"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