At his residence, Long Branch, Nebraska, Nov. 1st, 1870, of
dropsy, Uriah Davis, in the 71st year of his age. Father Davis embraced religion at the age of sixteen, and united with the Seventh-day Baptist Church at Salem, West Virginia. From that church he made the following removals: To Northampton.
Ohio, to Jackson, Ohio, to Southampton, Ill., to Welton, Iowa, and to Long
Branch, Nebraska, uniting with the several Seventh-day Baptist churches, living
a consistent Christian, devoted to God, having the well wishes of all his
brethren. His last sufferings were intense and protracted, being compelled to
sit up day and night for seven weeks, and were borne with Christian fortitude
and patience. He died in triumphs of a living faith, and leaves the wife of his
youth, eight children, and a large circle of friends to mourn his loss. J. G. B.
(Retrieved from Rootsweb.com:They Came To Milton by Jon Saunders;
submitted by Jean Jorgensen, 47179150).
At his residence, Long Branch, Nebraska, Nov. 1st, 1870, of
dropsy, Uriah Davis, in the 71st year of his age. Father Davis embraced religion at the age of sixteen, and united with the Seventh-day Baptist Church at Salem, West Virginia. From that church he made the following removals: To Northampton.
Ohio, to Jackson, Ohio, to Southampton, Ill., to Welton, Iowa, and to Long
Branch, Nebraska, uniting with the several Seventh-day Baptist churches, living
a consistent Christian, devoted to God, having the well wishes of all his
brethren. His last sufferings were intense and protracted, being compelled to
sit up day and night for seven weeks, and were borne with Christian fortitude
and patience. He died in triumphs of a living faith, and leaves the wife of his
youth, eight children, and a large circle of friends to mourn his loss. J. G. B.
(Retrieved from Rootsweb.com:They Came To Milton by Jon Saunders;
submitted by Jean Jorgensen, 47179150).
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