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- At Milton, Wis., Jan. 31, 1883, of
lingering consumption, Mrs. Aurilla F[rances]
- BOSS
[nee ROGERS], aged 57 years, 2 months, and 13 days. Although
not confined to her bed, and able to perform slight work almost
to the last, she gradually sank under the disease until her life
forces were exhausted, and she passed away without a struggle.
During all her protracted illness, she received the most tender
and unremitting care of her daughter and son living with her,
and the sympathy and consolation of neighbors whose society she
highly prized. Nearly three years since, she moved into the village
of Milton where she has since resided, to give her children an
opportunity to attend the college. She was a half-sister to Ezekiel
B. ROGERS and Rev. James C. ROGERS, of Milton,
Wis., to Thomas S. ROGERS, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and an own
sister to Rev. Benjamin F. ROGERS, of Berlin, in the later
state. In 1858, while making her home in Milton, she married
Mr. Joseph BOSS, of Little Genesee, N.Y., to which place
she at once removed, and there remained until her late return
to Milton. Her husband died nearly eleven years ago, and the
oversight of the family, consisting of an aged mother and five
children, fell to her hands. While always having a somewhat frail
body, her work at this period was severe and contributed to break
down her health. She was born in Waterford, Conn., in a beautiful
locality near the seashore, where she resided usually until she
reached thirty years of age. Endowed with a very active mind,
she early became proficient in her studies at school, and acquired
the habits of a close reader. Exhibiting marked correctness of
judgment and the refined tastes of a noble womanhood she filled
for a time the responsible position of preceptress of DeRuyter
Institute, where she had previously been taught some of the higher
branches of learning. She possessed a remarkable power to attract
to herself the esteem and affection of the pure minded and those
aspiring to useful lives; and she had an unerring insight into
the character of her acquaintances, and an excellent tact in
assisting them in difficulties. From girlhood she was occupied
in constant acts of self-denial in benefiting others, generally
the sick, the infirm, and those seeking after knowledge. An ardent
and true love for Christ and his revealed truth was experienced
very early in life, and through all her days, she exercised an
all-controlling trust in his power and mercies. In her last hours
she was specially grateful for his precious favors to herself
and her children. Her funeral services were conducted by the
pastor of the Milton Seventh-day Baptist Church, Rev. E. M. Dunn,
by Rev. James Bailey, and by the writer, who preached the sermon.
W. C. W. [Vol. 39, No. 7, p. 5]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- In Albion, Wis., Feb. 4, 1883, Ann
Jennette [COON] MAIN, widow of Dea.
- Ezekiel S. MAIN, in the 70th
year of her age. Sister MAIN embraced the Saviour in youth,
and was ever afterward prominently identified with every interest
looking to the welfare of mankind wherever she resided. The Sabbath
school, prayer meetings, covenant-meetings and preaching services
alike received her earnest and constant support. At the age of
twenty years, she was married to Ezekiel S. MAIN, with
whom she lived some thirty years, and by whom she had eight children,
five of whom, with her husband, have already preceded her to
the spirit land. A funeral sermon, by the pastor, was preached
from Psa. 116: 15. S. H. B. [Vol. 39, No. 8, p. 5]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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