DIED
In the town of Wallkill, near this village, on Tuesday 9th inst., JOHN STITT, 
aged 94 years, 1 month and 20 days.
The deceased was among the oldest, most respected and useful citizens in our 
community--the oldest person at the time of his death, it is believed, in the 
region.  In him were united a strong love of his country and a sincere and 
ardent attachment to the Church of God.  He was a Revolutionary soldier and took 
an active part against the common enemy during the whole of the war.  He then 
resided in the town of Shawangunk, where his family was exposed to the 
incursions of the Indians from the Delaware, while he was as a 'minute man' 
repeatedly drafted on service in the regular army.
His religious character, however, is, in our estimation, of the greatest 
importance.  For more than 70 years was he a professed follower of Christ.  
During all this time was he a living witness for God and his truth, adorning his 
profession of religion by a holy and consistent walk and conversation.  He was 
one of the principal founders of the Associate Reformed Church in this place in 
which he was from its organization until his death an Elder, ever contributing 
by his labors, his prayers and his means to its prosperity.  His life was one of 
purity and his character irreproachable.  He remained in perfect possession of 
his faculties until the last, notwithstanding his extreme old age.  He has "come 
to his grave in a full age, like a shock of corn cometh in his season."  Long 
did he desire and wait for, yet with patience, his departure, in the full hope 
of entering that "rest which remaineth for the people of God."  The last words 
uttered by him were about an hour previous to his death, when in reply to a 
question asked by one of the family if he wished anything, with considerable 
effort, he said, "I want to die."
"Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; for the end of that man is 
peace."  "Let me die the death of the righteous and let my last end be like 
his."  --Communicated.