At the home of his son, S. H. Stillman, near Nortonville, Kansas, Dec. 21, 1890, of paralysis, Jared Stillman, in the 81st year of his age.
The subject of this sketch was born Jan. 7, 1810, in Berlin, N. Y. His family moved to DeRuyter in 1813, and in 1815 to Lincklaen, N. Y., where he spent the most of his younger days. In 1823 he experienced religion, was baptized by Elder Wm. B. Maxson, and united with the Scott Church, afterward becoming a constituent member of the Lincklaen Church. In 1856 he moved to Peoria Co., Ill., where he became a member of the Southampton Church. Since 1884 he has lived in Kansas, where he united with the Nortonville Seventh-day Baptist Church. He lived a consistent, straight-forward Christian life, and died trusting in the Saviour he had so long loved and served. He was married Jan. 24, 1829, and leaves a widow, two sons and a large circle of relatives to cherish his memory. Funeral sermon by his pastor from Job 1: 10, 21. G. M. C.
