"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 43, No 21, p 5, May 26, 1887. At her home in Pawnee City, Neb., April 22, 1887, after a protracted illness, Dorcas Peckham, wife of John T. Vars, aged 60 years, 4 months and 18 days. Sister Vars made public profession of her faith in Christ at about the age of nineteen or twenty years, and was baptized into the fellowship of the Baptist Church, but afterwards removed her standing to the Seventh-day Baptist Church of Petersburg, N. Y. In the year 1863, she and her husband removed to the vicinity of Nile, N. Y., she removing her membership to the Friendship Church. About three years later they removed to Nebraska, where she united with the Long Branch Church, of which she was a worthy and esteemed member at the time of her death. During her sickness, her faith in Christ was unwavering, and she often expressed her desire to go and be at rest. Funeral services were held in the Baptist church in Pawnee City, on Sabbath-day, April 23d, conducted by the writer, assisted by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Hudson. She leaves to her husband and four daughters the assurance that their loss is her gain. "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." D. K. D. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders