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Record of Members.
Rev. Thos. Stephenson, being called upon as pastor of the Pa- cific-st. ch. to seek a home in some charitable institution for one of the aged of his flock, was awakened to this need by his failure to obtain such a privilege. He was repeatedly met by the question, 'Why don't you Methodists provide a home for your own people ?' These experiences aroused him to
immediate and effective activity. He was first encouraged through the cordial indorsement of his project by some of his parishioners. He was further encouraged by the hearty sympa- thy and practical assistance and suggestions of Mr. W. I. Pres- ton ..... The incorporators met and joined with them many others of the worthy women of our chs. as managers. Some of these ladies, with becoming recognition of the efforts of the Rev. Thomas Stephenson, made him a life-patron of the society, and thus contributed the Ist $500 to the cause."-Sterrit, John and Martha, rem. by c., 1864; members i yr .- STEVENS, ELIZABETH .- Stevens, Jennie, mar .; see Varnum .- Ste- vens, Wm., cl. Idr. and loc. pr. His father, Wm. Stevens, was a loc. pr., std., cl. Idr., and trus. in Eng. His mother, Elizabeth, was likewise a devoted Meth. This Wm. Stevens was b. in Burslem, Staffordshire, Eng., Oct. 18, 1818; j. the Wesleyan Meth. Ch. at 18 yrs. of age; loc. pr. on a "plan " in Eng. in 1836, age 18; came to N. York in 1843, j. John-st. ch., (Valen- tine Buck, pastor ;) rem. to B'klyn in 1845, and j. Sands-st. ch., (H. F. Pease, pr. in charge ;) mar. Mary Dealing, of N. York city, in 1852. Mr. Stevens, by request, furnishes the following incident : " When I came from Eng. I brought with me my certifi- cate as a loc. pr. In proper time it was renewed. But when Dr. Bangs was stationed at Sands-st., the year of my license expired, and the Dr. forgot to get it renewed. After the quar. conf., when I found out the error, I wrote to J. J. Matthias, the P. E., asking him if he would consent to my preaching until the next quar. conf., and explaining that Dr. Bangs had overlooked my wish for re- newal. He answered me, 'No.' ('The officers of Sands-st. had asked me to preach to fill a gap.) Dr. Bangs had made arrangement for an exchange from N. York city the following Sunday ev'g; a large congregation gathered, but the exchange did not appear. After waiting until after time, J. W. Harper, Alderman M'Don- ald, and others, came over to where I sat and asked me to preach. `I told them about my license having run out, and the P. E.'s objection to my preaching. They stated that if I would preach for them, they would give their honor to stand between. me and all harm. On that assurance I preached. At the next quar. conf., when the ques. was asked, 'Any licenses to be re- newed? ' Dr. Bangs said, 'Yes ; Bro. Stevens' license.' Bro. Matthias said some time had elapsed since it had run out. Had the preliminary steps been taken-was there a recommendation from the leaders' meeting ? 'No.' 'Let us pass on then,' said
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the P. E. At that Bro. J. W. Harper took the floor, and stated that they could not go to any other business until Bro. Stevens' license was renewed. Bro. Matthias was for some time obsti- nate, but the brethren would not move; so I got my license. Conference Record : 1853-54, (N. York Conf.,) Cortland cir., N. Y., with W. R. Keeler, A. K. Sanford, and A. B. Mead ; 1855, ord. deacon,-Bedford cir., with S. M. Knapp; 1856, Bedford ; 1857, ord. elder,-Catskill; 1858-59, Franklin; 1860-61, Mo- dena ; 1862, E. Fishkill; 1863-64, Lake Mahopac; 1865-67, Sharon, Conn. ; 1868, Stockport, N. Y .; 1869-70, Lee, Mass. ; 1871-73, Red Hook; 1874-75, Lakeville, Conn .; 1876-77, Chat- ham 4 Cor., N. Y. ; 1878-79, Hyde Park ; 1880, N. Highlands; 1881-82, Fishkill Village and Glenham ; 1883-84, West Stock- bridge and Richmond, Mass .- Stevens, Sam'l, rem .- Stev- enson, Dolly, rem .-** Stewart, Alex. J., d. trusting in Christ in Feb., 1881 .- Stewart, Betsy, rem .- Stewart, Catherine J., mar. ; see Austin .- STEWART, DAVID .- Stewart, Mrs. Jane, rem. by c., 1872 .- STEWART, MRS. JANE E .- Stewart, Janette, mar. ; see Gritman .-** Stew- art, Margaret, (or Peggy,) unmarried; b. in B'klyn, of Irish parents, Methodists. She was poor, but the ch. did not permit her to lack for the comforts of life. She lived with a Rom. Cath. sister, who opened her house for the donation parties which the Sands-st. ch. people held frequently for their much- loved and needy sister. She always offered the prayer at the close of these donation visits. She d. 1880, about 80 yrs. of age .- ** Stewart, Mrs. Mary, came with her husband from Ireland; d. in peace, 1849, age 84 .- Stibbs, Christopher, cl. Idr. about 1829; rem. without c .-* Stibbs, Wm. O., S. S. t., rem. by c .; said to be deceased .- STILES, HENRY L .- STILES, VIR- GINIA .- Stillwell, Anna, one of the ist members of Yellow Hook (Bay Ridge) class, 1822 .-** Stillwell, Mrs. Charlotte, d .- Stillwell, Chas. H. and Sarah W., rem., 1850, to For- syth-st. ch., N. York .- Stillwell, Emma, rem .- Stillwell, Henry, charter member Yellow Hook (Bay Ridge) class, 1822. -Stillwell, Sarah A., mar. Chas. Davis .- STILLWELL, MISS SARAH E .-** Stillwell, Mrs. Sylvanus, d. in 1875, quite advanced in yrs .- Stillwell, Rob't, rem. by c .- STOCK, MRS. HATTIE .- STODDARD, HATTIE W .- Stokes, Elizabeth, rem. by c .- Stokes, Mary, mar .; see Garrison. -Stothoff, Sarah, rem. by c., 1849, to E. B'klyn .- Stratton, David G., loc. pr., 1856 .- Stringham, Emeline, mar. ; see M'Kay .- Stringham, John, rem .- St. John, Kate, mar. Mr. Powell .- Strong, Emma, rem .- Strong, King I., rem. by c. - STRONG, LEWIS B. - STRONG, LIZZIE .- STRONG, STEPHEN J .- STRYKER, MRS. AGNES .- *Stryker, Burdet, trus .- one of the ist; tallow chandler and butcher ; at one time ferryman, plying his vocation between
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N. York and B'klyn. [Stiles' Hist. of B'klyn, ii, 532.] He was for some yrs. commander of a village militia co., called The Republican Rifles, on duty for a time in the War of 1812. He was influential as a politician, and came over from the Jefferson- ians to the side of DeWitt Clinton, with whom he was on terms of intimacy. He had charge of the old liberty pole that stood near his market, and took great delight in flinging the stars and stripes to the breeze on all appropriate occasions. To illustrate his shrewdness it is related that when for safety it was deemed necessary to replace this pole with a new and stronger one, he obtained subscriptions from the Quakers, who were opposed to liberty poles, to pay for taking the old one down, and from per- sons in favor of liberty poles he obtained subscriptions toward putting up a new one. [Stiles. ] . His self-sacrificing acts of kindness to the dying and the dead during several seasons of epidemic ; will not soon be forgotten. Stiles describes him as " erect, alert in movement, plain in manner and address, honest of purpose, fluent in conversation ; in short, a sort of rough dia- mond." He d. in 1825, age 55 ; bur. originally in the old Sands- st. ch .- yard, afterward in " Greenwood," where he has a monu- ment. It is not certain that he was a Meth. at the time of his death .-** Hannah, his w., d. Aug. 1, 1787. Tradition says she was a Meth., and the Ist of the little band to pass into the heav- enly glory. None were more holy, none better prepared to represent the little company in the ch. above. Burdett and Hannah Stryker are commemorated by a double headstone in the old ch .- yard .-* Susan, his 2d w., formerly the wid. of Isaac Remsen, d. Dec. 9, 1848, a member of Wash'gt'n-st ch., age 79 ; maiden name, Susan Roberts ; j. Sands-st. when C. W. Carpenter was pastor ; mother of 7 children, namely : Isaac R. ; Hannah M. ; Phoebe Ann; Harriet; Wm. Henry; Burdett; Francis B. Her youngest son became mayor of B'klyn .-- Stryker, Frances, rem. to N. York, 1850 .- Stryker, Han- nah M., unmarried dau. of Burdett and Susan; b. 1801; j. Sands-st. ch. in 1825, (Wm. Ross, pastor ;) transferred to Wash- 'gt'n-st. ch., 1831 .- STRYKER, HETTIE .-** Stryker, John J., d .-** Stryker, John Morrell, son of John S .; same oc- cupation ; d. in 1871 ; comparatively young; unmarried ; bur. in Evergreen cem .-** Stryker, John Seawood, a butcher ; d. in 1874, age 62; bur. in Evergreen cem .; an excellent man. -** Hetty, his w., d. suddenly, sitting in her chair, in Dec., 1880, age 64. She was ready ; a true and devoted Meth. from her youth. Two sons of the above, Frank and John, reside in B'klyn. A. dau., Margaret, is deceased ; see Reast .- Stryker, Julia, rem .-** Stryker, Mary, w. of John, mother of John S., "d. in the Lord," 1842, age 65; bur. in Concord-st. yard, after- ward in Evergreen cem .-** Studwell, John Jay, was cl. Idr., std., and trus. in Sands-st. ch. He was born in Medford, West-
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chester Co., N. Y., in 1813. He was an active and industri- ous youth, and had acquired a good knowledge of the carpen- ter's trade at 18 yrs of age. At 23 he was a house-builder on his own account, employing a large number of men. He engaged in the lumber trade in Harlem; afterward (about 1840) in B'klyn, as successor to Benj. R. Prince; succeeded remarkably in business ; retired after 5 yrs. ; was supervisor in the ward in which he resided, 12 yrs. ; became one of the founders and di- rectors of the Mechanics' Bank ; Ist pres't of the Montauk Fire Ins. Co .; for 22 yrs. pres't of the National City Bank, which position he held at the time of his death. He was also director in the B'klyn City Gas Light Co., the Atlantic Ave. R. R. Co., and the Montauk Ins. Co., and was a trus. of the B'klyn Hos- pital, also trus. and treas. of the City Dispensary. He became a millionaire, as was remarked at his funeral, not. by accident, nor good fortune, nor indefatigable industry and sagacity alone. " A few familiar well-tried maxims afforded him the theory on which his business operations were based. That theory was short and simple, but so thoroughly was he imbued with it that his mental processes of generalizing were easy, uniform, and di- rect, and always suggestive to those who knew him best of the inaxims from which it was wrought. The action of this theory upon his mind from time to tinie he called 'intuition ;' hence he repeatedly stated that when he followed his intuition, he rarely made a mistake. . . . He was actuated by the noble purpose of rewarding those who had rewarded him with their confidence, by making them sharers in the fruits of his economy, persever- ance, and sagacity." [Rev. L. R. Streeter-Funeral Address.] In 1844, under the ministry of L. M. Vincent, he j. the Sands- st. ch., and was made a member of the building committee with much older nien in 1848. He remarked to the author that the old members considered him cool-headed and conservative, and put him forward notwithstanding his comparative youth and in- experience in church affairs. Mr. Streeter adds : " Not a few of his characteristics were exceedingly striking. . . . His habits were plain, but morally correct. .. . From certain common indulgences which he thought to be hurtful and useless he en- tirely abstained. He hated profanity, and the habit generally known by the word ' intemperance ' he intensely deplored. He was scarcely less prompt than the sun; not a single obligation was allowed to pass the time set for its performance. He was naturally kind, tender-hearted, gentle, approachable, easily made despondent, but his normal condition was one of cheerfulness. He was conservative and wise in his counsels; his religious pro- fession was genuine, based as it was on the purest integrity ; his faith consisted in the simplest trust in the merits of the Saviour of men." [Funeral Address.] The writer, in conversation with him a few weeks before his death, heard him say that he was
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' well assured that the Sands-st. people had missed their golden opportunity in not selling the property to the B'klyn City R. R. Co .; that he informed the official board that the officers of the company would pay $125,000, and that he would have urged its acceptance at the time, but for an apprehension that his breth- ren inight suspect his motives, as he was largely interested in the financial affairs of the company. He was mar. in 1835, and with his companion "spent 49 yrs. of unbroken happiness." When Mr. Studwell, in 1847, was app'd trus. with Haynes, Con- nor, Gascoigne, Snedeker, and Chadwick, of the then new Dean-st. miss'n, Mrs. Studwell was a conspicuously active mem- ber of the Ladies' Home Mission, the society that supported the preachers who were trying to build up the new enterprise. John French, in a historic sketch, writes as follows concerning the Power-st. and Dean-st miss'n, out of which grew the Hanson Pl. ch. : " John J. Studwell and his excellent w., and, doubtless, others of this little band, would go from door to door, inviting the people to attend the services held in the second story of the sbrick tore on Powers-st. The result of their work will only be known when the Master rewards the faithful workers." [Han- son Pl. Quar., Apr., 1883.] An only child of J. J. Studwell, Mrs. Geo. W. Mead, resides in B'klyn. Mr. S. d., after a very brief illness, Dec. 12, 1884, age 71 .- STUDWELL, ELIZA- BETH, wid. of John J .- Sturgis, Ebenezer, rem. by c., 1841. -Sullivan, Mary, mar. Mr. Johnson ; rem. by c., 1850 .- Summerfield, Mrs. Anna, rem. by c., 1868 .-* Summerfield, Wm., loc. pr. in this ch. ; father of the Rev. John Summerfield; b. in Devonshire, Eng., Apr. 12, 1770, eldest of 6 children ; pos- sessed of mechanical and inventive genius; millwright near Wakefield, in Yorkshire ; mar. Miss Amelia Depledge; rem. to Manchester; foreman in a factory; began to attend Meth. preaching ; conv. under the labors of Jos. Benson at 21. "At once the current of his thoughts was turned. A strong yearn- ing for the salvation of souls took possession of him. It was too late to prepare for the ministry. His business relations and the necessities of his rising family prevented that. Happily the Wesleyan Society presented an alternative. He became a loc. pr. and a cl. Idr. In these relations he found scope, somewhat, for his enthusiastic temperament, and for the singularly persua- sive power for which he was always noted. Still he desired something more. If he only had a son !- he might do the work denied to him. So he prayed that his desire might be granted him, ' that he might have a son ; that his son might preach the gos- pel ; and that his name should be called John.' . . . The birth of this child, under such auspices, was an event in the household, in which none would share more tenderly and sweetly than the sisters, who were now old enough to enter into the desire and expectation of their parents. From all these sources, but chiefly
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from the sweet-spirited mother, who in her turn was thrown upon ' her boy in the months of her last sickness for companionship and sympathy, did our [John] Summerfield derive those natural gifts, which grace afterward so greatly magnified." [Rev. Dr. Bottome, in Ch. Ad., Apr. 3, 1879.] John was b. while the family resided in Preston, Eng. Wm. Summerfield was a man of san- guine temperament, made unwise ventures in business, trusted partners by whom he was outwitted, and lost all his wealth. His financial troubles are referred to more than once by his son's biographer. He says : "Wm. Summerfield's sanguine temperament led him to miscalculate the results of his own up- right intentions, when they failed to accord with that worldly prudence which is so generally, and in most cases so justly, the parent of success in temporal affairs. But that his moral integ- rity or his religious sincerity were justly impeachable, I have yet to learn." [Holland's Life of Summerfield, p. 342.] After his failure in Preston, Eng., he was for a time in Liverpool, where his w. d. in 1812, leaving 3 daughters and I son. It is said that John, then in his 14th yr., was the only child with her during the last 4 months of her life, and that her departure made such an impression upon his mind " that he never afterward spoke of the glorified throng to which she had ascended without men- tioning her name." Mr. S. went to Ireland that yr., held posi- tions of trust in Dublin and Cork, and after a few yrs., (1821,) emigrated with his family to N. York, where his eldest dau., Eleanor, had been some time settled with her husband, James Blackstock, Esq., a respectable cotton merchant. Mr. S. was a loc. pr. in Sands-st. ch. in 1822. He died of dysentery, Sept. 19, 1825, a few weeks after the death of his son John, age 55. The following touching letter was written by the father while confined by severe illness at Bloomingdale (now N. York city) to the son lying very low at the house of Dr. Beekman in Court- landt-st., 4 m. away : " Friday ev'g, May 20, 1825. MY DEAR JOHN : The mysterious providence of our being separated by severe affliction, I sincerely feel, and were I not supported by the assurances that all things shall work together for our good, my spirit would fail ; but here I rest. My dear John, you are surrounded by friendly physicians who are deeply concerned for your bodily health, and probably so much as to prohibit the ac- cess of God's people. But remember, my dear, they cannot stand for you before God; therefore, any of God's people you may wish for, send for them. I know not how this our affliction will end ; but it will be our highest wisdom to lay hold of God as he is revealed in his word. Your afflicted and affectionate father, WM. SUMMERFIELD." When a messenger came, on the 13th of June, to inform Mr. S. of the death of his son, the sick man raised his head from his pillow, and without waiting for the mes- sage, said : "So, Mr. Sands, I perceive you are the bearer of
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melancholy tidings ; my dear John is no more !" "After a solemn pause he raised his eyes heavenward and, with pious res- ignation, exclaimed, 'The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away,'-deeply agitated-then added, 'Blessed be the name of the Lord.'" [See Holland's Life of John Summerfield.] He wrote in his diary : " June 17, 1825. For the last 10 days my mind has been kept in hourly suspense. My dear John departed this life on Mon., the 13th of June, and was interred the next day beside his friend, the Rev. Wm. Ross. From the accounts I have received I have reason to thank God for his safe arrival in heaven, where I hope to meet him soon, and all my dear children that are left behind. I thank God for giving me such a son ; may his death speak louder than all his preaching ! Lord, prepare me to follow him to thy kingdom !" His remains were buried close by those of his son in the rear of the old white ch , and when the new ch. was built, their position was under the altar, as indicated by the tablet on the wall of the church, a fac-simile of which is here given. His BENEATH THE ALTAR LIE grave-stone may now be seen (1885) leaning against the church. The THE REMAINS OF THE REV. JOHN SUMMERFIELD.A.M. DIED June 13. 1825. inscription is probably inaccurate as to the date of his birth and his age at the time of his conversion. ÆT. 27. It is as follows: William Summer- -ALSO- field, b. in Eng., 1771, conv. under THE REMAINS OF HIS FATHER Jos. Benson, and j. Meth. Sod'y at WILLIAM SUMMERFIELD, DiedSeptember 19: 1625. Ær. 55. the age of 20; d. strong in faith praising God, Sept. 19, 1825. IIe was a man of unassuming manners " Love's and pleasent in their lives . and of almost unexampled self-denial. And in their death aut divided." Like a faithful soldier he endured a great fight of afflictions. Well might he be numbered among those of whom it is said, " These are they which came up out of great tribulation." " Happy sire, thy days are ended, all thy sufferings are d'er." God has given him a title, through grace, to a kingdom which cannot be moved. He is arrived, thanks be to God ! where not a wave of trouble rolls across his peaceful breast. The Rev. Alex. M'Lean writes: " Wm. Summerfield was my wife's grandfather, and in the family he has the reputa- tion of being a very holy man. I was present at the exhuma- tion of his bones, and those of his son, the Rev. John Sum- merfield, from beneath the altar of the Sands-st. ch., and of their re-interment in the family plot at Woodlawn [in Oct., 1873.] Bp. Janes, Dr. Wakeley, Dr. Bottome, Dr. Roche, and others were present, and participated in the impressive services at Woodlawn. A fine marble shaft, erected by Wm. Summerfield's dau., Mrs. Eleanor Blackstock, marks the spot where the re-
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mains of the noble father and the gifted son will rest until the morning of the resurrection." [ Letter to the author.] To Dr. Bottome we are indebted for the following interesting facts con- cerning the less-distinguished members of this remarkable fam- ily. " Three sisters survived the father and bro. until only a few weeks ago, [March, 1878,] when the younger one, (Anne,) Mrs. Warner, and the elder one, (Eleanor,) Mrs. Blackstock, passed away as they had lived, in great peace and joyful expectation, leaving the 2d sister, Miss Amelia Summerfield, in advanced age and partial blindness, to fill up the measure of her days, and then to join the whole family in heaven. . . . Shortly after the departure of the father and the son to the better land, Mrs. Blackstock, with her husband, who had been greatly prospered in business, retired to their beautiful mansion, near Port Chester, N. Y., known as 'Summerfield House,' where during that long period they both remained a beautiful exemplification of family piety and conjugal affection. In this hospitable home, where competence and refinement of a rare order had made their dwelling, ministers of all denominations, and friends of learning, found a charming retreat. Nor was it difficult to see in the company of these estimable ladies how the multitudes hung on the lips of their remarkable bro. A peculiar sweetness of voice, elegance of diction, and fascination of manner, to which culture had given rich variety and substance, and to which the grace of God had added its completing beauty, gave to their conversa- tion a rare attractiveness. Life, however, seemed to them after their bro.'s death but. the brief supplement of a completed vol. So while still maintaining active Xn. charities, yet these were done so silently and unobserved, that no one suspected these devoted sisters of ever after moving from under the shadow of their brother's grave. The singular halo which rested on his name, and perhaps more than all the hallowed memories of his triumphal departure, gave a chastened quietness to every thing they did, but cast no gloom on any. Whatever the conversa- tion, whatever the employment, the presence of John was al- ways felt, and in the most natural and easy manner he would be spoken of, not as one who was dead, but as one who, while he was separated from them, yet filled so large a place in their thoughts and affections, that they were still in company with him, and would share with him the ineffable glory into. which he had been only a short time before translated. It was beautiful to see how this thought grew upon them, and how while it pervaded every thing they did, yet hindered nothing of all their plans of devotion to his Master and theirs. In the fam- ily of Mrs. Warner, (the younger sister, Anne,) these tender qual- ities were specially illustrated in the careful training of her children. Her ideal was always at hand ; and had this advan- tage, that, being inwrought in her, it was an ever fresh and liv-
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ing one in her own beautiful life. Throwing into the domestic circle all the charm that personal grace and culture could give, she made piety attractive to her children, and her habits of re- ligious life sat so easily in the household that to conform was but the natural bent of its members. Left motherless before she was 2 yrs. old, her bro. had always expressed a tender re- gard for her, and used to speak of her as 'a child of my own rearing.' Speaking afterward of, perhaps the most popular ef- fort of his pulpit labors, his sermon in behalf of orphans, he says himself: 'Never did I speak with so much effect. I spoke from nature. Amelia and Anne were before my eyes.' His last message was to these two sisters, both of whom were at the time attending at the sick-bed of their father : 'Well-tell Amelia- tell Anne-tell them-all's perfection.' Perhaps more largely than either of these others, this sister Anne drank into the spirit of her sainted bro. And though after his death her education was directed chiefly by her elder sister, yet in the quick vivacity of intelligence, and easy acquirement of studies, specially in the accomplishment of voice and music, and all that pertained to polite literature, as well as in personal expression and manner, the hand of John left its most indelible pressure. In her younger days she was regarded as the finest private singer in the city, but resisted all offers of a public character, however flattering, and resolutely refused to sing but for the glory of God, either in the sanctuary or the culture of the home. She was mar. to E. H. Warner, Esq., a descendant of an old Knicker- boeker family, whose grandfather, Geo. Warner, owned the fa- mous ' old sail-loft 'in Wm .- st., N. York, and in which the ' British ' pressed him to make sails for the Eng. ships during the War of the Revo. After surviving her husband several yrs., Mrs. W. was suddenly taken ill of pneumonia while visiting her dau., Mrs. Rev. A. M'Lean, in Sing Sing, and after only a few days of quiet waiting she went, where her heart had ever been, to the home of the loved ones above. She d. on March 12, 1878, age 68. Meantime, at her home in Port Chester, Mrs. Blackstock was daily expecting her departure, but knew nothing of the death of her beloved Anne-the family deeming it imprudent to announce the event in her prostrated condition. So in all the calmness of her serene life she waited the hour of her as- cension. Like her dear sister, maintaining to the last all the vigor and vivacity of her mental faculties, constantly engaging in conversation about heaven and its society until . the weary wheels of life stood still,' she entered through the gates into the city, where among the first surprises that greeted her would be to find her youngest sister in heaven before her. Mrs. B. d. on March 24, 1878, in the 80th yr. of her age." [Article entitled " The Summerfields," in the Ch. Ad., Apr. 3, 1879.] Amelia, the only surviving child of Wm. Summerfield, still occupies the
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