Mrs. Margaret Williams

WILLIAMS, MITCHELL, ROSS, DICKASON

Posted By: Mary Dolan
Date: 10/5/2001 at 17:49:00

Clinton Age
Obituary.

Mrs. Margaret WILLIAMS passed away at the Agatha hospital at 2 o'clock this morning. Deceased left this city about two years ago for Oklahoma for her health and had returned but a short time when she was taken to the hospital and after an illness of five passed away. She was 63 years of age. The funeral announcement will appear later.

05 Jan 1905

The funeral of Mrs. Margaret WILLIAMS was held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence of Mrs. MITCHELL, 235 Seventh avenue.

Miss Margaret ROSS was born March 21, 1841, near Toledo, Ohio. While still a child her parents came west, moving, as was the custom in those days with ox teams. The Mississippi river was crossed at Davenport, and the final settlement was made near Toledo, Iowa. Here she became the wife of B. F. WILLIAMS, being married in 1858. Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAMS moved to Tampico, Ill., to make their home, residing there until about 1884, when they came to Clinton.

This city was the home of Mrs. WILLIAMS until after the death of her husband several years past. Her health which had been gradually falling, was completely shattered at this time, and in search of a milder climate she went to Oklahoma to reside with a sister in that territory. The inroads of disease could not be met by physician's skill or climatic change, and in July, 1904, Mrs. WILLIAMS returned to Clinton to spend her last months of life with old friends and one daughter.

For the past five weeks she had been at Agatha hospital, where all that could be done was done to alleviate the anguish of body. Throughout these latter years of her life and during the past few weeks particularly, the sweetness of disposition which was her principal characteristic seemed intensified. Her sufferings brought out much love and tender response to careful ministrations. Falling asleep with the closing (page torn) old year, the earliest touches of the dawn brought her the fuller life eternal where there is no suffering, no disease and pain.

The deceased is survived by her daughter, Miss May WILLIAMS, her sons C. L. WILLIAMS of Rock Falls, Ill., J. A. WILLIAMS of Marion, Iowa, F. W. WILLIAMS who resides near Elvira, and a sister, Mrs. A. A. DICKASON of...