DeValois St. John, the son of Milton Wilcox St. John and Mary Babcock St. John, was born at Leonardsville, N. Y., March 29, 1852, and died at Plainfield, N. J., October 26, 1924.
He was married to Alice Crandall, February 14, 1882, at Leonardsville, where they established their home, and where they lived for the first fifteen years of their married life. In 1897 they removed to Plainfield, where they have since resided.
Mr. St. John united with the First Brookfield Seventh Day Baptist Church early in life, and later transferred his membership to the church of that faith in Plainfield.
He was a man of high moral integrity, and was a good thinker. He was a true man among his associates, a loving husband, and a kind and wise father, whose children rise up and call him blessed.
He leaves behind, the wife, his faithful companion through the years, and their four children: Mary, the wife of Rev. Eli F. Loofboro of Shiloh, N. J.; Milton of Pittsburgh; Nell at home; and Evalois of Hudson, N. Y.
The pastor was assisted in the funeral services by Rev. Howard E. Clarke, pastor of the Congregational Church of Plainfield, and by Raymond Lewis, who sang, "There's a Wideness in God's Mercy."
A large number of people gathered at this service to honor his memory; representing especially the church where he had been a member, and the shops where he had worked, and where he had exerted an influence for good among the men.
Interment was made in Hillside Cemetery. A. J. C. B.
