"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 118, No 9, p 214, Apr. 29, 1935. Austin E. Forsythe was born at Jackson Center, Ohio, May 12, 1853, and died at his home in DeWitt, Iowa, April 3, 1935. He was one of six children born to Eli and Tamer Bond Forsythe. When ten years of age he came with his father's family to Welton, Iowa. About six years ago he and his wife moved to DeWitt, Iowa, to be with their daughter. February 12, 1877, he married Miss Alma Pierce, and his death terminated a union of more than fifty-eight years of happy wedded life. When a young man he was baptized and joined the Welton Seventh Day Baptist Church, and held his membership here through all the years. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Ethel, and many friends. Funeral services were conducted from the Welton Seventh Day Baptist church by Rev. Claude L. Hill, a former pastor, and burial was made in the cemetery by the church. C. L. H. "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 133, No 11, p 200, Sep. 14, 1942. Delia Alma Pierce, daughter of Franklin and Caroline Pierce, was born August 25, 1860, in Minnesota, and died July 20, 1942, in Jane Lamb Hospital, Clinton, Iowa. February 12, 1877, she was married at Welton, Iowa, to Austin E. Forsythe, who preceded her in death April 3, 1935. Surviving are one daughter, Ethel, of DeWitt, Iowa and three brothers, Jay, Harry, and Otto Van Horn, all of Garwin, Iowa. Preceding her in death were one daughter, Lena, who died May 21, 1903 [1909], and two sisters, Mrs. Amelia Hurley and Mrs. Loyal Hurley. Funeral services were conducted at the McGinnis Funeral Home in DeWitt, July 22, by Dr. E. A. Ramige of the Congregational Church. E. F. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders