Another Pioneer Passed Away
By H. M. Lawson
The many readers of the Review and Herald will recall the name of Mrs. Betsey Landon as one of the pioneers of the Advent movement in the State of Michigan. She was born in the town of Ashfield, Mass., Aug. 22, 1808. When but a young girl, she, with her parents, moved to Venice, Cayuga Co., N. Y., where, March 28, 1828, she was married to Herman Landon. In September, 1835, they were among the few who went west, and were the third family to settle in the township of Springport, Mich. In early life Sister Landon heard the call of her Master, and united with the M. E. Church. She was a close student of the Word, and when the light of present truth dawned upon her pathway in 1854, it found her ready to receive it. During the last fifty-seven years of her life she read her Bible through fifty-six times. This qualified her to stand as one of whom it could be said, “The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth,” and thus was she ever ready to give a reason for the hope within her. Her husband died Sept. 14, 1852, and since that time she had trod the pathway of the just alone, save by the leadership of her Master. In 1854 she united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, remaining a consistent and devoted member until her death. She fell asleep in Jesus, Jan. 3, 1901, being ninety-two years of age. Her funeral was well attended, four generations of her children being present. Remarks were made by the writer, based upon Job 5:25–27.
H. M. Lawson.