At the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. J. Bedgood, near Richland, Kan., Oct. 27, 1881, of paralysis, Mrs. Sophia, wife of Elioenai Davis, in the 71st year of her age. She was the daughter of Wm. and Betsy Davis, and the youngest of their twelve children. Her parents were members of the colony which migrated from Squam, N. J., about 1790, and located the town of New Salem, West Va. Soon after her marriage, she, with her husband, professed Christ, and united with the New Salem Church. She afterwards moved her standing to the Dow Creek Church, Kansas, and remained a worthy and respected member. She died trusting in the blessed Savior. During life she took great delight in reading the Scriptures and singing the beautiful songs of devotion to God; and it is the testimony of one of her children that he was led to Christ in early childhood by these Christian exercises. Amidst all the changes in life and the hindrances in the way, she maintained an observance of the Sabbath. Ten of her twelve children grew to manhood and womanhood. One of these is Eld. D. K. Davis. Nine of the children and her husband still live to mourn their loss and cherish her memory. S. R. W.
