Mrs. Waity Witter was born July 11, 1846, in the town of Ward, Allegany Co., N. Y., and died at her home in Petrolia, near Wellsville, N. Y., September 12. 1940.
She was the daughter of David and Lorenda Hall Benjamin; she was educated in the public school of Alfred and in Alfred University, and was a faithful member of the First Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church, and later of the Wellsville Seventh Day Baptist Church. On October 10, 1878, she was married to Eugene Witter by Rev. N. V. Hull, who was then the Pastor of the First Alfred Church.
A loyal Sabbath keeper all her life, faithful to her vows as a Christian, she lived a long and useful life. The body was laid to rest in the Woodlawn Cemetery at Wellsville, N. Y.
E. D. V. H.
