TRAIL, William Edward 1852-1926

TRAIL, WHITTINGTON, ANDERSON, DAY, MCINTIRE, BAKER, BRAY, STAATS

Posted By: Patricia E. Morris
Date: 5/17/2006 at 00:21:16

Fairfield Daily Ledger
April 30, 1926
Pg. 1 Col. 6

W. E. TRAIL DIED AT 10 A.M. TODAY
Long-time Resident Had Been Ill For A Year; Was 76 Years of Age

William E. TRAIL, 604 South Second street, died at ten o'clock his morning after an illness of almost a year. He had been critically ill for two weeks.

Mr. TRAIL was a farmer all of his life until he retired six years ago, spending most of his life on a farm near Veo, which he owned at the time of his death.

He is survived by his widow and six children: Mrs. T. C. WHITTINGTON, Mrs. Otis ANDERSON, W. L. TRAIL, Mrs. Bessie DAY, Mrs. Art McINTIRE and Mrs. Charles BAKER, all of the city, except the latter who lives eight miles north.

William E. TRAIL was born February 16, 1852, in Maryland state. He came to this county at the age of five years and on May 2, 1878, was married to Amanda Ellen BRAY. On next Sunday he would have celebrated his 48th wedding anniversary. He was a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge for over thirty-five years.

Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Christian church in charge of Rev. R. H. Polly. Interment will be made in Evergreen cemetery.

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Also -- Obit. LEDGER, May 6 1926, 2-3.

Transcriber's note: JEFFERSON COUNTY MARRIAGE Record #4920. JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDS, Vol. 11 by Orville & Mary Prill.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes only; not related to any person mentioned in articles.

Admin. note: Buried in Lot 3rd.104 with wife Amanda who remarried to Chester STAATS and died in 1939. Chester is buried in Meadville, MO.