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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 1, 1910

Obituaries

GRAVES.—Amda E. Graves was born in Nordaway County, Missouri, Nov. 22, 1850, and fell asleep on July 19, 1910, aged 59 years, 7 months, and 26 days. She was converted and accepted the truths of the third angel’s message in 1890, uniting with the church at Swank, Wash. On Oct. 30, 1870, she was united in marriage to D. W. Graves. To them were born three sons and three daughters, who survive her. S. H. KIME.

FARNSWORTH.—Fell asleep in Jesus, July 24, 1910, at Walpole, N. H., Mrs. Emma O. Farnsworth, aged 39 years, 3 weeks, and 3 days. Sister Farnsworth was born in Washington, N. H., June 29, 1871, and became the wife of Brother A. V. Farnsworth on April 29, 1890. By her death the bereaved husband and six children (one a young infant) are bereft of the loving ministrations of a fond and careful wife and mother. The deepest sympathy of the community is extended to the mourning family in this sad hour. W. H. HOLDEN.

NICODEMUS.—Jerry Edwin Nicodemus was born in Blair, Pa., Jan. 1, 1843, and died at his home in Wolf Lake, Ind., July 25, 1910, aged 67 years, 5 months, and 25 days. In January, 1863, he enlisted in the Union army, and served till the close of the war. In July, 1866, he married Orvilla Sheffler. To them were born three children, two of whom died in infancy. He leaves his wife, one daughter, two sisters, two grandchildren, and a host of relatives and friends, to mourn. He was a member of the Christian Church several years prior to the organization of the Seventh-day Adventist church in Wolf Lake, of which church he was a charter member. VICTOR THOMPSON.

THAYER.—Died at his home in Lancaster, Mass., Aug. 4, 1910, Calvin W. Thayer, aged 72 years, 9 months, and 4 days. He was born in Buckland, Mass., Nov. 1, 1837, and was the son of Abijah and Rhoda B. Thayer. He is survived by his wife, six sisters, six grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Mr. Thayer had been a believer in the Seventh-day Adventist faith since the age of eighteen years. As the years went on, his faith grew stronger and stronger, his experience brighter and brighter, until his life seemed like a shock of wheat, fully ripe. He was an able Bible student, and enjoyed giving the light to others. The South Lancaster Sabbath-school has lost an efficient teacher. The motto of his life seemed to be: “Not to be ministered unto, but to minister.” C. S. LONGACRE.

SHEPHERD.—Francis Marion Shepherd was born in Wellington, Ohio, July 4, 1844, and died at his home in Wakeman, Ohio, July 15, 1910, aged sixty-six years and eleven days. At the time of the Civil War he enlisted, and served in the Army of the Cumberland till he was mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., in 1865. He was converted at an early age, and united with the church before the war. After the war he became an active member of the Methodist Church, with which he identified himself until the light of present truth was brought to this neighborhood in the spring of 1878, when he united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He was married to Permelia A. Clifford, Feb. 25, 1866. He is survived by his wife and one daughter, one brother, and a sister. Words of comfort were spoken to a well-filled church by Elder W. E. Bidwell, from 2 Cor. 1:2, 4. He was faithful unto death, and we laid him to rest in the Wakeman cemetery to await the coming of the Life-giver.

WRIGHT.—Died in Moline, Ill., Sister Hannah Wright, aged forty-five years. Her sufferings, which were at times intense, were borne with patience, and she died with a hope of having a part in the first resurrection. The funeral was held from the home; and by their presence a large number of neighbors and friends testified to their love and sympathy. Hers was a lovely character, and she was faithful in the performance of life’s duties. Her husband is left to mourn her loss. L. D. SANTEE.

BLOTT.—Charles C. Blott was born Aug. 19, 1863, in North Jackson, Ohio, and died at his home in Girard, Ohio, July 24, 1910. He leaves his wife and father, two brothers, and one sister to mourn. He was a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church; and in all his trials, temptations, and afflictions, he was very patient, and rejoiced in the message which he loved. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer to a large assembly of friends, neighbors, and loved ones, from Rev. 14:13 and Job 14:10–15. F. E. GIBSON.

HALL.—Judson Burlington Hall, infant son of Elder and Mrs. Frank Hall, was born July 3, 1910, and died Aug. 10, 1910, aged five weeks. Soon after the death of the mother on the fourteenth of July, he was taken sick, but rallied. Looking so much better, his father left him the day before his death to work in the parish of Clarendon, where a telegram reached him just in time for him to return home to the funeral. Words of comfort were spoken by Rev. W. Tucker (Baptist) in the Seventh-day Adventist church, to a circle of sympathizing friends and relatives. After this he was laid to rest beside his mother.

HALL.—Mrs. Sara J. Hall was born in Oswego, Ind., May 20, 1851. Her father died when she was five or six years old, leaving her mother, who was in poor health, with a family of five small children. Consequently, early in life, Mrs. Hall had to assist in supplying means for their support. After completing a course in the public schools, she began teaching at the age of fourteen in her home town. In 1866 her mother and family removed to Kansas. Immediately she took up the work of teaching, which she continued until May, 1869. June 3, 1869, she was married to Reuben G. Hall, and settled on a farm in Kansas. Her desire for an education influenced them to sell their home, that she might be able to go to school. For some time she attended Battle Creek College, also was graduated from the Emerson College of Oratory in Boston in later years. While attending college in Battle Creek, she accepted the truth of the third angel’s message, and from that time until her death, her greatest ambition was the advancement of the truth she loved so much. After her graduation from Battle Creek College, she was employed as teacher in the college for one year. She then returned to Kansas, where she taught two years, when she accepted a call to teach in South Lancaster Academy. For fifteen years she had charge of the boys’ dormitory in addition to her class work. Each year during her connection with the school, she has kept a student in school, and for several years, two students. She has been connected with the academy twenty-seven years, having left no stone unturned for the advancement of the school and its interests, her last thoughts being of the school and the pupils she loved so dearly. She passed away quietly on Aug. 4, 1910, after many years of noble and active service for her Master. The academy has lost a most valuable counselor, an efficient teacher, and an untiring worker. As time goes on, we shall feel our loss more and more. The honor and the welfare of the school were ever the burden of her heart, and in her twenty-seven years of service she has given a mold to the school work that years can not efface. The funeral services were conducted by the writer, assisted by Elders W. B. White, F. C. Gilbert, and E. E. Miles. A large number of friends attended the services in the South Lancaster church. The students present marched in solemn procession on either side of the funeral train from the church to the cemetery. C. S. LONGACRE.