At Milton, Wis., April 26, 1884.
Mrs. Fannie Newcomb, aged 86 years, 7 months, and 14 days. Sister Newcomb, whose maiden name was Fannie Saunders, was born at Westerly, R. I. When 15 years of age she moved with her parents to Darien, Genesee Co., N. Y. She was married to Robert Williams in 1816, and was baptized by Elder Asa Burdick at the age of twenty-one and afterwards united with the Church at Clarence, N. Y., when organized in 1828. Her husband died in 1835, leaving her a widow at the age of thirty-eight years with eight children, then living and one deceased, five of whom are still living, three sons and two daughters. She was married again to Daniel Newcomb in 1849, after living a widow some fourteen years during which time she has reared to maturity her large family of children. In 1852 she came to Milton to reside and has ever since been an active and useful member of the Seventh-day Baptist Church at Milton. Sister Newcomb was the youngest of a large family of children all of whom have gone on before her, excepting one sister two years older, a Miss Saunders, residing at Alfred Centre, N. Y. She suffered to some extent in her illness but she was enabled to bear it patiently. It seemed a joy to the children and grand-children to minister to her in the last years of her bodily infirmities and illness, and must be a great consolation to them now to know they ministered to her so cheerfully and abundantly. The funeral exercises were held on First-day from the Church of which she was a member; the sermon was preached by her pastor. A large concourse of friends was present. She will be long remembered among us as a vigorous and excellent woman and a devoted Christian. E. M. D.
