Person:Richard Stillman (2)

In Brookfield, N. Y., May 31st, 1881, very suddenly, of apoplexy, and partial paralysis, Richard Stillman, in the 75th year of his age. Bro. S. was a native of this town, and Brookfield had always been his home. In 1831, he was married to Livona Coon. Four children came to bless their home, two of them, Julia and Eva, have preceded him to the shadowy land.

Bro. S. was a first class mechanic, and worked as a millwright for many years; he was also a cabinet maker, and an excellent carpenter and joiner. For the last twenty years, he has held the office of Post Master in our village, having been commissioned at the commencement of President Lincoln's administration. He has been the agent for the Sabbath Recorder here for many years. When the Association carried on its own missionary work, he was for some time an active member of its Board of Managers.

In early life he accepted the gospel of Christ as his salvation, and united with the Third Seventh-day Baptist Church of Brookfield (now West Edmeston), and subsequently with the Second Church, of which he remained a member till called away. He was a wise and safe counselor in all the business affairs of the church, and ever rejoiced in its prosperity, and mourned in its days of adversity. He was the church clerk for a number of years. It is a pleasure to remember, that in all of the responsibilities he bore, he was faithful and true.

First-day morning, the 29th, he went into the garden, and a few minutes after was seen lying prostate across his hoe handle. He was carried to the house, and kind friends and medical skill did all that could be done, but the blow was too heavy. He only retained partial consciousness for a brief time, gradually, but certainly the coma state came over him, and on the third day death closed the scene. Large numbers attended the burial, which took place from the family residence on Fourth-day afternoon. He was pleasant and lovely in life, and will be greatly missed in our community.
J. M. T.