Died at his late residence, in
Townsend, on Jan. 6th, 1887, Deacon Samuel Cullver [sic],
after a lingering illness of several months, which he bore with Christian
patience and fortitude, in the 75th year of his age.
His funeral obseques
were conducted by Revs. Boyd, Slaght and Smith in the Regular Baptist
Church, at Bloomsburg, the former preaching a very impressive discourse to
a large congregation, from a selection of Scripture made by our brother,
being from II Timothy, 1Vc., 5th and 6thv.
His remains were interred in
the family burying ground near Bloomsburg. The sympathy and condolence of
a large circle of relatives and friends are extended to the bereaved
family.
The subject of this brief memoir
was born in the Township of Townsend, County of Norfolk, Feb. 23rd, 1812,
and was the son of Timothy and Mary Culver, who emigrated from New
Jersey in 1788, who were among the early pioneers of Canada.
His family
consisted of five sons and eight daughters of whom our brother was sixth
in descent, and of whom five survive him.
At the age of sixteen years he
embraced saving faith in the Savior, and by an upright and consistent
course of life has exemplified that he had formed within him the hope of
glory. He was baptized and united with the Regular Baptist Church in 1828,
In 1837 he was joined in marriage to Esther Ann, daughter of Wheeler and
Esther Kitchen, who proved a kind and loving companion, devoting herself
to the domestic affairs of her household with such frugality and economy,
that secured to them a competency more than sufficient to support them in
their declining years.
His family consisted of three sons
and two daughters all of whom survive except one, a daughter, who died at
an early age.
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