Near Nortonville, Kansas, May 5, 1893, suddenly, of acute pain through the chest, Mrs. Mary Irish Stillman.
Sister Stillman was born at North Stonington, Conn., Feb. 17, 1810. She removed with her father, Elias Irish, to Cuyler Hill, N. Y., in 1818, where she spent her early years. She experienced religion when about fourteen years of age, and joined the Lincklaen Church, later removing her membership to DeRuyter. In 1856 she moved, with her family, to West Hallock, Ill., also joining the church there. In 1884 she came to Nortonville and joined the church, of which she remained a worthy member until called to the church triumphant.
In 1829 she was married to Jared Stillman, who preceded her to the better land some two years and four months. She leaves two sons and a large number of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and friends to mourn her death.
She attended the Ladies' Society on Thursday, apparently in excellent spirits, and after rising the next morning, before leaving her room, after a brief but piercing pain, she expired.
Sermon Sunday morning by her pastor, from 1 Sam. 20: 3, "There is but a step between me and death," assisted by the Revs. O. U. Whitford and I. Maris. G. M. C.
