Warren County PA Archives Obituaries.....Stacy, Nathaniel Michael October 5, 1868
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  Christian Ambassador, New York, NY, 25 Apr 1868 (a Universalist weekly newspaper)
  At the ripe old age of 89, Rev. Nathaniel Stacy departed this life in Columbus, 
  Pa.  He came from a Universalist community.  His parents were natives of 
  Gloucester, Mass., and had been hearers under the preaching of John Murray.  He 
  was born in new Salem, now Franklin County, Mass., to which place his parents 
  had removed.  Here parents and son often heard Universalism from the lips of 
  Caleb Rich, Zephaniah Lathe and Thomas Barnes.  Nathaniel Stacy thus took an 
  early start in the glorious cause to which his life was truly consecrated.  He 
  had little education, was a self-made man; but zeal, in some measure, made up 
  for this serious lack.  Under the instruction of Hosea Ballou, he made some 
  preparation for the ministry, into which he entered at the opening of the 
  present century.  He combined the labors of teacher and preacher, traveling in 
  Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, and at a later period itinerating in this 
  State [NY].  It was his mission to cast the seed upon the waters.  He was a 
  missionary.  He felt that the command, ìGo preach the Gospel to every 
  creature,î was addressed to him.  And very much of the Universalism that has 
  taken a stronghold in Western New York is due to his heroic labors.  We saw 
  Father Stacy but onceóthis was at the Rochester Convention [of Univeralists].  
  We gather the few facts we have compiled from his Memoiróas interesting a book 
  as our pioneer literature gives.  We are much disappointed that no one in the 
  neighborhood, and so knowing the facts, has responded to our call, and 
  furnished our readers with the facts relating to his illness and decease.  We 
  still look for such a communication.  The Star [in the West] appears to have 
  some information, and says:
  
  It becomes our duty to record the death of the aged father in our Israel, Rev. 
  Nathaniel Stacy.  He died on Sunday, the 5th inst., at the residence of his son-
  in-law O[ziel] A. Smith, Esq., in Columbus, Penn., aged ninety years.  His 
  illness was short and painless, and his death calm, peaceful and triumphant.  
  Few men have lived longer or more useful lives, and few have passed away so 
  gently into the great Fatherís arms.  While life was long, death was not 
  unkind; and when at last the inevitable hour came, it found him ready to 
  depart.  With the burden and infirmities of ninety years resting upon him, and 
  unwavering faith to give comfort in the hour of death, we may suppose that the 
  call was not unwelcome, and that the summons of the mysterious herald was 
  cheerfully and trustfully obeyedÖ
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  Material in brackets [ ] was supplied by the contributor.
  Rev. Stacy was the husband of Susan Clark; they were the parents of eight 
  children.
  
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