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- In Albion, Wis., on Second-day morning,
March 9th, 1874, of congestion of the liver,
- Mrs. Esther [nee COON], wife
of Jesse SAUNDERS, in the 74th year of her age. Sister
SAUNDERS was born in Petersburgh, N.Y., June 4th, 1800.
Early in life she moved to Alfred, where she made a profession
of religion at the age of about sixteen years, was baptized,
united with the 1st Alfred church. Oct 18th, 1823 she was united
by marriage to Mr. Jesse SAUNDERS, with whom she has lived
and labored for half a century, providing a faithful, patient
and devoted companion. As a fruit of their marriage, God gave
them twelve children, three of which died before reaching the
age of four years, three sons died in the service of their country
during the late war, and six children still survive. Bro. and
Sister SAUNDERS were active in the organization of the
2nd Alfred church, being numbered among its first members. They
removed to Albion, Wis., in the year 1841, while the country
was yet new, and were among the leaders in the organization of
the Albion church, in 1843. Sister SAUNDERS remained a
consistent and exemplary member of the militant church, until
the death angel summoned her to the place prepared for her in
the church triumphant. Her funeral was attended by a large circle
of relatives and friends, at the Albion church, on the 11th inst.,
the pastor of the church officiating. J. E. N. B. [Vol. 30,
No. 14, p. 3]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- In Milton, Wis., March 28th, 1874,
after a protracted illness, Mercy DAVIS, wife of
- Jeremiah DAVIS, in the 70th
year of her age. The deceased united, at the age of fifteen,
with the church at Alfred, N.Y., under the ministerial labors
of Eld. Daniel BABCOCK, and ever after made good her profession
by a well-ordered and godly life. In 1836, her husband and family
removed to Wisconsin, residing first at Milton, then at Berlin,
and then at Milton again. Sister DAVIS has been a sufferer
for many years from an asthmatic difficulty, which at last wore
out a constitution of more than ordinary endurance. She was patient
in all her suffering, supported by a firm and comfortable hope
in Christ. A husband and seven children survive her. Her funeral
was attended on the 30th of March, and a sermon preached on the
occasion from John 17:24. L. C. R. [Vol. 30, No. 16, p. 3]
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- [Note: Her maiden name was DAVIS,
as was her married name.]
- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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