Mrs. Mary Ann Babcock Jordan, daughter of Paul and Barbara Burdick Babcock, was born in Scott, N. Y., March 3, 1819, and died in Brookfield, N. Y., Jan. 26, 1906.
She was one of a family of eleven children, all of whom are dead now, except one sister, Mrs. Huldah Kenyon of Syracuse. After spending about twenty-two years of her life in Scott, she came to Brookfield, and, with the exception of a few years, this village has been her home. When about twenty-four years old, she was married to Mr. Samuel Jordan, who died in 1895. One little daughter came to brighten their home, who died in 1862, a child of eight summers. Mrs. Jordan became a member of the Brookfield Seventh-day Baptist Church March 25, 1855, and until about three years ago, has always been a faithful attendant at all of its regular church services. When she was in good health, she would not allow anything from preventing her from attending church, and since she has been feeble she would always send a passage of Scripture to be read in response to her name at the Roll Call services of the church. Many evidences of unfaltering faith in her Heavenly Father were shown during her last illness. The funeral services, conducted by her pastor, were held Monday, Jan. 29, from her late residence in Brookfield. H. L. C.
