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NATHANIEL ELMER, OF MIDDLETOWN, N. Y. 229
Elmer Allison, of Yonkers-on-the-Hudson : "Among the
thirty-nine names on the roll of the Hudson, New York, Presbytery,
the name of Rev. Nathaniel Elmer stood the first.
His name, so long enrolled among God's ministers on earth,
has been transferred to those pages which carry the names of
victorious saints. After his life journey of sixty-eight years,
tiie pilgrim's staff has dropped from his hand, and he is safe
home. It is a privilege to lay a wreath on his grave, to pay
a tribute to the memory of one whose words were 'like
apples of gold in baskets of silver.' His nature was gentle ;
meekness and kindness dwelt in his heart and spoke through
his lips. The churches at Stanhope, Circleville, Waverly,
Avon, Belmont, and Emporium, to which he ministered,
bear grateful witness that his life was a sermon. He always
S[)oke of the everlasting truths of the Bible with the accent
of conviction. With the docility of a child, and with contrite
heart he listened to the words of Scripture. The closing
years of his life were spent in retirement in Middletown,
N. Y., where he looked with thoughtful eyes upon the world's
affairs, but with profound and loving interest upon his
Redeemer's growing kingdom. His death was as peaceful
as his faith was firm. His family, and God's church on earth,
and the unforgotten friends and beloved Master above were
the magnets of his loving thought. His life ended with the
day, and for him ^ at evening time it was light.' He married,
in 1845, Caroline, daughter of Rev. John Ford, of Par-
sippary, Morris county, N. J. She lived but six months
after marriage. He married second, in 1849, Mary A. Post,
b. July 26, 1826. She was daughter of James Post, of Middletown,
N. Y. His widow and daughter reside in Middletown,
N. Y."
CHILD.
1515. Sarah Lizzie Elmer," b. Jan. 27, 1850; res. Middletown, N. Y. She
graduated at Ingham university, LeRoy, N. Y., in 1870; unmari'ied.
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1516. Amy K. Allison [1426] (Isaac,* Isaac,^ Isaac,2
Joseph^). She was born near Amity, Orange county, N. Y.,
April 3, 1813. She married, near Amity, by Rev. William
Timlow, Asa, son of Absalom and Keziah (Kenuer) Vail.