"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 131, No 3, p 60, July 21, 1941. Henry Arthur Watts, eldest child of Frank and Louise Maxson Watts, was born August 15, 1862, at Onarga, Ill. At the age of eleven he came with his parents to North Loup, Neb. Mr. Watts was twice married. On May 24, 1884, he married Miss Eva Adele Green who died April 24, 1888, leaving one daughter, Jessie, now Mrs. Ralph Comstock of St. Charles, Ill. On January 3, 1892, he married Mrs. Hannah Clement Curry. To them were born three children: Madge, now Mrs. Charles Fuller of North Loup; Martin of North Loup; and Eva, now Mrs. Gipe of Long Beach, Calif. His wife died August 13, 1927. On July 14, 1888 he was baptized and united with the Seventh Day Baptist Church and remained a conscientious member for fifty-three years. He passed away at the home of his daughter in California March 10, 1941. Funeral services were held at North Loup, conducted by Pastor A. Clyde Ehret. Burial was in the North Loup cemetery. Besides his immediate family he leaves a brother Earl of Exeland, Wis., eleven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. A. C. E.

"The North Loup Loyalist", North Loup, Nebraska, Friday, Aug. 19, 1927, p 1. After an illness of eleven days Hannah Watts passed away last Saturday morning at 9:10 A. M. On Tuesday August 2, Mrs. Watts was taken very ill, falling unconscious. Later she rallied and it was hoped that she might recover but on Wednesday before her death she suffered another attack which the doctor attributed to the breaking of a blood vessel in the brain. This time she sank into unconsciousness from which she never recovered. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Nathan Thomas conducting the service in the absence of Rev. Polan. At the home she loved and in which she had spent so many happy and useful years, relatives and friends from near and far gathered with her husband and children to pay their last respects to this good woman. Within the home and outside, in flowers and garden were many evidences of the labor of those capable hands now folded to rest. Rev. Thomas chose as the fitting subject for his remarks the words from Job 5: 26. "Thou shalt come to the grave in a full age, like a shock of corn cometh in, in his season." A mixed quartette consisting of Esther Babcock, Jessie Comstock, David and Minnie Davis sang the songs most cherished by Mrs. Watts and her husband. The last selection "I'm Praying for You," was one she had requested her children to sing shortly before her death and reveals the keynote of her life. Tributes of flowers were many and beautiful. The pall bearers were her five sons-in law and Clark Roby, whom she had mothered during his residence in her home. After the last rites, the body was tenderly laid to rest in the Hillside cemetery. Orville Sowl of Ord had charge of the funeral arrangements. For many years Hannah Watts with her snowy hair and dignified presence has quietly and unobtrusively played an important part in the life of the church and community as well as within her home, and she will be missed in all these relations. Keen sorrow that a life so useful even in the fullness of years should be thus ended, is felt on every side and the husband and family have the sympathy of all. Out of the large family only one sister, Mrs. Grace Hutchins and one brother, Peter Clement of Lincoln were present at the time of Mrs. Watts death. The obituary, written by his wife was read by Peter Clement. Hannah Clement Curry Watts was born in Richardson County, Nebraska, June 11, 1868 and died Sabbath morning August 13, 1927 at her home in North Loup, Nebraska. She was one of thirteen children born to Benjamin and Eliza Lippincott Clement. Her childhood was spent at Welton, Iowa until she was eleven years old when the family moved to a farm on Davis Creek south of North Loup. Her she grew to young womanhood. She was married June 25, 1886 to Charles Percy Curry. To this union were born Ellen Pearl and Leona May. Mr. Curry died in February 1889. Hannah Curry was married to Henry Arthur Watts January 30, 1892. To these were born Madge Louise, Martin Eugene, and Nellie Eva. Beside her husband and her five children and her step-daughter, Jesse Watts Comstock, all of whom are married and living in their own homes, Mrs. Watts leaves to mourn her passing seventeen grandchildren, five brothers, four sisters and one half-sister. All her children, her husband, one sister, Mrs. Grace Hutchins and a brother, Peter E. were with her during the brief illness which ended with her death. When about fourteen years of age, she was baptized under the ministry of Elder M. B. True, assisted at the time by Elder C. M. Lewis and joined the Seventh Day Baptist church of Davis Creek. When a few years later the church disbanded because of the removal of its members, she with others of her family asked for membership in the North Loup church of like faith. She was received January 6, 1894. Except for two or three years spent in Northern Wisconsin Hannah has lived her life as a part of this community. She came at a time when pioneer life was at its hardest. She did her part patiently and unshirkingly, faithful to the least as well as the greatest obligation. In her later years, after her family was grown, she gave a great deal of time to public service. She has served the various departments of her church faithfully and well. For many years she was in charge of the Home Department of the Sabbath School. The Women's Missionary Society had no member more regular in attendance or more willing in service. She found great pleasure in attending and taking part in the meetings of the No Lo club of which she was a member. She was always to be depended upon for help in any community undertaking. "Art" and "Hannah" as they were known among their friends have always been popular in social life, and have had a large part in promoting a gay and wholesome fellowship in the circle of their acquaintances. It is for the unselfishness and constancy of her devotion to her home and its ties that Hannah Watts will be remembered most tenderly. Under the trying conditions of pioneer years, the equipment for homemaking was often limited, but wherever she presided her house was a home. Nor was its influences limited to her own family, many young people living under her roof transiently, have learned a new meaning to the word home. She was indeed a woman whose children rise up and call her blessed. O. A. C.

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 105, No 15, p 479, Oct. 8, 1928. Elizabeth L. Williams was born October 15, 1838, at Watson, Lewis County, N. Y., and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Combs, on their farm west of North Loup, September, 1928, almost 90 years of age. She was the second child in a family of eight born to Deacon Daniel P. Williams and Lucinda Scriven Williams and was in lineal descent to Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island. She was a sister of the late Deacon Jacob Williams, who spent a large part of his life in this community, and of Henry Williams, of Boulder, Colo., the only living member of the family. Her early life was spent in New York, where she did some teaching and where on April 2, 1859, she was married to William N. Greene, who a few years later served his country in the Civil War. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Greene, only one of whom grew to maturity, Ella, the wife of George Combs of this vicinity. In the spring of 1880 they moved to Nebraska to seek a new home, but within a very few weeks her husband died and left her alone in this new home to care for her only daughter. For many years they lived in town in the house now owned by Robert Peterson, and after the marriage of the daughter she moved with them, twenty-four years ago, to the farm where she died. Mrs. Greene was baptized at the age of twelve years and joined the Watson (N. Y.) Seventh Day Baptist Church. When she moved to Nebraska she and her husband joined the North Loup Church, where she has since held membership. She was a good Christian woman and did her work faithfully and well. She was somewhat retiring and quiet, but was loved by all who knew her. She was of even temperament, which made it easy always to know just what her attitude towards life's questions would be. Mrs. Greene passed quietly away last Thursday morning, after a brief illness, and memorial services were held at the home Sabbath afternoon, September 15. L. O. Greene, in the absence of the pastor, had charge of the services. The bearers were relatives. There were many beautiful floral offerings, which indicate the esteem in which "Aunt Elizabeth" was held. Burial was at the Hillside Cemetery. L. O. G.

"The North Loup Loyalist", North Loup, Nebraska, Friday, Apr. 30, 1926, p 1. Nicander Wilson Babcock, son of John and Elizabeth Babcock, was born near Jackson Center, Ohio, July 30, 1844 and died at his old home southeast of North Loup, April 22, 1926. Peter, an older brother, died in Anderson prison while serving in the Union army, James. O. of Welton, Iowa passed on about three years ago and L. H. of Gentry, Arkansas about ten years ago. His sisters Mrs. Margaret Sayre, Mrs. Sara Hurley, and Mrs. Martha VanHorn all three of Welton, Iowa died years ago. His half brother Thomas Babcock, father of John Hill Babcock, passed away many years ago, also, leaving him the last of his generation. His parents moved to Welton, Iowa when he was about six years of age. He was married by Elder Varnum Hull on Sept. 22, 1866 to Louise Jane Davis who died June 9, 1919. To them were born seven children, Winnie Clement, wife of Sherman Clement of Riverside, California, Carrie VanHorn, wife of Orel VanHorn of South Bay, Florida, Walter, who died in his thirteenth year, Rolla O., who lives on the old home place, Eunie, who died in infancy, and a pair of twins of whom Ray alone lived to the age of three years. The family came to the vicinity of North Loup May 23, 1873 and soon after took as a homestead the place where he died, which is now owned by his son Rollin. From here besides caring for the farm he drove many miles in every direction to work at the carpenter trade, which trade he followed one winter in California. He owned the first mower in Greeley county and went about to cut hay for his neighbors near and far. He sat as juror of the first court held in his county, also acted as the first road overseer. In the spring of 1905 he moved to town, but about four years ago he broke up the town home and went back to the farm to pass the remainder of his days. As a lad of fourteen he was baptized by Elder L. A. Davis and joined the Welton Seventh Day Baptist church. On coming here he became a constituent member of the North Loup Seventh Day Baptist church. At one of the earliest meetings he with George Rood was called to become a deacon and they were ordained about three years later. Elder S. R. Wheeler of Nortonville, or Pardee, Kansas as it was then, conducted the ordination. Deacon Babcock, by his honest dealing, quiet ways and genuine Christian living, made himself respected and greatly beloved by all who knew him. He gave to us a lifelong testimony of the value of faith in God and in Jesus Christ as a personal Savior. He is survived by his daughters Winnie and Carrie and his son Rolla. Carrie was the only one who was absent at the time of his going. He is also survived by twelve grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. The funeral services were conducted by Leslie O. Green at the church at the time of the regular morning worship, Sabbath Day April 24, 1926 and burial was made in the North Loup cemetery. The music was furnished by the choir.

"The North Loup Loyalist", North Loup, Nebraska, Friday, Apr. 20, 1940, p 1. William B. Greene was born in Allegany County, New York, Mar. 25, 1849. He was one of a family of ten children and the last survivor. The family lived in New York until 1854, when they moved west and settled near Milton, Wisconsin. He was baptized in Clear Lake, near Milton, Wis., by Elder James C. Rogers, and joined the Rock River Seventh Day Baptist church. His membership was later transferred to the North Loup church, of which he was a member at the time of his death. In the spring of 1873, he came by covered wagon, to North Loup, Nebraska, and homesteaded on what has been known as the Gray farm in Mira Valley. He lived there through the first winter, then traded with Louis Hurley, for a home five miles southwest of North Loup. He was married in 1877 to Eliza Maria Cottrell. Two children, Oscar Harley, now in a hospital in Willmar, Minn., and Chlo E. Greene, at present a teacher in the Denver, Colo., schools were born in sod houses on the above place, and Lilly Delle McKelvy of Denver, Colo., was born in the frame house that supplanted the last sod. In 1906, the home was sold and the family moved to a farm one half mile west of North Loup, where they lived until July, 1924, when they moved to Denver, Colo., because of failing health of parents and to be with the daughters who were making their home in Denver. The mother passed away on Aug. 16, 1925. Since that time the father adjusted himself bravely to all situations and fully appreciated old and new friends who found thoughtful ways to make his last days pleasant. The few who remain that experienced the big prairie fire of October, 1878, will recall the services he rendered at that time and the burns he incurred - scars from which he bore to the day of his passing on April 16, 1940. Behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. Ps. 37:37 - by daughter Chlo Greene. The body accompanied by the daughter, Miss Greene, arrived here on the morning train, Friday. Several friends being present at the station. Last rites were held at the cemetery, where a comforting and sympathetic prayer was offered by Rev. Adams of the Evangelical church. Bearers were old time friends of Mr. Greene and his family. And so another pioneer passes to his rest. "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 128, No 19, p 316, May 6, 1940. William B. Green, son of Thomas and Rhoda Green, was born in Allegany Co., N. Y., on March 25, 1849. His family moved to a farm near Milton, Wis., in 1854. He was baptized March 25, 1867, and joined the Rock River Church. In 1873, he went West in a covered wagon, to North Loup, Neb., and transferred his membership to that church, of which he was a member at the time of his death on April 16, 1940. He was married to Eliza Maria Cottrell on February 3, 1877. Three children, Oscar Harley, Chlo E., and Lily D. McKelvy, survive. He was cared for during his infirmities by his daughters in Denver, Colo. C. E. G.

"The North Loup Loyalist", North Loup, Nebraska, Friday, Dec. 24, 1920, p 1. Eliza M. Cottrell was born January 16, 1853 in Allegany Co., New York, and died in Denver, Colorado August 14, 1925, at the age of 72 years, 6 months and 28 days. She was one of a family of ten children born to Benjamin and Mary Cottrell, all of whom, except one sister, Ellen MacMichael, of Portland, Oregon, have preceded her in death. In 1857, at the age of four years she with her parents moved to Wisconsin and settled near Albion. Here they lived until 1862 when they again moved to Newville, Rock County, Wisconsin, This place they made their home until January 1877 when the family came to Nebraska and settled at North Loup, where most of Mrs. Green's remaining years have been spent. On February 3, 1877, she was united in marriage to Wm. E. Green and for 48 years this happy couple have been known to this community. To this union three children were born, Harley of Port Wing, Wisconsin, whose ill health made it impossible for him to be present, Chloe, of Denver, who was with her in her last sickness, and Lily, also of Denver. She has also been blessed with five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren all of whom are left to mourn her departure. In the fall of 1877 she was converted in a series of meetings conducted by Rev. S. R. Wheeler and was baptized by her pastor, Elder Oscar Babcock, and joined the Seventh Day Baptist church of North Loup of which she has been a faithful member all these years. For many years Mr. and Mrs. Green lived on their farm in Mira Valley and they have a large circle of friends to testify to their integrity and kind neighborliness. When they retired, they moved to their small place west of North Loup where they have spent a number of years and were good citizens and neighbors to all in this community. They have had an active part in social and church work and are loved by all who have ever known them. Two years ago this month, Mrs. Green fell and broke her hip and since that time she has been a constant sufferer. In July, 1924, Mr. and Mrs. Green sold their home in North Loup and moved to Denver in order that they might be with the two daughters who for a number of years have been employed in that city. All that loving hands could do could not save her. Her Master needed her and called her home. She has gone to rest where there is no more pain. She has proved a good companion for her husband and a kind and loving mother to her children. She was a good Christian woman and loved her Lord. Those that have known her these many years can testify to her many good characteristics. Her work on earth is over. We commit her to God. The body accompanied by her husband and daughter, Chloe, was brot to this place arriving Monday and funeral services were held at the Seventh Day Baptist church Tuesday forenoon conducted by Rev. L. O. Green. Burial was in the family lot in the Hillside Cemetery. Con.

"The North Loup Loyalist", North Loup, Nebraska, Friday, Dec. 3, 1920, p 5. Lois Davis Green was born in Brookfield, New York, October 27, 1833 [1835], and died at the home of her son, L. E. Green, in this village, early Tuesday morning, November 30, 1920 aged a little over 87 [85] years. On November 28, 1855, she was united in marriage with Lee Green at Watson, New York. Here Aunt Lois was converted and became a member of the Seventh day Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. Green lived in Wisconsin and Minnesota before coming to this place about 40 years ago. They transferred their membership to the church of their faith in the village and were always active in service as long as they were able to render service. For many years she was one of the most faithful members of the choir. Mr. Green died January 31, 1906. Of her family she leaves three sons, all living at this place. She had one brother living at Buffalo, New York, and a brother, Henry, living at this place. She had been failing for some time, and on the morning of her death she was sleeping quietly when the family arose - later when they went to her bedside she was dead. Funeral services were held at the church Wednesday afternoon and the body was laid to rest by the side of her husband and daughter in the North Loup cemetery.

"The North Loup Loyalist", North Loup, Nebraska, Friday, Oct. 24, 1919, p 12. Elijah Crandall was born at Sandy Point, New York, June 5th, 1839, and died at his home in this village Sunday afternoon October 19, 1919, aged nearly eighty and one half years. On August 2, 1862, he enlisted in defense of his country, serving until August 28, 1865, when he received his discharge. Two years later he was united in marriage with Miss Lucy Greene. In the fall of 1873 they moved to Hall county, Nebraska, where he had homesteaded some time before. Here they lived until in the fall of 1890 when they moved to this village and here they lived until death called them to another home. Uncle Lige had slowly failed in health for some months, so slowly that those who saw him the most hardly realized he was failing, and so he died as he had lived, quietly, troubling no one, asking favors of no one, ready to meet any condition which might await him. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the church conducted by pastor A. L. Davis and the body was laid to rest by the side of his wife, six of his grand nephews, Ren, Ward, Clifford and Harold Goodrich, Sam and Ed Greene acting as bearers. The schools were dismissed that the boys and girls might pay their last respects to the one who during all the years of their school life in the village was their closest friend - one who always had their interests at heart. All the business houses of the village were closed during the funeral services as a further mark of respect.

"The North Loup Loyalist", North Loup, Nebraska, Friday, June 13, 1919, p 4. Mrs. Louisa Davis Babcock was born in Sullivan county, Indiana, December 1, 1847, and died at her home in this village Monday morning June 9, 1919, aged about seventy-one and one half years. When but a child she moved with her parents to Welton, Iowa, and here she was married September 22, 1866, to N. W. Babcock. Here, too, she was converted and became a member of the Seventh-day Baptist church when she was about fourteen years of age. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Babcock, four of whom died in early youth. Their living children are, Mrs. S. L. Clement and R. O. Babcock of this place, Mrs. Orel Van Horn of Rira, Florida. She and her husband were among the very early pioneers in this valley, coming here in the Spring of 1872. When the Seventh-day Baptist church was organized, she with her husband became a constituent member, and always to the day of her death she was a conscientious earnest christian - unselfish, thotful, kind, going about her daily tasks doing her Master's will. The writer will cherish his memory of her as he has seen her so often in the prayer meeting, the Sabbath School and the morning service - kindly, quietly greeting with a pleasant smile, the members of her family and those with whom she met on these occasions. He remembers her as she waved to him and his wife a greeting only Sabbath afternoon as they stopped to look at her beautiful flowers she loved so much. She was in her usual health, and the morning before her death she was assisting as usual in doing the family washing - she was alone for a short time in the basement and when her sister returned she found that she had suffered a stroke of paralysis. She was taken to her room, soon lost consciousness and without regaining it her spirit returned to the God she had loved and served so long. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the church conducted by her pastor, Rev. A. L. Davis, and the body was taken to its home in the city of the dead west of the village. It was noticed that there were no hot house flowers at the funeral but the casket was covered with home grown flowers, the gifts of loving friends to whom she had given flowers from her own yard, and from her own flower beds. The friends of the family extend their sympathies to the grief stricken husband and children in their sad hour.

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 114, No 5, p 118, Jan. 30, 1933. John B. Bliven, son of Horace and Charlotte Clement Bliven, was born June 24, 1854, at Albion, Wis., on the farm where he has lived all his life, and died January 5, 1933. Surviving his are his wife, Jessie Van Horn Bliven; three daughters - Miss Marjorie, a teacher in Walworth, Wis., schools; Mrs. Marion Onsgard, of Ft. Atkinson, Wis.; Mrs. Doris Saunders, of Albion; and one son, Horace, of Ft. Atkinson; three sisters; three brothers; and three grandchildren. He became a member of the Albion Church, September, 1915, through evangelistic services conducted by Rev. D. B. Coon and personal efforts of his pastor, Rev. C. S. Sayre. Mr. Bliven was a great lover of his home and family. He always had a pleasant word of greeting and loved to joke and make merry conversation with callers. He had been in failing health for a year and a half, but was an uncomplaining invalid, regretting always that he was making trouble and work. It can be said of him that "He loved to live by the side of the road and be a friend to man." The final services were held from the house Sabbath afternoon, January 7, 1933, in charge of his pastor, Chas. W. Thorngate, assisted by Rev. E. A. Witter of Walworth, and Rev. W. J. Williams, pastor of the Protestant Methodist Church. Two solos were beautifully sung by Rev. C. S. Sayre, accompanied by his son, M. C. Sayre. The host of friends who gathered to show their last respects, and the beautiful floral gifts were an evidence of the esteem in which Mr. Bliven was held. C. W. T.

"The North Loup Loyalist", North Loup, Nebraska, Friday, June 14, 1918, p 4. Mrs. F. B. Robbins, whose maiden name was Lois Cedelia Williams, was born at Verona, New York, September 17, 1843, and died at her home in this village early Monday morning, May 19, 1919, aged about seventy-five and one half years. September 10, 1865, in Lowville, New York, she was united in marriage to F. B. Robbins, who with their three children, Mrs. C. C. Clement of Batavia, Illinois, V. W. Robbins of this place and L. E. Robbins of Walworth, Wisconsin, survive her. One boy, Henry Williams, died in 1883. Soon after their marriage she and her husband moved to Hudson, Michigan, where they lived for about a year and then moved to near Carlston, Minnesota. In 1884 the family moved to this place, and here her home had since been except that several winters were spent in Florida because of her failing health. When she was a young child she was baptized and became a member of the Seventh-day Baptist church at Watson, New York. When the family moved to Minnesota her membership was transferred to the church of her faith in that place and later to the church in our village. Funeral services were held from the Seventh-day Baptist church Wednesday morning conducted by her pastor, Rev. L. A. Lewis, and the body was taken to the city of the dead west of the village. For a good many years, Mrs. Robbins had been in poor health and for a number of years it did not seem possible that she could survive the winters, but tho slight of body she must have had a strong constitution. During her years of sickness she has had the devoted care of her husband - a care such is given to but few in old age and in failing health. Because of her long illness it was not possible for her to mingle with her friends or to take an active part in the church society of which she was a part. She had known for some time that the end was near so she set her house in order and calmly, tho suffering the most intense pain, waited the end. She chose the text for her pastor to use - Luke 23: 28 - "But Jesus turning unto them said, 'Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourself and your children.'"

"The North Loup Loyalist", North Loup, Nebraska, Friday, June 14, 1918, p 4. Florence Clement VanHorn was born near North Loup, December 13, 1880, and died at her home in this village Thursday afternoon, June 6, 1918, aged about thirty-seven and one half years. When she was about fourteen years of age she was converted and became a member of the Seventh day Baptist church in this village. She was from the time of her conversion to the day of her death most consistent in her church pledge, was ever active in all lines of the church work - as a girl was one of the active members of the Junior and C. E. Societies, and at the time of her death was one of the most faithful of the teachers in the Sabbath school. The men who bore her body to the last resting place were members of her Sabbath School class. June 25, 1909, she was united in marriage with A. D. VanHorn of Boulder, Colorado. Here they made their home till about six years ago when they moved to this village and here the home has since been - here she was active in all lines of work as she found time from her household duties to give to outside work. To Mr. and Mrs. VanHorn were born four children, three girls and a boy, all of whom together with the husband and father are left to mourn the loss of a loved one. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the S. D. B. church conducted by her pastor, A. L. Davis, and the body was laid to rest in the cemetery west of the village. The house was filled to overflowing, and the casket was completely covered with floral gifts from friends special designs from the Degree of Honor of which she was a member, the firemen of which Mr. VanHorn is an active member and the Young Womens' Missionary Society of which she was the president. The members of the society sat together and in a body passed by the remains of her who had given much time and effort in the upbuilding of the society. To her husband and motherless children the sympathies of a large circle of friends is extended in this, the darkest hour of their lives.

"The North Loup Loyalist", North Loup, Nebraska, Friday, Dec. 17, 1917, p 1. Arlie Thorngate Davis was born at this place, April 5, 1893, and died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Thorngate, in this village early Saturday morning, December 11, 1920, aged about twenty-seven years and eight months. In the spring of 1905 she was baptized, with a number of others by her pastor, Rev. M. B. Kelly, and became a member of the Seventh-day Baptist Church. From that time until her spirit returned to the God she loved and served, she was active in various departments of church work. The writer well remembers her as one of the most active and willing of the juniors when he was superintendent - so active and interested was she that the society sent her as its representative to the general conference in Boulder, Colorado. She was a student in our schools, graduating with the class of 1910, together with several of her cousins. Following her graduation she taught one year on Davis Creek and then went to Milton, Wisconsin to enter college. From this institution she received her diploma in 1915. She taught three years in the high schools of Wisconsin and one year in Missouri. September 17, 1919, she was united in marriage with Clarence A. Davis, whom she had met in Milton. The marriage of her sister, Melva, and Rolland Maxson, took place at the same time. The same day the quartette left for their future home in Milton. On August 21 a little son was born to her, who with the sorrowing husband, parents, brothers and sisters, and many relatives and friends, is left to mourn her early death. About two months before her death she was brought to her girlhood home in the hope that a change in climate would be helpful to her, but the white plague had fastened its hold upon her and she sank into peaceful rest from which there is no awakening. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. A. L. Davis at the church Monday afternoon and the body was laid to rest in the North Loup Cemetery. The bearers were her two brothers and four cousins. All her brothers and sisters were present at her funeral. Arlie's death was the first in her generation of her family. This is quite remarkable in so large a family. The music and the flowers were especially appropriate and beautiful.

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 38, No 3, p 5, Jan. 19, 1882. At Farina, Ill., Jan 1, 1882, of consumption, Eusebia A. Burdick, aged 33 years, widow of James R. Burdick, who died last September, leaving three children, with relatives, who mourn their loss. Brother and Sister Burdick were respected members of the Seventh-day Baptist Church in Farina. L. A.

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 38, No 3, p 5, Jan. 19, 1882. Clara Maxson, of old age, relict of Peleg Maxson, at the residence of her son-in-law, Andrew Morgan, in Westerly, R. I., Jan. 7, 1882, in the 89th year of her age. She was baptized at the age of fourteen, and joined the Rockville branch of the Old Hopkinton Church. She was the last one of the constituent members of the Rockville Church. At the age of sixteen, she was married to Peleg Maxson, who died June 22, 1848. She raised a family of twelve children, of whom eight are living. Six of these were present. Luke was on a visit, and was permitted to be with his mother in her last hours. Hazard lives in Wisconsin, and Perry in Kansas, and were not present. She lived a useful life, and died a peaceful happy death. The funeral sermon was preached by the pastor of the Rockville Church, from Rev. 14: 13. Thus one more of the old landmarks has fallen; but fallen only to rise again in the resurrection morning. U. M. B. Does anyone know the parents of this lady? Jon

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 38, No 3, p 5, Jan. 19, 1882. In Westerly, near Niantic, R. I., Dec. 29, 1881, Samuel Saunders, aged 74 years and 1 month. Bro Saunders retired at night in his usual health, which has always been good, slept well through the night, awoke in the morning as usual, talked with his wife of his plans for the day, and, without a single premonitory symptom, or any apparent struggle, breathed his last. In early life, Bro. Saunders became a Christian, uniting with the First Seventh day Baptist Church of Hopkinton. Soon after the organization of the little Church known as the Second Westerly, he transferred his membership to it. Thenceforward, it was the object of his constant care, and often of prayerful solicitude. He will be much missed in all its gatherings for worship and business. He reared a family of seven children - three sons and four daughters - all of whom, save one son, together with their widowed mother, survive him. His funeral was attended at the meeting-house by a large company of people from the village and surrounding communities, on the last day of the old year, when Eld. Horace Stillman, the present missionary pastor of the Church, conducted the services, Eld. Henry Clarke, the former pastor, Geo. B. Utter of Westerly, and Eld. S. S. Griswold of Hopkinton, assisting. The writer of this paragraph, by request of the family, preached the sermon from 2 Cor. 5: 1. L. A. P.

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 138, No 7, p 136, Feb. 12, 1945. Margaret Fanny Davis, daughter of S. Albino and Ethel Davis, was born in Albion, Wis., September 29, 1909, and died at Riverside, Calif., January 8, 1945. With her parents she moved to Rhinelander, Wis., in 1914, where she received her schooling. In 1929 the family moved to Riverside where she has since resided. She was baptized and united with the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Riverside in 1930, being a joyful and active worker, especially with younger people. November 18, 1935, she was married to Floyd T. Coon whose interest in nature she shared to the full. They collected many rare specimens of rocks and flowers in their trips to the mountains and deserts. Surviving are the husband; her parents; a brother, Ben W. Davis; and an aged grandmother, Mrs. Lida Jeffrey. All reside at Riverside. Rev. E. S. Ballenger assisted in the memorial service with her pastor, Loyal F. Hurley. Burial was in Olivewood. L. F. H.

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 62, No 49, p 781, Dec. 3, 1906. Mrs. Martha Eliza Davis, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Carlisle, was born at West Hallock, Ill., Sept. 18, 1863, and died at her home in Farina, Ill., Nov. 2, 1906. Her parents came to Farina when she was three years old. For eleven years she taught in the public schools. Oct. 21, 1890, she was united in marriage to Carroll A. Davis. To this union was born one daughter. At the age of eighteen she was baptized by Eld. C. M. Lewis, and united with the Farina Church. Her cheerful disposition and gladness to serve others won for her many friends, who now unite in sympathy with the bereaved husband and daughter and other relatives. Farewell services were held on Sabbath afternoon, conducted by her pastor. Rev. C. A. Burdick offered prayer, and Rev. L. D. Seager spoke of the live work of Mrs. Davis. W. D. B.

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 38, No 4, p 5, Jan. 26, 1882. At his home in Trenton, Minn., Sabbath, Jan. 14, 1882, of a complication of diseases, Deacon A. P. Stillman, in the 74th year of his age. Bro. Stillman was born in Lincklaen, Chenango Co., N. Y., Aug. 7, 1808. He united with the Seventh-day Baptist Church of DeRuyter, at the age of eleven years, and was a member also of Little Genesee, Hebron, Portville, and Christiana [Utica, WI], churches. In 1863 he joined the Trenton Seventh-day Baptist Church, of which he was a member at the time of his death, to which he looked forward as a deliverer from his painful sufferings. To the vary last he retained consciousness, appearing to have visions of glory, and at one time desiring the window curtain raised that he might see them as they came, and inquiring often "how long before we will get home?" About five or ten minutes before his death, being asked if he knew each in the room, he nodded assent. During his last years he seemed to grow rich in spiritual things, patient, tender hearted, truthful, loving, and childlike. With no murmur of complaint, he bore his intense suffering of body, and for him death had no sting, the grave no victory. The funeral sermon was preached by Eld. G. M. Cottrell, from 2 Tim. 4: 7. G. M. C.

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 34, No 16, p 2, Apr. 18, 1878. Died, at his residence in North Loup, Neb., of hemorrhage of the lungs, March 17th, 1878, Charles P. Rood in the 55th year of his age. Bro. Rood was born in Franklin county, Vt., May 31st, 1823, and spent his boyhood days in that State. Though his early advantages, religiously and in the way of obtaining an education, were very limited, he was converted when quite young, and became a great reader of the Bible, which was nearly the only book to which he had access. By this means he laid the foundation for an intimate acquaintance with Bible history, especially that of the Old Testament times. When quite a young man, he was baptized by Rev. N. V. Hull, and joined the church at Clarence, N. Y., having embraced the Sabbath as a result of his own Bible study when a boy. In July, 1844, he was married to Miss Marianne Thorngate in Cattaraugus county; shortly after which, they, with several other families, removed to Rock county, Wisconsin, and subsequently to Dakota, in the same State. Here they reared a family of nine boys and girls, all of whom survive their father. For a period of fifteen years he preached more or less for the Dakota Church, and two or three years at Berlin. His labor for the church at Dakota was done in connection with Bro. Oscar Babcock, both attending their business during the week, and preaching alternately on the Sabbath. In 1871, he was one of a committee of four to locate the lands of the colony at North Loup. He finally moved there with his family in the Spring of 1875. Anxious to establish his new home, he overworked himself, and has been failing since last June, and for the past few months rapidly, suffering very greatly at times. While his friends and relatives were at times encouraged by his physician to hope for his recovery, he told them from the beginning that he was to leave them very shortly. He spoke of his death every day as a thing not to be feared, and calmly and patiently awaited the good pleasure of his Lord. When the end came, all his children, except one who lives at Milton, Wis., with their families and his wife and her aged father and mother, stood at his bed, all feeling that their best and truest friend on earth was passing away. He was a good man, and his heart was full of benevolence toward those around him. He was very radical in his views upon the moral questions of the day, especially the subject of temperance, which he made a point of advocating at all times. He served in the Army of the Potomac the last year of the war, having already furnished three sons for his country's service. While his loss is beyond earthly repair to his friends, it is his eternal gain, for there is a crown for those who have fought the good fight of faith. H. W. R.