The subject of this notice, Mrs. Sophronia B. Davis, wife of Oliver Davis, and daughter of Samuel L. and Almira Babcock, of Adams, N. Y., departed this life at her home in Albion, Wis., Nov. 10th, 1866, aged 29 years. She made a profession of religion in her youth, and united with the Seventh-day Baptist Church in Adams, N. Y. Shortly after her marriage, which occurred about six and a half years since, she together with her husband settled in Hopkinton, R. I. But her slender health declining under the influence of the climate so near the sea, compelled them to leave their quiet New England home, and find one in the stirring West, more conducive to her recovery. They settled in the pleasant and health village of Albion, where her husband entering mercantile business, they have lived, prosperous and happy, her health steadily improving, until a few months before her death. She united with the Seventh-day Baptist Church of Albion, about two years since, of which she remained a most exemplary member until dismissed by death from the militant, to join the triumphant division of the Church above. Sister D. possessed in rare degree the natural virtues that gave symmetric beauty to female character, to which was added the graces of the spirit, in a state of healthy culture and vigorous growth, which infuses into human character the elements of moral power, and clothes it with Christian loveliness. As a wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend, she was tenderly affectionate. As a Christian, conscientious and faithful in the performance of all the duties growing out of her relation to the church and the world. She leaves a faithful but deeply afflicted husband, an infant child of about nine months, together with a large circle of relatives and friends, to mourn their loss, but not without hope. J. C.
