, Truman; and his father, J. H. Lippincott of Milton. Funeral services were held at the H. C. Berndt Memorial Funeral Home in Hartford, conducted by Rev. Carroll L. Hill, assisted by Rev. E. T. Soper of Hartford. Interment was at Hartford. C. L. H. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 163, No 5, p 16, July 29, 1957. Mary Alvanetta, daughter of James and Elizabeth Randall Knight, was born in Garwin, Iowa, Dec. 4, 1871, and died in Mercy Hospital, Janesville, Wis., July 4, 1957. Mrs. McWhorter had lived in Seventh Day Baptist communities and had been affiliated with Seventh Day Baptist Churches throughout her lifetime. Since the passing of her husband Henry, in Edelstein, Ill., in 1954, she had resided in Milton, Wis., where she was faithful in attendance at church. Her membership in her later years was with the Jackson Center, Ohio, Church. Mrs. McWhorter was the mother of four children by her first husband, Herbert Lippincott: Joy, Noble, Truman, and Alwyn June. Of the four, only Truman, of Milton, survives her. A granddaughter, DeEtta Kastorf, and a grandson, Wayne Lippincott, also survive her. Funeral services were conducted in the Milton Church on Sabbath morning, July 6, by Pastor Elmo Fitz Randolph. Burial was at Edelstein, Ill. E. F. R.

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 159, No 17, p 272, Nov. 7, 1955. Deacon Iseus Fitz Randolph was born in New Milton, W. Va., July 9, 1865, and died Oct. 7, 1955, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Harris, in Plainfield, N. J. Mr. Randolph joined the Piscataway Seventh Day Baptist Church in 1902 by letter from the church at Jackson Center, Ohio. For many years he was a deacon and trustee of the Piscataway Church, always giving of his best for his Master. He is survived by his widow and four children: Merle (Mrs. Lawrence Harris), Plainfield, N. J.; Leslie, Verona, N. J.; Milton, Daytona Beach, Fla.; Elston, Neptune, N. J.; 12 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren. Farewell services were conducted by his pastor, Frank R. Kellogg, from the Runyon Funeral Home at Dunellen, N. J. Interment was in Hillside Cemetery, Plainfield, N. J. F. R. K. "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 164, No 10, Mar. 10, 1958. Verna Lippincott, daughter of Curtis and Elizabeth M. (Babcock) Lippincott, was born in Shelby County, Ohio, Feb. 16, 1870, and died in Morris Plains, N. J., Feb. 8, 1958. On September 26, 1889, she was married to Iseus Fitz Randolph. They first made their home near Jackson Center, Ohio, later in New Milton, W. Va., and New Brunswick, N. J. In 1902 both Mr. and Mrs. Randolph joined the Piscataway Seventh Day Baptist Church by letter. For many years Mrs. Randolph was an active member and an efficient worker in the church, the Sabbath school, and Woman's Aid Society. Mr. Randolph passed away October 7, 1955. She is survived by a daughter Merle (Mrs. Lawrence F. Harris), of Greenwich, N. J., and three sons: Leslie, of Verona, N. J.; Milton of Daytona Beach, Fla.; Elston, of Neptune, N. J.; 12 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Jesse Herbert Lippincott of Milton, Wis., and Simeon, of Sidney, Ohio. Farewell services were conducted by the former pastor, Frank R. Kellogg. Interment was in Hillside Cemetery, Plainfield, N. J. F. R. K. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 139, No 5, p 80, July 30, 1945. Margaret Louise was born in Lima, Wis., on December 20, 1858, and died at her home in Milton Junction, June 21, 1945. She was adopted when small by Ethan and Philena Babcock Burdick, attended Milton College, and taught school for a number of years before moving to Milton Junction with her family, fifty-three years ago. In May 1877, she was baptized and joined the Milton Junction Seventh Day Baptist Church and always held it foremost among her many interests. Surviving are two nephews: R. Leon and Charles C. Burdick. Funeral services were conducted from the home and the church on Sabbath afternoon, June 23, by Rev. Orville W. Babcock, assisted by Rev. W. D. Burdick. Burial was in the Milton Junction Cemetery. O. W. B. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 139, No 5, p 80, July 30, 1945. Willet H. Wright, J., son of Willet H. and Lottie Green Wright, was born at North Loup, Neb., January 11, 1920, and was killed in action in Germany, March 25, 1945. When a young boy he was baptized, and at the time of his death was a member of the Denver Church. On August 20, 1040, he was married to Alice Marie Pulver. Besides his wife, survivors are two small daughters, Sally Marie and Sadie Kathleen; his parents; one sister, Mrs. Eileen Stadler; and two brothers, Herbert and Richard. L. G. W. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 139, No 5, p 80, July 30, 1945. Samuel Darius, son of Curtis and Elizabeth Babcock Lippincott, was born May 25, 1861, in Logan County, Ohio, and passed away July 14, 1942, at the home of his brother, Perry B. Lippincott, Battle Creek, Mich., where he has lived for many years. Early in life he was baptized and joined the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Jackson Center, Ohio. Due to an accident and illness he has been a cripple most of his life. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. LeRoy (Marjorie) Reigner; two sisters, Mrs. James (Charlotte) Knight and Mrs. Iseus (LaVerna) Randolph; two brothers, Jesse H. and Simeon M. Committal was at the Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek. The service was conducted by Rev. Alton L. Wheeler, assisted by Rev. Henry Jordan. A. L. W. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Milton Courier", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006, p 4. Darwin C. Lippincott, 84, died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2006, at the Tri-County Hospital in Lexington, Neb. He was born July 31, 1921 to Luen and Inez Lippincott in Garwin, Iowa. When he was very young his family moved to Milton, Wisconsin where he became a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. After graduating from high school he attended Milton College where he met Dorothy Stebbins. They were married July 25, 1942. He served in the Army Air Corps in World War II, spending most of his time in the European Theater as an aircraft electrical engineer. Upon his return he became a jeweler in Dodge Center, Minnesota. In Dodge Center he was active in his church and in civic affairs, including the school board, Chamber of Commerce, city council, and Civil Air Patrol. He was the first president of the newly organized Parent Teacher Organization. His love of flying led him to organize a flying club which resulted in the building of the Dodge Center airport. When he had the opportunity to represent a fine jewelry company the family moved to Scotia, Nebraska where they could continue to worship in a Seventh Day Baptist church. Later the family relocated to Johnson Lake. He was still calling on jewelers in Kansas and Nebraska in the final days of his life. Darwin was preceded in death by his son Dennis and his two brothers, Warren and Leslie. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Dorothy; his children, Leanne Lippincott, Tom and Diane Merchant, Daryl and Marcy Lippincott, Allory and Dawn Deiss, Victor and Darcy Burdick, Dan and Shelly Lippincott; 16 grand-children; and five great-grandchildren. Darwin's body was cremated. A Memorial Service will be held today, Thursday, January 26, 2006, at 10 a.m. at the Reynolds-Love Chapel in Lexington, Nebraska. Interment will be held at Fort McPherson National Cemetery at Maxwell, Nebraska at 11:30 a.m. following the Memorial Service. Memorials are suggested to the SDB Missionary Society, Westerly, Rhode Island. Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington, Neb., is in charge of arrangements. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 10, No 2, p 7, June 23, 1853. In Berlin, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., on the 22d ult., Mehetabel, wife of Eld. William Satterlee, aged 87 years. Sister Satterlee embraced religion in early life, and for over half a century had been connected with the church militant on earth. As a companion and mother, she was affable and affectionate; and as a Christian, her daily walk and conversation evinced that she followed in the footsteps of her Saviour. She has passed away to the enjoyment of that peace which passeth understanding. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 37, No 52, p 5, Dec. 29, 1881. Near North Loup, Neb., Nov. 29, 1881, George Thorngate, Sen., in the 84th year of his age. Brother Thorngate was born in Wiltshire, Eng., and came to Canada in the British army in 1812. Soon after he left the army and settled in Jefferson county, N. Y., where he married Matilda Blanchard, by whom he had six children. A few years later, he removed to Persia, Cattaraugus county, where he was converted and became a member of the Seventh-day Baptist Church. In 1853, his first wife died, and, in 1856, he married Betsey Langworthy, who lived only three years, and in 1861, he married Lucretia Dickinson, who survives him. The life of Bro. Thorngate has been one of steady, faithful, Christian service, and he met death with the expectation that through Christ he should be the victor and enter into his rest. The funeral sermon was preached by his pastor, from the following words, which he selected years ago for the purpose, "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints." Psa. 116, 15. G. J. C. "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 46, No 38, p 608, Sep. 18, 1890. At North Loup, Neb., Aug. 27, 1890, Mrs. Lucretia Thorngate, aged 91 years, 5 months and 14 days. The deceased was the widow of George Thorngate, Sen. father of Henry and George Thorngate, and Mrs. Marianne Rood, of this place, and Miss [Mrs.] Hannah Stillman, of Farina, Ill. Since the death of Mr. Thorngate, in 1881, she has lived with her step-daughter, Mrs. Marianne Rood, of this place. In many respects her life has been a favored one. She had always been remarkably healthy, and in her ripe old age she was almost totally free from those painful infirmities that so often mark the closing years of a long, wearisome life. She moved about with the ease and grace of a much younger person to within a few days of her death, and her mind preserved its clearness and vigor to the last. "She had prayed that it might be so," she said. "and her prayer was answered." She was the only surviving member of a family of nine children. By a former marriage with Mr. John Hoyt she had seven children, and of them all, only Mrs. Catharine Sweet, of Bright, South Dakota, survived to be with her in the hour of death. She was an intelligent Christian, and having served her Lord for seventy years she had no fear in death, but passed away cheerfully, believing in all the promised joys of the heavenly rest. B. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 46, No 38, p 608, Sep. 18, 1890. On Friday morning, Sept. 5, 1890, at Rock River, Wis., Michael Huffman, in his 84th year. He was born in Pennsylvania, Sept. 12, 1806, and moved while young with his parents to Virginia. The death of his father in the war of 1812, left him an orphan. He lived with a family by the name of Franz, and with them moved to Ohio. He was married to Mary Livingston in 1830, and both became members of the Jackson Center Seventh-day Baptist Church, from which their membership was never removed. Mr. Huffman with his family came to Wisconsin in 1849, and settled on a farm near Rock River. In 1882 he removed to Milton Junction, where his wife died in October, 1889. After this he made his home with his son-in-law, M. R. Coon. He bore his long sickness with patience, and delighted in prayer and communion with God. The funeral was held at the Seventh-day Baptist church, Rev. N. Wardner, assisted by Rev. G. W. Hills, officiating. Interment took place in the Milton Junction cemetery. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wis"., publ. 1889 - page 553. ORIN VINCENT, a retired farmer and prominent citizen of Milton, Wis., is a native of Allegany County, N.Y., born on the 4th day of November, 1807. His parents were Joshua and Olive VINCENT, and to them were born a family of fifteen children, seven of whom are yet living. Our subject was reared to manhood in the Empire State, receiving his education in the public schools, and in March, 1829, was united in marriage with Miss Lucy BABCOCK, who was born in the year 1811, and is a sister of Dr. BABCOCK, whose sketch appears on another page of this volume. The young couple began their domestic life in New York, but in June, 1848, left their Eastern home and came to Rock County, Wis. About three years previous Mr. VINCENT had made a trip to the West, traveling all over this State with a view to making a location. Being pleased with the future prospects of this county, he made a permanent settlement in 1848, taking up his residence on section 1, in the town of Harmony, where he purchased 100 acres of land. In connection with the work of developing and improving his land, Mr. VINCENT devoted considerable attention to the raising of sheep, owning the finest grade to be found in the county. In 1865, he abandoned agricultural pursuits and the following year settled in Milton, where he has made his home continuously since, becoming one of its representative and leading citizens. Mr. VINCENT has been prominently identified with the public improvements of the town, and has ever taken a deep interest in its welfare. He has filled various local offices of honor and trust, discharging his duties with promptness and fidelity; has served as school director, and for a number of years was commissioner and trustee. In the cause of education he has been especially interested, and was the second trustee of Milton College, which position he has also held in the Seventh Day Baptist Church, of which he is a member. He cast his first Presidential vote for John Quincy Adams, and supported the Whig party until its dissolution, when he joined the new Republican party, and at each succeeding election has cast his ballot for the candidates of that great political organization. He voted for Gen. William Henry Harrison in 1840, and also for the illustrious grandson of the Tippecanoe hero in 1888. Mr. and Mrs. VINCENT have never had any family of their own, but have raised a number of orphan children, and though they have traveled life's journey together for upwards of sixty years, they are yet hale and hearty for persons of their age. "The Weekly Telephone", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, Sep. 11, 1890, p 5. Died at her home in this village, Sept. 5 Mrs. Orrin Vincent, aged 78 years. The deceased was an old resident of Milton, having lived here some forty-four years. For several years she had been an invalid, suffering greatly with dropsy. The thoughts of a kind wife are cherished by a husband with whom she had lived for 66 years; no children were born to them. The funeral services were held in the S. D. B. church at Milton Junction, on Monday last and the remains interred in the cemetery at that place, Elder Wardner officiating. "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 46, No 38, p 608, Sep. 18, 1890. On Sabbath, September 6, 1890, at Milton, Wis., Lucy Alvira Vincent, wife of Orin Vincent, aged 79 years. She was the daughter of Rev. Daniel Babcock, and was born at Batavia, N. Y. She experienced religion under the preaching of Elder John Green, and was baptized by Elder Daniel Babcock, and united with the First Alfred Seventh-day Baptist Church in 1827. She was married to Orin Vincent in March, 1829, and moved to Wisconsin in 1848. She united with the Milton Seventh-day Baptist Church, and became a constituent member of the Milton Junction Church of like faith, remaining a consistent member until the time of her death. She leaves a husband and a large circle of mourning friends. The funeral was held in the Junction Seventh-day Baptist Church, Sept. 8th, Rev. N. Wardner, assisted by Rev. G. W. Hills, officiating. The remains were laid to rest in the Milton Junction Cemetery. "The Weekly Telephone", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, Jan. 26, 1893, p 5. Oran Vincent was born in Brookfield, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1807. He was the oldest of fifteen children. He died at Milton, Wis., Jan 21, 1893 of blood poison. He lived for sometime at Alfred, N. Y. In 1829 he was united in marriage with Miss Lucy A. Babcock, oldest daughter of Eld. Daniel Babcock, with whom he walked life's pathway until September 1890, when she passed to her reward. They moved to Rock Co., Wis., in 1848. In 1865 he retired from agricultural pursuits and removed to Milton village. Mr. Vincent had been prominently identified with the public enterprises of the town, and has filled various local offices of trust. He was especially interested in education holding the office of trustee of Milton College. Presidential election occurred on his twenty-first birthday at which he voted and he voted at every election since. In boyhood he joined the S. D. B. church at Alfred, N. Y. When he came to Wis. he removed his membership to Milton. At the organization of the church at Milton Junction he became a constituent member. He was an officer in the church until advanced age disabled him from such duties. He was greatly interested in Missions and gave liberally of his means for their support. The church and the school have lost a loyal supporter, and the community a worthy citizen. The funeral services were held at the Milton Junction church on last Monday and was very largely attended, and were conducted by his pastor, assisted by Rev. Dunn and Pres. Whitford. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Weekly Telephone", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, Sep. 13, 1900, p 1. In The Telephone of last week appeared a notice of the death by dropsy, Sept. 4, 1900, of Eli Stillman Nye, at his residence in Milton Junction, Wis. He had been affected for at least two years, with a liver trouble, contracted undoubtedly in the army during the Civil war; but in the past two months his disease took on the form of dropsy, from which he suffered at times, great weakness and subsequent depression of spirit. He was born Nov. 4, 1826, and was at death seventy-four years of age, lacking just two months. His parents were Benjamin Briggs and Betsy Maxson Nye, who spent the greater part of their married life in the town of Genesee, Allegany county, N. Y., on a farm. Here the deceased joined in youth the Seventh-day Baptist church in the neighborhood. When about twenty years old, he went to live with a sister, Mrs. Harriet Crandall, of Alfred, in the same county, and was engaged most of the time, while residing here, at farm work in the vicinity. He married Dec. 23, 1853, Miss Cornelia P. Sweet, a daughter of Rev. Spencer Sweet, of Alfred. On the following year this couple moved to the town of Milton, Wis., and settled on a farm just east of Grass Lake. Here was born to them a son, Ernest by name, who now has his residence at Brown's Valley, Minn. During the Civil war, Eli, as he was familiarly called, served three years as a member of company K, of the Thirteenth Regiment of Wisconsin Infantry. This company was raised largely in the town of Milton and saw service mainly in the southern states of the lower Mississippi valley. Afterwards he moved with his family to the town of Logan in Grant county, Minn., where he remained until he returned to Wisconsin and made his home at Milton Junction. He was a respected citizen and a trusted friend, a faithful husband and an affectionate father. At his funeral services, held at his residence and in the seventh-day Baptist church at the Junction, President Whitford, of Milton college, officiated and was assisted by Rev. G. J. Crandall, who preaches in the church above mentioned. The sermon on "Christian Patriotism" was based on Mark 12:17, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." A large number of relatives was present. Besides these nearly all the members of the Grand Army Post and the Woman's Relief Corps of Milton, and of the societies of Odd Fellows in the two villages of the town, were in attendance, the latter having charge of the exercises at the burial in the cemetery at Milton Junction. The widow and the son in their bereavement have the sympathy of a wide circle of acquaintances. W. C. W. "The Weekly Telephone", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, Feb. 19, 1903, p 1. The community was again saddened last Friday morning by the death of Mrs. Cornelia Nye, which occurred Thursday night. Mrs. Nye had long been a sufferer and had been steadily failing for nearly a year, having been confined to her bed for several months past. During her residence here she had endeared herself to the hearts of all. The funeral services were held at the S. D. B. church, Saturday, conducted by Rev. G. J. Crandall, assisted by Rev. L. A. Platts, of Milton. Mrs. Cornelia P. Sweet, widow of Eli S. Nye, was born in Alfred, N. J., 1833, and died in Milton Junction, Wis., Feb. 12, 1903. Sister Nye made a public profession in Jesus Christ in the ordinance of baptism in April, 1863, during an extensive revival of religion in the church at Rock River, Wis., but did nit unite with any church until last April, when she became a member of the Seventh Day Baptist church of Milton Junction, Wisconsin. Her christian life has been one of good work, and she died trusting only in the merits of her Savior. She was married to Mr. Nye, Dec. 23, 1852 and they spent most of their married life in Wisconsin and Minnesota. G. J. C. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 42, No 21, p 5, May 27, 1886. Phineas Kenyon Shaw died at his home in Alfred, May 5, 1886, aged 82 years, 6 months and 24 days. He was born in Stephentown, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., and came to Alfred, in Jan., 1826, a young man of 23 years, when the farm on which he afterwards lived and on which he died was primitive and unbroken forest. In May, 1829, he was married to Melissa Sweet, and began housekeeping the following December. In the winter of 1845, he experienced religion and was baptized by Eld. Jas. H. Cochran, since which time, until his death, he has retained his place in the fellowship and covenant of the Second Alfred Church, with which he then united. For about twenty five years he has served, with satisfaction, the Church as its Treasurer, and also in various other positions of trust and responsibility. Little by little the strong man failed, and, with failing faculties, he gradually disappeared from the public gatherings of the church which, through the loss of hearing he was unable to enjoy. At last the end came. With thought unclouded, he looked back with regrets that his life had been so much of it wasted, but with increased confidence in a Saviour who came to redeem and save just such as he. Funeral services were held at the church, with a large assemblage of fellow Christians and neighbors, by the pastor, assisted by Rev. D. E. Maxson, May 6th. Thus, while our number is diminished, another has gone to swell the countless multitude on the shores of life. He died believing. J. S. "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 43, No 14, p 5, Apr. 7, 1887. At her home, in Alfred, N. Y., March 26, 1887, after an illness of a few weeks, Mrs. Malissa Shaw, relict of the late P. K. Shaw, who died a little less than ten months ago, aged 77 years. Sister Shaw was born in Canada, March 8, 1810, came with her parents to Alfred when eleven years of age, and at the age of twenty was married to Mr. Shaw, with whom she lived fifty-seven years, on the farm, and in the home, where she died. In the winter of 1845, she, with her husband, was converted, and was baptized by Eld. James H. Cochran, then pastor of the Second Alfred Church, and remained a good, faithful member through life. In church philanthropies, industries, and attendance, she will be long and lovingly missed. She died, surrounded by her children summoned to her side by her sickness. Besides other relatives she leaves, to mourn her death, three sons and four daughters. Being one of the early settlers of our town, her funeral, on the 28th, was largely attended by old time friends and neighbors. "She died in the faith." Funeral services from Rev. 14: 13, by Jay Summerbell, assisted by Dr. D. E. Maxson. J. S. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders

"The Milton Journal", Milton Wisconsin, Thursday, June 12, 1902, p1. Mrs. Caroline Ensign Berkalew Sweet, was born in Conn., May 7, 1826, and died in Milton, Wis., June 4, 1902. She had therefore just passed her 76th birthday. When she was a mere child her parents moved to New York, settling in Broome county near Binghamton; there she was married to Mr. John Berkalew; there, in the same house, all of her children were born, five daughters and three sons; there Mr. Berkalew died in 1861, and there one daughter still lives. A younger sister, Miss Elizabeth Ensign, was married to Mr. Ezra Goodrich and was a resident of Milton, and to this village Mrs. Berkalew came with several of her children in August 1871. Not long afterward, she was married to Mr. Perry Sweet who died on March 20th, 1897. In the autumn of 1878, Mr. and Mrs. Sweet moved to Cartwright in Chippewa county in this state, which was then little more than a lumber camp managed by Uncle David Cartwright and his sons. They at once took a deep interest in the religious welfare of the little community. Mrs. Sweet gathered in her dining room the first Sabbath school held in the place and for some time the same room served as meeting house for weekly prayer meetings and occasional preaching service when the community was visited by a preacher. It is probable that the S. D. B. church of Cartwright was organized in the same house. Later, when a meeting house and parsonage were to be built, Mr. and Mrs. Sweet gave the lots for them, from a corner of their farm adjoining the village. When Mr. sweet's health began to fail, they sold their property in Cartwright and came back to Milton in 1894, but they continued to hold a deep interest in the church and society in Cartwright. Mrs. Sweet was a woman of a deeply religious nature, and lived an earnest, conscientious, devoted life. In the old home near Binghamton she became early in life a member of the Presbyterian church. On coming to Milton she made a conscientious study of the Sabbath question and soon became a member of the S. D. B. church in Milton. In the organization of the church in Cartwright she became one of its constituent members, and on returning to Milton she again united with this church in which fellowship she remained faithful and greatly beloved until the end. The funeral was from the S. D. B. church June 5, conducted by the pastor, Dr. Platts. A large number were present to honor the memory of a noble life. Appropriate music was furnished by a ladies quartet. Interment was in the Milton cemetery.

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