In Westerly, R. I., April 10, 1889, of heart failure, Mrs. Bathsheba B. Saunders, aged 84 years, 3 months and 7 days.
She was born in Westerly, Jan. 3, 1805. Her parents were John and Judith Burdick, and she was the third of eleven children, only two of whom survive her, two brothers. She was married to Elisha Saunders March 10, 1825, and there were born to them six children, of whom five are living, three sons and two daughters. This aged sister had been a widow thirty years. When about eighteen years of age she became the subject of saving grace, was baptized by Eld. Matthew Stillman, and joined the First Hopkinton Church. In 1866 she joined, by letter, the Pawcatuck Church of which she was an esteemed member at her death. Mrs. Saunders was not only ripe in years but ripe in soul, she was firm in her convictions, loyal to her Saviour, to God, and his law. Her life will go on for good in the lives of others.
O. U. W.
