Nathan Garner Hadsell 1829-1911  
Categories: The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 70, No 20, p 638, May 15, 1911.
  Nathan Garner Hadsell, son of Daniel and Eunice Garner Hadsell, was born in Allegany County, March 12, 1829, and died April 12 at his home in the town of Almond, where he had lived most of his life.   He lived in different places in the county until about twenty years of age, when he commenced to learn the trade of wool-carding, which he completed in three years.   He continued the work in the same mill, and later bought out the entire business, which he conducted until the mill was burned September 26, 1889.
  In 1878, during Dr. A. H. Lewis' pastorate of the Second Seventh-day Baptist Church of Alfred, Brother Hadsell was baptized and united with the church.
  April 8, 1854, he was married to Miss Aurilla Elizabeth Lewis.   To them were born three children: Orville Clayton of Perry, Ethel Clarinda, who died in 1889, and Israel Herbert, who lives with his family on the homestead.
  Mr. Hadsell was a kind-hearted, genial man, who would suffer personal loss rather than have trouble.   He sought to make good his word, and was a hard-working, industrious man.   He carried his good cheer into age and enjoyed the company of young people.   Thought he failed as his years increased, he was able to be about until after he had passed his eighty-second birthday anniversary, and his last sickness lasted only a couple of weeks.
  The night before his death, when the family thought the end was at hand and had gathered about him, he said to his wife, "I am going away off where there is no pain."   And she said, "To see Clara?" "Yes," he answered.   We trust that hope may be realized.   And so may all those who love the appearing of the Lord realize the blessedness of uniting with the loved and lost, in Christ.
  An unusually large number of people attended the farewell services at the church, conducted by the pastor Sabbath afternoon, when two of the church choir beautifully sang, "Beyond the Smiling and the Weeping," "Face to Face," and "The City Four Square."     I. L. C.

Aurilla Elizabeth (Lewis) Hadsell 1829-1914  
Categories: Alfred, New York, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 77, No 16, p 511, Oct. 19, 1914.
  Aurilla Elizabeth (Lewis) Hadsell was born September 24, 1829, in the town of Alfred, and died October 3, 1914.
  She was a member of the Second Seventh Day Baptist church of Alfred, with which she united when about sixteen years of age, during the pastorate of James H. Cochran.   She was married to Nathan G. Hadsell, April 8, 1854, by Rev. H. P. Burdick.   She was the daughter of Elijah and Sarah (Burdick) Lewis.   She had five brothers, Leander N., Elijah P., Israel T., Alvin A., and Isaac M. Lewis, and two sisters, Sarah A. and Phoebe P. Lewis.
  Our sister was the mother of three children, five grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.   Nathan G. Hadsell died three years ago the twelfth of April.
  Sister Hadsell had a great many friends.   Five years ago, the twenty-fourth of last month, the Sunshine Society, of which she was a member, celebrated her birthday by holding their meeting at her home and making her a present, it being her eightieth birthday.   She was also an honorary member of the Ladies' Industrial Society.   Members of each of the above societies attended the funeral in a body, and furnished flowers for the occasion.
  Farewell services were held at the church, the pastor officiating and a church quartet furnishing the music.     I. L. C.