Birth4 May 1804, Verona, Oneida Co., New York
Death11 Sep 1866, New Bremen, Lewis Co., New York
ReligionSeventh-Day Baptist
Spouses
Birth12 Jan 1811, Verona, Oneida Co., New York
Death4 Feb 1889, Lowville, Lewis Co., New York
ReligionSeventh-Day Baptist
Notes for Joseph B. DAVIS
Residence: 1840 Watson, Lewis Co., New York
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 22, No 41, p 163, Oct. 11, 1866.
In New Bremen, N. Y., on the morning of Sept. 11th, 1866, after a protracted and painful illness, Mr. Joseph B. Davis, in the 63d year of his age. Bro. Davis moved from Verona to Watson, in the spring of 1840, while that part of Lewis county was mostly a wilderness. He was one of that little band of Christians, who took an active part in the organization of the Watson Seventh-day Baptist church, of which he was a member at the time of his death. He lived to see all of his children baptized, and members of the same church.
During his last sickness, it was evident to all who visited him, that he was rapidly ripening for the heavenly garner. Though his sufferings were intense, no murmur escaped his lips. With Christian contentment, and remarkable cheerfulness, he resigned all into the hands of his covenant-keeping God. He feared not the approach of death, but with the love of Christ in his soul, he was enabled to prove himself the "hero of the grave." A large and respectable circle of relatives and friends mourn his loss. The funeral discourse was preached on the 12th of September, by the writer of this notice, from the words of Paul, as recorded in Philippians 1: 21 - "To die is gain." J. E. N. B.
Notes for Bathsheba M. (Spouse 1)
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 45, No 9, p 144, Feb. 28, 1889.
Bathsheba M. Williams Davis was born in Verona, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1811, and died in Lowville, N. Y., Feb. 4, 1889, aged 78 years and 23 days.
She was married to Joseph B. Davis, of Verona, when about twenty years of age, and for a time lived in that town; but about the year of 1842 moved to Watson, where her husband died in 1866. Since that time Sister Davis has lived with her children, of whom three are now living. In early life she united with the First Verona Church; moving to Watson, she was one of the constituent members of that church. Always uniform, consistent and faithful in her church relations, she died in full assurance of a glorious immortality. T. R. R.