Margaret Chrysanthia Saunders Stillman, daughter of Deacon Dennis and Margaret Saunders, was born in Allegany County, N. Y., December 10, 1835, and died at Nortonville, Kan., November 14, 1915.
In 1842, the family moved from Little Genesee, N. Y., to Farmington, Ill. Three years later she was baptized by Elder Davidson, and became one of the constituent members of the Farmington Seventh Day Baptist Church. In 1857, the family moved westward again and settled on the prairie, near the present site of Nortonville, Kan. In 1863, when the Pardee, now Nortonville, Seventh Day Baptist Church was organized, she was present and became one of its constituent members.
She was married, in 1863, to Melworth P. Stillman. They made their home on a farm four miles northeast of Nortonville. There she has lived during the intervening years. The home was blessed with three children. She is survived by her husband, two children - Dennis Stillman and Mrs. Ellen Vincent - and by eight grandchildren.
She will be fondly remembered as a loving wife and mother, a good neighbor, and a faithful member of the church.
The funeral service was conducted at the home by pastor James L. Skaggs, Monday afternoon, November 15. Burial was made in the Nortonville Cemetery. J. L. S.
