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- At Milton, Wis., on January 30th, 1879,
of gastric fever, Emily L. [nee PALMER],
- wife of Wm. B. WELLS, aged 67
years last Christmas day. [Vol. 35, No. 10, p. 3]
- In Milton, Wis., Feb. 20th, 1879, Wid.
Maria CLARKE relic of Elnathan CLARKE,
- and mother of Elders Joshua and I.
D. CLARKE, in the 78th year of her age. She was the only
daughter of Dea. Silas SPENCER, and was born in Berlin,
Rensselaer county, July 23rd, 1801, and was married on January
23rd, 1822. She professed religion at the age of seventeen, and
united with the Second Brookfield Seventh-day Baptist Church
under the pastoral care of Eld. Eli S. Bailey. Her husband, a
man of sterling character and tender domestic affections, died
in 1844, leaving her with a family of eleven children, only one
of whom was of age. Concerning this affliction she said, a short
time before her death, "The blow seemed to crush me to the
earth. From the dust I cried in prayer and pleading and the answer
of peace came, and so full that privations and losses, or trials
of any kind, seemed to be of little moment in the great light
of joy and peace of the Comforter who had now come into my heart."
About thirteen years ago, Sister CLARKE moved West with
her children, and united with the Albion Seventh-day Baptist
Church, where she was a member at her death. She suffered much
for eight months previous to her death, yet was never heard to
murmur or complain. She was tenderly cared for by her children,
and died in the family of her son-in-law, G. N. COON,
Esq., Milton, Wis. Her funeral was largely attended, and occured
on Sabbath, the 22nd, during the Quarterly Meeting of the Seventh-day
Baptist Churches of Southern Wisconsin. Sermon by N. Wardner,
from 1 John 3: 2,3, "Behold now are we the sons of God,
and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that
when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see
him as he is." N. W. [Vol. 35, No. 10, p. 3]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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