At her home in Westerly, R. I., Jan. 2,1903, Mrs. Abbie (Wilber), wife of David Gardiner Stillman, on the anniversary of her birth, being just 76 years of age.
Mrs. Stillman was born in Hopkinton, R. I, Jan. 2, 1827, and in early youth accepted Christ and united with the church. On May 13, 1849 she was married to Mr. Stillman, and on her removal to Westerly, transferred her membership with her husband's to the Pawcatuck Seventh-day Baptist church of this place, where her sweet Christian influence was constantly exerted and will long be felt. The funeral services were conducted by the pastor who spoke briefly from the words of Paul in his second epistle to the Thessalonians, the fourth chapter and the 14th verse: "For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him." She is survived by her husband and two sons. D.
