HEMPHILL. -Silas P. Hemphill passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. W. Holly, of Myrtle, Pa., October 18, 1916, after an illness of three weeks, due to the infirmities of old age. He was on his way home from Alfred when taken ill at the Holly farm home. He was tenderly cared for by his daughters during his illness.
Silas Hemphill was born In New Hampshire, June 22, 1833, and was the last of a family of six children. In early life he came to Alfred, N. Y. In 1858, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Clare, of Scio, who died twenty years ago. After their marriage they removed to East Hebron, where he resided for the last fifty-four years of his life, and where he was a deacon in the Seventh Day Baptist Church. He was a kindly man, a good neighbor, and will be missed in that community where he lived so many years.
The following children are left to mourn their loss of a loving father: Mrs. Euphema Holly, of Myrtle, Pa.; Mrs. Ella Crocker, of Horse Run, Pa.; Mrs. Vina Burdick, of Little Genesee, N. Y.; Walter, of Coudersport, Pa.; James of Hebron, Pa.; Dr. W. J., of North Loup, Neb. and Mrs. Ruth Barrett, of Dewey, Okla.
The funeral was held at the Seventh Day Baptist Church at East Hebron, on October 20, Rev. G. P. Kenyon, of Richburg, officiating. The body was laid to rest in the Rathburn Cemetery at Coneville.
G. P. K.
