"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 88, No 5, p 159, Feb. 2, 1920.
Herman Danford Ayers was born March 26, 1864. He was the oldest of eleven children born to Danford and Maria Ayers whose home was in Enosburg, Vt.
When Mr. Ayers was twenty-three years old he came west to Battle Creek, Mich. Later on he went still further west to Steven's Point, Wis. At Sun Prairie he met and was married to Miss Alice May Pinney. Their marriage occurred July 12, 1893. The family have at various times made their residence in Janesville and on a farm near Milton Junction, until 1908 when they moved to Milton which has since been their home.
When Mr. Ayers was nineteen years old he made a public confession of faith in Christ and became a member of the Adventist church. While living near Milton Junction he united with the Seventh Day Baptist Church of that village. On the removal of his residence to Milton he transferred his membership to the church of the same faith in this village.
Mr. Ayers was a firm believer in a practical, workable Christianity which illustrated the words and examples of the Master. He believed in a "square deal." He was a generous man whose deeds of kindness, unknown to any excepting the recipient and himself, gave cheer and comfort to many lives.
He was a carpenter by trade. It was while he was at work hastening the completion of a large barn that he fell from the roof to his death on New Years' eve, December 31, 1919.
He is survived by his widow, a son, Ernest Herman, a daughter, Genevieve Alice, his aged father and six brothers.
Funeral services were held in his home church on Sabbath afternoon, January 3, 1920, conducted by pastor Henry N. Jordan, who was assisted by Elder George W. Burdick, a former pastor of Mr. Ayers. Interment was made in the cemetery in Milton.
H. N. J.
Herman Danford Ayers was born March 26, 1864. He was the oldest of eleven children born to Danford and Maria Ayers whose home was in Enosburg, Vt.
When Mr. Ayers was twenty-three years old he came west to Battle Creek, Mich. Later on he went still further west to Steven's Point, Wis. At Sun Prairie he met and was married to Miss Alice May Pinney. Their marriage occurred July 12, 1893. The family have at various times made their residence in Janesville and on a farm near Milton Junction, until 1908 when they moved to Milton which has since been their home.
When Mr. Ayers was nineteen years old he made a public confession of faith in Christ and became a member of the Adventist church. While living near Milton Junction he united with the Seventh Day Baptist Church of that village. On the removal of his residence to Milton he transferred his membership to the church of the same faith in this village.
Mr. Ayers was a firm believer in a practical, workable Christianity which illustrated the words and examples of the Master. He believed in a "square deal." He was a generous man whose deeds of kindness, unknown to any excepting the recipient and himself, gave cheer and comfort to many lives.
He was a carpenter by trade. It was while he was at work hastening the completion of a large barn that he fell from the roof to his death on New Years' eve, December 31, 1919.
He is survived by his widow, a son, Ernest Herman, a daughter, Genevieve Alice, his aged father and six brothers.
Funeral services were held in his home church on Sabbath afternoon, January 3, 1920, conducted by pastor Henry N. Jordan, who was assisted by Elder George W. Burdick, a former pastor of Mr. Ayers. Interment was made in the cemetery in Milton.
H. N. J.
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 88, No 5, p 159, Feb. 2, 1920.
Herman Danford Ayers was born March 26, 1864. He was the oldest of eleven children born to Danford and Maria Ayers whose home was in Enosburg, Vt.
When Mr. Ayers was twenty-three years old he came west to Battle Creek, Mich. Later on he went still further west to Steven's Point, Wis. At Sun Prairie he met and was married to Miss Alice May Pinney. Their marriage occurred July 12, 1893. The family have at various times made their residence in Janesville and on a farm near Milton Junction, until 1908 when they moved to Milton which has since been their home.
When Mr. Ayers was nineteen years old he made a public confession of faith in Christ and became a member of the Adventist church. While living near Milton Junction he united with the Seventh Day Baptist Church of that village. On the removal of his residence to Milton he transferred his membership to the church of the same faith in this village.
Mr. Ayers was a firm believer in a practical, workable Christianity which illustrated the words and examples of the Master. He believed in a "square deal." He was a generous man whose deeds of kindness, unknown to any excepting the recipient and himself, gave cheer and comfort to many lives.
He was a carpenter by trade. It was while he was at work hastening the completion of a large barn that he fell from the roof to his death on New Years' eve, December 31, 1919.
He is survived by his widow, a son, Ernest Herman, a daughter, Genevieve Alice, his aged father and six brothers.
Funeral services were held in his home church on Sabbath afternoon, January 3, 1920, conducted by pastor Henry N. Jordan, who was assisted by Elder George W. Burdick, a former pastor of Mr. Ayers. Interment was made in the cemetery in Milton.
H. N. J.
Herman Danford Ayers was born March 26, 1864. He was the oldest of eleven children born to Danford and Maria Ayers whose home was in Enosburg, Vt.
When Mr. Ayers was twenty-three years old he came west to Battle Creek, Mich. Later on he went still further west to Steven's Point, Wis. At Sun Prairie he met and was married to Miss Alice May Pinney. Their marriage occurred July 12, 1893. The family have at various times made their residence in Janesville and on a farm near Milton Junction, until 1908 when they moved to Milton which has since been their home.
When Mr. Ayers was nineteen years old he made a public confession of faith in Christ and became a member of the Adventist church. While living near Milton Junction he united with the Seventh Day Baptist Church of that village. On the removal of his residence to Milton he transferred his membership to the church of the same faith in this village.
Mr. Ayers was a firm believer in a practical, workable Christianity which illustrated the words and examples of the Master. He believed in a "square deal." He was a generous man whose deeds of kindness, unknown to any excepting the recipient and himself, gave cheer and comfort to many lives.
He was a carpenter by trade. It was while he was at work hastening the completion of a large barn that he fell from the roof to his death on New Years' eve, December 31, 1919.
He is survived by his widow, a son, Ernest Herman, a daughter, Genevieve Alice, his aged father and six brothers.
Funeral services were held in his home church on Sabbath afternoon, January 3, 1920, conducted by pastor Henry N. Jordan, who was assisted by Elder George W. Burdick, a former pastor of Mr. Ayers. Interment was made in the cemetery in Milton.
H. N. J.
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