In Almond, N. Y., Jan. 23, 1890, Dency Bliven, widow of Jesse Tefft, in the 86th year of her age.
She was born and married in Westerly, R. I., and with her husband settled in the Allegany country nearly sixty years ago. Some ten years later she, with her husband and oldest daughter, was baptized by Eld. N. V. Hull, and became a member of the First Alfred Church. When the Second Church moved its house of worship to the village of Alfred Mr. and Mrs. Tefft changed their membership to that body, where they remained fathfully until called home, - he is Jan. 1861, and she as above noted. She never moved from the old home in which they first settled, being tenderly cared for in her declining years in the family of her granddaughter, Mrs. Lorenzo Barber. Four sons and three daughters survive her, who sincerely mourn the loss of a noble Christian mother. Funeral services were conducted by President Allen, sermon from Rev. 14:13, and the body was laid to rest in the little cemetery near by.
