At the residence of her son, Dr. A. W. Truman, DeRuyter, N. Y., March 16, 1889, Huldah L. Babcock, widow of the late Dr. Wm. M. Truman, of Alfred Centre, aged 77 years, 2 months and 16 days.
She was born in Scott, and at thirteen years of age made a profession of religion and joined the Scott Church. Immediately she began reading the Bible by course, and when she came to the statement in regard to the Sabbath she took her Bible to her parents and read it to them which so pleased and convinced them that they too began keeping the Sabbath and attending the church, and not long afterward her heart was filled with joy on seeing them baptized and united with the same church.
In her twenty-third year she was married to Dr. Truman, with whom she lived happily in Scott, Otselic, Richburg and then in Alfred Center till his death, in 1885, when she came to DeRuyter to reside with her son. For some months her health has been failing, but her heart was fixed on God, her highest joy was in loving and serving him. The funeral services were held at DeRuyter and then the body was borne to Alfred and laid by the side of her husband. L. B. S.