sisters emigrated to Kentucky in 1806. He was thrown into the circle of a large family connection, by all of whom he was greatly respected and beloved. He sought retirement and contemplation, but his fine capacity for business and sterling merit brought him before the public. He long acted as surveyor of Christian Co., when it included both Todd and Trigg, and perhaps no man was ever heard to utter any other language than that of praise at the manner in which he discharged his duty. He also represented the Counties of Christian and Todd in the state Senate to the fullest satisfaction of his constitu ents. SUNDERLIN, Dennis, Barrington, N.J., Feb. 8, æ. 74. The deceased was the father of Delazon J. Sunderlin, Esq., and the Rev. Alonzo Sunderlin, of Barrington. He was one of the pioneers of the county. SURGET, Capt. Francis, Natchez, Miss., æ. 72. He was distinguished for his integrity and strict attention to business. Up to within a few weeks before his death he managed his immense property without agents. At the time of his death he was the wealthiest man in Mississippi. His estate is worth $7,000,000. From his youth he had resided near Natchez. SURLES, Dea. Nathaniel, Plainfield, Wis., Nov. 22, æ. 82. Dea. S. was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., and removed in early life to Tompkins Co., N. Y. It was here he experienced the saving power of the gospel and united with the Baptist church. He was decided and persevering in any thing he undertook. Naturally of a strong constitution and firm mind, his more than ordinary abilities, together with these traits of character, soon called him into active service in the church. It is supposed he was here first licensed to preach the gospel, and either here or at a subsequent residence, was urged to receive ordination, but refused, saying that he chose to have his liberty, preferring to hold the office of deacon, which office he held to the day of his death. He removed to Michigan; then back to New York; then to Pennsylvania, and then to this place. He was noted for his industry and punctuality in attending the appointments of the church, often walking long distances to meet his brethren. He united with the Plainfield church July 7, 1855. Although aged and infirm, he has been useful among us. In the absence of our pastor he has preached the word much to the edification of the congregation. SUTHERLAND, Daniel, Button, N. Y., -, æ. 81. Mr. S. was an estimable citizen. He was one of the first settlers in Western New York, having settled in the town of Seneca, Ontario Co., about 60 years since. He was a member of the Baptist church for 32 years. SWAIN, Mrs. Mary, Camden Co., N.J., April 10, æ. 103. Mrs. S. was familiar with the principal revolutionary incidents of New Jersey. SWAN, John J., Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 9, æ. 28. In 1846 he volunteered for the Mexican war, and was in the battle at Cerro Gordo, where so many of the brave and gallant young men from that state fell in battle. The deceased was kind-hearted, and has left many warm friends who deplore his death. SWAN, Mrs. Sarah B., Biddeford, Me., æ. 64. SWANN, John, Brunswick Co., N. C., Dec. 25, æ. 72. Of a family among the oldest and most respected in the state, and always distinguished for generous hospitality and all social virtues, this excellent gentleman has closed his long life with the entire regard and love of all who knew him. That life was modest and unobtrusive. The turmoil and excitements of the world had no charms for him. He built his altars at home, and offered there a constant sacrifice of gentle charities and sweet affections. A temper and manners exceedingly attractive and winning, joined with a heart full of sympathies and generous virtues, won him all that he cared for-the boundless love of his family, and the sincere and cordial esteem of his friends. Age, so far from withering, seemed only to quicken the affectionate impulses of his heart; and to the young especially he endeared himself by his frank cordiality and ready sympathy. Adding to all the high integrity of a true and courteous gentleman, he has left not one behind him who can breathe his name with unkindness or disrespect. SWARTHOUT, Mrs. Catharine, Chili, N. Y., March 7, m. 75, widow of the late Barna Swarthout. SWARTWOUT, Mrs. Mary, Peterson, N. J., Jan. 25, æ. 85, widow of John Swartwout, formerly of New York, and sister of the late Israel Smith. SWATHELL, John, Esq., Durham, Conn., Dec. 7, æ. 83, one of the oldest and most esteemed gentlemen in Middlesex Co. He has often represented Durham in the state legislature; has from Jefferson's day to the present time been an ardent and consistent demo crat. SWEETSER, Mrs. Hannah, Boston, Mass., Dec. 13, æ. 85, widow of Samuel Sweetser, late of Athol. SWEET, Wilber, Kalamazoo, Mich., Aug. 19, æ. 97. He was a native of Vermont; a volunteer boy in some services connected with the revolutionary war, a soldier throughout the war of 1812, and at 83 years of age enlisted as "a good soldier of Jesus Christ." He became a resident of Michigan in 1818. SWETT, Mrs. Elizabeth T., Chelmsford, Mass., Oct. 16, æ. 54, wife of Dea. Edmund Swett, and sister of Jonathan Tyler, Esq., of Lowell. Mrs. S. was a woman of great amiability, and much beloved in the community in which she resided. Her ministrations to the sick and poor; her sympathy with the afflicted; her gentleness of manners; and above all the Christian spirit which animated her in all her associations, will long be remembered by her numerous friends and acquaintances. SWETT, Dea. Noah, Bethlehem, N.H., Oct. 30, æ. about 80, also Nov. 2, æ. 80, Mrs. Sarah, wife of Dea. Noah Swett. Husband and wife were both buried in one coffin. SWETT, Stephen, Esq., Freedom, Me., Dec. 20, æ. 85. He was born at Hampton Falls, N. H., Jan. 1, 1772; was married and settled at Gilmanton; moved from Gilmanton to Freedom in 1809, where he resided until his death. He experienced religion about 40 years ago. From that time till his death, his house was a home for the servants of the Lord. He was also kind to the poor and the sick. The neighbors have lost a kind neighbor, and the town a good towns man. In his last hours, he felt that that religion which he embraced in his youth was his support. He was a man of business, and accumulated a large property. He represented the town in the state legislature for two years. 30 * SWIERS, William, Keosanqua, Iowa, Sept. 22, æ. 69. He was a native of England, and emigrated to America in 1832. He was one of the early settlers of Van Buren Co., being a resident for the last 15 years. He died respected by all who knew him, surrounded by a large circle of relatives, who mourn their loss. SWIFT, Dr. H. Sedgwick, Bennington, Vt., Sept. 23, æ. —. SWITZLER, George W., Huntsville, Randolph Co., M., æ. 23, brother of Hon. Wm. F. Switzler, of the Missouri Statesman. He was born in Howard Co., Jan. 8, 1834. During the exciting political contest last year for the presidency, he acted as junior editor of the Statesman, and his articles were marked with a brilliancy, and read with an interest by a discriminating public, that young writers can but seldom lay claim to. Writing was not Mr. S.'s only forte; he was also a fine speaker, and had he lived would doubtless have become an eminent and highly useful citizen. SYKES, Mrs. Georgiana May, Norwich, Conn., April 12, æ. 47, wife of D. E. Sykes, Esq. SYLVESTER, Mrs. Lydia, Kinderhook, N. Y., May 28, æ. 87, widow of Francis Sylvester, Esq.; "a lady of elevated and most estimable character, and at the time of her decease one of the very few and venerated age. surviving representatives of interesting She was a niece of Peter Van Schaack, (her mother being a sister of that gentleman,) to whom she also bore the interesting relation of daughter-in-law by her first marriage with his oldest son, Henry Cruger Van Schaack. The intermarriage of cousins at that period was of frequent occurrence in that locality, and Mrs. S. became successively the wife of her two cousins. The earlier years of her life were passed in a society intimately connected with the scenes and events which marked and followed the revolutionary conflict; and she was thus brought much in contact with the persons and opinions which gave a tone and character to that era. The interest thus awakened and fostered was controlled by a sound judgment, and softened by great refinement of mind and manners, while these, combined with an apparently intuitive perception of the right and the true in matters of human polity gave an unwonted charm to her society to the very closing days of her life. An interesting revolutionary incident is related in connection with the name of this amiable lady. At the taking of Burgoyne she was a little girl, only about four years old, and was staying in the family of one of her uncles at Kinderhook, who was a loyalist, as was also her own father. In their route from Saratoga to Boston, after the surrender, Gen. Burgoyne and his officers, with their American escort, passed through Kinderhook, and dined at her uncle's house at that place, which is still standing, and is now the seat of Dr. J. P. Beekman. After the cloth was removed, a glass of wine was put into her hands, and she was asked to give a toast. She looked around and archly said, 'God save the king and all the royal family.' On Mr. Clay's visit to Ex-President Van Buren, the year previous to his decease, he dined in the same room in which the captive British general had been entertained three quarters of a century before, and he expressed great interest in that circumstance, and was not a little TABER, Isaac, Smithfield, R. I., - æ. 70. He was born on the Island of Rhode Island, and was one of 12 children, all of whom, with one exception, reached adult age. For 50 years Mr. T. had been a professor of religion. His life was marked by strict integrity and piety. His death is believed to have been evidently that of the righteous. TABER, Susannah, Fairhaven, Mass., Nov. 15, æ. 94. TABOR, William, Newark, Wayne Co., N. Y., April 24, æ. 36. Mr. T. was born at Dover Plains, Dutchess Co., in 1821, and removed to Newark in 1842, since which date he has been engaged in the mercantile business, forming an extensive acquaintance, and secured the entire confidence of the community in which he resided. TAGGART, Cardiff, Girard township, Pa., June 16, æ. 88. Mr. T. went into the township in 1799 or 1800, and consequently ranked among the oldest settlers, of whom very few yet live. TALBOT, Mrs. Deliverance, Dighton, T. amused by the anecdote related above. Her two fathers-in-law, Peter Van Schaack and Peter Sylvester, are names not unknown in our history; and Mrs. Sylvester, by being much in their families, and in that of Henry Van Schaack in early life, enjoyed many advantages, and had rare opportunities of noticing the appearance and manners, and hearing the conversations, of their eminent visitors, among whom were Gen. Schuyler, John Jay, Egbert Benson, Alexander Hamilton, Richard Harrison, Theodore Sedgwick, and others of the same class; and her recollections of these eminent men were vivid, and of the most interesting character. She was a bosom friend and contemporary of those two remarkable daughters of John Jay, Mrs. Bayard and Miss Ann Jay, who preceded her to the tomb only a few months previous to her own decease, leaving, like them, a character marked for its loveliness and beauty and for its Christian perfectness, and presenting a pure and bright example for the imitation of her sex and for the profit of all.” H. C. V. S. Mass., 30, æ. 82, wife of Dea. Joseph Talbot. TALLMADGE, Mrs. Abby L., Fond-du-. Lac, Wis., March 3, æ. 53, wife of Hon. N. P. Tallmadge. TALLMADGE, Mrs. Rebecca, New Haven, Conn., Dec. 21, æ. 87, widow of the late Capt. Daniel Tallmadge. TALLMAN, Anthony, Scipio, N. Y., April 28, æ. 81. He was born in Massachusetts, but removed into Central New York half a century since. He lived in Scipio over 40 years, where he was known as an industrious and honest man. HON. BENJAMIN TAPPAN, Steubenville, O., April 12, æ. 84. The late Judge T. was born at Northampton, Mass., May 25, 1773. He was the second of a family of 11 children, and the oldest of the sons. His father was a native of Manchester, in the same state, being the son of Rev. Benjamin Tappan, for many years the beloved minister of that town. |