Suggested edit: “The Sabbath Recorder”, Vol 84, No 8, p 254, Feb. 25, 1918.

Artamissa A. Barber, wife of Jared Barber was born December 15, 1845, and died January 31, 1918, aged 72 years, 1 month, and 16 days.

She was the eighth child of a family of eleven children born to Gardiner and Elizabeth Burdick. Mrs. Elizabeth Burdick was a sister of "Aunt" Lucetta Crandall now living in our midst. Brother and Sister Barber had three children, - Ernest A., of Hope Valley, R. I.; Samuel O., who died November 16, 1916, and Mrs. Bessie A. Hammond, of Wickford, R. I. There are also seven grandchildren. Sister Barber had ten brothers and sisters. Only one sister is now living, - Lauta A. Babcock.

Our sister has lived all her life in this community. In her last home she passed more than fifty years. She was baptized by the late Rev. Stephen Burdick and united with the Rockville Seventh Day Baptist Church, February 13, 1858. She lacked only thirteen days of being a member of this church sixty years. She has lovingly, faithfully and cheerfully rendered her services to her family as a Christian daughter, sister, wife and mother; to her church and Master as a beloved sister and disciple; and to her neighbors and friends, a companion true and loyal. It has been said, "Whenever she made an acquaintance she made a friend."

Brother Barber's heart is sad today, at the departure of his loved companion for fifty-four years, and I trust, as he thinks of God's mercy in sparing them to live together these many years, that his heart will go out in loving gratitude to his heavenly Father for his great love and he shall be filled with praise and thanksgiving to God for the love and companionship of such a wife, and mother for their children.
I. L. C.

transcribed by Jon Saunders,